From 954c80c6baf7fc9066b496c23e25c51bb8d5ad33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:25:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 1:5-25 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_1:5-25.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_1:5-25.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_1:5-25.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_1:5-25.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2699f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_1:5-25.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 1:5–25" +date = "2023-02-28" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel1.5-25) + +From the great, bright storm cloud that Ezekiel sees, the first thing to appear +are four heavenly beings known as the "four living creatures". Both Isaiah and +John saw these beings, or something very like them, though the details differ a +bit. Ezekiel tells us they have a generally humanoid appearance, but with four +faces: one on each side of the head. They also have a multitude of wings of +which two are used to cover themselves and two stretch out to touch the wings +of their neighbor. + +The four living creatures sparkle and shine with fire and lightning, and each +of their four faces was of a different kind of earthly creature. It could be +that they each symbolize a different kind of creature: humans, wild animals, +domesticated animals, and birds. But there doesn't seem to be any other +connection between these creatures and the things that dwell on earth, so I +would call that interpretation tenous, at best. Instead, we can say that they +are able to see in all directions at once, which explain why they don't have a +need to turn in the direction they are moving: they are already facing that +direction to begin with. + +* * * + +Your glory is so great it cannot be contained, and even Your entourage reflects +it in their bodies.