"And set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south."
This is a vision where the high mountain which is same as in the sense St John is set and the city is more to do with heavenly than Jerusalem which has been judged in Ch.9 "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God."(Re.21:9). He is different from the one with whom the prophet had to do. "And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof." Instead of the golden reed "And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate."(40:3) The line of flax is " I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem."(Ze.1:16; 2:1) "I am returned" to Jerusalem is not about the city under judgment but for those upon whom God had set the mark, "And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry...."(Ez.9:4). The last verse in the Book also points to the heavenly city. "And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there."(48:35)
The high mountain is situated on the north which stand for judgment. "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north."(Is.14:13; "Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land."-Je.1:14)
Ezekiel is a double for Jesus Christ. 40:4 The same warning applies to us. "behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee
"And set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south."
This is a vision where the high mountain which is same as in the sense St John is set and the city is more to do with heavenly than Jerusalem which has been judged in Ch.9 "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God."(Re.21:9). He is different from the one with whom the prophet had to do. "And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof." Instead of the golden reed "And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate."(40:3) The line of flax is " I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem."(Ze.1:16; 2:1) "I am returned" to Jerusalem is not about the city under judgment but for those upon whom God had set the mark, "And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry...."(Ez.9:4). The last verse in the Book also points to the heavenly city. "And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there."(48:35)
The high mountain is situated on the north which stand for judgment. "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north."(Is.14:13; "Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land."-Je.1:14)
Ezekiel is a double for Jesus Christ. 40:4 The same warning applies to us. "behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee
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