Idol Of Jealousy Analysis

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Idol of Jealousy The prophet Ezekiel was shown a vision of the temple. In this vision, the prophet saw various activities/services/ministries that were happening in the temple. While Ezekiel saw these activities/services/ministries that were happening in the temple, it was also revealed to him God’s perspective concerning these activities/services/ministries. The truth is God’s perspective and human perspective concerning the same events are different. The many people involved in the temple and its various services were undoubtedly convinced that what they were doing was appropriate, fitting and even accepted by God. However, God described in the vision of Ezekiel that the temple activities, services, ministries which were occurring in the…show more content…
The north gate leading to the inner court where the Idol of Jealousy stood was either the outer gate of the city, or at the gate of the temple itself. If the Idol of Jealousy stood at the gate to the city, then, what Ezekiel saw was a situation where not only was God’s temple profaned by these detestable practices, but also the whole city was profaned and contaminated as well. There is much to commend the opinion that the Idol of Jealousy stood at the entrance to the city. Ezekiel was told after God departed the temple that He also left the city (Ezekiel 11: 22,…show more content…
We are told that the Spirit directed Ezekiel to look to the north gate and near the altar, stood the Idol of Jealousy (Ezekiel 8:5). According to this second view, the Idol of Jealousy stood near the altar that was in the inner court. This fact leads us to the opinion that the Idol of Jealousy stood in the temple and not at the gate of the city. Whether the Idol of Jealousy stood at the gate of city or the gate of the temple, the meaning is that the actions of the people were just as corrupt outside of the temple as they were within the temple. What we see here is that what a person does in the temple, the house of God, does affect what they do outside of the temple, the house of God. This is confirmed in the fact that the practicing of the detestable practices within the temple resulted in bloodshed and injustice throughout the whole city (Ezekiel
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