Another grand vision of God's glory, complete with the four living creatures and the "wheels within wheels", takes place in Ezekiel 10. The same elements are present as were seen in chapter 1, but this time the setting is the Temple in Jerusalem. Ezekiel hears a voice from the sapphire throne at the top of the vision commanding a man dressed in white linen to take some of the fiery coals from the wheelwork and scatter them over the city. After he does that, the whole image itself lifts up and leaves the Temple! "The cherubim rose up" (vs. 15). The wheelwork, too, lifts up and ascends with the four living creatures (vs. 16). "Then the glory of the Lord went out from the threshold of the house and stopped above the cherubim" (vs. 18). In one of the most devastating scenes of judgment upon the nation, God's presence vacates the Temple. Just like Elvis, the Lord has left the building!
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