Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and
stood over the cherubims.
And the cherubims lifted up their wings,
and mounted up from the earth in my
sight:
Ezekiel 10:18,19
1) The Temple (Spiritual) leadership had betrayed their trustMoreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw ..... princes of the people. Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Ezekiel 11:1,2
2) Self aggrandizement is FATAL
(Self aggrandizement means exaggerating one's own importance or power)
....who say, 'The time is not near to build houses; this
city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
Ezekiel 11:3 RSV
3) Obedience (I called you but you never called on Me)
And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes,
neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen
that are round about you.
Ezekiel 11:12
4) Responsibility is Personal
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and
turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your
abominations.
Ezekiel 14:6
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 4:21,22
Q: And what was in the ark?
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