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Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
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God's Glory Departs
Commentators agree this verse depicts the stunning and visible departure of God's glory from Jerusalem. The cherubim and wheels, representing God's throne-chariot, lift off, signifying that God is leaving the temple and the city. John Calvin explains this was a necessary, tangible sign for a people who wrongly believed God was physically bound to the temple and could never leave, regardless of their sin.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
And the wheels beside them. — These are the wheels described as being with the cherubim, and animated in their movements …
16th Century
Protestant
Here Ezekiel repeats what we saw before: namely, that God, as He had chosen Mount Zion, had finally rejected it, because that place had been pollut…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then did the cherubim lift up their wings In order to remove, as in (Ezekiel 10:19).
and t…
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Presbyterian
Here is the departure of God's presence from the city and temple. It was from the Mount of Olives that the vision went up, typifying the ascension …
