以西結書10:1-5

10:1 我觀看，見基路伯頭上的穹蒼之中，顯出藍寶石的形狀，彷彿寶座的形像。

10:2 主對那穿細麻衣的人說：「你進去，在旋轉的輪內基路伯以下，從基路伯中間將火炭取滿兩手，撒在城上。」我就見他進去。

10:3 那人進去的時候，基路伯站在殿的右邊，雲彩充滿了內院。

10:4 耶和華的榮耀從基路伯那裡上升，停在門檻以上；殿內滿了雲彩，院宇也被耶和華榮耀的光輝充滿。

10:5 基路伯翅膀的響聲聽到外院，好像全能上帝說話的聲音。

Then I looked, and behold, on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in appearance like a throne.  And he said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.”

And he went in before my eyes.       Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the house, when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.  And the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.  And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

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    以西結可能因為到了聖殿才意識到這四個活物就是「基路伯」。而有基路伯的地方，就有上帝的榮耀，因為這榮耀就是上帝本身的顯現，也是上帝同在的表徵。其實上帝的榮耀是充滿全地，只是人沒有專心在上帝身上，有加上人的罪性，以至於眼睛就看不見上帝的榮耀。

    所以，人必須要被基督拯救，才能有正確的眼光可以看見上帝的榮耀，是充滿在每個受造物當中，感受到所有受造之物都是上帝奇妙的傑作、奇妙的創造，發出從內心產生的讚嘆！

    願主讓我們看見上帝的榮耀，進而知道順服與敬畏，如此我們才會真正蒙福，才會知道我們是活在上帝的榮耀之中，也只有上帝的榮耀藉我們顯出的時候，我們才能榮耀上帝！

以西結書9:7-11

9:7 他對他們說：「要污穢這殿，使院中充滿被殺的人。你們出去吧！」他們就出去，在城中擊殺。

9:8 他們擊殺的時候，我被留下，我就俯伏在地，說：「哎！主耶和華啊，你將忿怒傾在耶路撒冷，豈要將以色列所剩下的人都滅絕嗎？」

9:9 他對我說：「以色列家和猶大家的罪孽極其重大。遍地有流血的事，滿城有冤屈，因為他們說：『耶和華已經離棄這地，他看不見我們。』

9:10 故此，我眼必不顧惜，也不可憐他們，要照他們所行的報應在他們頭上。」

9:11 那穿細麻衣、腰間帶著墨盒子的人將這事回覆說：「我已經照你所吩咐的行了。」

Then he said to them, "Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out." So they went out and struck in the city. 8 And while they were striking, and I was left alone, I fell upon my face, and cried, "Ah, Lord God! Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?"

9 Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, 'The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see. ' 10 As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will bring their deeds upon their heads."

11 And behold, the man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his waist, brought back word, saying, "I have done as you commanded me."

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    上帝用「公義」回應以西結的代求，並不答應以西結。而天使也已經將毀滅的事情執行完畢。而在這一段中，似乎「公平正義」與「是不是把上帝當成上帝」是等同的。如果人真心敬拜神，導致的狀況就是社會的公平正義。

    而上帝將以色列人所行的，回報給以色列正如9-10節所說：「以色列家和猶大家的罪孽極其重大。遍地有流血的事，滿城有冤屈，因為他們說：『耶和華已經離棄這地，他看不見我們。』故此，我眼必不顧惜，也不可憐他們，要照他們所行的報應在他們頭上。」

    所以一個國家或社會不「行公義、好憐憫」，就得不到上帝的公義與憐憫，這事件非常嚴重的事！也因此，盼望主的福音在這地廣傳，使這地充滿公義與憐憫，上帝永同在！

以西結書9章

     以西結書9:1-6  ,   以西結書9:7-11  ,

以西結書9:1-6

9:1 他向我耳中大聲喊叫說：「要使那監管這城的人手中各拿滅命的兵器前來。」

9:2 忽然有六個人從朝北的上門而來，各人手拿殺人的兵器；內中有一人身穿細麻衣，腰間帶著墨盒子。他們進來，站在銅祭壇旁。

9:3 以色列上帝的榮耀本在基路伯上，現今從那裡升到殿的門檻。上帝將那身穿細麻衣、腰間帶著墨盒子的人召來。

9:4 耶和華對他說：「你去走遍耶路撒冷全城，那些因城中所行可憎之事歎息哀哭的人，畫記號在額上。」

9:5 我耳中聽見他對其餘的人說：「要跟隨他走遍全城，以行擊殺。你們的眼不要顧惜，也不要可憐他們。

9:6 要將年老的、年少的，並處女、嬰孩，和婦女，從聖所起全都殺盡，只是凡有記號的人不要挨近他。」於是他們從殿前的長老殺起。

1 Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, "Bring near the executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand." 2 And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub on which it rested to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist. 4 And the Lord said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it." 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, "Pass through the city after him, and strike. Your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity. 6 Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the house.

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    六個行刑者的異象。這六人正如第2節所說：「忽然有六個人從朝北的上門而來，各人手拿殺人的兵器；內中有一人身穿細麻衣，腰間帶著墨盒子。他們進來，站在銅祭壇旁。」

    而這六人中有一位是腰間帶著墨盒子，上帝命令這人去做記號，就是「為罪憂傷」的人，就在他們的額頭上做記號，好分辨出來，因為這些人是屬乎上帝的，是上帝所看重的義人，上帝不忍心滅絕他們，還特別吩咐「凡有記號的人不要挨近他」！

    看到這樣的記載，讓我想到主耶穌所說的：「哀慟的人有福了！因為他們必得安慰。」

    因為「哀慟的人」就是為罪憂傷的人，這樣的人是上帝所看重，所愛護的人，主必拯救、主必保護！

以西結書8:13-18

8:13 他又說：「你還要看見他們另外行大可憎的事。」

8:14 他領我到耶和華殿外院朝北的門口。誰知，在那裡有婦女坐著，為搭模斯哭泣。

8:15 他對我說：「人子啊，你看見了嗎？你還要看見比這更可憎的事。」

8:16 他又領我到耶和華殿的內院。誰知，在耶和華的殿門口、廊子和祭壇中間，約有二十五個人背向耶和華的殿，面向東方拜日頭。

8:17 他對我說：「人子啊，你看見了嗎？猶大家在此行這可憎的事還算為小嗎？他們在這地遍行強暴，再三惹我發怒，他們手拿枝條舉向鼻前。

8:18 因此，我也要以忿怒行事，我眼必不顧惜，也不可憐他們；他們雖向我耳中大聲呼求，我還是不聽。」

13 He said also to me, "You will see still greater abominations that they commit."

14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? You will see still greater abominations than these."

16 And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty- five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east. 17 Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they should fill the land with violence and provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their nose. 18 Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."

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    搭模斯是當時巴比倫人所敬拜的神，名叫杜祖，被說成是女神伊師塔的兄弟，兒子，丈夫或情人。此神主管農作物和牧場，是畜牧的保護神。根據傳說，他每年死去一次，降到陰間。他的去世造成農作物、牧場和水流的枯乾。在當時的四月（陽曆的六月或七月），要舉行哀哭和唱輓歌的儀式，來紀念搭模斯的去世。女神伊師塔也一年一度要降到陰間，喚醒死去的搭模斯。搭模斯的回歸使植物再次繁榮起來。這個過程就混雜了淫亂的儀式。這個傳統與巴力崇拜相似，事實上巴力就是腓尼基流傳的搭模斯崇拜形式。

    「手拿枝條舉向鼻前」：原文是「看哪，他們手拿枝條舉向自己的鼻前」。這段經文是個解經難題，有學者認為這是「一種敬拜的儀式」。也有人認為這是「把惡臭舉到上帝的鼻子前」，經文呈現目前這種形式，是文士們修改經文，以避免太過褻瀆上帝。

    這一整段的異象說明了整個猶大的信仰已經都破產。從一般人、領導階層、婦女甚至到宗教人士，都已經敬拜別神了。因此18節中上帝的審判就是：「既然猶大人要上帝發怒，上帝就發怒，不可憐、顧惜猶大人」。

    這不只是對以色列人的警告，也是對基督徒的警告，要悔改歸向上帝，不要再拜其他偶像，尤其是不要高舉自己，讓基督真的在教會做主做王！