The Four Wheels
ezekiel 1:15-21
King James Version (KJV)
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold
one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
16 The appearance
of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four
had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in
the middle of a wheel.
17 When they went,
they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
18 As for their
rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of
eyes round about them four.
19 And when the
living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures
were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 Whithersoever
the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels
were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in
the wheels.
21 When those
went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted
up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit
of the living creature was in the wheels.
1:15-21 Beside each creature was a wheel (v.15), which gave the appearance of a wheel in the middle of a wheel, perhaps intersecting at right
angles (v.16). The wheels had high rings (perhaps reaching from earth to heaven), were full of eyes (symbolizing God’s all-seeing nature,
v. 18), and their spirits
were in the wheels (vv.20, 21). The whole description
seems to symbolize the omnipresence of God. He is capable of moving in any
direction.
.….. to be cont’d
Playwright Janet Irene Thomas
Founder/CEO
Bible Stories Theatre of
Fine & Performing Arts
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