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Verse Ezekiel 1:5. _ALSO OUT ON THE MIDST THEREOF_ CAME - _FOUR
LIVING_ _CREATURES._] As the amber-coloured body was the _centre_ of
the _fire,_ and this _fire_ was in the _centre_ of the _cloud_; so...
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LIVING CREATURES - The Hebrew word answers very nearly to the English
“beings,” and denotes those who live, whether angels, men (in whom
is the breath of life), or inferior creatures....
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. PREDICTIONS BEFORE THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
A. judgment Predictions Concerning Jerusalem (1-24)
Chapter S 1:1-3:14 The Vision of Glory and the Call of the Prophet
_ 1. The...
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EZEKIEL 1-3. EZEKIEL ENTERS UPON HIS MINISTRY.
Ezekiel 1:1. Ezekiel's Vision.
Ezekiel 1:1. Like the prophets generally, Ezekiel enters upon his
ministry only after he has had a vision of God and a ca...
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FOUR LIVING CREATURES. These are "the Cherubim". See App-41. The _zoa
of_ Revelation 4:6....
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_out of the midst thereof_ Most naturally, out of the midst of the
whole phenomenon of the tempestuous fiery cloud, though it might be
out of that splendour which was like electrum. Four "living
creat...
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The four living creatures
These are described as having in general the human form; they were
erect and had apparently two feet (Ezekiel 1:5_; Ezekiel 1:7_); they
had four faces, one looking each way:...
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The theophany, or, vision of God
This is described first generally, as a whirlwind and great cloud
coming from the North, with a luminous splendour around it, due to a
fire sending out continuous fla...
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B. The Cherubim 1:5-14
TRANSLATION
(5) And from its midst the likeness of four living creatures. And this
was their appearance: they possessed the likeness of a man. (6) And
each of them had four fac...
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Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living
creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a
man.
OUT OF THE MIDST THEREOF CAME THE LIKENESS OF FOUR LIVING C...
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§ 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 (Ezekiel...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THIS BOOK
1. HISTORY
After the death of King Solomon, the *I...
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THE LIKENESS OF FOUR LIVING CREATURES next appeared from this centre
of the fiery cloud. The word “likeness” is not without
significance. The prophet would make it plain that this was a vision,
that t...
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וּ מִ֨ תֹּוכָ֔הּ דְּמ֖וּת אַרְבַּ֣ע
חַיֹּ֑ות...
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THE VISION OF THE GLORY OF GOD
Ezekiel 1:1
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 mind during...
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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 became...
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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 chapter...
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Also from the midst of it [came] the likeness of (f) four living
beings. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a
man.
(f) Which were the four Cherubims that represented the glory...
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Living creatures. Cherubims, (as appears from Ecclesiasticus xlix.
10.) represented to the prophet under these mysterious shapes, as
supporting the throne of God, and as it were drawing his chariot. A...
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I desire to speak with all possible diffidence, and with an holy awe
upon my mind, when I say, that I conceive, the close of this fifth
verse, throws a light upon the whole of this vision. Those four...
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_THE CHERUBIM_
‘The likeness of four living creatures.’
Ezekiel 1:5
I. EZEKIEL’S NAME MEANS ‘GOD WILL STRENGTHEN,’ OR
PREVAIL.—Like Jeremiah, he was a priest as well as a prophet. He
lived among th...
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I have already explained why God showed four angels to his Prophet
under the form of four animals. It was necessary to turn a little
aside from the sanctuary, since the whole legal worship was obnoxio...
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In chapter 1 we find a date which refers to the year of Josiah's
passover, but with what intent I do not know. It has been thought that
the thirty years relate to the jubilee. On this point I cannot s...
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ALSO OUT OF THE MIDST THEREOF,.... The fire; or out of the whole that
was seen; the whirlwind, cloud, fire, and the brightness about it:
[CAME] THE LIKENESS OF FOUR LIVING CREATURES; not really four...
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Also out of the midst thereof [came] the likeness of four living
creatures. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a
man.
Ver. 5. _Also out of the midst thereof,_] _i.e., _ From Go...
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_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 angels...
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THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES...
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Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living
creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a
man, possessing tile general structure of a human body....
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1-14 It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty
to attend to it diligently, when we are in affliction. The voice of
God came in the fulness of light and power, by the Holy Spirit...
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ALSO OUT OF THE MIDST THEREOF; of the fire, or that amber which
appeared, as having four wheels. THE LIKENESS OF FOUR LIVING
CREATURES; these were not indeed living creatures. but the appearance
of th...
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Ezekiel 1:5 within H8432 likeness H1823 four H702 creatures H2416
appearance H4758 they H2007 likeness H1823 man H120...
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‘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
wing...
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LIVING CREATURES
The "living creatures" are identical with the Cherubim. The subject
is somewhat obscure, but from the position of the Cherubim at the gate
of Eden, upon the cover of the ark of the c...
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CONTENTS: Vision of the glory.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, Ezekiel, Jehoiachin, (Ezekiel
1:26).
CONCLUSION: While no man has seen God at any time, many have had
visions of Him, displays of...
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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 from...
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_The likeness of four living creatures._
ANGELIC MINISTRIES
1. God employs not ignorant, silly ones in His service, but those that
are intelligent, angels that are wise and very knowing.
2. The ang...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 1:1 Inaugural Vision. The story of
Ezekiel’s call as a prophet is the most complex of all the
“prophetic call stories” in the OT. It is also one of the most
carefully structure...
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2. THE VIEW GIVEN TO EZEKIEL OF “THE LIKENESS OF THE GLORY OF THE
LORD” (Chap. Ezekiel 1:4)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 1:4. THE STORM-CLOUD. “A WHIRLWIND,”
a tempest such as Job perceived (Ezekiel 38:...
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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 use of...
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Ezekiel 1:4. _And I looked, and behold a whirlwind coming from the
north, a great cloud, and a fire kindling itself, and a brightness
round about it (the cloud), and from out of it (the fire) like the...
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Shall we turn at this time to the prophecy of Ezekiel.
Ezekiel said,
It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the
fifth day of the month (Ezekiel 1:1),
So that would be July th...
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Revelation 4:6; Revelation 6:6...
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Is this a manifestation of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence?
PROBLEM: Ezekiel speaks here of “living creatures” whose faces
were in “the likeness of a man” which moved “like a flash of
lightnin...