(Ezekiel 10:1 - AKJV) - Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

(Ezekiel 10:1 - AMP) - Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse (firmament) that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared something [glorious and brilliant] above them looking like a [huge] sapphire stone, formed to resemble a throne.

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Remember we already saw that visions of God usually come in sequential phases, such as first comers, second comers, third… etc of more appearances or unveilings as one continues to see what is already revealed in the visions or dreams. In the bible verse above, a fresh vision or appearance happened, revealing a Throne above the firmament that was above the Cherubim. Though the Throne had been there all along the time the glory of God was there, the Throne did not manifest in the vision until this time when It appeared and was having the appearance of a Sapphire Stone. Now do learn these:

☆1☆ The Sapphire Stone appearance of the Throne means the Throne was blueish in coloration - [You may read my commentary on “Ezekiel 1:26” - www.peterch.org]. Sometimes you look up into the heavens and see it's blueish, but if you travel through space you hardly see what particularly makes it blueish.

☆2☆ The Firmament of the Cherubim is not the same as firmament of this space or physical heaven. Rather the firmament of the third heaven possessed the firmament of the second heaven in these revelations and visions. This second firmament is called ‘Open Heaven’ but a Firmament of the Cherubim is called “Opened Heaven” to man.

☆3☆ The reason the Throne was hidden before but suddenly appeared now is has something to do with the report the man (angel) clothed in linen gave, saying, “I have done or completed Your (the Lord’s) command.” In other words, when Judgment is restored to the house of God the Throne of God will be restored to the house of God. The Throne of God does not dwell where the Judgment of God is lacking. This’ because — Righteousness and Justice (Judgment) is the Foundation or Base of the Throne.

It was easier for the Glory of God and His angels to appear or dwell in place lacking judgment than for the Throne of God to be there. So do not just seek the glory of God or the power of God, rather seek the Throne, which is also called the Kingdom of God and It's Righteousness and Justice (Judgment). The Church and the Temple have been given the power and glory of God when the Spirit of God was given Her; but it's about time for the Throne of God to be given to Her when the Judgment of God begins in Her.

Don't forget these three things that are highly precious but are “Hard to get” because they are not seen or found everywhere: Their being selective makes them uncommon

A. The Throne of God —Which does not show or dwell anywhere unless there is Righteousness and Justice/Judgment there.

B. The Tree of Life —Which is even more selective than the Throne is in being hard to get: this is because the Throne where righteousness & justice reigns, even if there are sinners or unrighteous people there - after all, it's on the Throne the Lord will judge sinners, provided righteousness & justice thrive there. But the Tree of Life will not even show up in a place where righteousness and justice/judgment dwell as long as there is still a fraction of sinner there. The Throne is against the sins, not against the sinners; but the Tree of Life is against both the sins and sinners for ever. In protest, the Tree of Life will never again show up on this earth no matter whether its millennial reign of Christ and righteousness, but the Tree of Life don't want the ground or soil where even the dead sinners were buried. So for the Tree of Life to show, this earth must be destroyed and a new earth brought where righteousness dwells and no sinner.

C. The Queen Bride of the Lamb as the City, New Jerusalem —She's as the Tree of Life, but in addition she does not even the Sunlight to exist in her space or any light or lamp that is from outside Her. All light that touches Her or reveals Her must come from within Her, not light from outside shining on her. And yet, She's the Light of the World to Come, while God and the Lamb are the Source of Her Light within Her. Moreover, She would not even have a Temple or no pastors will build a Church Building, Auditorium or Cathedral, within Her City walls - She's the House of God and men — for in Her, the House of God must not be separate or different from the house of men. That's full meaning of “The Tabernacle of God is with Men.” [Revelation 21:9-27].

Is a husband's house different from his wife's house? Or is a father's house different from the children's house? Even if they were different in heaven and on earth before, they shall not be different in Her.

(Ezekiel 10:2 - AKJV) — And He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, “Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill your hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in in my sight.

(Ezekiel 10:2 - AMP) - And the Lord spoke to the man (seventh angel) clothed in linen and said, “Go between the whirling wheels under the cherubim; fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered as I watched. [Rev 8:5]

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Interesting! Rarely do you find the Throne of God empty without anyone sitting on it like in this scenario. I remember a brother who usually say, “God is on the Throne” as a way of giving assurance that all will be well. But literally in this Bible verse above, God was not on the Throne, and yet He sent a man or angel to the Throne to take some things from a treasury under the Throne.

The Throne of God is not like a sit of Power that you say doesn't allow vacuum/vacancy: no one can even sit on the Throne if God was not there. And not only on the Seat of God, but in the entire heaven no man can sit on another man's seat even if man for whom the seat is has not yet come to heaven. So whether absent or not, seats are reserved. Some untaught people on earth do not see anything wrong sitting on seats meant for kings, chiefs or highest ranking person in office in their absence. They will say, “The person is not around, so let me sit and when he comes I will stand up.” But in heaven, you dare not even sit on a higher rank person's seat in his absence, let alone try to sit on God's Throne when He's not sitted. Don't act like Reuben going into his father's couch in his father's absence.

Now in the bible verse above, God Himself sent the angel or man clothed in linen to go fill his hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and between the wheels under the Throne of God who was some distance from the Throne. It's like sending a messenger to go underneath boss's office, desk, vehicle, etc, while the PA and special purpose Guards in charge are their as their duty post. Some PAs, managers, secretary or escorts, will not still that messenger to enter that corner or room to get what the boss sent the messenger to get even if they are sure the boss truly sent the messenger especially because the messenger described accurately the exact position and content of the said thing, which is a password or code secret that the boss truly sent him/her. They will rather ask the messenger to wait outside and then will go inside themselves and get those things and then hand them out to the messenger instead of allowing the messenger to go inside and get them irrespective of how the boss instructed the message.

So you see how the Lord God instructed the man clothed in linen to go get his hands filled with coals of fire, and gave him the secret location of the coals as passcode, yet by the time the man or angel gets to the Throne, the Cherubim would not allow him to go in or even take the coals by himself; rather they will get the coals and give him.

When some angels were sent by God to cherubim manning the garden of Eden to get some treasures out of the garden and give them to Adam and Eve, the cherubim allowed them to go in and get them. But the case was different with the cherubim manning the Throne of God. That's supposed to be the most highly secured place that not even Angels on errands can come near to touch Throne even though God sent the angels. Wherever the Throne goes, the Cherubim as escort must go, wherever the Rabim go, the Wheels will go: because the spirits of the cherubim is in the Wheels. Telling the man clothed in linen to go get coals of fire from the wheels is sending him to where the spirits were. So one of the Cherub will by his hand get the coals and give them to the angel in linen according to “Ezekiel 10:6-7.”

COALS OF FIRE

In “Isaiah 6:6-7” one of the Seraphim took a coal from the altar before the Lord, and touched the lips of Isaiah and therefore cleansed/purged him therewith. In “Revelation 8:5,” an angel fill a censer with coals of fire and poured out the same throughout the earth. And here the man clothed in linen is to cast handful of the coals of fire from the wheels throughout the city. This was for the purification of the city.

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