Di Glory Comot and Come Back

One bright light dey hover for di top of di temple door. Wings dey make noise like river wey dey roar. Then, small small, di light lift up. E move go di east gate. E stop small. And e don go.

Na di sixth year of di exile, around five hundred and ninety-two years before Christ. Di prophet Ezekiel sit down for im house for Babylonia, and di elders of Judah sit down for im front. Jerusalem never fall. Plenty people for home believe say as long as di temple still dey stand, God no go ever allow make dem destroy di city. Then di hand of Di Lord come upon Ezekiel. For vision, God lift am up and carry am go Jerusalem, reach di temple courts. And for there God show am wetin dey really happen: idols inside God house, leaders wey dey bow to images for secret, people wey dey worship di sun, with dem back turn to di temple. God own people don push am comot from im own house.

Then Ezekiel see di same wonderful creatures wey e see near di river when God first call am. Cherubim, strong living creatures wey get wings, and beside each one, one wheel wey dey shine like precious stone, as if one wheel dey inside another wheel, and di rims full with eyes. For dem top, something dey wey be like throne of sapphire. One man wey wear linen cloth waka enter between di wheels and carry fire coal from among di cherubim, to scatter am over di city, as sign of di judgment wey dey come. And then: Di glory of Di Lord go up from di cherub, and stand for di top of di door of di house. Di cloud fill di temple. Di courtyard dey shine with brightness. Di noise of di cherubim wings be like di voice of God Almighty.

Then di glory of Di Lord comot from di door and rest for di top of di cherubim. Dem spread dem wings and rise from di ground, with di wheels beside dem, and dem stop for di entrance of di east gate of di temple. Ezekiel dey watch as God dey move comot, one step after another, slowly, as if e no want go. Small time after for di vision, di glory rise comot from di city finish, and e stop for di top of di mountain wey dey di east side of Jerusalem, di Mount of Olives. And then e don go. Few years after dis vision, Babylon destroy Jerusalem and burn di temple, just as God don warn. Di building don become empty shell.

But dat one no be di end. Years pass. Now na di twenty-fifth year of di exile, fourteen years after Jerusalem fall. And God give Ezekiel another vision. Dem carry am go one high mountain and show am one new temple, wey dem measure every part of am. Then dem bring am go di gate wey face east, di same gate wey di glory pass comot. And see, di glory of di God of Israel come from di way of di east: im voice be like di noise of plenty water: and di earth shine with im glory. Ezekiel fall down for im face. Di glory enter di temple through di east gate. Di Spirit lift Ezekiel up and carry am enter di inner court, and e see am: di glory of Di Lord fill di house. God tell am: dis na di place of my throne, where I go live among my people forever. Di God wey comot don come back home.

Ezekiel dey count di dates of im visions by di years wey King Jehoiachin don spend for exile, and dis one dey help historians know when dem happen, about five hundred and ninety-two and five hundred and seventy-three years before Christ. Jehoiachin imself dey inside Babylonian records. Clay tablets wey dem find for di ruins of Babylon list di oil wey dem dey share give captives for di king court, and dem write di name Yaukin, king of di land of Judah, and im sons.

You go find dese visions for Ezekiel chapter ten, and chapter forty-three, verse one reach five. Di glory wey comot through di east gate, and come back through di same way. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. If God want live among im people, how you fit make space for am for your life?