(Audio not available)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This study will cover the last three characteristics which are common to chapters 1 and 10 of the book of Ezekiel concerning the description of the throne of God and the four beast in the middle of and around God\u2019s throne.<\/p>\n Our first characteristic in today\u2019s study is:<\/p>\n 14)\u00a0 A blue throne<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0common<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to both chapters.<\/p>\n A sapphire blue throne is seen above the sapphire blue firmament over the heads of the four living creatures, showing us that in the heavens the creatures are subject to him who first sits upon the blue throne<\/strong>\u00a0in \u201cthe likeness as the appearance of a man\u201d, the \u201cson of man.\u201d<\/p>\n Eze 1:26\u00a0 And above the firmament that was over their heads was\u00a0the likeness of\u00a0a throne<\/u>,\u00a0as the appearance of\u00a0a sapphire stone<\/u><\/strong>: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.<\/p>\n Eze 10:1\u00a0 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them\u00a0as it were a\u00a0sapphire stone<\/u><\/strong>, as\u00a0the appearance of the likeness of\u00a0a throne<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It is \u201cin the middle of and round about\u201d this blue throne that these figures of those who are redeemed out of every nation are seated with Christ and His Father.<\/p>\n Rev 4:1\u00a0 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. As noted above concerning the color of the firmament, sapphires may come in other colors, but they are generally blue. The throne, we are told is blue. Everything pertaining to spiritual significance of the color of the firmament is also true for the spiritual significance of the color of the throne which is upon that firmament. In our study on the spiritual significance of colors in scripture, we saw that the color blue is associated with the things of the heavens themselves. That is especially true as it pertains to these patterns and figures of the true heavens, which we are now considering.<\/p>\n 15) \u00a0The likeness of a man is common to both chapters 1 and chapter 10. In part 4 of this study of Revelation 4, we covered the four faces of the four living creatures, and we noted that one of those four faces was \u201cthe face of a man.” Another characteristic of these four living creatures is the fact that their overall appearance was \u201cthe lines of a man\u201d which is mentioned in both chapters:<\/p>\n Eze 1:5\u00a0 Also out of the midst thereof\u00a0came<\/em>\u00a0the likeness of four living creatures. And this\u00a0was<\/em>\u00a0their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.<\/strong><\/p>\n Eze 10:21\u00a0 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the\u00a0likeness<\/u>\u00a0of the hands\u00a0of a man<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>was<\/em>\u00a0under their wings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It all serves to confirm who these four living creatures tell us they signify:<\/p>\n Rev 5:8\u00a0 And when he had taken the book,\u00a0the four beasts<\/strong>\u00a0and four\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. These are the same words used to describe the Lord\u2019s firstfruits who will be \u201ckings and priest with Christ for a thousand years and then judge angels with Christ in the lake of fire:<\/p>\n Rev 1:5\u00a0 And from Jesus Christ,\u00a0who is<\/em>\u00a0the faithful witness,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Reigning on the earth with Christ takes place after the \u201cblessed and holy\u2026 first resurrection, which Christ called \u201cthe resurrection of life\u201d, and which He contrasted with \u201cthe resurrection of judgment\u201d for those who are not judged in this present life:<\/p>\n Joh 5:28\u00a0 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, It will be those signified by these \u201cfour beasts in the midst of and round about the throne\u201d, these \u201cfour living creatures of Daniel 1 and 10, who will live and reign with Christ over the kingdoms of this world\u201d (Rev 11:15) for a thousand years:<\/p>\n Rev 20:1\u00a0 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Rev 5:8\u00a0 And when he had taken the book,\u00a0the four beasts and four\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0twenty elders<\/strong>\u00a0fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. These are the exceeding great and precious promises given to us by our Lord for no reason other than \u201cit pleased him\u201d (1Co 12:18, 1Co 15:38, Col 1:19)<\/p>\n Gen 15:1\u00a0 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram [\u201cif ye be Christ’s then are ye Abraham\u2019s seed and heirs according to the promise\u201d (Gal 3:29)] I am<\/em> thy shield, and<\/em> thy exceeding great reward<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2Pe 1:3\u00a0 According as his divine power\u00a0hath given unto us all things that\u00a0pertain<\/em>\u00a0unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him<\/strong>\u00a0that hath called us to glory and virtue: Rom 9:18\u00a0 Therefore hath he mercy on\u00a0whom he will<\/u>\u00a0have mercy,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0whom he will<\/u>\u00a0he hardeneth.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n 16)\u00a0The glory of the Lord<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0common<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to both chapters 1 and 10.<\/p>\n Both chapters are a description\u00a0of \u201cthe glory of the Lord\u201d<\/strong>, and just as in the book of Revelation, \u2018the glory of the Lord\u2019 is described as being \u201cthe appearance of the brightness\u2026 of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain.\u201d<\/p>\n Eze 1:28\u00a0\u00a0As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain,<\/strong>\u00a0so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was]\u00a0the appearance of the likeness of\u00a0the glory of the LORD<\/u><\/strong>. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.<\/p>\n Eze 10:4\u00a0 Then\u00a0the glory of the LORD<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0went up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of\u00a0the brightness of\u00a0the LORD\u2019S glory<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rev 4:2\u00a0 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and\u00a0one<\/em>\u00a0sat on the throne. How does God display His glory? God\u2019s glory and His sovereignty are revealed in His elect.\u00a0 Our entire lives are to be in His service and to His glory \u201cas the voice of Almighty God.\u201d<\/p>\n Rom 15:7\u00a0 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us\u00a0to the glory of God.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 1Co 10:31\u00a0\u00a0Whether therefore ye eat, or drink,\u00a0or whatsoever ye do<\/u><\/strong>,\u00a0do\u00a0all\u00a0to the glory of God<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rom 5:2\u00a0 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand,\u00a0and rejoice\u00a0in hope of the glory of God.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Rom 8:17\u00a0 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;\u00a0if so be that we suffer with him,\u00a0that we may be also glorified together<\/u>.<\/strong> Rom 8:30\u00a0 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified,\u00a0them he also glorified<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rom 9:23\u00a0 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy,\u00a0which he had\u00a0afore prepared unto glory<\/u>,<\/strong> 1Co 2:7\u00a0 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom,\u00a0which God ordained before the world\u00a0unto our glory.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Eph 1:5\u00a0\u00a0Having predestinated\u00a0us<\/u><\/strong> unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Eph 1:11\u00a0 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: These are sixteen characteristics of the patterns and figures of the heavenly things themselves. They are all concerning the \u201cglory of the Lord that that is to be revealed in us.\u201d<\/p>\n Rom 8:18\u00a0 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are<\/em>\u00a0not worthy\u00a0to be compared<\/em>\u00a0with\u00a0the glory which shall be revealed\u00a0in us<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n They are:<\/p>\n 1) The cloud in which this whole scene is revealed, which cloud we all are. Zec 2:8\u00a0 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you:\u00a0for he that toucheth you\u00a0toucheth the apple of his eye<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Heb 13:5\u00a0 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, \u201c\u00a0I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you<\/u>.\u201d (WEB)<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n 5) \u201cThe hands of a man<\/strong>\u00a0under the wings of the four living creatures\u201d demonstrate for us that God has placed His entire work in the hands of \u201cthe man<\/u><\/strong> Christ Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n 1Ti 2:5\u00a0 For there is one God,\u00a0and one mediator between God and men,\u00a0the man Christ Jesus<\/u>;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n As His Father has placed His work in \u201cthe hands\u201d of \u201cthe man Christ Jesus\u201d, Christ has in turn, placed the work His Father gave Him into \u201cthe hands\u201d of His Christ.<\/p>\n Joh 20:21\u00a0 Then said Jesus to them again,\u00a0Peace<\/u> be unto you:\u00a0as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n There is great peace in knowing that we are all in the hands of \u201cthe man, Christ Jesus\u201d and that He has sent us as His Father sent Him. The \u201chands of a man\u201d demonstrate who these four living creatures are. They four have \u201cthe hands of a man, the face of a man and the appearance of a man.\u201d They are redeemed of mankind out of every nation on earth, and they will reign with Him over the kingdoms of this world for a thousand years.<\/p>\n 6) \u201cThey turned not when they went\u201d (Eze 1:17). Being sent by Christ as He is sent by His Father, these four living creatures\u00a0\u201cturn not as they go\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0simply because all things are being worked after the counsel of God\u2019s own will, and there is \u201cno shadow of turning with Him.\u201d<\/p>\n Eph 1:11\u00a0 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh\u00a0all things after the counsel of his own will<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n Jas 1:17\u00a0 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights,\u00a0with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Every move made by these four living creatures was \u201cwritten in His book, even the days ordained for them, before there were any of those days.\u201d<\/p>\n Psa 139:16\u00a0 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me,\u00a0When as yet there was none of them.<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n 7)\u00a0 \u201cWhither the spirit was to go they went\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is common to both chapters one and ten.<\/p>\n This singleness of mind demonstrates for us\u00a0the unity<\/strong>\u00a0that is in the body of the Christ. The Christ is not a schizophrenic, and there are no conflicting doctrines and denominations in the church which is His body.<\/p>\n Rom 15:5\u00a0 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to\u00a0be of the same mind<\/u>\u00a0one with another\u00a0according to Christ Jesus<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1Co 1:10\u00a0 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that\u00a0ye\u00a0all speak the same thing<\/u>, and\u00a0that <\/em>there be\u00a0no divisions<\/u>\u00a0[no denominations] among you; but\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0ye be\u00a0perfectly joined together<\/u>\u00a0in\u00a0the same mind<\/u>\u00a0and in\u00a0the same judgment<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1Co 12:25\u00a0 that there should be no schism in the body;<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0but that the members should have the same care one for another.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 8) The \u201cone likeness<\/strong>\u201d of the four wheels \u201cupon the earth\u201d is common to both chapters.<\/p>\n \u201cOne likeness\u201d demonstrates the \u201cone event<\/strong>\u201d that is common to all men. \u201cThey four had\u00a0one likeness<\/u><\/strong>.\u201d \u2018Four\u2019 is spiritual language for the whole of any given subject, and the subject with which these four wheels are concerned is the whole of God\u2019s elect, to whom \u201call things come alike.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThat one likeness is the \u201cone event\u201d which \u201ccomes alike to all.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEach in his own order\u201d will experience the revelation of Jesus Christ:<\/p>\n Ecc 9:2\u00a0 All things come alike to all<\/u>: there is\u00a0one event<\/u>\u00a0to the righteous and to the wicked<\/strong>; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.<\/p>\n 1Co 3:21\u00a0 Therefore let no man glory in men. For\u00a0all things are yours<\/strong>; 9) The work of the four wheels was as it were\u00a0a wheel within a wheel<\/strong>, is common to both chapters.<\/p>\n \u201cA wheel within a wheel\u201d signifies and demonstrates the secret which has been hidden from the generations but is now revealed to us. It is the outgrowth of knowing that Christ is in His Father, and His Father is in Him. The spiritual significance of the wheel within a wheel is Christ in us and us in Him.<\/p>\n Joh 14:20\u00a0 In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father,\u00a0and\u00a0ye in me, and I in you.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Col 1:26\u00a0\u00a0even the mystery which\u00a0hath been hid for ages and generations<\/u>: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,<\/strong> The \u201cwheel within a wheel\u201d is \u201cye in me, and I in you.\u201d<\/p>\n 10) The\u00a0color of the wheels<\/strong>\u00a0is the color of a beryl stone, is common to both chapters.<\/p>\n Beryl is blue, and Christ\u2019s body is also the color of a beryl stone. Blue is the color of the heavens. This tells us that if we are like Christ, then we, too, are the color of beryl and fire, because we are \u201cas He is in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n Eze 8:2\u00a0 Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness\u00a0as\u00a0the appearance of fire<\/u>; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire;<\/strong>\u00a0and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.<\/p>\n Dan 10:6\u00a0\u00a0his body also was like the beryl<\/u>,<\/strong>\u00a0and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like unto burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.<\/p>\n 1Jn 4:17\u00a0 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment:\u00a0because as he is, so are we in this world.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Christ came to bring fire. If we are like Him, then our words will also be the fiery Words that He spoke.<\/p>\n Jer 5:14\u00a0 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold,\u00a0I will make\u00a0my words in thy mouth fire<\/u>, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rev 11:5\u00a0 And if any man will hurt them,\u00a0fire proceedeth out of their mouth<\/u><\/strong>, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Beryl typifies the fire that is the word of God in all those who are His. A blue flame is what a welder wants because it is so hot.<\/p>\n 11) The wheels being \u201cfull of eyes round about<\/strong>\u201d is in both chapters.<\/p>\n These eyes signify\u00a0the spiritual understanding and spiritually seeing the things of the spirit.<\/strong>\u00a0Seeing and understanding that \u201call things are ours\u201d is seeing everything by being \u201cfull of eyes round about.\u201d<\/p>\n 1Co 2:9\u00a0 But as it is written,\u00a0Eye hath not seen,<\/strong> nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.Rev 4:6-7 \u2013 Part 7, 16 Characteristics<\/h3>\n
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\nRev 4:2\u00a0 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold,\u00a0a throne<\/u>\u00a0was set\u00a0in heaven<\/u>, and one sat on the throne.<\/strong>
\nRev 4:3\u00a0 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and\u00a0there was a rainbow round about the throne<\/u><\/strong>, in sight like unto an emerald.
\nRev 4:4\u00a0\u00a0And round about\u00a0the throne<\/u>\u00a0were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment;\u00a0and they had on their heads crowns of gold.<\/u><\/strong>
\nRev 4:5\u00a0 And\u00a0out of\u00a0the throne<\/u>\u00a0proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices<\/u>:<\/strong>\u00a0and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
\nRev 4:6\u00a0 And\u00a0before\u00a0the throne<\/u>\u00a0there was a sea of glass like unto crystal:<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.<\/u><\/strong>
\nRev 4:7\u00a0 And the first beast [was] like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle.
\nRev 4:8\u00a0 And\u00a0the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within<\/u>:<\/strong>\u00a0and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy,\u00a0Lord God Almighty<\/strong>, which was, and is, and is to come.<\/u><\/strong>
\nRev 4:9\u00a0\u00a0And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to\u00a0him that sat on the throne<\/u>,<\/strong>\u00a0who liveth for ever and ever,
\nRev 4:10\u00a0 The four and twenty elders fall down before\u00a0him that sat on the throne,<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and\u00a0cast their crowns before the throne<\/u><\/strong>, saying,
\nRev 4:11\u00a0 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power:\u00a0for thou hast created all things,\u00a0and for thy pleasure they are and were created.<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRev 5:9\u00a0 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof:\u00a0for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed\u00a0us<\/u>\u00a0to God<\/strong>\u00a0by thy blood\u00a0out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation<\/u><\/strong>;
\nRev 5:10\u00a0\u00a0And hast\u00a0made us unto our God kings and priests<\/u>: and we shall\u00a0reign on the earth<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRev 1:6\u00a0\u00a0And hath made us\u00a0kings and priests<\/u>\u00a0unto God and his Father<\/strong>; to him\u00a0be<\/em>\u00a0glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nJoh 5:29\u00a0 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto\u00a0the resurrection of life<\/strong>; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation<\/strong>\u00a0[G2920: krisis<\/em>, judgment, the great white throne judgment\/ lake of fire\/second death<\/strong>].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRev 20:2\u00a0 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan,\u00a0and bound him\u00a0a thousand years<\/u><\/strong>,
\nRev 20:3\u00a0 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more,\u00a0till the thousand years<\/u>\u00a0should be fulfilled: and\u00a0after<\/u> that he must be loosed a little season<\/strong>.
\nRev 20:4\u00a0 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and\u00a0I saw<\/em>\u00a0the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received\u00a0his<\/em>\u00a0mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands [signified by \u201cfour beasts; four living creatures\u201d];\u00a0and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.<\/strong>
\nRev 20:5\u00a0 But the rest of the dead lived not again\u00a0until<\/u> the\u00a0thousand years<\/u>\u00a0were finished. This\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0the first resurrection.<\/strong>
\nRev 20:6\u00a0\u00a0Blessed and holy\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but\u00a0they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nRev 5:9\u00a0 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain,\u00a0and hast redeemed\u00a0us<\/u>\u00a0to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;<\/strong>
\nRev 5:10\u00a0 And hast made\u00a0us<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0unto our God kings and priests:\u00a0and\u00a0we<\/u>\u00a0shall reign on the earth.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n2Pe 1:4\u00a0 Whereby are given unto us\u00a0exceeding great and precious promises<\/u>: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped<\/u>\u00a0the corruption that is in the world through lust.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nRev 4:3\u00a0 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and\u00a0there was<\/em>\u00a0a rainbow round about the throne<\/strong>, in sight like unto an emerald.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRom 8:18\u00a0 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with\u00a0the glory<\/u>\u00a0which shall be revealed in us<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nRom 9:24\u00a0 Even us<\/strong><\/u>, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?<\/p>\n
\nEph 1:6\u00a0\u00a0To the praise of\u00a0the glory<\/u>\u00a0of his grace<\/strong>, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.<\/p>\n
\nEph 1:12\u00a0\u00a0That we should be to the praise of his glory<\/strong>, who\u00a0first<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0trusted in Christ.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nSummary<\/h4>\n
\n2) The\u00a0four living creatures<\/strong>\u00a0of Ezekiel 1, called cherubims in Ezekiel 10, and called four beasts throughout the book of Revelation.
\n3) Their\u00a0four faces<\/strong>, said to be all four common to each creature in Ezekiel, and revealed to also be distinct creatures each one with one of these four faces, in the book of Revelation, and demonstrated as such in each of the four gospels.
\n4) The\u00a0four wings<\/strong>\u00a0of these four living creatures or four cherubims, represent the faith which the whole body of God\u2019s elect have in the promised protection of our heavenly Father. We are \u201cthe apple of His eye\u201d, and He will \u201cnever leave nor forsake us\u201d (Heb 13:5).<\/p>\n
\n1Co 3:22\u00a0 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come;\u00a0all are yours;<\/strong>
\n1Co 3:23\u00a0\u00a0And ye are Christ’s<\/strong>; and Christ is God’s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nCol 1:27\u00a0 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles,\u00a0which is\u00a0Christ in you, the hope of glory<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n1Co 2:10\u00a0\u00a0But God hath revealed\u00a0them<\/em>\u00a0unto us by his Spirit<\/u><\/strong>: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.<\/p>\n