Ezekiel 1:1-14 ~ likeness †

 

Ezekiel 1:1-14

The Second Exodus was the Emperors who 

were exploring Human Rights.

570 BC

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 

2 On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin), 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.

4 As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal [amber]. 

5 And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, 6 but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf's foot. And they sparkled like burnished bronze. 8 Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus: 9 their wings touched one another. Each one of them went straight forward, without turning as they went. 

10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle. 11 Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above. Each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.

12 And each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures. And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures darted to and fro, like the appearance of a flash of lightning.


As I sit down to think about Ezekiel's vision of the angels surrounding the Most High God, it is a overwhelming to me. I know my minister has heard the voice of God on rare occasions.

Galatians 6:9

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

I have a great-aunt by marriage, Clarice. She lives in heaven now, but she was such a wonderful woman. Laughter, love and straight talk were a large part of Clarice’s life. My youngest great-uncle used to tease Clarice and say, “I have 12 brothers and sisters. 6 are Baptist and 6 are Christian.” Then, he’d look to Clarice, to her reaction. He enjoyed that old joke around her all the time.

Clarice wanted to have children, but her husband was chronically ill and they never conceived. He didn’t live to be old, but Clarice really did live to be old and she had a wonderful life filled with good choices. Clarice did not grow bitter, but blessed and busy. Clarice never lacked for children, she and Walton had a long hallway covered with photos of nieces and nephews. I believe Clarice was as close to a saint as I’ve ever met. She spoke her mind & her paths were straight. She was an irritant to the less well behaved cousins.

Clarice believed in disciple-ship as she took in a troubled nephew, so a young man who couldn’t obtain a high school diploma in the bigger city, could graduate from her small town with the help of the local principal and Clarice’s encouragement. He lived with her for a year. Many nieces and nephews went to college because they had an Aunt Clarice.

When one of the wealthy brother-in-laws became immersed in an East Texas shady charlatan using religion for money, the youngest brother-in-law went to get Clarice and get him out of there. Clarice, when asked, cried, “Why me?” She was assured she was the one to be relied upon to free the uncle. So, she and the youngest brother, went on a long car trip that very day and brought back the relieved uncle. :)

Because of Clarice, young women in the family had beautiful wedding receptions. Newlyweds were given new living room furniture. Sisters lived on the four corners of the same street and ran a dress shop together, owned and worked in by Clarice. As I go along in life, I am encouraged by her memory, her love for the Lord and the joy she gave and received.

I have one more favorite and precious memory of Aunt Clarice. She was ill and having hospice care for her. What was supposed to be weeks, turned into months as Aunt Clarice was in a coma. I sent her a letter for her next-door sisters to read to her - a thank you for the many kind things she'd done for my mother, uncle and family. I loved her. One night, no one had reported Aunt Clarice was any closer to dying, about 2 or 3 in the morning - I sat up in tears from sleep. I could feel Aunt Clarice's soul going to heaven - the joy she felt couldn't be compared to a wedding day or winning the lottery - the joy of discovering all of God's promises were true. Jesus Christ and His Kingdom were in front of her forever. The next morning, the call came Aunt Clarice had, in truth, passed on.

When my grandmother died, I was just completely at a loss. I really could not imagine life without Grandmother. And one of my family, told me she always dreamed of Tate - our Episcopal Priest Grandfather - often. And I decided this would happen with Grandmother. I was rewarded for my faith. Sometimes I dreamed knowing Grandmother was just, only, in my dream. Just a dream. And other times still live clearly in my memories, like it was yesterday - where Grandmother and I have conversations. In Heaven. And sometimes on earth. And sometimes with my father. The dreams have fruit. The Love and Joy and Peace of the Holy Spirit. Intact and instant clarity. And I realized - how - Fulfilled my Grandmother Is. I never realized how unfulfilled she was

Grandmother Bit is now well and perfectly fulfilled even far and away above the photos of the Roses. Father God has met and Loved her every need. Augusta Elliott Wilson Anderson Young - Grandmother Bit - is now perfectly fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

And the truth is - Grandmother is more fully filled than some of the other people I have seen in Heaven. I very firmly believe in the 7 levels of Heaven. I have no idea which level Grandmother is - but, I'd say it's Lovely.

And therefore, with firm permanence - I believe seeking the Lord God, Jesus and their Love - plus explaining about this almost beyond Imagining Love - establishes us in the Levels of Heaven.

You may not believe as I do. This fact is once in the Bible and this is my opinion. I believe in our gifts and talents being given with great Love to Jesus. I'm comfortable if this is not your belief. I believe this to be a Glory and not a burden or unpleasantness. I believe this is Beautiful.

Several years back, I went to hear a healer pray over us. Father Mike Endicott is from the U.K. and he spoke of earnestly begging God for his flock, for 35 years, to have a crumb of God's glory on pretty common and pretty severe situations in life. Begging God to relent of crushing problems. And, one cold night, Father Mike had a vision of Light spilling through the stained glass window. And the Voice of Father of All. And He said, "Mike, do you feed my sheep?" Yes, Lord God, I try. "Yes, you do." And His Voice continued, "Mike, do you believe that I am a Good Father?" The priest replied with more automation than conviction and said, with a touch of earnestness, he did believe God was a Good Father.

Father God said to Mike, "Then Pray believing I have a Plan and a Hope and Future for all of My Children." And Father Mike became a healer because Miracles began to happen left and right. To believe God is a Good and Willing Father.

 To believe in the Willingness of  a Good Father.  And still,  yesterday, today and tomorrow only Jesus Christ Heals all.

When we ask believers if they have had dreams of Heaven, so many have. There are many

who have something interesting to say.

The movie, "Father Stu" is well worth seeing. Beautiful. Faithful when he had to return home and live without any of his dreams. God honored his faith!

 Abba, Father

Deuteronomy 31:8

It is the Lord who goes before you.

He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. 

Do not fear or be dismayed.

Help us to pray,

 knowing You dwell within us. 

You've said as we pray, 

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 

You are here.

We will never ascend to be God. You alone are God. 

And in Your Goodness, for there to be relationship, 

You choose to dwell among mankind. 

You are the Light in all of mankind.

Keep us keep alert 

and 

help our days to please You. 

We lift up the real prayer concerns of the ones we love. 

Thanking You for listening and acting upon Your Word. 

You work all things for good, for those who Love the Lord.

We pray for the encouragement in our 

world

to be and find goodness.

To put our eyes on Love, Faith and Encouragement.

Help us to Seek You First

And in Jesus Christ, we will know we will finish well.

 Thank You Father we entrust the ones we love to you, 

the people You have Given.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

We pray for our area to have rain

and for all places Daniel says have Angels to

Protect and Pray,

we pray for worldwide better weather,

Lord Jesus, Amen.

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1 John 1 ~ we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands

 

I Love the Lord. 

We read Jesus was sometimes sought by His Disciples and asked to hurry along. Asking Him, work a little harder, this is what we are doing. 

Mark 1:37. Really, that's astonishing and amazing effrontery. 

Jesus is being told How To Run His Ministry. In the very first Chapter of Mark. Ok, why? Why did they feel it was their place to explain to the Messiah? Was Jesus just a little offended? We can find the answer to this. Oh really, how can we 'know.' Jesus is telling us. The Disciples jumped in because the Holy Spirit is moving. 

Mark 1

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 

 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”

Scriptures support Scripture. 

 2 Peter 1:21 

 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, 

but men spoke from God 

as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Let's move with the Holy Spirit and live this particular day with Jesus.

Still in

Mark 1

35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, 

He departed and went out to a desolate place, and there He prayed. 

36 And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him, 37 and they found Him and said to Him, “Everyone is looking for you.” 

38 And He said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”

Jesus needed no one to tell Him what was in mankind. And Jesus told His Disciples at the Close of their time together as Grace upon Grace, His Life was Joy.

Fully Human, Fully Divine. The most basic explanation for the hypostatic union is Jesus Christ being both fully God and fully man. He is both perfectly divine and perfectly human. The incarnation of God. His exact nature. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His Nature, and He upholds the universe by the Word of His Power. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 

How do we know? Jesus is recorded as sitting to teach, quite a lot. We know Gabriel stands in the presence of God. Psalms records, if we are angry, to pray upon our beds. Moses and Aaron fell face down to pray. 

Notice standing to pray can be various heart intention.

Jesus told this parable:

 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 

 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ 14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

And Jesus... He sat to teach. Just plunked down. Moved men out of their jobs, their commercial places, and said He needed to sit in their desk chair. Jesus said, let me sit in your tractor. Jesus said, can I sit in your truck.  Jesus saying, I need your conference room. Actually, Jesus said," I need to use your boat, can you back it up some for the acoustics."

Jesus sat with the ill, the destitute, the Temple Officials, the Synagogue Rulers and his daughter, the om Mary Magdalene, the blind yelling at him, and men hanging out in Sycamore Trees.  The Christ of God knew names, jobs and homes. And He said, "I'm coming to your house today." 

 Think of Jesus getting in the ship, many people could see and decide where Jesus was going.

Jesus had a plan? John, go over to this town, and you will see a colt, untie it for me.

John didn't seem eager to go. Jesus explained, "Tell them The Lord has need of the colt."

Jesus would say audacious words like the most wonderful counselor. His miracles were like the Mighty God, He told of an everlasting Father. And Jesus was using His Words to save his people from their sins.

Jesus proclaims:

… Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21


…Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29

…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3




…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78




…Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58


…And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34


…We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41

…I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6

…I am the Light of the World. John 8:12

…The True Light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9

Luke 2:10 

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; 

He is Christ the Lord.

Jesus was surrounded by the faithful, the hopeful, the devout. The thief of Righteousness, Betrayer. The self-important critics. The ill, the dying. Great Crowds of needs and hopes. Controversy. 

Did Jesus ever just feel overwhelmed? Beat down. Fussed. Working to be positive and then just annoyed?  Pushing annoyance back, to rise again.

To be fully human, Jesus would know striving and feeling burned at each end.

Jesus says this to the crowd looking for him:

John 7
28 So Jesus cried out, as he taught in the temple, “You know me,
and you know where I come from.

But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know. 29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.”

John 10:32 

 Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?” 

John 9:4 

As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

How will we tell of Jesus? How will we open up? When the Lord provides a teaching time. A teachable moment. We will say what Jesus has brought us.

1 John 1:1-5

John's Life and what he has amazingly seen:

John saw Jesus say:

John heard:
 So Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, “You know me,
and you know where I come from.

But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know. 29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.”

1 That which was from the beginning

Which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,

which we looked upon and have touched with our hands,

concerning the Word of Life—

The Life was made manifest

And we have seen it, 

and testify to it 

and proclaim to you the eternal life,

which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you,

So that you too may have fellowship with us; 

and 

indeed our fellowship is with the Father 

and 

with his Son Jesus Christ. 

And we are writing these things so that our joy 

may be complete.

This is the message we have heard from Him

and proclaim to you,

that God is Light,

and in Him is no darkness at all.

Isaiah 43:2 

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; 

and 

through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; 

when you walk through fire 

you shall not be burned, 

and the flame shall not consume you.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

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