Heaven's Awesome Weirdness

Date: Sunday, May 17, 2026

You definitely need to watch this short video from the Bible Project covering the first half of Ezekiel, because it's about to get weird on this leg of the journey through the "grand narrative" of Scripture.

I know, I promised only a chapter a day, but these are short chapters. Stay with me. Ezekiel can get a little weird. Wheels within wheels, eyes everywhere, gleaming bronze, and four-faced creatures. Some say this is biblical evidence of aliens and UFOs, but let’s not get caught up in conspiracy. This is God’s glory in its most vivid and wild form. It’s a necessary reminder that God is not a domesticated deity we can put in a box. He is transcendent, majestic, and utterly “other” and so are the angelic creatures around Him. Yet, in chapter 2, this same transcendent God speaks to a “son of man” and gives him a mission. This is a pivot point in the Bible: the God who is infinitely high is also infinitely near. He reveals His glory not to scare us into submission, but to commission us for His purpose.

Psalm 113 captures this tension. It asks that same question from Micah 7, “Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high?” but then immediately follows with, “who looks far down on the heavens and the earth.” We see again that He is the God who “raises the poor from the dust.” Ezekiel sees the “appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord,” but in Christ, we see the actual glory of God in relatable human form. The One who sits above the “wheels” of Ezekiel’s vision is the same One who stoops down to lift us out of our own dumpster fires. Spiritual maturity means holding both the awe of His majesty and the intimacy of His touch in often-scary but life-giving balance.

Devotional Prompts:

When was the last time you were genuinely “in awe” of the mystery and transcendence of God?
How does knowing that the God of Ezekiel’s wild vision also “raises the poor from the dust” change your perspective and prayer life?

Prayer: High and Holy God, I stand in awe of Your majesty that exceeds my understanding. Thank You for stooping down to reach me and for calling me to be a witness of Your glory in a broken world. Amen.