ὁ λόγος (“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God”). Of the sixty-six books in the Bible, only two begin with sustained exalted language for God: Ezekiel and John.9 In both cases we see a theophanic revelation of God in a terrestrial setting. For John it is the eternal λόγος (logos/Word) embodied in Jesus, whereas in Ezekiel his vision of the chariot-throne reveals the כבוד (kāḇôḏ/glory) of Yahweh. Ezekiel’s vision gives an exalted presentation of Yahweh as
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