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When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
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One Spirit, One Purpose
The perfect, synchronized movement of the cherubim and the wheels illustrates a profound truth: all of God's work is animated by a single, unified will. Commentators explain that 'the spirit of the living creature' signifies that one divine purpose from God directs everything in heaven and on earth, ensuring all events work together to fulfill His plan.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
are a repetition of the general description of the nature and connection of the various parts of the vision, and this is the more appropriate as sh…
16th Century
Protestant
Just as he said that the wheels were obedient to the movement of the living creatures, so he now says that they ceased with them. But here it seems…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When they stood, [these] stood When one was inactive, lifeless, and without motion, making no progress in knowledge, expe…
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