The Last Days according to Jesus by R. C. Sproul

Author:R. C. Sproul [Sproul, R. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL067060, Jesus Christ—Prophecies, Second Advent—Biblical teaching, Bible. Gospels—Prophecies—Second Advent
ISBN: 9781585580927
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2015-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

Ezekiel’s Strange Vision

What is remarkable about this testimony is its similarity to incidents related in the Old Testament. When Ezekiel was a captive in Babylon, he had a vision of the chariot-throne of God. The fearful signs accompanying this theophany included a great sound:

The likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads. And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body. When they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army; and when they stood still, they let down their wings. A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings.

And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it. Also from the appearance of his waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking (Ezek. 1:22–28).

Table 5.1

The Judgment on Jerusalem according to History

Destruction of the temple

Heavenly phenomena

• A star resembling a sword

• A comet (Halley’s Comet appeared in AD 66)

• A bright light shining around the altar and the temple

• A vision of chariots and soldiers running around among the clouds and surrounding cities

Earthly phenomena (reported by priests)

• A quaking

• A great noise

• The sound of a great multitude saying, “Let us remove hence.”

The chariot-throne is mentioned again later in the book of Ezekiel. In chap. 10 Ezekiel saw the chariot-throne with its resplendent glory departing from the temple and from Jerusalem via the East Gate.

And the cherubim were lifted up. This was the living creature I saw by the River Chebar. When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them. When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when one was lifted up, the other lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight.

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