The Hand Of The LORD
Was On Him There
In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of
the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar,
the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of the
month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin),
the world of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was on him there.
As I looked, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud
with brightness around it and fire flashing forth continually, and in the
middle of the fire, something gleaming amber. In the middle of it was something
like four living creatures. This was their appearance; they were of human form.
Ezekiel 1:1-5
Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like
a dome, shining like crystal, spread out above their heads. Under the dome
their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and each of the
creatures had two wings covering its body. When they moved, I heard the sound
of their wings like the sound of mighty water, like the thunder of the
Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army; when they stopped, they
let down their wings. And there came a voice from above the dome over their
heads; when they stopped, they let down their wings.
And above the dome over their heads there was something like a
throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne
was something that seemed like a human form. Upward from what appeared like
loins I saw something like gleaming amber, something that looked like fire, and
there was a splendor all around. Like the bow in a cloud on a rainy day, such
was the appearance of the splendor all around. This was the appearance of the
likeness of the glory of the LORD.
When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of
someone speaking.
Ezekiel 1:22-28
Have you ever thought what it will be like to see our LORD for
the first time? Ezekiel conveys his view, and the apostle John also saw a
vision of God’s presence. When John saw a vision of the Son of God in all His
glory and power, he had the same reaction Ezekiel had. Both fell at the feet of
God as if they were dead. We have no way of comprehending how brilliant and awesome
the Lord’s glory is, so we can’t be sure of how we will respond when we go to
be in His presence. We can only imagine until that day.
Today we see Jesus in the Bible,
but we will see Him face to face.
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