He said to me, "Son of man,
stand up on your feet and I will speak to you."
As He spoke,
the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet
and I heard Him speaking to me.
He said: "Son of man,
I am sending you to the Israelites,
to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me;
they and their fathers have been in revolt
against Me to this very day.
"But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you.
Do not rebel like that rebellious house;
open your mouth and eat what I give you."
. . . Then I looked,
and I saw a hand stretched out to me.
In it was a scroll,
which He unrolled before me.
On both sides of it were written words
of lament and mourning and woe.
. . . Then the Spirit lifted me up,
and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound --
May the glory of the Lord
be praised in His dwelling place! --
the sound of the wings of the living creatures
brushing against each other
and the sound of the wheels beside them,
a loud rumbling sound.
(Ezekiel 2:1-3, 9-10; 3:12-13)
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Someone on FB asked for an explanation, and this is what appears there:
The fall of Israel and Judah take up many chapters and books in the Old Testament. The Lord urges and urges them to change their ways. It is always a relief - and a deep joy - to come to Ezekiel and read the visions the Lord gives him. In some ways, there are like the book of Revelation. The end of this vision shows an image of the Lord. The correspondences are amazing - and read because the angels understand them so much better than we ever can while in this world. Maybe the following from the Arcana will be a little helpful:
AC 8764 [3-4]
That "wings" denote spiritual truths,
or truths of faith which have power from good,
is manifest from other passages in the Word.
Wherefore when "wings" are attributed to the Divine,
by them is signified the Divine truth which has omnipotence;
as where they are attributed to the cherubs,
by which is signified the Providence of the Lord, as in Ezekiel:
Every cherub had four faces,
and every one of them had four wings;
their wings were erect,
the one toward the other;
every one had wings that covered their bodies.
I heard the sound of their wings
like the sound of great waters,
like the voice of Shaddai;
when they went, a voice of tumult
like the voice of a camp;
when they stood,
they let down their wings.
I heard the voice of their wings kissing one another,
and the voice of the wheels beside them.
The voice of the wings of the cherubs was heard
even to the outer court, as the voice of God Shaddai.
The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings
(Ezek. 1:6, 23, 24; 3:13; 10:5, 21).
That here "wings" denote truth Divine
is evident from each particular of the description,
as well as from the fact that the wings were erect
the one toward the other,
that they covered their bodies,
and that the sound of them was heard
like the sound of great waters,
like the voice of wheels,
and like the voice of Shaddai,
and also that the likeness of the hands of a man
was under their wings.
That the wings were "erect the one toward the other"
represented the consociation of all in the Divine;
that they "covered their bodies"
signified that the Divine truth was a covering
to the Divine good from which it proceeds.
For the Divine good is a flame,
and the Divine truth is the light therefrom,
encompassing and thus covering the flame.
The flame itself does not appear in heaven,
but only the light in which the flame is,
and which is thus perceived as heat, which is love.
That "a sound was heard like the sound of great waters"
signifies the quality of Divine truth in heaven;
in like manner "its voice like the voice of wheels,
and like the voice of Shaddai;"
for "sound" and "voice" are attributed to Divine truth.
It is therefore said, "the voice of great waters,"
because "waters" denote truths,
as also "the voice of the wheels,"
because "wheels" denote the truths of doctrinal things,
for the reason that "chariots" denote doctrines of truth;
and also "the voice of God Shaddai,"
because "God Shaddai" denotes truth
chiding in temptations and afterward consoling.
"The likeness of the hands of a man under the wings"
signified the omnipotence which belongs to Divine truth,
because "hands" denote power,
and in the supreme sense omnipotence,
when they are attributed to the Lord.
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