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2026.4.18
(겔1:1-28)
1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth 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, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. There the hand of the LORD was upon him. 4 I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north--an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, 5 and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was that of a man, 6 but each of them had four faces and four wings. 7 Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. 8 Under their wings on their four sides they had the hands of a man. All four of them had faces and wings, 9 and their wings touched one another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved. 10 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. 11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out upward; each had two wings, one touching the wing of another creature on either side, and two wings covering its body. 12 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. 13 The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. 14 The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning. 15 As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. 16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like chrysolite, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. 17 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not turn about as the creatures went. 18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around. 19 When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. 20 Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 21 When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 22 Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked like an expanse, sparkling like ice, and awesome. 23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. 24 When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. 25 Then there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. 26 Above the expanse over their heads was what looked like a throne of sapphire, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. 27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
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그는 BC597 여호야긴 왕이 바벨론 포로로 잡혀 갔을 때 함께 이송
그발 강가 텔아빕에서 거주했는데...
제사장이기는 하지만 포로로 잡혀 간 현지에서
하나님의 부르심과 더불어 선지자(先知者)로서의 활동을 하게 된 인물이다
하나님께서 오늘의 말씀 속에 등장시키는 큰 바람 과 구름 + 네 생물 + 바퀴 + 보좌위에 앉은 사람같은 형상 + 사파이어 같은 보좌와 무지개 +불과 광채
모두는 각기 의미를 담고 있음인데...
큰 바람 과 구름 = 바벨론의 침략
네 생물 = 사람(지혜) 사자(권능,왕권) 소(인내 섬김) 독수리(신속 통찰)
바퀴= 무소부재(無所不在)의 통치자(統治者)
보좌위에 앉은 사람같은 형상 = 장차의 심판자 예수님
사파이어 같은 보좌와 무지개 = 온 우주의 하나님, 약속성취의 공의의 하나님,
불과 광채 = 천국 지옥을 판결권을 쥐고 계신 성자 예수님을 상징
이로 보건대
북이스라엘과 남유다의 인생들이
이러하신 하나님의 뜻을 어겼다는 뜻
따라서 늦었지만 회개회개(悔改回改)를 원하시는 하나님의 마음을 읽을 수 있으며
바벨론 유수를 통해서 하나님의 백성들이 어떻게 정화(淨化)되어
다시금 하나님만을 섬기는 존재들이 되었으면 ...하시는 하나님의 바램이 느껴진다
(욥23:10)
10 그러나 내가 가는 길을 그가 아시나니 그가 나를 단련하신 후에는 내가 순금 같이 되어 나오리라
(롬5:3-4)
3 다만 이뿐 아니라 우리가 환난 중에도 즐거워하나니 이는 환난은 인내를, 4 인내는 연단을, 연단은 소망을 이루는 줄 앎이로다
(약1:2-4)
2 내 형제들아 너희가 여러 가지 시험을 만나거든 온전히 기쁘게 여기라 3 이는 너희 믿음의 시련이 인내를 만들어 내는 줄 너희가 앎이라 4 인내를 온전히 이루라 이는 너희로 온전하고 구비하여 조금도 부족함이 없게 하려 함이라