2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3 the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar; and athe hand of the Lord was upon him there.
4 Then I looked, and behold, aa whirlwind was coming bout of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5 aAlso from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And bthis was their appearance: they had cthe likeness of a man.
6 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.
7 Their1 legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves’ feet. They sparkled alike the color of burnished bronze.
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What Does Ezekiel 1:4 Mean?
Ezekiel 1:4
The “gleaming metal” (many translations render it “glowing metal”) may be a reference to Christ, the God riding the cloud. Compare the description of Christ's feet at Revelation 1:15: “His feet [were] like unto brilliant metal as if they burned in a furnace” (Jubilee Bible 2000).
Charles Whitaker
Clouds (Part Two): God's Cloud as His Chariot
Related Topics: Burned in a Furnace
| Cloud Symbolism
| Furnace Metaphor
| Gleaming Metal
| Glowing Metal
| God Riding on a Cloud
| God's Cloud as His Chariot
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Ezekiel 1:4:
Revelation 5:1-3
Revelation 6:6
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