Ezekiel had previously seen a vision of the glory of the Lord departing from the temple (chapter 10). Now he sees the return of the glory of the Lord in another vision. But when would this take place? When the exiles returned to Jerusalem decades later, they rebuilt the temple, but there was no manifestation of God’s glory at that time. If we take the temple for what it is, a symbol of a greater reality, ultimately the church, then we can find a clear fulfilment of this prophecy in Acts 2. When the gathered disciples heard the mighty wind and saw flames of fire coming upon each person it was indeed a manifestation of God’s glory. It is a more wonderful fulfilment of Ezekiel’s vision than anyone could have expected because it was not a building of stone and wood that the glory of God filled but the very hearts of people. You can experience what Ezekiel sees here in his vision. But you won’t see it as something that takes place outside you. It will take place within you. Ezekiel saw the glory of the Lord light up the land around him. This can happen to you, but the light will be within you. It will change the way you see everything as though a light in the sky had illuminated everything around you. God declared to Ezekiel when he entered the temple, “This is the place of my throne”. When you allow your heart to become the throne room of God then you open your heart to the illuminating glory that lit up the world in Ezekiel’s vision.
Surrender yourself to God and ask him to illumine your heart with his Spirit.
Read Ezekiel 43
