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Ezekiel was commanded by God to remain mute, speaking only when God allowed, until the day Jerusalem fell to Babylon (Ezekiel 3:26-27; 24:25-27). [ 14 ] [ 15 ] During his ministry, Ezekiel also endured great personal loss, as his wife died suddenly, and he was forbidden to mourn publicly, symbolizing the impending judgment and loss for the ...
Apart from Revelation, however, where Ezekiel is a major source, there is very little allusion to the prophet in the New Testament; the reasons for this are unclear, but it cannot be assumed that every Christian or Hellenistic Jewish community in the 1st century would have had a complete set of (Hebrew) scripture scrolls, and in any case ...
Ezekiel 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet / priest Ezekiel , and is one of the Books of the Prophets .
Ezekiel's vision of the four living creatures in Ezekiel 1 are identified as cherubim in Ezekiel 10, [1] who are God's throne bearers. [2] Cherubim as minor guardian deities [3] of temple or palace thresholds are known throughout the Ancient East. Each of Ezekiel's cherubim have four faces, that of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle. [2]
‘Thus says the Lord God: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god' I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas', Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god" [7] "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel. [8]
Before him, the bones connect into human figures; then the bones become covered with tendon tissues, flesh and skin. Then God reveals the bones to the prophet as the people of Israel in exile and commands the prophet to carry another prophecy in order to revitalize these human figures, to resurrect them and to bring them to the Land of Israel.
However, when left untranslated, in English the Hebrew term merkavah relates to the throne-chariot of God in prophetic visions. It is most closely associated with the vision in Ezekiel 1 of the four-wheeled vehicle driven by four hayyot "living creatures", each of which has four wings [7] and the four faces of a man, lion, ox, and eagle (or ...
It is used in three main ways: as a form of address (Ezekiel); to contrast the lowly status of humanity against the permanence and exalted dignity of God and the angels (Numbers 23:19, Psalm 8:4); and as a future eschatological figure whose coming will signal the end of history and the time of God's judgment (Daniel 7:13–14). [2]