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Ezéchiel 1.28

L'arc-en-ciel, avec ses couleurs à la fois éclatantes et douces, tempère la vivacité éblouissante de l'éclat de ce trône ; comparez Apocalypse 4.3. Si l'on rapproche ce symbole de Genèse 9.1-2, on l'appliquera naturellement aux promesses de grâce qui tempèrent pour les membres de l'alliance les sévérités du jugement divin.

C'était une apparition... Voilà le grand mot, qui résume la vision et en fait sentir la grandeur. Ezéchiel succombe à la puissance de cette révélation et demeure couché sur sa face jusqu'à ce que Dieu lui-même lui donne la force de se relever ; comparez Apocalypse 1.17 ; Daniel 9.8-10.

De tous temps, la vision que nous venons d'étudier en détail a été envisagée comme particulièrement importante et difficile. Elle porte chez les rabbins le nom de Mercaba : chariot. La Synagogue l'envisageait comme dépassant l'intelligence humaine et en interdisait la lecture avant l'âge de 30 ans. Il en était de même de quelques autres morceaux, tels que la fin de notre prophète, le premier chapitre de la Genèse, le Cantique des Cantiques, etc. Le Talmud dit : On n'explique pas la section des degrés de mariage défendus devant trois personnes, ni celle de la création devant deux, ni celle du Mercaba devant une seule, à moins que ce ne soit un sage qui, par sa propre intelligence, possède déjà la connaissance. (Chagiga, II).

Le sens de ce morceau n'est pourtant pas si difficile à comprendre, dès qu'on le met en relation avec la situation dans laquelle Ezéchiel fut appelé au ministère prophétique. Dieu se disposait alors à abandonner le sanctuaire auquel avaient été attachées jusqu'à ce moment la grâce de sa présence et les manifestations de sa gloire. Les chapitres suivants nous montreront le chariot, symbole de la gloire de l'Eternel, s'élevant de dessus le Lieu très saint où il était fixé, pour se transporter d'abord au seuil du temple (9.3), puis à l'entrée du parvis extérieur (10.19) ; après quoi il quittera entièrement le temple pour se transporter sur la montagne des Oliviers, à l'orient de la ville (11.23). Que veut dire cela ? Jusqu'ici l'arche de l'alliance, ce trône de l'Eternel, avec les deux chérubins qui la couvraient de leurs ailes, reposait immobile dans le Lieu très saint. L'Eternel n'avait-il pas trouvé là le lieu de son repos ? (Psaumes 132.8,14.) Mais maintenant, à la suite des infidélités de son peuple, Dieu va livrer ce sanctuaire visible à la destruction ; son trône doit donc s'en éloigner. Voilà pourquoi ce trône est ici transformé en un chariot mobile. De là aussi le changement apporté à la forme des chérubins. Ils ont maintenant quatre faces au lieu d'une seule et quatre ailes au lieu de deux. C'est que tout est calculé maintenant pour le mouvement, comme précédemment pour le repos. Mais Dieu n'abandonne pas seulement son domicile précédent ; il va s'en chercher un nouveau. D'abord, il veut accompagner son peuple en captivité. Je serai là, dit-il, votre sanctuaire (11.16) ; puis c'est le moment où la révélation spéciale accordée à Israël va commencer à faire place à la révélation universelle. Nébucadnetsar et les Babyloniens, Cyrus et les Perses, vont être appelés à contempler le bras de l'Eternel. Et comme le chérubin à la face unique et au regard fixé vers l'arche représentait la révélation à Israël seul, le chérubin à quatre faces, tournées vers les quatre côtés de l'horizon, est le symbole de l'action universelle de Dieu et de sa révélation qui va s'adresser désormais au monde entier. Il y avait ici un problème graphique inouï à résoudre : c'était de représenter l'idée de la toute-puissance et de l'action universelle de Dieu sous une forme sensible, finie et localisée. C'est ce qui a produit les combinaisons étranges qui étonnent dans tout le tableau. Plus tard, quand la gloire de Jéhova, parfaitement révélée en Jésus, s'élèvera en sa personne sur le trône divin, tout cet appareil de mouvement disparaitra de nouveau. Les quatre chérubins n'auront plus chacun qu'une face unique, et au lieu de voler, ils seront couchés à l'entour du trône immobile où siège le Seigneur et d'où il remplit l'univers et règne sur toutes choses (Apocalypse 4.6-7 ; Romains 14.9).


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      Genèse 9

      13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
      14 It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
      15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
      16 The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."

      Genèse 17

      3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

      Exode 16

      7 and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Yahweh; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we, that you murmur against us?"
      10 It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.

      Exode 24

      16 The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

      Exode 33

      18 He said, "Please show me your glory."
      19 He said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
      20 He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."
      21 Yahweh also said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock.
      22 It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
      23 then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."

      Lévitique 9

      24 There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

      Nombres 12

      6 He said, "Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
      7 My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
      8 With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"

      1 Rois 8

      10 It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
      11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.

      Esaïe 54

      8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy on you," says Yahweh your Redeemer.
      9 "For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
      10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed," says Yahweh who has mercy on you.

      Ezéchiel 1

      28 As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

      Ezéchiel 3

      23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and behold, the glory of Yahweh stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.

      Ezéchiel 8

      4 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

      Ezéchiel 10

      19 The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
      20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

      Ezéchiel 11

      22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
      23 The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

      Ezéchiel 43

      3 It was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
      4 The glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
      5 The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.

      Ezéchiel 44

      4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and I fell on my face.

      Daniel 8

      17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.

      Daniel 10

      7 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
      8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
      9 Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.
      16 Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
      17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.

      Matthieu 17

      5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
      6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.

      Actes 9

      4 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

      1 Corinthiens 13

      12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

      Apocalypse 1

      17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,
      18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades .

      Apocalypse 4

      3 that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.

      Apocalypse 10

      1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
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