Ezekiel 6–10
The Holy Bible interpreted through Divine Principle insight and the words of True Father.
This study page continues Ezekiel with chapters 6 through 10. Commentary is attached where the text strongly reflects Divine Principle themes such as judgment on high places and idols, the final end upon the land, hidden abominations in the sanctuary, the sealing of the grieving remnant, and the movement of the glory of God away from the defiled center.
6:1–7 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel... I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places... and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
6:8–10 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations... and they shall loathe themselves for the evils... and they shall know that I am the LORD...
6:11–14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot... and the slain shall fall in the midst of you... and I will make the land desolate...
7:1–9 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me... An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land... Mine eye shall not spare... and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
7:10–18 Behold the day, behold, it is come... violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness... they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them...
7:19–27 They shall cast their silver in the streets... their gold shall be removed... Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes... Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none... then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest...
Ezekiel 7 intensifies the message: the end has come upon the land. Divine Principle strongly resonates because when accumulated evil matures, there comes a providential moment when consequence is no longer deferred and all outward confidence begins to collapse.
Silver, gold, institutions, and even sought-after words fail in the day of judgment. True Father often emphasized that material wealth and external position cannot protect a people whose inner center has already departed from Heaven.
8:1–4 And it came to pass... that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me... and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem... where was the seat of the image of jealousy... and, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there...
8:5–13 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north... behold northward at the gate... this image of jealousy... Hast thou seen what they do... even the great abominations...?
8:14–18 Then he brought me to the door of the gate... and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. Then brought he me into the inner court... and, behold... about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east...
Ezekiel 8 is one of the most shocking sanctuary visions in Scripture. Divine Principle strongly resonates because the corruption is not merely outside the covenant center; it has entered the holy realm itself through jealousy, secrecy, and hidden idolatry.
The nearer the prophet moves toward the inner court, the deeper the abomination becomes. True Father often emphasized that the greatest danger is not always open external evil, but corruption inside the place that should have belonged most purely to God.
9:1–4 He cried also in mine ears... Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near... and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn... and the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city... and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations...
9:5–7 And to the others he said... Go ye after him through the city, and smite... but come not near any man upon whom is the mark... begin at my sanctuary...
9:8–11 Then I fell upon my face, and cried... Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel...? Then said he unto me, The iniquity... is exceeding great... and as for me also, mine eye shall not spare...
Ezekiel 9 reveals that Heaven distinguishes those who truly grieve over evil from those who merely remain in the corrupted system. Divine Principle strongly resonates because a remnant is identified not by outward claim only but by heart-response to sin and loyalty to God’s righteousness.
The command to begin at the sanctuary is sobering. True Father often emphasized that judgment starts first where Heaven had invested the most love, truth, and responsibility.
10:1–8 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament... there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone... and he spake unto the man clothed with linen... Fill thine hand with coals of fire... and scatter them over the city...
10:9–17 And when I looked, behold the four wheels... and their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings... were full of eyes round about... for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
10:18–22 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 the glory of the God of Israel was over them above...
Ezekiel 10 continues the throne imagery from chapter 1, but now in direct relation to Jerusalem’s judgment. Divine Principle strongly resonates because the same sovereign glory that governs creation also governs the removal of blessing from a corrupted center.
The departure of the glory from the threshold is one of the most tragic moments in Ezekiel. True Father often emphasized that when the central sanctuary no longer aligns with Heaven’s heart, God’s presence does not remain there automatically simply because of old history or outward form.
Ezekiel 6 begins with direct judgment upon the mountains and high places of false worship. Divine Principle strongly resonates because restoration requires the exposure and destruction of false altars and idol-centered love that usurped God’s original center.
Even in severe judgment, Heaven leaves a remnant who will remember. True Father often emphasized that God never abandons the possibility of restoration completely, but preserves a line through whom repentance and renewed relationship can begin again.