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Ezekiel 1 Summary
Ezekiel's Vision of God's Throne
In the thirtieth year of his life during the captivity of Judah, Ezekiel the priest sees the heavens open by the river Chebar and beholds visions of God. He observes four living creatures, each with four faces and four wings, moving in perfect coordination with four great wheels covered with eyes. Above the firmament over their heads appears the likeness of a sapphire throne, and upon it the appearance of a man clothed in fire and amber, surrounded by brightness. This is the appearance of the glory of the LORD, and when Ezekiel sees it, he falls upon his face.
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Ezekiel 1:1
“Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.”
Ezekiel 1:5-6
“Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.”
Ezekiel 1:26-27
“And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.”
Ezekiel 1:28
“As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.”
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