Ezekiel 44:3

Ezekiel 44:3 [It is] for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

Ver. 3. It is for the prince.] For "Messiah the Prince"; so Christ is called in Daniel 9:25; or for the chief priest, who, as he had a singular privilege herein above other priests, so hath Christ, the high priest of the Church Christian, singular privileges above all his brethren.

He shall sit in it to eat bread.] He shall sit at the right hand of the majesty on high, and enjoy heaven's happiness, which is oft compared to a feast, as Matthew 8:11; Matthew 22:1,2 Isaiah 53:11. He shall ascend up into heaven, and therehence come again to judge the quick and the dead. Acts 1:11 Heb 9:28 Some by "prince" here understand the ruler of the people, see Eze 46:1-2 who is peculiarly licensed to enter in at the east gate, and there to sit, and eat and drink his part of the peace offering. Compare Exodus 24:11. It is not meant of Peter the apostle, to be sure, much less of the Pope, his pretended successor, as some of his parasites would have it.