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Ezekiel 2

Eze 2:1-2—(3) The filling with the Spirit.

Eze 2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.

Son of man

"Son of man," used by our Lord of Himself seventy-nine times, is used by Jehovah ninety-one times when addressing Ezekiel.

  1. In the case of our Lord the meaning is clear: it is His racial name as the representative Man in the sense of 1Co 15:45-47. The same thought, implying transcendence of mere Judaism, is involved in the phrase when applied to Ezekiel. Israel had forgotten her mission. (Scofield Genesis 11:10, note; Eze 5:5-8). Now, in her captivity, Jehovah will not forsake His people, but He will remind them that they are but a small part of the race for whom He also cares. Hence the emphasis upon the word "man." The Cherubim "had the likeness of a man" (Eze 1:5); and when the prophet beheld the throne of God, he saw "the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it" (Eze 1:26). See Scofield Mat 8:20, note; Rev 1:12, 13.
  2. As used of Ezekiel, the expression indicates, not what the prophet is in himself, but what he is to God: a son of man
    1. chosen,
    2. endued with the Spirit, and
    3. sent of God.
    All this is true also of Christ who was, furthermore, the representative man—the head of regenerate humanity.

stand upon thy feet

Dan 10:11.

Eze 2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

spirit

Holy Spirit. Eze 3:12, 14, 24. (Gen 1:2; Mal 2:15.)

he spake unto me

Inspiration. Amo 3:7. (Exo 4:15; Rev 22:19.)

Eze 2:3-10—(4) The prophet commissioned.

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