He saw a strong wind blowing from the north, and a big cloud with fire blew around, giving off a dazzling light. Among them, there was a fire like pure gold, from which four strange living creatures appeared. They each have four faces and four wings. There is a face in front, a lion face on the right, an ox face on the left and an eagle face on the back. Those living creatures run in fire and lightning; There is a wheel next to every living thing. Each of the four wheels looks like a wheel among wheels. There are countless eyes around the rim, and the souls of those living things are in the wheel.
On their heads is the throne image of Almighty God, which is as bright as sapphire. On the throne, there is a human figure, and there is a fire shape below the waist, surrounded by rainbow-colored brilliance. This is the glory image of the Lord. God said to Ezekiel, "Son of man, get up! I want to talk to you. " So the soul entered his body. God sent him to Israel, a rebellious country, and told them that the Israelites and their fathers had rebelled against the Lord and remained shameless and stubborn until now.
God also told Ezekiel that as a prophet, he was among thorns, thistles and scorpions, but he wanted Ezekiel not to be afraid of them. He gave Ezekiel a book to eat in order to convey wailing, sighing and grief to Israel. God said to Ezekiel, "Son of man! Put a brick in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. They besieged the city, built towers and fortifications, camped and besieged the city, and placed siege hammers around the city to prepare for the siege. Put an iron jar between you and the city, face the city and surround it, as a sign to the nation of Israel.
"You want to bring wheat, barley, beans, etc. Put them in a container and make your own bread ... you want to barbecue with human feces in front of everyone. When I drive the Israelites to the nations, they will eat unclean food. Ezekiel told God that he had never been defiled since he was a child. Please don't order him like this. God said that he was allowed to bake cakes with cow dung instead of human dung. God said that he would break the staff of the Israelites in Jerusalem, cut off their food, and make them eat bread by weight in anxiety, drink water by weight in anxiety, and be destroyed for their sins.
Then, as all prophecies say, God asked Ezekiel to warn Israel that they would be punished by sword, plague, famine and national subjugation, because they abandoned the Lord, worshipped idols and evil spirits, failed in justice and committed fornication, although the remaining people could be saved from disaster.
On the fifth day of the sixth month in the second year, Ezekiel lived in the house before the elders of Judah. The Spirit of God fell on him, stretched out a hand like fire, grabbed a lock of his hair and lifted him up between heaven and earth. In this vision, he came to Jerusalem.
He witnessed evil idols and filthy pictures on the walls of the temple. In the inner court of the Lord's house, Ezekiel witnessed people worshiping the sun. In view of the treachery of Jewish elders and people, Ezekiel was told in a vision that God wanted those who were in charge of Jerusalem to punish Jerusalem with deadly weapons.
Then Ezekiel saw God's vision, blamed Israel's moral corruption and idolatry through God's mouth, and predicted the lies of false prophets and the retribution of their faithlessness. Jerusalem will surely fall, and the Hebrews will be like homeless sheep.
After calculating the fall of Egypt and the defeat of the Philistines and other neighboring countries in Judah, God made Ezekiel a watchman so that he could always warn Israel. God himself said, "I will look for my sheep myself and find them ... these sheep are scattered everywhere in dark and cloudy days, and I will save them from there, bring them out from all the peoples, gather them from all countries and lead them back to their own land." God promised to punish all those who hate Israel, because Israel will be blessed by God again.
A mural reflects the story that the prophet Ezekiel hoped that Babylonian prisoners would return to their hometown and rebuild the temple. Found in Europa, the ancient city of Syria. On the fifth day of October, twelve years after Israel's captivity, someone fled from Jerusalem to the Kabbah Valley, saying that Jerusalem was finally breached and Judah was dead. But just after that, Ezekiel felt that the bones in the plain were resurrected, and the Israeli nation was revived after despair; God also told Ezekiel in a vision that the two sticks were one in his hand, and Judah and Israel eventually became one country.
In the 25th year of Ezekiel's capture by Babylonians, that is, the first month of 14 15 after the destruction of Jerusalem, the spirit of God brought Ezekiel to the highest mountain in Israel. He saw someone surveying the city base and planning the city wall to the inner court of the Lord's temple in order to rebuild the holy city, suggesting that the laws and regulations of the Jewish state will be restored under the care of God, and the power of King David in the past will soon become a reality in Israel again. The prophet Amos of justice (about 8th century BC) was a shepherd in a small village in the mountainous area of Judea. He lived in a relatively prosperous period when the Prophet Amos preached in northern Israel since the national division. With the development of economy, new social problems have emerged. Landlords who used slave farming annexed the property of small farmers and pushed a large number of people with nothing into cities.
Uneven wealth leads to social injustice. Amos mercilessly attacked these ugly phenomena with a fierce attitude: the disparity between the rich and the poor, taking advantage of others' danger, undermining discipline, court conspiracy and so on. At a festival celebration, he spoke as the spokesman of the Lord, mercilessly condemning the gathered people, accusing them of hypocrisy, greed and plundering the poor: "Although you offered burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I didn't like it, nor did I like the peace offerings you offered with fat animals; Keep your songs away from me, because I don't listen to your piano.
I just want fairness to roll like the sea.
Let justice flow like a river. "
Hosea Hosea, the prophet of love, lived in the northern kingdom, a generation later than Amos. He is a countryman who is not good at words and expressing his deep passion. At this time, the brief prosperity of the northland has ended and entered a period of decline. Hosea, like Amos, also emphasized the importance of morality, but he also believed that God was tolerant and kind, and his love for the Israelites lightened his judgment on them. Hosea called God and candlestick designs "Minola", and its history can be traced back to BC 1000 years. The relationship between Israelis is compared to that between husband and wife. He declared that the unfaithful wife must be punished for her behavior, but this punishment does not mean that her husband's love for her has ended. The function of this kind of love is punishment and purification. He said through the mouth of God, "My heart betrayed you and will always be my wife. I betrayed you with kindness, justice, love and sympathy." I will betroth you to me in truth, and you will know me, the Lord. "
Amos predicted that the country's demise was inevitable because of Israel's evil. Hosea also saw this, but he looked forward to the final redemption, hoping to let people know through suffering that only loyalty to God can bring security and peace. He preached the eternal love of God.
Isaiah, a holy prophet, came from a royal family. Like other prophets, he thought that he had a mission to these two Hebrew countries, so he severely criticized the shortcomings of these two countries. Isaiah's thought is full of understanding of the sacredness and sacredness of God, who is supreme and flawless. His prophetic poems are full of appeal and reach the highest level of ancient Hebrew literature. Isaiah's longing for eternal peace has become a classic saying often quoted by later generations: "They will beat their knives into plowshares."
Beat the gun into a sickle.
Countries no longer take up swords against countries, and they no longer learn war.
Jacob, come on. We walk in the light of God. "
Isaiah predicted that Israel and Judah would be destroyed, which was a punishment for their sins. But their destruction will not be the final outcome. "The rest will come back, full of justice." Survivors who have experienced great disasters will be purified and enlightened, the remaining few will obey Almighty God, and Israel will be reborn through these survivors.
The screaming prophet Micah was born in a slight cold, and he can better reflect the hearts of the lower classes. He strongly condemned social injustice and mercilessly exposed the sins of corrupt officials and the rich. He declared that their evil deeds, especially the long-term exploitation of the poor, had filled the society with evil and a catastrophe was coming. Micah emphasized that it is impossible to be redeemed only by those empty sacrifices and rituals, and the real salvation depends on faith and action. And he said, O man, the Lord has shown you what is good.
What does he want from you? Prophet micah. This painting was created in15th century. Micah is one of 12 little prophets. As long as you are upright, compassionate, humble and walk with God.
The Prophet of Light-Jeremiah Jeremiah is a prophet who witnessed the demise of the Kingdom of Judah. He had a premonition that the country was about to fall, and he was deeply saddened by the coming disaster, but he didn't want to stand by and cry. He met King Zedekiah and gave an ominous warning that the temple would be like Shiloh and Jerusalem would become a graveyard.
However, his prophecy was not taken seriously, but he was constantly persecuted and later put in a dungeon, which almost led to his death. However, he still insisted on his opinion and felt sad for the tragedy of the country: Lord, you know me, you see me, and you turn my heart to you.
Jerry, the bright prophet, came and heard God's answer: "I am with you, and I will save you."
In the last few years of the kingdom of Judah, when people realized that they were really in despair and began to realize the correctness of Jeremiah's prophecy, he had set his sights on the more distant future. The Babylonians did not take the old man Jeremiah away. He still cares about the fate of the Hebrew nation. He wrote a letter to the exiles in Babylon urging them to be patient and happy. He also advised them to grow grapes, build houses and live in foreign countries. In despair, he kept telling people that Israel still had a brilliant future, including the reconstruction of the Hebrew state. It is because of his influence that the exiled Hebrews kept their faith in the Lord and confidence in the future in the dark, and finally waited for the light to come.