Ezekiel 43:12 And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! Ezekiel has another vision. In this one he is watching the Temple being measured. My thoughts… this thing is huge! Some of the walls are 8 feet thick!!! Crazy! Anyhow, God enters the Temple (sounding like roaring, rushing waters) and speaks with him about this coming Temple. But the law of the Temple is absolute holiness! For humanity, on our own, holiness is a pipe-dream. We can’t be holy because we are imperfect… However, there’s hope! Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection gives us the ability to be holy. No, not on our own or on the merit of what we try to do (imperfect beings can’t achieve perfection since our very nature is flawed), but through the mercy and sacrifice of Jesus. Being washed in His blood we become like Him. Not God, certainly, but in His image. So through Jesus we can at least attempt holiness. He does, after all, say “be holy as I am holy” (although that definition of holy may not be the traditional meaning – you can read my other post on that one). So, there is hope! By the blood of the perfect Lamb we are made clean and holy… and therefore we can come before the Lord of Hosts in His absolutely holy Temple worshiping Him and bringing Him glory!