"Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter by way of the vestibule [hall] of the gate, and shall go out by the same way."
No one may enter because the Holy Place was filled with God's glory "as the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east." Ezekiel heard the sounds of His coming like many waters, and the earth shone with His glory. God came into the east gate, where the sun will come up first in the morning. Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord? The Jews say only the kings of the house of David were allowed to sit in the sanctuary before the prophecy. God entered the temple. Jesus entered this world by flesh and he ascended in the same way. And then Jesus entered us when we open our door to him because each of us are like a temple that only a prince may enter.
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." -Rev 3:20
"Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the statues of the temple of the Lord and all its laws. And mark well the entrance to the temple and all the exits from the sanctuary." God wants us to mark our temple well by measuring everything within our temple. Are we measuring our obedience? What does our temple looks like (to see who we are)? Is it facing the east? Does any foreigners enter your temple? How do we set our gates toward the east?
When your temple is facing the east, then you will receive the sunshine that will provide the heat for your temple. If your gate is facing north or south, then you may receive some lukewarm sunshine, but you will never see the sun! West gate may see the sun when it disappears toward the west. Which one are you? Hot, lukewarm, or cold? Obeying Him to the fullest, obeying some, or none at all?
"For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked." -Rev 3:17
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