~ Ezekiel's Vision Begins ~

I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north --
an immense cloud with flashing lightning
and surrounded by brilliant light.
The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,
and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures.
In appearance their form was that of a man,
but each of them had four faces and four wings.

. . . Their faces looked like this:
Each of the four had the face of a man,
and on the right side each had the face of a lion,
and on the left the face of an ox;
each also had the face of an eagle.

. . . As I looked at the living creatures,
I saw a wheel on the ground
beside each creature with its four faces.

. . . When the living creatures moved,
the wheels beside them moved;
and when the living creatures rose from the ground,
the wheels also rose.
Wherever the spirit would go,
they would go,
and the wheels would rise along with them,
because the spirit of the living creatures
was in the wheels.

. . . When the creatures moved,
I heard the sound of their wings,
like the roar of rushing waters,
like the voice of the Almighty,
like the tumult of an army.
When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

Then there came a voice
from above the expanse over their heads
as they stood with lowered wings.
Above the expanse over their heads
was what looked like a throne of sapphire,
and high above on the throne
was a figure like that of a Man.
I saw that from what appeared to be His waist up
He looked like glowing metal,
as if full of fire,
and that from there down He looked like fire;
and brilliant light surrounded Him.
Like the appearance
of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day,
so was the radiance around Him.

This was the appearance of the likeness of
the glory of the Lord.
When I saw it,
I fell face-down,
and I heard the voice of one speaking.

(Ezekiel 1:4-6, 10, 15, 19-20, 25-28)