Covenant Reformed News – September 2021 • Volume XVIII, Issue 17
This article provides an exegetical study of Ezekiel 10, focusing on the theophany of God's divine chariot and its symbolic significance. The author explores the biblical imagery of God's chariot throughout Scripture, particularly emphasizing how Ezekiel's vision depicts God's departure from the Jerusalem temple in judgment upon Judah's sins, with detailed attention to the symbolism of the four wheels and cherubs.
The Wheels and Steeds of God’s Chariot Ezekiel 10 contains an amazing theophany or appearance of Almighty God. We behold His glory cloud and throne, as well as four huge wheels and four cherubs, with eyes filling both the four wheels and the four cherubs. But what is going on in Ezekiel 10? What unifies the various elements of the theophany or vision of God? The divine chariot! And what a chariot it is! What is the idea of the chariot in Ezekiel 10? In a nutshell, Jehovah in His awesome...