Ezekiel 9:2 · World English Bible
Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand. One man in the middle of them was clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.
The number 6 is unfinished man, matter without the seventh rest, and 6 executing powers descend through the northern gate, the cold reasoning height of the head, each armed to cut away what cannot stand. Among them one wears linen and carries the writer's inkhorn, the pure recording faculty that marks and spares rather than destroys.
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ESOTERIC
The number 6 is unfinished man, matter without the seventh rest, and 6 executing powers descend through the northern gate, the cold reasoning height of the head, each armed to cut away what cannot stand. Among them one wears linen and carries the writer's inkhorn, the pure recording faculty that marks and spares rather than destroys. They halt at the brazen altar, the place in the body where the lower nature is offered up and burned. Judgment and mercy stand together at the point where the flesh is given to the fire.
6 men: the 6 executing powers of unfinished matter, the number 6 being man without the seventh rest Higher gate toward the north: the cold reasoning height of the head, the entry from which judgment descends Man clothed in linen with the inkhorn: the pure recording faculty that marks and preserves rather than slays Brasen altar: the place in the body where the lower nature is offered up and consumed by fire
Esoteric lens
What in my life am I protecting that would be a relief to lose?
The teacher's cut is not cruelty. What gets taken away was never yours, and what remains was never in danger.
The mind, like a fire given fuel, turns whatever lands on it into light and heat. The useless is burned off and the clear-seeing part keeps watch.
The fire of true knowing burns up the tangle a person has made of himself, and what comes out the other side is clean.
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