The Ezekiel readings concerning the temple have been interpreted along two lines, either literal or figurative and sometimes a hybrid of both…

…Those who take it as mostly figurative, view the prophecies concerning Israel as now belonging to the Church. They believe that the Ezekiel temple is to be taken as being spiritually fulfilled in the Church. Those who view it as literal, believe that God still has unfulfilled promises for Israel and that Ezekiel’s temple will be built someday. I hold to this more literal view.With this in mind, I offer this list of “seven sanctuaries of Israel” (from Dr. Lamar Cooper’s commentary on Ezekiel) found in Scripture to help orient our placement of Ezekiel’s temple:
1) Solomon’s Temple. Read 1 Kings 6-8 for its construction. Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 587 BC.
2) Zerubabbel’s Temple. Built when the Jews returned from Babylonian captivity. Dedicated in 516 BC.
3) Herod’s Temple. Actually, an enlargement of the existing structure from Zerubabbel, Herod began the temple improvements in 19 BC. He had retaining walls built that greatly enlarged the temple mount area as well. The Western Wall, also known as the “wailing wall,” was built as a retaining structure during this time and still stands today.
4) The Present Temple. This is the Church, which is made up of Christ as the Chief Cornerstone, the apostles as the foundation, and believers as its holy stones (Eph. 2:20-22).
5) The Temple of Revelation 11. This is the temple that stands during the time of tribulation after the rapture. The Antichrist will set up world headquarters here.
6) Ezekiel’s Millennial Temple. Ezekiel 40-48 refers to the temple to be built in Jerusalem during the millennium for Israel’s use in worship commemorating the new covenant with Messiah.
7) The Eternal Temple. John records the end of the first heaven and the first earth (Rev. 21:1-3) and declares that God himself will dwell with his people and will be the temple of the new Jerusalem (Rev. 21-22).