Bible Explorer · Event · 593 BC
In the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, heavens open by the Chebar canal in Babylonia; Ezekiel sees four living creatures with wheels full of eyes and the brilliant sapphire throne of God, receiving his prophetic commissioning as watchman to Israel.
Date: 593 BC · Note: Inaugural apocalyptic vision affirming God’s sovereign presence with his people in exile.
Ezekiel 1:1-28, Ezekiel 3:1-27