Ezekiel 8:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not presume to say as much, but I venture to believe, that this glorious vision was similar to Ezekiel's former, (Ezekiel 1:26) And was not this the Lord Jesus, the glory-man? Surely there can be no doubt, but that this Almighty Mediator, from the first hour he stood up at the call of Jehovah the Father in his office character, as the Great Head of his Church and people; had his delights, as he himself tells us, with the sons of men, Proverbs 8:31. No sooner had he gone forth in acts of creation, but his holy soul longed for the open display to enter upon his acts of redemption. And until the fulness of time, already fixed on in the ancient settlements of eternity, for his manifestation in substance of our flesh openly and fully to appear; he gave proofs to his Church and people how earnest he was to enter upon, and finish the work the Father gave him to do, by the various appearances he made before them: sometimes in the form of man, and sometimes in that of an angel. Yes, thou dear Lord! thou didst plainly and clearly testify thereby, that thine own heart was with thy people, and all the tendencies of thy manifestation was love.