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Symbols of Perfect Service
Commentators explain that the four faces (man, lion, ox, eagle) and four wings are symbolic. They represent the highest qualities of all creation—intelligence, strength, diligence, and speed—showing that these angelic beings are perfectly equipped to carry out God's will swiftly and powerfully.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 1:6
18th Century
Theologian
In the Revelation of John each “beast” has its own distinctive character; here each unites in itself the four characters; there each has six wings,…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 1:6
19th Century
Bishop
Four faces. —The cherubim, being merely symbolical figures, are variously represented. Those placed in the Tabernacle and in the T…
John Calvin
On Ezekiel 1:6
16th Century
Theologian
He now comes to the heads and wings themselves. Many suppose that each animal had four heads, and then that four appearances belonged to each head.…
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John Gill
On Ezekiel 1:6
17th Century
Pastor
And or but everyone had four faces
Which are described, (See Gill on Ezekiel 1:10). The Targum multiplies the faces in a stran…
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 …