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Showing posts with label Search The Scriptures —Study 1 — Ezekiel 1. Show all posts
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02 June, 2017

Search The Scriptures —Study 1 — Ezekiel 1

Study 1 From the Book of Ezekiel is: Ezekiel 1

The vision of this chapter was of supreme importance in Ezekiel’s life. Not only was it the occasion of his call to be a prophet, but it was also the medium through which a new conception of God was revealed to him which was to mould his prophetic ministry.
1.     As the vision of God’s chariot-throne is outlined, follow the prophet’s description of it, part by part: first the living creatures (verses 5-14), then the wheels (verses 15-21), with the throne on top, and finally the One who sat there.  How is God described, and what is meant to teach about the nature of God?
2.     What do you find symbolized by the other features of the vision: the living creatures, the wheels, the throne, etc.?
Notes
1.     Verse 1. ‘In the thirtieth year…’probably of Ezekiel’s age, i.e., the year when he would have begun to function as a priest had he remained in Jerusalem.
2.     Verse 3. ‘The hand of the Lord was upon him there’: a phrase used else where in the book to signify a prophetic trance or ecstasy. See 3:22; 8:1; 33:22; 37:1.
3.     Verse 5. ‘Four living creatures’: heavenly beings, yet representing the highest form of life on earth (among birds, domestic animals, wild animals and the whole creation respectively), and indicating perhaps that all created things are under God’s control.
4.     Verses 19-21. Observe that there was no mechanical framework to the chariot.  All was spiritual, and responsive to the Spirit.