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5 min readIn Ezekiel’s vision of Jerusalem’s judgment, God summons seven angelic executioners. Six are tasked with slaughter, but the seventh, dressed in linen with a writing kit, has a different job: he marks the foreheads of those who grieve over the city’s evil, sparing them from destruction. The Hebrew word for mark is Tav, the last letter of the alphabet, which in that era’s script resembled a cross or an X. The scene echoes the Passover, where blood-marked doorways saved the firstborn, and foreshadows Revelation’s seal of God on the righteous. The marked remnant is saved, while the bodies of the unmarked are stacked inside the temple itself—a deliberate violation of cleanliness laws, underscoring God’s departure.
The Departure of Glory
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- 1 (00:01) **Vision of Judgment Begins** - God summons executioners to the temple for the slaughter of Jerusalem's wicked.
- 2 (01:41) **Judgment and the Temple Defiled** - God commands bodies to be stacked inside the temple, violating cleanliness laws, as his presence prepares to leave.
- 3 (02:43) **The Cherubim Chariot** - Ezekiel sees a vision of cherubim (heavenly beings) carrying God's throne, ready to depart the temple.
- 4 (03:24) **God Has Left the Building** - God departs the temple but hasn't abandoned his true people; the idol worshipers are not his remnant.
- 5 (04:07) **Prophecy of Exile and Fulfillment** - Ezekiel predicts how the leaders will leave the city and what will happen; this is fulfilled in 2 Kings 25:4.
- 6 (04:45) **God Is Their Sanctuary** - God corrects the belief that the temple is their sanctuary; he himself is their sanctuary, not confined to a location.
- 7 (05:47) **Street Theater and Unmoved Exiles** - Ezekiel performs symbolic acts (street theater) for the exiles, but they respond nonchalantly.
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