The Horses Pt1

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HORSES OF THE BIBLE PART 1 10-11-07 Pastor MurrayA whirlwind came out of the north; was it a UFO ? Eze 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. When this round circular vehicle, that is the color of highly polished bronze metal appears, it is "unfolding itself", and we see in the Hebrew text that means that it is "flashing continually" . When it appeared from a cloud is nothing new, for God is hiding it and allowing only those that He intends to see it, to observe it. The Hebrew name for : COLOR is ayin primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively) ; by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape): * Please note otherwise you will get all confused. In English when we say color....... we refer to yellow, orange , red and etc. BUT...in the Hebrew as we read it here in Ezekiel ....Color means: " it appeared to the eye." *What is this appearance to Ezekiel's eye? It was amber: a highly polished bronze. Now read and understand: we are talking about metal here......not just a color. Four living creatures:Eze 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. They had the shape of a man, and the "living creatures" are "Cherubim", or the "Zoa", which is written of in Revelation chapters four and five. They are the four "living ones", the four that protect the throne of the Living God, and stand on duty for that purpose continually and do not require rest. Eze 1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. Its airborne. Lets keep in mind that Ezekiel has only seen a wagon with wheels ...so he is describing this bronze round vehicle the best that he can.Eze 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. These straight feet, means that they were not bendable like a mans foot. So Ezekiel could only describe these feet like a calf foot...straight. Ezekiel is having a tough time explaining all this ...but hang in there because he does an excellent job. They appeared to be the same color as their vehicle. Eze 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. Eze 1:9 Their wings [were] joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. Ezekiel is trying to describe to us what he sees as he views these individuals, and he is seeing them in circular objects. Each of them were part of a formation, and none of them left the formation that they were in.A normal person walking looks in the direction where he is going to walk, however, in a military formation, and the formation that Ezekiel is observing, these cherubim are not doing what is normal. When each of these creatures move, they are in something circular, and as such, when they turn direction, there is nothing by their physical actions and movement to indicate which way they are going to move. They simply did not look which way the were going Eze 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. These faces are symbols of Israel. Go to the book of Numbers and read concerning the various tribes of Israel and the emblem they represent. These four likenesses that went before them, are the banners or standards that they carried. This is similar to the banners or standards that the children of Israel carried when they were in the wilderness, and placed before their tribes when the camped at night. Each of these, the man, the lion, the ox and the Eagle are the standards of specific tribes of Israel.Each of these four living creatures also wore the very signs and standards of the tribes of Israel. Eze 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. Eze 1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; [and] they turned not when they went. In other words, wherever the people in the circular vehicles went, so also went the cherubim's. The "Zoa", are not as the angels, for they do not have the privilege of self determination, for they have no emotions, but were created by God to obey Him to the letter. They do not have free will, but only the will of God. It is their position and duty before the throne of God to not only obey at God’s command, but to watch over the specific tribes that they are designated to watch. Eze 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. What this is telling us, is that also on board is the Living God. God is present there. What are these wheels? Eze 1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Eze 1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. Eze 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. How does Ezekiel know this was a wheel? Well because there was one on his wagon. The color of beryl is yellow sapphire. So we see that all four of the creatures looked alike, yet they carried different banners. Have you ever heard of the small ships sent from the mother ship. However it is strange that every time that there is sightings of UFO's, there are a number of vehicles that are also sighted. So what we have seen here so far is an assortment of various vehicles. We will also see that God's throne will even be on the main vehicle that the others come from. Eze 1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they turned not when they went. Ezekiel was used to seeing cart wheels that moved and turned to one direction. This description given "they went on their four sides", meant that they had the appearance of floating. When it moved or changed directions, it simply did it, without having a forward and backward motion to part of the vehicle. This vehicle is not on the ground.....its in the air. A horse turns by a jerk on the rein. The rider on the horse can make it go right or left. But this vehicle just flitted here and there....glowing at all times. Eze 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. Their rings are their outer rims, the sound and appearance was loud and fearful to the point of being reverent. These round circular vehicles had portholes all around each of the vehicle. They had windows to see out of, and this is why Ezekiel could see in and see the creatures. Eze 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. Ezekiel is telling us that when the vehicle went up, the person in the vehicle went up also with the vehicle. This is being described by a man that had never seen even the simplest forms of vehicle flight, and to him, technology was the wheels on a horses cart. Eze 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. Like riding in an airplane.... ..where the plane goes so goes the riders. The "spirit" is the intellect of the soul, and this is saying that where ever this person decided that he wanted to go, they went. They made the vehicles, those round, polished brass vehicles do exactly what they wanted the vehicles to do, for they were flying inside the things. The identifying of the soul and the spirit of these creatures, means that it was not robots, but live living beings in full control of the vehicle. Eze 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.These living creatures and all those that were present with the Living God, were in the vehicles that they came in, and they went where ever the vehicles went, and when it sat on the earth, they sat in them on the earth. Then as the vehicles rose to the sky, they went up with the vehicles. If the vehicle moved the people in it did as their vehicle did. Eze 1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature [was] as the colour of the terrible crystal, ( sapphire ) stretched forth over their heads above. Eze 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. Then under this cloud, and with their wings straight, Ezekiel can see God's watchmen sitting there in these vehicles. These were the guards of God's throne. Eze 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. So we see that there is a mother ship, with other smaller ships below, and when these smaller vehicles moved they all moved at the same time. What ever they did the did in uniformity and with a purpose. As they moved there was a great noise that could be heard. God was about to speak, and the hosts of heaven came with Him, to pay tribute to the Almighty. When these vehicles came to earth, "they lit down their wings", that is to say that their landing gear came down. Imagine how Ezekiel felt when this was taking place right before him, and God was about to speak in person to him. There is nothing new under the sun, and though much of this is treated as a great mystery today, it only touches the surface of the vast knowledge that has always existed in God's vast universe. Eze 1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that [was] over their heads, when they stood, [and] had let down their wings. The voice came from that cloud that was over their vehicles, after these highly polished bronze vehicles sat on their landing gear, resting on the ground. Eze 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. Above these vehicles that now rested on the ground, a throne appeared, and on and around the throne shone a brilliance of a bright shinning sapphire, and on that throne was a man, and in the Hebrew, the word is "Adam". In other words, the person on that throne looked like a man. If you have ever wondered what God looked like? We were told by Moses in Genesis 1:27; "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female." However there is the magnificence of this shinning glory that surrounds Him, where ever He is present. This man that Ezekiel was seeing on the throne over these circular vehicles looked like a man, because God created us to look like Him. Ezekiel is having the same experience that Moses had, he is seeing God, and speaking directly with Him. Eze 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. Here again is the brightness of this brilliant, highly polished bronze, shinning as a bright sapphire coming from God, and those vehicles below Him. When we see him, and are living in the Eternal city, we are told that there will be no need of the sun, for his brightness, and beauty will be greater then the sun. Revelation 21:23; "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." Eze 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. The bow that is in this brilliant cloud around God, is a "rainbow". We see this rainbow again as John was taken in the spirit to heaven, to behold the throne of God, and the one that sat on the throne.Revelation 4:3; "And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald." John saw the same rainbow that Ezekiel saw here. When Ezekiel saw the magnificence of God appearing before him, he fell to the ground face down, in awe. Then while Ezekiel was face down on the ground God spoke to him.