Ezekiel 11:21

Ezekiel 11:21 says, But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel said God was going to repay those whose hearts were on detestable things the punishment that they had earned.  All we will ever know as lost people is the punishment of God.  He will be justified in this because He has made away for us to be redeemed from punishment for our sins which is to put our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  We can never earn salvation, but God has given it to us by His grace. 

Verse twenty-two adds, Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.  Ezekiel said the cherubim then lifted their wings with wheels beside them and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.  The angels had done what God sent them to do, so they were lifted up out of the world, but were still under the glory of God and not equal to or above Him.  When God’s work of redemption is done in the world because no one believes in Him, He will lift all those who have been redeemed by Jesus Christ up to our heavenly home, but we will still be underneath God’s grace, and we will never be equal to Him.   

Verse twenty-three continues, And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.  Ezekiel said God's glory departed the city and stood on the mountain.  If we refuse to accept God’s gift of salvation, His glory is going to leave us and will always be above our ability to claim if we aren’t followers of Christ.

Verse twenty-four states, Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.  Ezekiel said that the Spirit took him up to where he could see a vision of the captivity of the people of Israel and then the vision departed him.  We don’t need a vision today to see what is going to happen to the lost people of the world, because God has already told us in His word.  If we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, God’s glory will never leave us, and if we don’t, we will never see His glory.  

Verse twenty-five adds, Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had shewed me.  Ezekiel said he then told the people in captivity all that God had shown him.  Ezekiel didn’t give his opinion, but he simply told the people what God had revealed to him.  We cannot add anything to God’s word today but must simply share it with the people around us.