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Sunday, July 26 2009
The prophecies recorded by Ezekiel (see Ezekiel The Prophet) were given to him by Jesus Christ (see the Fact Finder question below). Several of the same visions were also given, by Christ, to the apostle John for the writing of the book of Revelation (i.e. revealing; see Apocalypse). Both Ezekiel and John were political/religious prisoners at their respective times of Prophecy, Ezekiel by the Babylonians, John by the "Babylon" that was to come later, Rome (see Nebuchadnezzar's Dream).
"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"
Ezekiel's book begins with his sighting of the "living creatures" with wheels and "the likeness of the glory of the LORD" (keep in mind that Christ said that no man has seen The Father - see the Fact Finder question below).
"1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month [see Bible Calendar and Bible Months], in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans [see Chaldea] by the river Chebar [in the The Tigris-Euphrates Valley]; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 1:5 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. 1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward [see also The Dawn Of Flight].
1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. 1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. 1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. 1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning [see also Lightening, Not Lightning]. 1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 1:16 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. 1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
1:19 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. 1:20 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. 1:21 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.
1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. 1:26 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. 1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about.
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake." (Ezekiel 1:1-28 KJV)
Fact Finder: How do we know that Jesus Christ was "the LORD God" of the Old Testament era?
See Christ The Creator, The God Of The Old Testament, 'Before Abraham Was, I AM' and The Ancient of Days
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This Day In History, July 26
1581: The Act of Abjuration (Dutch "Akte Van Verlating"), the declaration of Dutch independence from the rule of King Philip II of Spain.
1603: James VI of Scotland was crowned King James I of England. He then authorized an English translation of the Scriptures, first published in 1611 and known since as the "King James (or "Authorized") Version" of the Bible.
1759: The French relinquished Fort Ticonderoga in New York to the British under General Jeffrey Amherst.
1775: The Continental Congress established a postal system for the American colonies with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general.
1788: New York State ratified the new constitution and became the 11th state of the Union.
1847: Liberia became the first independent republic in Africa.
1858: Lionel Rothschild became the first (known) Jewish member to take his seat in the British House of Commons.
1886: William Gladstone was replaced by Lord Salisbury as prime minister of England.
1908: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation was created and referred to as Office of the Chief Examiner. It became the FBI in 1935.
1918: Britain's top war ace, Edward Mannock, was shot down by ground fire on the Western Front.
1952: King Farouk of Egypt abdicate and was ordered to leave the country, three days after a coup led by General Neguib.
1956: Egyptian President Nasser declared that Egypt had nationalized the Suez Canal Company, thus ending Western (i.e. U.S. and Britain) control 12 years ahead of the expiry date of the Suez concession; overnight, he became the hero of the Arab world.
1958: Prince Charles was proclaimed Prince of Wales by Queen Elizabeth.
