Ezekiel 9-10
Dear RTB’ers,
We continue with Ezekiel’s abominations vision from yesterday. In today’s first chapter we see God’s judgment on the people, beginning with the elders at the temple. [P]ut a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations … Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. (vv. 9:4b, 6b) These saving marks remind us of the blood above the door for the Israelites in Egypt. In His judgment God distinguishes between the faithful and the unfaithful, an encouraging note for those of us who seek Him.
The second chapter continues the vision, with the glory of the Lord leaving the temple. He had moved from the threshold of the temple in Ez. 9:3 and then hovered above the cherubim, apparently leaving the temple (Ez. 10:18-19) and later leaving the city altogether. I can picture the cherubim (although it’s a fuzzy picture) and I can imagine the striking brightness of the Lord, but I have a hard time with the wheels, especially one wheel … within another wheel (Ez. 10:10). Not an important item, just a (non)observation…!
The vision continues tomorrow…
Blessings.
See also: July 27 (2023) / II Chronicles 36:13-16; Ezekiel 8-11.