Ezekiel 11:22-25 (ESV)
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city. And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me. And I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me.
In this section of Ezekiel we read about another vision of the prophet. Like all prophetic visions in God’s word, it is as complicated as most prophetic visions. The vision is God taking Ezekiel to a visionary Temple that God will show the prophet the evilness of man’s heart during their worship. God has brought Israel out of Egypt to redeem them. He put them in the promise land to be a light for Him. But, they turned to the evil worship ways of the world they were actually supposed to show God’s glory. Throughout this section we read about God’s glory. We, as God’s people, are supposed to be pictures of God’s glory. As Israel was failing to show God’s glory and was disciplined for it, so too will be today’s believers. If a prophet went behind the scene of our worship services and saw into the depths of our hearts, what would that prophet see? We are to worship in purity and glory for God. The point of this section is that God demands our pure worship and see us when we don’t. He will hold us accountable for that worship. We seem to think that when we worship that God sees and is, assumingely, the object of that worship. Jesus told us to worship in spirit and TRUTH. That means our worship is not to be corrupted by the world, by the flesh and world systems. God sees when we worship in falsehood. And He will hold us accountable.
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