And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Above the firmament ... was the likeness of a throne ... and upon ... the throne was the likeness ... of a man. The Godhead appears in the likeness of enthroned humanity, as in Exodus 24:10. Besides the "paved work of a sapphire stone, as it were the body of heaven in clearness" there, we have here the "throne," and God, as "a man," with the "appearance of fire round about." This last was a prelude of the incarnation of Messiah, but in His character as Saviour and as Judge (Revelation 19:11-16). The azure sapphire answers to the colour of the sky. As others are called "sons of God," but He "the Son of God," so others are called "sons of man" (Ezekiel 2:1; Ezekiel 2:3), but He "the Son of man" (Matthew 16:13), being the embodied representative of humanity and the whole human race; as, on the other hand, He is the bodily representative of "the fullness of the Godhead" (Colossians 2:9). While the cherubim are moveable, the throne above, and Yahweh who moves them, is firmly fixed. It is good news to man that the thro ne above is filled by One who even there appears as "a man."