Today’s passage: Ezekiel 10
Helpful thoughts:
- After the judgment of God is depicted in chapter 9, we see the glory of the Lord departing the temple in chapter 10.
- God gives Ezekiel this similar vision to what he saw in chapter one, therefore Ezekiel is now well aware of what is taking place.
- This vision of the glory departing contrasts from the account of the glory of God coming to the temple in 2 Chronicles 5.
Questions to consider:
- If the elders who had come to Ezekiel were hoping to hear good news or instructions from God to fix their problems, how saddened or angered might they have been? What news is Ezekiel going to be giving them? What have the last few chapters declared concerning Jerusalem and Israel?
- Besides what the cherubim look like, what are we learning about these angels? What seems to be their purpose?
- By God’s grace, what will happen one day in the future (Sneak ahead and peek at Ezekiel 43:1-5)?