5:13 The concept of a house being filled is seen in a number of places in Scripture. These passages:- 1 Kings 8:10,11 2 Chronicles 5:13,14 7:1,2 Ezekiel 10:3,4 speak of the glory of God in Solomon's temple Haggai 2:7 Speaks of the future filling of Ezekiel's temple. And Ezekiel describes the glory of the temple that is to be built in the age to come. Ezekiel 43:5 44:4
So when the New Testament introduces the idea:- John 12:3 in the context of the burial of Jesus the link between Jesus' death and the glory of God in the house can be seen.
After the resurrection the 'house' is the ecclesia:- 2 Corinthians 6:16 So it is fitting that the holy spirit filled those in the 'house' on the day of Pentecost Acts 2:2

6:1 'thick darkness' is a description of the manifestation of Yahweh at different times. Exodus 10:22 20:21 Deuteronomy 4:11 5:22 1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1 So when it is used to speak of the day of the LORD Joel 2:2 Zephaniah 1:15 We see the day of the LORD is a day of His glory being manifest. It is not just mindless punishment. Interestingly His glory is seen in the punishment of Judah. That is, He is justified by His actions.

6:1,2 - The Bible in Basic English renders these verses thus:

1 Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men, 2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

I find this translation very helpful. Whichever translation you use, we are reminded of that great gulf that existed between God and man before the atonement. Here we see a faithful but limited attempt to heal this breach, to which God responds favourably. These two verses show how Solomon had a full understanding of the position of man before God at that time.

5:3-5 Solomon brought the ark into the temple at the time of the feast of Tabernacles. Notice also (v5) that the tabernacle was brought up also. From the time when David brought the ark to Zion until now the tabernacle was at Gibeon (1 Chronicles 16:39). In ft this is the first time the ark and the tabernacle have been together since the ark was taken by the philistines in the days of Eli.

6:12,13 where Solomon spread forth his hands is a way of prying seen in Israel (Psalm 28:2 63:4 134:2 141:2 1Timothy 2:8)

5:11 That the priests did not serve by course is an indication that the details of all the David had worked out were implemented in stages.

6:18 The realisation that Solomon had that the earth cannot contain man contrasts powerfully with those who worshipped idols. They thought their God was small enough to copy with an image - in fact their god was like unto them. Our God is not. He is all powerful - and we are made in his image and likeness (Genesis 1:26) What a wonderful privilege!

6:20,21,26,34,38 Solomon petitioned Yahweh to accept any prayer that was directed towards Jerusalem and the temple. Daniel shows this practice when he prayed (Dan 6:10).

That living-place, the temple, where God dwelled with man really reflects the Lord Jesus. All Solomon's pleas for forgiveness in a repentant turning towards the temple equally apply to humankind today if they would turn to the Lord Jesus. He has bridged the gap between God and humankind (1Tim 2:51Tim 2:5).  He is the spiritual temple where God dwells (Col 2:9). He is the true atonement (Rom 5:11).

5:9 In drawing out the staves of the ark Solomon was showing that the ark was now in it's final resting place. Exo 25:15 which records the instructions for the manufacture of the ark states that the staves are not to be removed. God walked with Israel in their journeys (2Sam 7:6) but now the 'place' (Deut 12:11) had been established. It as now a time for no more wandering.

6:2 In saying  that the temple was 'a place for thy dwelling' Solomon is confirming the reason for the removal of the staves from the ark  (2Chron 5:9)

5:3  The feast in the seventh month was Tabernacles – most fitting for the time when God’s glory tabernacled with man in the temple.

6:5  Solomon quotes the words that God spoke to David his father –1Chron 17:5 – thus demonstrating, as can be seen by many other quotations of either David’s words or God’s words to David that Solomon is to be seen as the fulfilment of the promise to David. Of course this is the immediate fulfilment, the greater fulfilment is to be seen in Jesus.

6:17 In saying ‘let thy word be verified’ Solomon is quoting David – 2Sam 6:18 – which shows that Solomon saw himself as continuing the work of David with respect to the promises.

5:13 ‘as one’ signifies that the priesthood was united in its service to God. Oh that we could be so united!

6:9 Solomon was the son of David who built the physical temple.  Jesus is the son of David who built the spiritual temple.  The brothers and sisters of Jesus constitute His body, and are, therefore, part of that temple (1Cor 3:16).

6:2 In speaking of the place where the temple was and the ark placed as ‘dwelling’ it contrasts with what God said to David –2Sam 7:6

5:1 We learn here that not only had David dedicated silver and gold to the work of the temple -1Chron 18:10-11– but he also made items as well.

2Chron 5:5 - "congregation" [Heb. "mo'ed" (4150) means "appointed place, appointed time, appointed meeting, appointment, an assembly, the congregation"]; 2Chron 5:6 - "congregation" [Heb. "edah" (5712) means "congregation, gathering, fixture, a stated assemblage, a concourse, multitude"]; 2Chron 6:3 - "congregation...congregation" [Heb. "qahal" (6951) means "assemblage, assembly, company, congregation, multitude, convocation"].

2Chron 6:26-27 - spiritual drought yielding natural drought and prayer yielding life sustaining rain (1Kin 17:1;18:45).

2Chron 6:32-33 - mercy to Gentiles (2Kin 5:13-17).

2Chron 6:36-39 - going into captivity as a result of sin and release from captivity as a result of repentance (2Chron 36:15-23;Ezra 2:1).

Vs.18-20 The display of cherubim, palm trees, and lions are found in both the temple of Solomon (1Kin 7:36) and in Ezekiel's temple. 

Cherubim represent the righteousness of Yahweh; lions are representative of Christ who is righteous; palm trees represent the righteousness of true believers (Psa 92:12,13).  

Unlike Solomon's temple, Ezekiel's adds the representation of man (the face of man).  Could the inclusion of man's image in Ezekiel's temple signify the presence of the redeemed (the immortalized saints) which were not present in Solomon's time?

Why did God give this very detailed vision of the temple to Ezekiel? The suggestion which makes sense to me is that this temple will be built in Jerusalem for the millennium reign of Christ, and will be used for the world to come and worship King Jesus. It’s interesting to note the series of plans God has brought into the world for worship:  a) Adam to Abraham – God was with the righteous; b) Abraham to Moses – God called the Jews, and was the centre of their lives; c) Moses to Jesus – the Law of Moses was operative, so the tabernacle and then the temple were the places where God met with His people; d) the age of Christianity, where God dwells in His people (see 1Cor 3:16,17); e) the millennial reign of Christ on earth, probably with Ezekiel’s temple being the centre of world government; and f) after the 1000 years, when God is all in all.

41:1 The word translated ‘tabernacle’ <0168> is in fact the word that is elsewhere translated ‘tent’ and used in the description of the tabernacle in the wilderness – Exo 39:33 for example showing how what Ezekiel saw, even though a temple has its roots in the tabernacle that Israel built in the wilderness.

41:6 Ezekiel is not an architect, he is a prophet of God and rather than describing a building spiritual principles are being highlighted. The detail here is that each room above the lower is smaller than the one below because the floor of the room above rests on the walls of the room below. The floor joists do not penetrate the walls of the temple.

V.7 There appears to be a winding staircase running through the three stories.  The staircase widens as it passes upwards through the inner wall.

The doors in 23-24 are folding doors, hinged in the middle, made up of two doors into one door. Would this be to save space when opening them, or is there some deeper meaning?

41:4 In describing the ‘most Holy Place’ as 20 by 20 cubits we see a match with Solomon’s most holy place – 2Chron 3:8

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Vs.47-49 Anyone who thought that Jesus was the Christ was quickly persuaded otherwise by the religious leaders of the day. 

A similar pattern will present itself when Jesus returns to earth. When He proclaims Himself from Jerusalem, the religious leaders of that day will claim that He is the Antichrist. 

The seeds have been sown already by the leaders of the apostasy who are expecting a Jew to (falsely) proclaim His kingship from Jerusalem.  And so when he does appear, it shall be a self-fulfilling prophecy for them.

7:19  In reminding the people that Moses had given them the law that they were breaking Jesus was showing that in reality they had no respeoct for Moses even though they appealed to his teaching. Respect for Moses would be seen in observing the law of Moses.

7:23 Jesus is not finding fault with the leaders who on the one hand observed the Sabbath and yet circumcised a child on the sabbath if it was the eight day since the boy was born. He is highlighting that the law is not a set of rules which are independent and inviolate. The law of the sabbath was indeed an inviolate rule. Likewise that a man child should be circumcised on the eight day was also inviolate. The resolution was to be found in recognizing that the laws had to be integrated into a complete whole and so when an apparent conflict appeared one had to appeal to matters of principle to work out how to deal with the conflict. So it is in the Christian gospel. Principles have to be worked together and at times decisions made which seem to violate one teaching because another teaching takes priority.

7:7 The world could not hate his brethren because the world loves its own – but it truly does hate those who are ‘other worldly’. We should, therefore, not be at all surprised when we do not fit in to the way n which our neighbours live. The only way in which we can fit in is by being like them. Beware!

V.53 and 8:1-11 are omitted in some manuscripts. Nevertheless, these verses might have been included in modern versions. However, you might see them surrounded by brackets, to suggest that there is some uncertainty about them.

7:1 We saw – 6:66 – that many of his disciples ‘walked no more with him’ but this did not stop Jesus continuing to ‘walk’. Likewise we should not be discouraged if fellow disciples fall away. We must continue in our walk.

7:5  In saying that his brothers did not believe we are being reminded what we have already learnt – Mark 6:4