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Directed by God's Spirit
All commentators agree that the creatures' movement was not random but directed by a single "spirit." This is widely understood as the will or Spirit of God, demonstrating that God's agents act in perfect, harmonious obedience to His sovereign commands. They go exactly where God's purpose leads.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 1:12
18th Century
Theologian
The “chariot,” though composed of distinct parts, was to be considered as a whole. There was one spirit expressive of one conscious life pervading …
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 1:12
19th Century
Bishop
Where the spirit was to go. —The one informing spirit which animated all the living creatures alike, and in accordance with which …
John Calvin
On Ezekiel 1:12
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet repeats that the movement of the living creatures was in each case directed towards, or in the direction of its face: and…
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John Gill
On Ezekiel 1:12
17th Century
Pastor
And they went everyone straight forward
Or, "over against his face" F17; for, which way soever they went,…
Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 1:1–14
17th Century
Minister
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 …