Verse 5
5. Likeness of four living creatures As the prophet gazes upon this strange storm cloud, and it approaches him, he sees four splendid shapes where but a moment before had been only flashes of light. He does not see these distinctly at first, but one thing he is sure of: they are alive; crowded full of life the very embodiment of life. (See Ezekiel 1:13-14; Matthew 3:11.)
They had the likeness of a man This was the first and the abiding impression which Ezekiel again and again emphasizes. Notwithstanding their fourfold aspect they looked human. Humanity was the type favored by this symbolic heavenly creation
The consummation of this scheme
Of being, the completion of this sphere Of life.
Modern science has strangely illustrated the travailing and groaning of Nature to reach the human its crown and goal. (See Appendix to chapter.)
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