10:1,2
The glory of the Lord is now going to depart from the temple. Ezekiel again sees a vision of the glory of God, and refers back to the original vision. This original vision of Ezekiel seems to be of great significance to him. It is a pity we don’t understand it better (at least I don’t). The man clothed in linen (the one who marked the foreheads of those who still trusted the Lord) is there and is commanded to “go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. He is to take burning coals and scatter them over the city. In Isaiah’s vision (Is 6) a burning coal takes away his guilt. These burning coals are burning coals if judgement. We could maybe see a parallel to Jesus in the man in linen. Jesus is either the one who takes away our guilt, or He is the one who will come to judge us. Which of these two it is depends upon whether or not we put our faith in Him.
10:3-8
We now have a visual description of the glory of the Lord preparing to leave the temple. The Israelites had chosen to abandon the Lord, they had chosen to trust in idols, they had chosen to defile the temple. But none of this detracts from the glory of the Lord. The loss is theirs, for the glory of the Lord could have dwelt among them, they could have had fellowship with God. Instead they chose to have fellowship with demons. So it is with the whole of mankind. Man has rejected God and takes the consequences.
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