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Verse Ezekiel 1:12. _THEY WENT EVERY ONE STRAIGHT FORWARD_] Not by
_progressive stepping_, but by _gliding_.
_WHITHER THE SPIRIT WAS TO GO_] Whither that _whirlwind_ blew, they
went, being borne on b...
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The “chariot,” though composed of distinct parts, was to be
considered as a whole. There was one spirit expressive of one
conscious life pervading the whole, and guiding the motions of the
whole in pe...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24)
Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet
_ 1. The...
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EZEKIEL 1-3. EZEKIEL ENTERS UPON HIS MINISTRY.
Ezekiel 1:1. Ezekiel's Vision.
Ezekiel 1:1. Like the prophets generally, Ezekiel enters upon his
ministry only after he has had a vision of God and a c...
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SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9....
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The theophany, or, vision of God
This is described first generally, as a whirlwind and great cloud
coming from the North, with a luminous splendour around it, due to a
fire sending out continuous fla...
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WHITHER THE SPIRIT WAS TO GO, THEY WENT— _Whither the wind_ or
_tempest bore them, they were borne:_ that great whirlwind spoken of
in the fourth verse, which bore this magnificent chariot of the Lord...
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B. The Cherubim 1:5-14
TRANSLATION
(5) And from its midst the likeness of four living creatures. And this
was their appearance: they possessed the likeness of a man. (6) And
each of them had four fac...
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And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to
go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
THEY WENT EVERY ONE STRAIGHT FORWARD. The same idea as . The
repetition is be...
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§ 1. EZEKIEL'S CALL AND CONSECRATION AS A PROPHET (EZEKIEL 1-3)
Date, June-July, 592 b.c.
Ezekiel's call and consecration to his prophetic work took place by
means of a vision of God's glory (Ezekie...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THIS BOOK
1. HISTORY
After the death of King Solomon, the *I...
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WHITHER THE SPIRIT WAS TO GO. — The one informing spirit which
animated all the living creatures alike, and in accordance with which
all their movements were ordered....
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וְ אִ֛ישׁ אֶל ־עֵ֥בֶר פָּנָ֖יו
יֵלֵ֑כוּ אֶ֣ל אֲשֶׁר֩ יִֽהְיֶה
־שָׁ֨מָּה הָ ר֤וּחַ לָ לֶ֨כֶת֙...
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THE VISION OF THE GLORY OF GOD
Ezekiel 1:1
IT might be hazardous to attempt, from the general considerations
advanced in the last two Chapter s, to form a conception of Ezekiel's
state of mind during...
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A VISION OF GOD'S MAJESTY
Ezekiel 1:1-21
A dark storm-cloud approaches the prophet, from which an incessant
blaze of lightning scintillated. As it drew near, the forms of four
living creatures becam...
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The Book opens with the account of the prophet's preparation, and
falls into two sections, the first describing the visions he saw, and
the second the voice he heard.
Verses Eze 1:2-3 in this chapter...
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It is worthy the Reader's closest attention, how often during this
account the appearance of a man is spoken of. Was it, (for I only ask
the question, and do not presume to decide), to lead the Prophe...
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Here the Prophet repeats, that the movement of the living creatures
was in each case directed _towards, or in the direction of its face:
_and he will say the same again: nor is this repetition superfl...
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In chapter 1 we find a date which refers to the year of Josiah's
passover, but with what intent I do not know. It has been thought that
the thirty years relate to the jubilee. On this point I cannot s...
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AND THEY WENT EVERYONE STRAIGHT FORWARD,.... Or, "over against his
face" q; for, which way soever they went, whether forward or backward,
or on either side, they had a face to go before them, to direc...
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And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to
go, they went; [and] they turned not when they went.
Ver. 12. _And they went every one straight forward._] See on Ezekiel
1:9 .
_...
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_Their wings were stretched upward_ That is, two wings of each,
namely, in a posture of flying, to show that they were always actively
employed in executing God's commands. Some unite this clause with...
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THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES...
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1-14 It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty
to attend to it diligently, when we are in affliction. The voice of
God came in the fulness of light and power, by the Holy Spirit...
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THEY WENT EVERY ONE STRAIGHTFORWARD: see EZEKIEL 1:9. Which way soever
they went, each living creature had one face looking straight
forwards, and their other faces looking toward other coasts of the...
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Ezekiel 1:12 one H376 went H3212 (H8799) straight H5676 forward H6440
went H3212 (H8799) spirit H7307 go H3212 (H8800) turn H5437 (H8735)
went H3212 (H8800)
they went every - Ezekiel 1:9, Ezekiel 1:1...
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‘And they went every one straight forward. Where the Spirit was to
go they went. They turned not when they went.'
The idea behind this is total obedience. Their one purpose was to do
what God wanted....
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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...
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Ezekiel 1:1. _In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, and fifth
day of the month._ The Jews were accustomed to reckon time from great
and auspicious events, as the call of Abraham, the exodus from...
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_Whither the Spirit was to go, they went._
LED BY THE SPIRIT
By spirit, we are to understand, neither the will of angels, nor
winds, nor the soul of man (for spirit in Scripture doth signify all
the...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 1:1 Inaugural Vision. The story of
Ezekiel’s call as a prophet is the most complex of all the
“prophetic call stories” in the OT. It is also one of the most
carefully structure...
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2. THE VIEW GIVEN TO EZEKIEL OF “THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE
LORD” (Chap. Ezekiel 1:4)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 1:4. THE STORM-CLOUD. “A WHIRLWIND,”
a tempest such as Job perceived (Ezekiel 38:...
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EXPOSITION
For the life of the prophet prior to the vision which this chapter
relates, and which constituted his call to that office, see
Introduction.
EZEKIEL 1:1
NOW; literally, _and. _The use of...
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Ezekiel 1:4. _And I looked, and behold a whirlwind coming from the
north, a great cloud, and a fire kindling itself, and a brightness
round about it (the cloud), and from out of it (the fire) like the...
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Shall we turn at this time to the prophecy of Ezekiel.
Ezekiel said,
It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the
fifth day of the month (Ezekiel 1:1),
So that would be July th...
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Ezekiel 1:17; Ezekiel 1:20; Ezekiel 1:21; Ezekiel 1:9; Ezekiel 10:22;
Hebrews 1:14...
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Straight — Which way soever they went, each living creature had one
face looking straight forward. The spirit — The will, command, and
breathing of the Spirit of God, both gave and guided their motion...
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Is this a manifestation of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence?
PROBLEM: Ezekiel speaks here of “living creatures” whose faces
were in “the likeness of a man” which moved “like a flash of
lightnin...