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Ezekiel 10 (ESV)

18 Then the glory of the Lord went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. 19 And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth before my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

20 These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the Chebar canal; and I knew that they were cherubim. 21 Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings the likeness of human hands. 22 And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the Chebar canal. Each one of them went straight forward.

REFLECTION:

This chapter depicts the glory of God leaving the temple because the people sinned. The glory of God first stopped at the north gate (8:3-4), then moved to the “threshold” (9:3), next to the south side of the temple (10:3-4), and then down to the east gate (10: 18-19, 11:1), and finally reached the mountain east of the temple (11:23). This mountain may be the Mount of Olives. God is a completely holy and jealous God, so sin must be judged. Cherubim are powerful angels, and they scatter red coals throughout the city, representing the cleansing of sin. In this case in Jerusalem means the demise of those who refuse to repent and commit blatant sins. Soon after this prophecy was issued, Babylon burned Jerusalem (cf. 2 Kings 25:9; 2 Chronicles 6:19). The glory of God left the temple, “went out from the threshold of the house”, and never returned to the temple, and even the temple itself was completely destroyed. The leaders and people of Israel have defiled the temple of God. In order for the Israelites to truly worship God, He had to completely destroy everything that was filthy and distorted by the Israelites. Today, we should take the Israelites back then as a warning. We must commit ourselves, our family, and our church to God and follow God faithfully. In this way our God will not leave us, and the glory of God will always be with us.

PRAYER:

Pray for your family so that Jesus Christ will truly become the head of your family, make every family member of your immediate family a disciple of the Lord Jesus, and show the glory of the Lord in your life; pray for the church, and may the glory of God not leave the church, to make it a holy church after God’s heart.

HYMN:

Let Your Glory Fall – youtu.be/UnnHSxW3N0w