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Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
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One Spirit, One Motion
Commentators unanimously highlight that the creatures and wheels move in perfect unison because they are animated by the same spirit. This imagery illustrates the complete harmony and coordination of God's will. His heavenly purposes and earthly actions are not separate but are one integrated, unstoppable movement.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherever the spirit of the four living creatures was to go, the wheels went—there the spirit of the wheels was to go. All four creatures together w…
19th Century
Anglican
The spirit of the living creature —Not, as in the margin, “the spirit of life.” The object of Ezekiel 1:19-21 is by every repetiti…
16th Century
Protestant
Thus I arrange the clauses, for though others join the first clause with the second part of the verse, it is too forced. Therefore, the Prophet rep…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whithersoever the spirit was to go they went
That is, the Spirit of God; wherever that leads and directs, whether …
Providence, represented by the wheels, produces changes. Sometimes one spoke of the wheel is uppermost, sometimes another; but the motion of the wh…
