Ezekiel 43:7

And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

The place of my throne - i:e, behold the place of my throne, etc-the place on which your thoughts have so much dwelt (Isaiah 2:1; ; Zechariah 14:16; , "The Lord whom ye seek (the Messiah whom the Jews have been so long looking for) shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in"). God from the first claimed to be their King politically, as well as religiously; and had resisted their wish to have a human king, as implying a rejection of Him as the proper Head of the state. Even when He yielded to their wish, it was with a protest against their king ruling except as His vicegereut. When Messiah shall reign at Jerusalem, He shall realize then first the original idea of the theocracy, with its at one divine and human king reigning in righteousness over a people all righteous ( ; ; ; ).