The altar of wood [was] three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, [were] of wood: and he said unto me, This [is] the table that [is] before the LORD.
Ver. 22. The altar,] scil., That for incense, whereof see Exodus 30:6,7, but here of a much larger size. See on Ezekiel 40:1. This altar of wood and square was a type of Christ (not of the cross, as Vilalpandus doateth), in whom our prayers come before God as incense, and he is the propitiation for our sins. 1Jn 2:2 Exo 30:1 Psalms 141:1,10 : 2Ki 5:8 The size of this altar above that of old, showeth that the saints under the gospel would make much more improvement of the Lord Jesus in prayer, and make use of his mediation and intercession by faith in their heavenly sublimated supplications, than the saints of old were ordinarily wont to do. a
This is the table.] One and the same Christ is all in all to his people - an altar to sanctify them and their offerings; a table also to feed and feast them with the most precious provisions. See Psalms 23:5,6; Psalms 36:9; Psalms 65:5 Pro 9:1-2 Isaiah 25:6,8 .
a Cobbet, Of Prayer, p. 235.