Monday, October 30, 2023

God’s Glory Departs From the Temple

Ezekiel 10:1-22

Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels. I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.” Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River. 

Then the glory of the Lord departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

Why?

For the sins of people, the glory of the Lord left the Temple in Jerusalem.

The burning coals symbolize the punishment. 

If I do not listen to the word of the Lord, the Holy Spirit will leave me either.

How?

May my mind and my heart follow the way of the Lord! Dear Lord please give me the strength to honor your Holy Name.


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