diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_10:1-22.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_10:1-22.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8e0dc89 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_10:1-22.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 10:1–22" +date = "2023-03-24" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel10.1-22) + +As the slaughter commences, the Lord's palanquin arrives. Ezekiel learns that +the living creatures that are underneath the crystal-blue throne are called +cherubim. The Ark of the Covenant that sits in the middle of the temple is a +representation of God's throne on earth. The bottom is a golden chest that +contains the two tablets of the Law given to Moses at Mt. Sinai, the budded +staff of Aaron, and a golden jar of manna. The top surface of the ark is called +the "mercy seat" and in front of it the high priest would sprinkle the blood of +a bull and a goat with his finger. Above the mercy seat were golden images of +cherubim, beings that looked like a man with wings. Their wings were spread +over the top of the mercy seat so that they overshadowed it. The bizarre +creatures he saw in his first vision with their four different faces and four +wings are thus associated with God's throne both in heaven and on earth. + +God commands the angelic scribe to take burning coals that are in between the +four cherubim of His throne and scatter some over the city. While the +Babylonians certainly set fires to destroy Jerusalem when they conquered the +city, these verses so that God was superintending the destruction at the same +time. + +The cloud that fills the temple shields Ezekiel from seeing the full glory of +the Lord as He moves from the Holy Place to palanquin. Once He takes His place +on this mobile throne, the cherubim and the whirling wheels convey the Lord +away from the temple and the city. Of course, this being a vision, it is more +of a symbolic act than a literal one, especially since God is present +everywhere and therefore cannot "leave" a place. + +* * * + +Though You are infinite and overflow our minds, You condescend to us and give +us the glimpses of Yourself that we are able to understand because it is good +that we know You and love You.