Journey To Understand God

Canon S45

"Then he shouted loudly in my ears saying, 'The punishment is near; see each one of these has in his hand his instrument of destruction.' And six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each one with his instrument of destruction. With them was a man clothed in linen with writing material at his side. They came and stopped near the altar of bronze.

"Then the Glory of the God of Israel rose from the cherubim where it rested and went to the threshold of the house, Yahweh called to the man clothed in linen who had the material for writing at his side, and he said to him, 'Pass through the center of the city, through Jerusalem, and trace a cross on the forehead of the men who sigh and groan because of all the abominations committed in it.'

"I heard him say to the others, 'Now you may pass through the city after him and strike. Your eyes shall not look with pity; show no mercy! Do away with them all--old men, young men, virgins, children and women--but do not touch anyone marked with a cross.'

"And as they were told to begin with the sanctuary, they struck the elders who were in front of the Temple. Yahweh said to them, 'Let the courts be filled with the slain and the Temple be defiled with their blood; go out!'

"The Glory of Yahweh went from above the threshold of the house and went to rest on the cherubim. Then the cherubim left, opening their wings and rising above the earth in my sight, and the wheels went with them. They halted at the east gate of the house of Yahweh and the Glory of the God of Israel was over them.

"These were the living creatures I had seen under the God of Israel on the banks of the river Chebar. I recognized them as cherubim. Each had four faces, each had four wings and they had what seemed like human hands under their wings. As fo the appearance of their faces, they were the faces I had seen by the river Chebar, the same likeness. Each one went straight ahead."

EZEKIEL 9:1-7; 10:18-22

"Lord, reveal Yourself to my heart.
Show Your face more to me!"

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