ekstasis

I saw a figure that appeared to be a man.
From what appeared to be his waist down,
he looked like a burning flame.

From the waist up he looked like gleaming amber.
He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair.
Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me
to Jerusalem in a vision from God.

I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple,
where there is a large idol that has made the Lord very jealous.

Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel was there,
just as I had seen it before in the valley.
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭8:2-4‬ (‭NLT‬‬)