Ezekiel comes to us as a stranger from
a distant time and land. Who is this
priest who, on his thirtieth birthday,
has a dazzling vision of God on a
wheeled throne? Who is this odd prophet
who engages in outlandish street
theater and speaks for God on
international affairs? Who is this seer
who paints murals of apocalyptic doom
and then of a restored temple bursting
with emblems of paradise? Are we bound
to take this literally, reading prophet
and newspaper side by side? Or is there
a better way?
Christopher Wright is a proven
interpreter and communicator of the Old
Testament, and in this commentary he
masterfully opens our eyes to see and
understand the message of Ezekiel.
Ezekiel's vision of the glory of God--
its departure and return--is first set
within Israel's history and then in the
culmination of God's promises in
Christ. Embedded in the pattern of the
strange, the bizarre and the wonderful
is a word that still speaks to God's
people today.