the glory of the LORD?
Ezekiel 1:26-28
And above the firmanent 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 downward I saw, as it were, the 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 JEHOVAH!!
Hear O' Israel the Lord our God is one Lord! Jesus and Jehovah = one God!
There is one God!
2007-12-05 11:26:07 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It seems rather obvious that Ezekiel 1:26-28 complements and agrees with the description of Almighty Jehovah as the "Ancient of Days" in the bible book of Daniel. The prophets Ezekiel and Daniel lived during the same time, and it seems likely that the two knew each other and their writings.
Consider Daniel's description of the Ancient of Days, and ask yourself which character in this description is Jehovah the Father and which is Jesus the Son.
...(Daniel 7:9,12-14) I kept on beholding until there were thrones placed and the Ancient of Days sat down. His clothing was white just like snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool. His throne was flames of fire... I kept on beholding in the visions of the night, and, see there! with the clouds of the heavens someone like a son of man happened to be coming; and to the Ancient of Days he gained access, and they brought him up close even before that One. And to [the son of man] there were given rulership and dignity and kingdom, that the peoples, national groups and languages should all serve even him. His rulership is an indefinitely lasting rulership that will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be brought to ruin.
Significantly, neither Ezekiel nor Daniel could see the face of the "Ancient of Days" . This is unsurprising since it seems that humans can only survive general manifestations of God's glory. By contrast, thousands saw details of the face of Jesus in person and in vision.
...(Exodus 33:17,20) Jehovah went on to say to Moses: “...You are not able to see my face, because no man may see me and yet live.”
...(Deuteronomy 5:24) Jehovah our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire.
Like Daniel's account of the "Ancient of Days" and the "son of man", there are dozens of additional Scriptures which show that Almighty Jehovah is the source of the authority that has been given to Jesus Christ.
(Acts 2:36) God made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you impaled.
(Matthew 28:18) And [the resurrected] Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been GIVEN me in heaven and on the earth.
(John 3:35) The Father loves the Son and has GIVEN all things into his hand.
(Acts 5:31) GOD EXALTED this one as Chief Agent and Savior
(Daniel 7:14) And to him there WERE GIVEN rulership and dignity and kingdom
(Matthew 11:27) All things HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO ME by my Father, and no one fully knows the Son but the Father, neither does anyone fully know the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.
(Philippians 2:9) For this very reason also GOD EXALTED HIM to a superior position
(1 Peter 3:22) [Jesus] went his way to heaven; and angels and authorities and powers WERE MADE SUBJECT to him.
(1 Corinthians 15:25) For [Jesus] must rule as king until GOD HAS PUT all enemies under his feet.
(Psalm 110:1) The utterance of Jehovah to my Lord [Jesus] is: “Sit... Until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.”
Incidentally, where is Jesus' exhalted position? It is NOT replacing Jehovah God, because Jesus remains humbly at Jehovah's right hand.
(Psalm 110:1) The utterance of Jehovah to my Lord is: “Sit at my right hand Until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.”
(Ephesians 1:19-20) the mightiness of [God's] strength, with which he has operated in the case of the Christ when he raised him up from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places
(Acts 7:55,56) [Stephen], being full of holy spirit, gazed into heaven and caught sight of God’s glory and of Jesus standing at God’s right hand, and he said: “Look! I behold the heavens opened up and the Son of man standing at God’s right hand.”
(Matthew 26:64) Jesus said to him: “...From henceforth you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power
(Romans 8:34) Christ Jesus is the one who died, yes, rather the one who was raised up from the dead, who is on the right hand of God
(Colossians 3:1) Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
(Hebrews 1:3) [Jesus] sat down on the right hand of the Majesty in lofty places.
(Hebrews 8:1) Now as to the things being discussed this is the main point: We have such a high priest as this, and he has sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
(Hebrews 10:12) But this man [Jesus] offered one sacrifice for sins perpetually and sat down at the right hand of God,
(Hebrews 12:2) Look intently at the Chief Agent and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus. ...he endured a torture stake, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(1 Peter 3:22) He [Jesus] is at God’s right hand, for he went his way to heaven
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2007-12-06 06:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Read a few verses (v10) before that!
(NIV) "Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a man, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle."
God is not a Man!...Its a vision!..some angels with higher ranking (per se) had heads of Animals. Are we to assume this is literal or some sort of symbolic visualization?
2007-12-06 07:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by YXM84 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah reveals himself by this symbolic means! Jehovah is so much mightier than man that a literal revelation of his presence would destroy us. Since Ezekiel was merely a human himself, the human form was the best form that he could appreciate for this divine manifestation. And what is warmer than the human representation? Even laws and commands, when set in the framework of human experience, when taught by example in human living, have warmth and appeal, and induce in us a readiness to comply. Jehovah’s Word the Bible is that way. Its commands come to us through the writings of men, men who, guided by God’s spirit, expressed themselves in human terms and who themselves were experiencing the fine way of life that results from obedience to God’s commands.
Now, the form that Ezekiel saw, though human, was enveloped in glory, glowing brilliantly like the bright gold-silver alloy electrum, glowing as if it were being treated by fire inside a furnace. From the waist of this manlike form there was this elegant glory extending both upward and downward, the whole form being thus encased in glory. This was a mere representation of the Almighty God, but it indicates that in actuality, in the invisible realm, he is indescribably glorious.
There is one Almighty God, "Jehovah"
Jesus is a Mighty God
2007-12-05 14:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by BJ 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
"He hath no form nor comeliness that people should seek him out." This passage form the Psalms mean that he would not be know for his extraordinary good looks. He was known by his word and his authority from God the Father to Teach.
2016-04-07 11:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Appearance like a man"
God is also referred to as "He", "His"
Invisible spiritual things have to be explained in "HUMAN" forms so that we with our limited minds can understand.
Jehovah is called King, Jesus is called King, David is called King,
so David must also be the Glorified Great God of Heaven.
YOUR TEACHING NOT MINE.
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2007-12-08 01:36:06 · answer #5 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, is it a man or is it God? Make up your mind.
By the way, there have probably been ~25 billion men that have lived, so I don't think that is necessarily a specific endorsement of one Bronze age jewish fellow.
2007-12-05 11:29:18 · answer #6 · answered by QED 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It would require that you believe the stories in the bible to be true. I would suggest that there are a lot of holy books with a lot of stories about a lot of different gods.
Some people believe that some of these stories are true. Some people believe that these stories are all myths.
2007-12-05 11:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by Alan 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The trinity=Father+son+holy spirit.
Jesus was God, God taking human flesh in order to save us from this disease, SIN, God looked for one to save us but found nothing but himself.
Holy Spirit is God within us showing us the way and helping us, because of Jesus' death we have recieved the promised Holy ghost when we accept the son (Jesus)
Father is the creator, the alpha and omega, He was there before the begining,
Its so hard to explain:
(I am wearing myself out), Our God is so complex and profound that noone could measure up to his understanding.
2007-12-05 11:38:47 · answer #8 · answered by Jedidiah 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Amen.
John 1:18
18No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
2007-12-05 11:33:33 · answer #9 · answered by Spoken4 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Rainbows are the symbols of homosexuals. It is all part of God's plan, he works in mysterious ways. We now know that God loves Homos.
2007-12-05 11:30:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
He is.Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
2007-12-05 11:29:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋