The cloud fills the inner court, the temple of God’s presence is closed, and judgments are prepared.

Ezekiel 10:3

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“Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.” Ezekiel 10:3

The guardians of Holiness (cherubim) stand at the right side of the temple when the man goes into the temple. The cloud fills the inner court when the man goes in. This is the Holy man clothed in linen, mentioned in previous verses. He brings the wrath of God’s judgment on the earth and writes God mark on the forehead of those who will be saved. The inner court is filled with the cloud just before judgment is poured onto Israel and all the earth. This is also described in Revelation 15:8 “The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.”

The inner court is the place of the altar of God before entering into the temple of God. That represents the place of the altar of our soul where we give our life to God by the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for sin as the Lamb of God. Once we sacrifice our life to live for Jesus, then we enter into the temple into the presence of God. We become the temple of the Holy Spirit.

We are progressing towards the time when the world becomes so spiritually corrupt that no one will be able to enter into the inner court. This is a place within our spirit and soul where we give our life to Jesus Christ to live for the Holiness of God. The smoke fills the inner court, and the temple is closed just before the Seven Last Plagues in Revelation 16 are poured onto the earth. This is also a time when the Holy Spirit will be taken out of this world, and He is the one who retrains lawlessness. That is described in 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12.

Today, the temple of God, our body, is being closed because of the entity that gives people what to think, feel, do, and say. The judgment of God follows. This entity closes the human body down to the presence of the Holy Spirit so that it can live through our thoughts and feelings. This is the one “… who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

The picture below shows where the inner court and temple are located. In the center of the image, the altar can be seen and just to the left of the altar is the temple. Within our soul and spirit is the altar where we decide to live for God through Jesus Christ. After giving our life to Jesus, we enter into the temple as the temple of the Holy Spirit.

The three tall structures on the north, south, and east side of the altar area are gates. The wall around the altar area is too tall to just step across, so the gates must be used. Anyone who does not go through the gate (Jesus Christ is the gate) and climbs up another way is a thief and a robber. Just before the Seven Last Plagues, the area of the altar is filled with smoke and the temple is shut and no one can enter.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1