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Ezekiel’s visions give us a hint as to the appearance of the heavenly, eternal kingdom of the Lord. The Word of the Lord is more reliable than the death experiences of men. All reports of such occurrences, if they do not agree with the revelation of the Word, are unreliable. In his vision we are presented with a canopy, a firmament shaped not unlike that of the sky surrounding earth. Most commentators seem to agree, that the predominant color of the sapphire stone is blue. Eze. 10:1 In the color scheme representing the Lord, blue is the color of the Holy Spirit. The heavenly atmosphere is no longer the ruach (wind, breath, spirit) of the earth but we will breath in the Spirit of the Lord. Oh, the thrill and constant delight of breathing the fullness of the Spirit throughout the ages of eternity.
Over and above all, Ezekiel saw the throne of the Lord. It is utterly impossible to even begin to imagine the beauty and majesty of this throne which he was privileged to see. For one thing it is a single throne, not three nor many. Thus signifying the total unity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Jesus acknowledged the throne to be that which belonged to the Father while at the same time promising the victorious individuals that they would sit with Him in His throne, even as He was sitting in the Father’s throne. All one and the same throne. Rev. 3:21 In all actuality and according to the words of the Lord Jesus, the entirety of heaven is one great massive throne. Mt. 5:34 That statement is verified by Stephen. Acts 7:49 The Lord spoke through Isaiah and said. ìheaven is my throne.î Isa. 66:1.
God is neither one nor three but both, that is three in one, a tri-unity. Three, so deeply and completely involved and entwined into one that they become indistinguishable as individuals. Yet so independent as entities that each has a definite and positive position in the person whom we know as God, until they are easily identified as individuals. The throne of the Lord is appropriately seen many times in the book of Revelation. The secret of rightly dividing the Word of Truth and in receiving the revelations of the Lord is to be as John was, ìin the Spirit.î Rev. 4:2 The Spirit and the Word agree and are never at odds with each other. John saw a throne with one occupying that throne. Does this create a difficulty of identification? No, not at all. Jesus said the He and the Father were one. John 10:30 Then to further illuminate us, He prayed that His disciples would have the same unity among themselves, blended, molded together in all things that they would function as one, a perfect unit. John 17:22.