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Ezekiel 1:1-28

Contents: Vision of the glory.

Characters: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, Ezekiel, Jehoiachin, (Ezekiel 1:26).

Conclusion: While no man has seen God at any time, many have had visions of Him, displays of divine glory, which prostrated man before Him in humbled sense of his own unworthiness, and of the infinite distance between man and God. The more God is pleased to make known to us of His glory, the more humble we should be before Him.

Key Word: Visions of God, Ezekiel 1:1.

Striking Facts: Ezekiel 1:26. We have here a glimpse of the glory and dignity of Christ at His incarnation, a hint of what His condescension was in taking upon Himself the form of a servant and giving Himself to the death of the cross.

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