“ And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. ”
In the Revelation of John each “beast” has its own distinctive character, here each unites in itself the four characters; there each has six wings, like the Seraphim Isaiah 6:2 , here only four.
Ezekiel 1-3. Ezekiel Enters upon his Ministry. Ezekiel 1:1-28 . Ezekiel's Vision. Ezekiel 1:1-3 . Like the prophets generally, Ezekiel enters upon his ministry only after he has had a vision o...
He now comes to the heads and wings themselves. Many suppose that each animal had four heads, and then that four appearances belonged to each head; others extend the wings much further, because...
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. Every one had four faces - There were four several figures of these living creatures, and each of these figures had four distinct faces: bu...
Every one had four wings— In the most ancient hieroglyphic writings, a supreme governor was designed by a man with four wings, and his lieutenants or princes by a man with two: and their being out-...
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. Every one had four faces. Not only were there four distinct living creatures, but each of the four had four faces, making sixteen i...
§ 1. Ezekiel's Call and Consecration as a Prophet (Ezekiel 1-3) Date, June-July, 592 b.c. Ezekiel's call and consecration to his prophetic work took place by means of a vision of God's glory ( Ez...
F our faces. — The cherubim, being merely symbolical figures, are variously represented. Those placed in the Tabernacle and in the Temple of Solomon appear to have had only a single face; those desc...
THE VISION OF THE GLORY OF GOD Ezekiel 1:1-28 IT might be hazardous to attempt, from the general considerations advanced in the last two Chapter s, to form a conception of Ezekiel's state of mi...
a Vision of God's Majesty Ezekiel 1:1-21 A dark storm-cloud approaches the prophet, from which an incessant blaze of lightning scintillated. As it drew near, the forms of four living creatures...
The Book opens with the account of the prophet's preparation, and falls into two sections, the first describing the visions he saw, and the second the voice he heard. Verses Eze 1:2-3 in this chapte...
It is worthy the Reader's closest attention, how often during this account the appearance of a man is spoken of. Was it, (for I only ask the question, and do not presume to decide), to lead the Proph...
And or but everyone had four faces ,.... Which are described, Ezekiel 1:10 . The Targum multiplies the faces in a strange monstrous manner, paraphrasing the words thus, "each had four faces, and...
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. Ver. 6. And every one had four faces. ] To set forth, saith an expositor, that the power of angels is exercised about all creatures. It...
Out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures Termed cherubim, Ezekiel 9:3 ; Ezekiel 9:10 . throughout. These seem to have been a hieroglyphical representation of the holy a...
Vision of the Four Living Creatures. B. C. 595. 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwi...
And every one of those four living creatures which appeared to the prophet had four faces: this hieroglyphic, though it seems to present us with a monstrous sight, yet does not unbecome the Divine...
‘And out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance. They had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four win...
2. THE VIEW GIVEN TO EZEKIEL OF “THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD” (Chap. Ezekiel 1:4-28 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 1:4 . The storm-cloud. “A whirlwind,” a tempest such as Job perceived (...
Ezekiel 1:1 . In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, and fifth day of the month. The Jews were accustomed to reckon time from great and auspicious events, as the call of Abraham, the exodus f...
EXPOSITION For the life of the prophet prior to the vision which this chapter relates, and which constituted his call to that office, see Introduction. Ezekiel 1:1 Now ; literally, and....
The Four Living Creatures
1 Kings 6:24-27 ; Exodus 25:20 ; Ezekiel 1:10 ; Ezekiel 1:15 ; Ezekiel 1:8-11 ; Ezekiel 10:10 ; Ezekiel 10:14 ; Ezekiel 10:21 ; Ezekiel 10:22 ; Isaiah 6:2 ; Revelation 4:7 ; Revelation 4:...
Wings — With two they flew, denoting the speed of their obedience; and with two they covered their body, denoting their reverence.