and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
After Ezekiel has patiently surveyed the temple of God, the greatest glory of this earth, he is admitted to a higher form, and honoured with a sight of the glories of the upper world; it is said to him, Come up hither.
Commenting on Ezekiel 43:1-6
And the glory of the Lord came into the house, Before described and measured; and being fitted and prepared, the builder and owner of it comes and takes up his residence in it; as Christ will do in his church, more especially and more visibly in the latter day: by the way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east; which was the direct...
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east. (b) Which was departed before, .