He says
>...Unlike Neo-Babylonian building inscriptions, such as those of Nebuchadnezzar and Nabopolassar, there is no listing of building materials and no detailing of a workforce (Carvalho 1992, 102). The vision emphasizes many fantastic elements, such as divinely chiseled stonework (see Note Steps on 43:17), a west building where an open valley stood (163 n. 67), a rock platform capping primordial chaos (see Note Elevated platform on 47:1), and a stream gurgling from the temple to spawn miracle trees (see Note Many trees on 47:7). As Carvalho (188) discerns, Ezekiel’s utopia “could not be built, not at any level of the text.” I do not understand the claim of Milgrom (2012, 52) that human construction of the utopian temple is “feasible”; I firmly contest his idea that “there is nothing miraculous about the structure.” ...
But doesn't this presuppose that Ezekiel thought that Yahweh wanted this to be built without any divine intervention? Of course it would be a miraculous if this is referring to some eschaton (the world after the end times). And if we take this to be speaking of a time in some unspecified future, it would make no sense to specify how many men should be in the workforce. Presumably, Yahweh is telling the Israelites what he would like to be built some day in the future when Israelites return from their exile and their enemies are punished.
He also says
>Ezekiel’s utopia is not the eschatological realization of God’s reign (contrast Milgrom 2012, 43). Would-be trespassers still need to be terrified by leonine cherubim (41:17–20); atonement is still required (45:17, 20); the ideal David of 34:23–24 and 37:25 is nowhere in sight. In particular, Israel’s promised eschatological heart transplant is not presupposed (Ezek 11:19–20, 36:26–27; Lyons 2010, 28). This is clear due to the continuing need for purification and reparation offerings in the utopia (40:39; 42:13; 6 introduction 44:29; 45:15, 17–25; 46:20), offerings that would be superfluous were there a new heart ensuring obedience (11:20). God declares to Israel that when the new heart arrives, “I will . . . make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances” (36:27).
But this of course presupposes that the unintentional or sins committed due to ignorance that require purification are sins that people commit due to their hearts being set against god. It is true that god could make all of israel's hearts new and make them follow his statues and be careful to o
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