Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.This would be an amazing sight. God's glory has been seen by only a relative handful of people, and few to none of them alive at the time. For the glory to come out from behind the curtain and fill the temple court, it would be an amazing sight to see, and one that none who witnessed it would ever forget. Though it appears this is a foresight of what would happen later, Ezekiel obviously understood what he was forseeing.
However, this would also be a terrifying sight. This glory is so amazing that few who have seen it have lived. For those who did, they were sometimes kept away from others, because the aftereffects were hard to deal with for others. Some who saw it were struck dead. For it to suddenly come out to be seen would be shocking, and one might fear for his life.
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