Ezekiel 1:26

Listen to Ezekiel 1:26
26 Au-dessus du ciel Ă©tendu sur leurs tĂȘtes, on voyait une forme de trĂŽne, semblable par son aspect Ă  une pierre de saphir; et sur cette forme de trĂŽne, on voyait comme une figure d'homme, qui en occupait le plus haut degrĂ©.

Ezekiel 1:26 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 1:26

And above the firmament that [was] over their heads
The heads of the living creatures: [was] the likeness of a throne;
a symbol of Christ's kingly power and authority, who is the person that sat upon it; as he is God, he is on the same throne with his Father; as Mediator, he is King of saints, and was so from eternity; he exercised his office before his incarnation; and as he was prophesied of as a King, he came as one, though little known, and his kingdom was not with observation; upon his ascension he was declared Lord and Christ; and will appear on a throne, when he shall come to judge the world, and particularly in the New Jerusalem church state: and this throne was as the appearance of a sapphire stone;
which is a stone very clear and transparent; very hard, solid, and durable; very precious and excellent; and of an azure sky colour; denoting the clear manifestation of Christ's righteous judgments, in the ministration of his kingly office; the duration of his government; the excellency of it; and its heavenly nature and original: and upon the likeness of the throne [was] the likeness of the
appearance of a man above upon it;
this was no other than Christ; who, though he was not really man before his incarnation, yet often appeared in the form of a man; and, through his incarnation, he was found in fashion as a man; and was really man, though not a mere man; nor was the person here designed; for that was the appearance and likeness of the glory of the Lord, ( Ezekiel 1:28 ) ; and this shows, that when Christ, as man, had done his work, he should sit down upon his throne above the firmament, being made higher than the heavens,

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Ezekiel 1:26 In-Context

24 Quand ils marchaient, j'entendais le bruit de leurs ailes, semblable au bruit des grosses eaux et comme la voix du Tout-Puissant, un bruit tumultueux, le bruit d'une armĂ©e; et quand ils s'arrĂȘtaient, ils laissaient retomber leurs ailes.
25 Et lorsqu'ils s'arrĂȘtaient et laissaient retomber leurs ailes, une voix se faisait entendre du ciel Ă©tendu sur leurs tĂȘtes.
26 Au-dessus du ciel Ă©tendu sur leurs tĂȘtes, on voyait une forme de trĂŽne, semblable par son aspect Ă  une pierre de saphir; et sur cette forme de trĂŽne, on voyait comme une figure d'homme, qui en occupait le plus haut degrĂ©.
27 Je vis aussi, tout Ă  l'entour, comme de l'airain poli, comme du feu, au-dedans duquel Ă©tait cet homme. Depuis ce qui paraissait ĂȘtre ses reins, jusqu'en haut, et depuis ce qui paraissait ĂȘtre ses reins, jusqu'en bas, je vis comme du feu qui rĂ©pandait autour de lui une splendeur Ă©clatante.
28 Et la splendeur qui se voyait autour de lui, Ă©tait pareille Ă  celle de l'arc qui est dans la nuĂ©e en un jour de pluie. Cette vision reprĂ©sentait l'image de la gloire de l'Éternel. A sa vue je tombai sur la face, et j'entendis une voix qui parlait.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.