“Whenever God is going to reveal some sight beyond all expectation to his servants, he leads them out of the cities to a place free from tumult.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS 3:25
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2In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
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1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
— Ezekiel 1:2 —
3The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
4And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.