Post by Lee on Sept 10, 2014 2:50:25 GMT
In chapter 5., Ezekiel, as “Son of Man,” is made to shave his hair and beard, and weigh it and smite it about and burn it according to God’s directions. And the explanation given is: “This is Jerusalem.”
It was at once a figure of the judgment that was near, and also of that which was more remote, as a study of the chapter will show; and it indicated that Jesus, as the greater Son of Man, would find a remnant in Jerusalem (the prophet had spared a few hairs) before the second great smiting and burning should transpire. In this connection, compare John’s vision (Rev. 1.) of “one like unto the Son of Man . . . his head and his hair white like wool.” These are the children of Jerusalem who survive the fiery trial according to the typical action of Ezekiel of old.
1904 Christadelphian p 454
It was at once a figure of the judgment that was near, and also of that which was more remote, as a study of the chapter will show; and it indicated that Jesus, as the greater Son of Man, would find a remnant in Jerusalem (the prophet had spared a few hairs) before the second great smiting and burning should transpire. In this connection, compare John’s vision (Rev. 1.) of “one like unto the Son of Man . . . his head and his hair white like wool.” These are the children of Jerusalem who survive the fiery trial according to the typical action of Ezekiel of old.
1904 Christadelphian p 454