Ezekiel 1:14
The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.
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- Zech 4:10 : 10 For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes will joyfully look on the tin tablet in Zerubbabel’s hand.(These are the eyes of the LORD, which constantly range across the whole earth.)
- Matt 24:27 : 27 For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
- Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
- Mark 13:27 : 27 Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
- Luke 17:24 : 24 For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
- Ps 147:15 : 15 He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination.
- Dan 9:21 : 21 yes, while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, around the time of the evening offering.
- Zech 2:3-4 : 3 At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him 4 and said to him,“Hurry, speak to this young man as follows:‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there.
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- Ezek 1:4-1310 verses92%
4As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north– an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.
5In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form,
6but each had four faces and four wings.
7Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ feet. They gleamed like polished bronze.
8They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,
9their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.
10Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle.
11Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.
12Each moved straight ahead– wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.
13In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.
- Ezek 1:15-2814 verses82%
15Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings.
16The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.
17When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved.
18Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.
19When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too.
20Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.
21When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel.
22Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.
23Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.
24When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings– it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
25Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.
26Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.
27I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it,
28like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
- Rev 4:5-95 verses76%
5From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne
6and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
7The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like an ox, the third creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth creature looked like an eagle flying.
8Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”
9And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
- Ezek 10:9-179 verses75%
9As I watched, I noticed four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; the wheels gleamed like jasper.
10As for their appearance, all four of them looked the same, something like a wheel within a wheel.
11When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved; in the direction the head would turn they would follow without turning as they moved,
12along with their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, and their wings. The wheels of the four of them were full of eyes all around.
13As for their wheels, they were called“the wheelwork” as I listened.
14Each of the cherubim had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.
15The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.
16When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.
17When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
- Joel 2:4-52 verses74%
4They look like horses; they charge ahead like war horses.
5They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.
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13and the sound of the living beings’ wings brushing against each other, and the sound of the wheels alongside them, a great rumbling sound.
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4The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning.
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4His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
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9They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle.
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1God’s Glory Leaves the Temple As I watched, I saw on the platform above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them.
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2As I watched, I noticed a form that appeared to be a man. From his waist downward was something like fire, and from his waist upward something like a brightness, like an amber glow.
- Ezek 10:20-212 verses70%
20These were the living creatures which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.
21Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.
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6His body resembled yellow jasper, and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.
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22Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.