Dear John & Doves,
 
  In my 11/16 2nd reply to Sherry Vance at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2004/donnad1116-8.htm I stated that the measurements for the first temple built by King Solomon were given in 1 Kings 6 and in 2 Chronicles 3 while the measurements for the Millenial Temple can be found in Ezekiel 41 & 42, but I didn't know of any scripture that gave the measurements of the Second Temple unless she could come up with the scripture.  However, over this past week while reading the book of Ezra, I found the measurements of the Second Temple in Ezra 6:3 so I thought I would bring it to everyone's attention as well.
 
  There is also a very interesting article about the Second Temple and the Millenial Temple athttp://www.templeinstitute.org/future_temple.htm which I thought you might be interested in reading.  It states "According to Ezekiel's measurements, the new Temple will be so large that it will occupy the entire area of the city of Jerusalem."  Ezekiel 42:20 tells us that the walls around the Millenial Temple were 500 reeds long by 500 reeds wide which is 4,500 feet by 4,500 feet.  That is less than one mile which is 5,280 feet.  Here also is a picture of Jerusalem in Roman times at http://www.templemount.org/jerusmap.html that shows the Temple Mount and a scale in feet on the map.  From the map it looks like the 4 walls that will surround the Millenial Temple in the future would encompass most if not all of the Jerusalem shown on this map in Roman times.  I hadn't realized before that the walls surrounding the temple would take in that large sized area.
 
  God bless,
 Donna