And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
"I will not hide my face anymore" is a strange thing to promise unless hiding is something that had actually been happening. And throughout Ezekiel, it had — this is a book about a people who felt abandoned, watching their city fall, wondering if God had simply looked away for good.
This verse comes as the answer to that fear. Not a vague reassurance, but a specific reversal: the distance ends, and in its place comes something poured out, not just permitted — God's own Spirit, given generously rather than doled out reluctantly.
If you've ever felt like God, if he exists at all, is probably distant or indifferent to what's actually happening in your life, this verse is aimed directly at that suspicion. It doesn't argue you out of feeling abandoned. It just states, flatly, that the hiding is over.
If distance from God is what you'd expect to find, this verse dares you to check whether that's still true.
A short video on this is coming soon — for now, read on.