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Yehezkel’s calling to be a prophet
(1:1–3:27)
1 When I was thirty years old, on July 5th as I was living with the other captives by the Kevar Canal, the skies opened and I saw visions from God.[ref]
2 That was the fifth year since King Yoyakin (Jehoiachin) had been taken captive.[ref] 3 Yahweh’s message came to me, the priest Yehezkel (son of Buzi) in the land of the Chaldeans (often known better as Babylonians) by the Kevar Canal, and Yahweh revealed his strength to me there. 4 Then I looked, and there was a windstorm coming from the north—a huge cloud with lightning flashing inside it and brilliant light inside it and surrounding it, and fire inside the cloud made it appear as an amber colour. 5 In the middle was what seemed to be four living creatures resembling humans,[ref] 6 but each of them had four faces and four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, but they had hooves like calves that gleamed like polished bronze. 8 They had human hands under their wings on each of their four sides. For each of the four of them, 9 their wings were touching the wings of the next creature, and they didn’t turn as they went—rather each one went straight forward.
10 Their faces at the front were like a man’s face, then they each had a lion’s face on the right, a calf’s face on the left, and the fourth was an eagle’s face.[ref] 11 Their faces were like that, and their wings were spread out above, so that each creature had a pair of wings that touched another creature’s wing, and also a pair that covered their bodies. 12 Each went straight forward, so that wherever the spirit directed them to go, they went without turning.
13 The living creatures resembled burning coals or torches. Bright fire also moved around among the creatures, and there were flashes of lightning.[ref] 14 The living creatures moved rapidly swiftly back and forth, and they looked a bit like lightning.
15 Then I looked more closely and then I saw a wheel on the ground beside each of the living creatures with its four faces.[ref] 16 Each of the wheels was the same, and they all shone like chrysolite. Each wheel seemed to have one wheel inside the other wheel. 17 When they moved, they didn’t have to turn to change direction. 18 The rims of the wheels were awesomely tall, and all four of them were full of eyes around the rim.[ref] 19 Whenever the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them. When the living creatures went upwards, the wheels also went up. 20 Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels went up beside them, because the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 21 Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels also moved, and when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still. When the creatures went upwards, the wheels went up beside them, because the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
22 Above the living creatures was something like an awesome crystal dome stretched out over their heads.[ref] 23 Beneath the dome, each of the creatures’ wings stretched out straight and touched another creature’s wings. Each one also had a pair to cover his own body with. 24 Then I heard the sound of their wings which was like the noise of a lot of water. When they moved, it was ike the voice of the powerful one—like the sound of a rainstorm or an army. Whenever they stood still, they lowered their wings.[ref] 25 A voice came from under the dome that was above their heads, whenever they stopped and lowered their wings.
Rev 19:11:
11 Then I saw heaven open up and wow, a white horse and its rider was named ‘Faithful and true’, and he judges and battles righteously.[ref]
2Ki 24:10-16:
10 At that time, the Babylonian king Nevukadnetstsar sent his army to besiege Yerushalem, 11 and Nevukadnetstsar himself travelled there to observe the operation. 12 Yehudah’s King Yehoyakin went out to surrender to the Babylonian king, along with his mother, his servants, his captains, and his officials. So the Babylonian king took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. 13 Then all the valuables were brought out of Yahweh’s temple and the palace. All the gold furnishings that had been made for the temple by King Shelomoh were cut into pieces. 14 Then all the army leaders and officials, and all the craftsmen and blacksmiths from Yerushalem (some ten thousand people) were taken into exile, leaving only the poorer people behind.
15 King Yehoyakin was exiled from Yerushalem to Babylon, along with his mother and wives, his officials, 16 seven thousand top soldiers, and a thousand skilled craftsmen and blacksmiths—leaving no one behind to fight or make weapons.
2Ch 36:9-10:
Rev 4:6:
6 In front of the throne was something like a sea of glass that was as clear as crystal.
Around the throne were four living creatures, covered both front and back with eyes.[ref]
Ezr 1:5,10:
5 Then some of the leaders of Benyamin and Yehudah, and some priests and Levites—all of whom had had their spirits stirred up by God—left to go and build Yahweh’s residence in Yerushalem. 10 thirty gold bowls, 410 silver bowls, and a thousand other utensils,
10:4:
4 So take action because this is now in your hands, but we’re with you. Lead strongly and make a clear decision.”
Eze 10:14:
14 Each one had four faces: the first face was the face of a winged creature, the second was a man’s face, the third was a lion’s face, and the fourth was an eagle’s face.[ref]
Rev 4:7:
7 This first living creature resembled a lion, the second resembled a bull, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth one resembled a flying eagle.
Rev 4:5:
5 From the centre throne came lightning flashes and thunderous sounds and voices. In front of it, seven torches were burning, which are God’s seven spirits.[ref]
Eze 10:9-13:
9 then I looked, and wow, four wheels were beside the winged creatures—one wheel beside each one—and the wheels seemed like shining chrysolite.[ref] 10 They all appeared to be the same, like having a wheel within a wheel. 11 When they moved, they went in any of their four directions, without turning as they went, because whatever direction the head faced, they went in that direction without turning as they went. 12 Their whole body (including their backs, their hands, and their wings) was covered with eyes, and eyes covered all around the four wheels as well.[ref] 13 I heard someone call them ‘the whirling wheels’.
Rev 4:8:
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings with eyes all around and underneath them. Day and night they never stop saying:[ref]
‘Holy, holy, holy,
who was and is and is to come.’
Rev 1:4-15:
4 [ref]This letter is from Yohan to the seven assemblies in Asia Minor:
Grace and peace to you all from the God who is and was and will be, and from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne, 5 [ref]and from Yeshua the messiah, the faithful witness, the first to come back to life, and the ruler of all the leaders of the nations of the world.
Yeshua loves us and he has released us from our sins by his blood, 6 [ref]and made us into a kingdom of priests to God his father, and he is deserving of honour and power throughout the ages. May it be so.
7 [ref]Look, he’s going to come back in the clouds, and everyone will see him—the one who they speared—and all the tribes on the earth will be mourning over him. REWORK OT QUOTES
8 [ref]“I am the A and the Z,” says Yahweh God, the one who is and was and will be—the most powerful one.
9 I, Yohan, am your brother and partner in the suffering that’s typical of those who follow Yeshua. I’ve been exiled to Patmos Island where I endure because I believe God’s message and Yeshua’s testimony and look forward to his kingdom. 10 One Sunday while I was meditating, God’s spirit gave me a vision, and I heard a voice behind me that seemed as loud as a trumpet blast 11 that said, “Write down what you see here on a scroll and send it to the seven assemblies of believers—to the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see who was talking to me, and I saw seven golden lamp holders, 13 and standing among them was a man who looked like humanity’s child,[fn] wearing a long robe with a golden sash around His chest.[ref] 14 His hair was gleaming white like wool or snow and his eyes were bright like a fiery flame.[ref] 15 His feet shone like bronze that had been refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of a river of rushing water.[ref]
1:13 It’s not certain what was meant here: either ‘a man who looked like humanity’s child’ or ‘a form that looked like a human man’.
1:7: a Dan 7:13; Mat 24:30; Mrk 13:26; Luk 21:27; 1Th 4:17; b Zech 12:10; Yhn 19:34,37; c Zech 12:10; Mat 24:30.
19:6:
6 Then I heard what sounded like a large crowd and what seemed to be the sounds of lots of water and of powerful thunder, saying, “Praise Yah, because our God, the powerful Yahweh, reigns.[ref]