(10) And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, (11) So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
It is beautiful to observe, that when the priest came out of the house, and not before, the glory of the divine presence appeared. Jesus is all, and in all, in salvation. Nothing mingled with his righteousness, by way of acceptance. The dark cloud intimated, that while the glory of the Lord was manifested in a cloudy dispensation, it showed the present unripe state of things. But, by the glory of the Lord filling the house, was no less shown, that the dispensation to come would be brighter: but under both law and gospel, the Lord Jesus is the whole sum and substance of salvation. It is He which filleth all things.