Ezekiel 10

Ezekiel 10:1-7

The throne, ver. 1, Denotes God’s coming in a way of judgment against the Jews. The man clothed in linen, taking the fire from between the cherubims to scatter over the city, 2, 6, 7, denotes Christ as executing the destructive vengeance of God on Jerusalem, according to the predictions of his prophets, and by the ministration of angels. The bright cloud that filled the inner court, 3, 4, might denote the terrible vengeance of God on the priests; or his presence, as leaving the Jews and coming to the Gentiles. The terrible sound of the cherubims’ wings, heard even to the outer court, 5, may denote the terrible judgments of God on the Jews, heard of among the Heathen; or the gospel published by the apostles to the Gentiles

Ezekiel 10:13

I plainly discerned that every providential dispensation, and every particular church, was under the direction and government of some superior being, even God himself. [See further explication of cherubims, wheels, &c. on chap. i.] 11

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. X.—How glorious and majestic are the appearances of God in his providence or church! awful is the ministration of angels, or messages of faithful ministers; and terrible are the denunciations of JERUSAN’S wrath, especially against apostate professors! And deep the concern of Jesus Christ, and his angels and ministers in the execution of it! He hath all judgment committed to him; and at his last coming, he will scatter his coals of fire over our earth, and for ever over the world of the ungodly. Harmonious and uniform, steady and regular, are the motions of providence, and the divine management of churches, amidst all their variations. All things are fixed by God’s unalterable decree, and brought to pass by his irresistible energy.—But by slow degrees, and in seeming aversion, doth he remove his gracious presence and ordinances from a people, as one glad to return upon their gospel repentance and humble requests