Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"The glory of the LORD went up from the cherub"
Text: Ezekiel 10:4
THE CLOUD OF GLORY
One of the most frequent references to the glory of God is that of “the cloud”. It was the cloud that was seen as the children of Israel was led through the wilderness. It was the cloud that covered Mount Sinai when the LORD spoke to Moses and the nation.
“Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple
when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.
Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub,
and paused over the threshold of the temple;
and the house was filled with the cloud,
and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court,
like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.”
Ezekiel 10:3-5
1. In the temple at Jerusalem.
a) The cherubim were standing on the south side of the Temple.
b) The warrior angels were on the north side.
2. The cloud filled the inner court.
a) But this glory was not seen by the idolatrous worshippers.
b) Ezekiel was privileged to see the glory-cloud of the LORD.
3. The glory of the Lord.
a) It moved from the cherub.
b) The glory was now at the threshold of the Temple.
c) That glory-cloud will cover the court of the Temple.
d) The glory of the Lord was so brilliantly bright.
4. The wings of the cherubim.
a) They made a loud sound as they flapped their wings in the inner court.
b) The loud sound could be heard in the outer court.
c) The sound was compared to the mighty voice of Almighty God when He speaks.
5. The false worshippers at the Temple.
a) They saw nothing of the glory of God.
b) They heard nothing either.
c) The glory of God was departing from the defiled inner court to the threshold of the Temple.
d) All of these glorious things were lost on the idolatrous worshippers!