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title = "Ezekiel 1:5–25"
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date = "2023-02-28"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel1.5-25)
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From the great, bright storm cloud that Ezekiel sees, the first thing to appear
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are four heavenly beings known as the "four living creatures". Both Isaiah and
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John saw these beings, or something very like them, though the details differ a
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bit. Ezekiel tells us they have a generally humanoid appearance, but with four
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faces: one on each side of the head. They also have a multitude of wings of
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which two are used to cover themselves and two stretch out to touch the wings
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of their neighbor.
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The four living creatures sparkle and shine with fire and lightning, and each
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of their four faces was of a different kind of earthly creature. It could be
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that they each symbolize a different kind of creature: humans, wild animals,
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domesticated animals, and birds. But there doesn't seem to be any other
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connection between these creatures and the things that dwell on earth, so I
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would call that interpretation tenous, at best. Instead, we can say that they
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are able to see in all directions at once, which explain why they don't have a
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need to turn in the direction they are moving: they are already facing that
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direction to begin with.
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* * *
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Your glory is so great it cannot be contained, and even Your entourage reflects
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it in their bodies.
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