Monday, June 17, 2024

Ezekiel 10: Vision of God’s Glory Departing from the Temple?

 In Ezekiel 10/MSG there is a title: "The Temple, Filled with the Presence of God" while in 10/NASB "Vision of God’s Glory Departing from the Temple". In Ezekiel 10 we read:

1 When I next looked, oh! Above the dome over the heads of the cherubim-angels was what looked like a throne, sky-blue, like a sapphire!

2-5 God said to the man dressed in linen, “Enter the place of the wheels under the cherubim-angels. Fill your hands with burning coals from beneath the cherubim and scatter them over the city.”

The man dressed in linen was the the one who marked "who is in anguish over the outrageous obscenities being done in the city". Now the man must fill his hands with coals and scatter them over the city.

...Then the Glory of God ascended from the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple. Court and Temple were both filled with the blazing presence of the Glory of God.

It is clear that the glory of God filled the temple, but:

18-19 Then the Glory of God left the Temple entrance and hovered over the cherubim. I watched as the cherubim spread their wings and left the ground, the wheels right with them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the Temple. The Glory of the God of Israel was above them.

If the cherubim were outside the temple, then the glory of God departed from the temple. It seems that this is a preparation to the destruction of the temple.

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