Beside each living creature is a wheel within a wheel, with tall and awesome rims full of eyes all around. What can we learn about this strange and fantastic view of heaven. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a. There are other dimensions of reality that have been written about in many ancient texts besides the bible. Burrell cannon was a remarkable man who took his design from descriptions of the chariot that transported the prophet ezekiel through the sky. Blumrich even used ezekiels description of the craft to patent his own version of an omnidirectional wheel. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. Was ezekiels wheel the very first description of an actual ufo. One of the interesting characteristics of the book of ezekiel as a biblical text is that it is written using the pronoun, i, clearly showing it being written by ezekiel himself as a firstperson account, unlike many biblical texts written in the third person. These doubts were strong enough, in those early days, to raise the question of whether ezekiel should be one of the biblical books. The story of ezekiel is perhaps one of the most fascinating stories found in the bible, especially if you look at the story from a modern, technological point of view. The altar of the cross facing to the east would be consistent with what he wrote in ezekiel 43.
This article is not meant to mock him, but give a different perspective of him. Ezekiel, a prophet to the exiles the book of ezekiel ezekiel was deported from jerusalem in 598 with some 10,000 elite of the city. His visions are reminiscent of visitations from otherdimensional beings, and the book created in his name the book of ezekiel is the foundation for merkava mysticism, a school of thought that has survived to this very day. Over the years the book of ezekiel has had its authenticity and authorship called into question. And when i looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one. No, ezekiel identified what he saw as cherubim and wheels or whirlwinds which moved synchronously with them. Ezekiels wheel ties african spiritual traditions to christianity the. And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. Highlights from the book of ezekieli watchtower online. Ezekiels wheel ties african spiritual traditions to. Blumrich has patented an omnidirectional wheel which he claims was based on the description in the book of ezekiel. What seems meant is that the wheels had such a construction that they could run not only, say, east and west, as an ordinary wheel, but also without turning north and south. On the fifth day of the fourth month, the sky opened up and i saw visions of god. It doesnt look like any satellite that i have seen.
In zekes case, the encounter is with the glory of god, which appears above that fourfaced chariot wheel thing. What does the bible say about ezekiel saw a wheel in the sky. Like in the book of revelation, magog is a being in the quran, whereas in the book of ezekiel, magog is a place. Ezekiels vision of the four wheels dramatically illustrates the omnipresence and omniscience of god.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. When the creatures rose into the air, the wheel rose into the air with them. The book of ezekiel has always been a problem book. They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Home content index books of the bible ezekiel ezekiel wheels.
Ezekiel chapters 1 to 24 free bible commentary in easy. A depiction of ezekiel s astonishing, glorious, magnificent, vision of god as described in the bible at ezekiel chapter 1 and 10. The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was the color of beryl, and the four of them had the same likeness. Ezekiel 12 new international version niv ezekiels inaugural vision. And as for their appearances, the four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. On the fifth day of the fourth month, the sky opened up and i saw visions. If he were alive in modern times, he would probably be hanging out with the grateful dead. The prophet jeremiah is in judah, fearlessly proclaiming the impending destruction of jerusalem and the desolation of the land of judah.
These wheels were associated with the four living creatures ezekiel 1. Above the creatures was a vault sparkling like crystal. Firmament, in the verse above, is the visible arc of the sky. Bing crosby included the song in a medley on his album. Ezekiel was undoubtedly describing an advanced spacecraft. The song recounts the old testament prophet ezekiels divine vision, at the start of the eponymous book bing crosby included the song in a medley. In this musical starring dolly parton and burt reynolds, one of the characters mentions weird spaceship theories related to the book of ezekiel after seeing a shooting star. Ezekiel saw the wheel news newspapers books scholar jstor november 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message. Ezekiel says that the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. The book of ezekiel is the third of the latter prophets in the tanakh and one of the major.
The book of ezekiel describes what its like to suddenly encounter someone or something completely strange and different from everything youve known and experienced up until that point. Could you explain the reference in the book of ezekiel chapter one about the wheel within a wheel. Ezekiel was taken to jerusalem and saw the sins of israel and their priests in the temple of god. He was a contemporary of jeremiah, but his call to be a prophet came on the banks of the chebar in babylon ezekiel 1.
This is the same word used for chariot wheels, but. Ezekiel is one of the most curious figures in the old testament. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels. Ezekiel is a key figure in judaism and is also prominent in other abrahamic biblical texts. A wheel flying in the sky sounds eerily similar to modern day flying saucer reports. Massive ezekiels wheel ufo spotted by viewers of nasa. This gnostic philosophy explains ezekiels vision of the. The book of the prophet ezekiel below you will find passages from the king james version of the bible regarding ezekiels wheel. According to the book itself, it records six visions of the prophet ezekiel, exiled in babylon, during the 22 years from 593 to 571 bc, although it is the product of a long and complex history and does not necessarily preserve the very. Its very similar the circle with a cross in it, the host said. Ezekiel saw the wheel is a folk song written by william l. Ezekiel describes seeing a wheeled chariot descend toward him from the sky, piloted by beings with the likeness of a man.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ezekiels wheel. The book of ezekiel is the third of the latter prophets in the tanakh and one of the major prophetic books in the old testament, following isaiah and jeremiah. When i saw all this, i fell to my knees, my face to. To be honest, when i first saw the footage i thought. The heavens were opened and, the prophet declares, i saw visions of god. Read the passages yourself and come to your own conclusions. Some say that this is an allusion to ancient visitors to the earth in flying saucers. This stargate or energy door would rapidly approach, and they would have a divine encounter. And their appearance and their workmanship was like a wheel inside of a wheel. From a quick reading of chapter one, it becomes apparent that ezekiel saw a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself vs. It has been recorded by such artists as woody guthrie, paul robeson, john lee hooker, the dixie hummingbirds, the tillers, the fisk jubilee singers, the charioteers and gold city. Ezekiel 12 new international version niv ezekiel s inaugural vision. This alleged chariot was piloted by beings with the likeness of a man. The host refers to a saying in the book of ezekiel, where the prophet spoke about a flying chariot, which he described as a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Sky phenom weather phenom if you like my research and my daily dedication to all my loyal subscribers, and would like to show financial support, you can do so via patreon or paypal. In the book of ezekiel, an ancient work of literature which is among the very first works written in a firstperson accountunlike other books which were written in the third personezekiel describes seeing a wheeled chariot come toward him descending from the sky. Ezekiels inaugural vision in my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while. Is ezekiels vision of the wheel evidence of ufos in the bible. In addition the winged beings with four faces do not sound like they are of this earth lending the destination they may in fact be an alien race communing with ezekiel.
As the dramatic scenes began to unfold, ezekiel saw the likeness of four living creatures. The wheel imagery is described in the book of ezekiel 10. The song recounts the old testament prophet ezekiels divine vision, at the start of the eponymous book. In the old testament, it says ezekiel saw a wheel of fire. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires. If the altar steps faced to the east and it was referring to the cross, the cross would have faced eastward. And i looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. The bible and holy quran, both books, refer to the final. The truth has been before our eyes all along it is important to open your eyes and see what is in front of you. A free bible version and commentary on the old testament book of ezekiel in easy english. Of all the biblical prophets, ezekiel is arguably the most trippy.
The entire book of ezekiel is, of course, incontrovertible proof of alien visitation, and not the result of gibbering schizophrenia or more drugs than were used to write the book of revelation and the beatles back catalogue combined. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. The way a rainbow springs out of the sky on a rainy daythats what it was like. Are the wheels in ezekiel 1 some kind of aliens spaceship or angelic.
On the fifth day of the month it was the fifth year of king jehoiachins exile. Ezekiels wheel is a claimed ufo sighting recorded in the book of ezekiel. In recent times a few radical sensationalists have contended that centuries ago. Ezekiel saw the wheels way up in the middle of the air. King nebuchadnezzar of babylon has already taken many jews into captivity.
The story of the prophet ezekiel episcopal church of the. The wheellike image in the book of ezekiel and the cosmogram, dr. Wheel fulfillment of ezekiels prophecy of the wheels. Muhammad speaks newspaper, may 25, 1973 in his article titled ezekiels wheel. As the book opens, it is the thirtieth year probably the thirtieth year of his own life and the prophet is in babylon by the river chebar. However, it has been shown that blumrich based his theory on two mistranslations in a single germanlanguage bible. Each wheel was actually two in one, with one apparently set inside the other at right angles which enabled the living creatures to move in any direction instantly without having to turn, like a flash of lightning. John was caughtup into heaven and shown the future to write in a book, the book of revelation. The truth has been before our eyes all along it is important to open your eyes and see what is in front of. Ezekiel describes seeing a wheeled chariot descend toward him from the sky. There are only two old testament scriptures that directly reference this strange heavenly vision of a wheel within a wheel observed by the prophet ezekiel. Meaning of ezekiels wheel within wheel bible study.
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