Ezekiel 1 - A Prophet of the Lord

 

Ezekiel 1 – A Prophet of the Lord                                                                  

 

Ezekiel was a prophet of the Lord who came from a priestly background. His interest lies in priestly matters, in worship, in dietary laws, in matters of clean and unclean and in the fulfillment of the law. He was called to prophecy in the 5^th year of the Babylonian captivity at the age of thirty, and his career as a prophet lasted over two decades.

 

He was in captivity, but that didn’t keep the heavens from opening so that he could see the glory of God. (Rev. 1:9).

 

He saw God’s providence. The vision shows how God is working in His world. What looks like a storm to us is the tool of His providence. The wheels spinning within the wheels and the living creatures going back and forth like lightning. It is all too much for us to understand but not for God to control. Romans 8:28 still stands.

 

Far above the storm, the wheels, the living creatures, and the firmament is God’s throne ruling over all. It looked as though Nebuchadnezzar was ruling everything, but God was still on His throne. “The Lord sits as King forever” (Psalm 29:10). The next time you face a storm, look high enough to see God’s exalted throne.

 

Usually, you see the rainbow when the storm is over (Gen. 9:8-17), and only an arc at that. Ezekiel saw the rainbow during the storm, and it completely encircled the throne! A symbol of God’s grace, the rainbow assures us that the Lord is with us and will not forsake us, especially when we are going through a storm.

 

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