The description of the departure of the throne chariot ferrying the glory of God in Ezekiel 11:22-25 concluded the second series of the prophet’s visions. The lifting of the wings of the cherubim, the whirling of the wheels beside them, and the glory of God over them were all poised to depart Jerusalem. Verse 23 then said that the glory of the Lord departed from the east gate of the city and stood on the mountain on the left of the city. This mountain is understood to be Mount Olive. When that happened, in a vision Ezekiel saw himself lifted by the Spirit of God and he was back among the exile in Babylon and no longer in Jerusalem. At Babylon among the exile, he then narrated all that the Lord had shown him to them. Later in his final vision in Ezekiel 43, we will see the glory of God returning from the east gate.
The departure of the glory of God from Jerusalem signals to us
that God Cannot and will not co-exist with sin. Where the presence
of sin is, the presence of God will not be there. Just like we will feel
uncomfortable in a dirty house, the Spirit of God will also not remain in a
temple that is filthy and corrupted by sin.
We must be mindful that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
This was Paul's assertion in 1 Corinthians 6:19. He rhetorically asked, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of
the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? He also further asserted
that we are not our own for Christ had paid an awesome price to make us God’s
very own. The right thing to do then is “to glorify God in our body.”
We are
redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. And we are God’s blood-bought
children redeemed to live a sanctified life. Hence, we must no longer conform
to this world, its patterns, and values. Instead, we must continually offer our
lives to God as a living sacrifice and yield our hearts and minds to be
progressively transformed. Let us dedicate each day of our lives to
Him and daily be His consecrated people throughout our earthly
living!
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