Ezekiels vision of the four wheels dramatically illustrates the omnipresence and omniscience of god. What can we learn about this strange and fantastic view of heaven. Is ezekiels vision of the wheel evidence of ufos in the bible. Ezekiels wheel ties african spiritual traditions to. These wheels were associated with the four living creatures ezekiel 1. Bce can be analyzed as depicting many aspects of astral religionastrotheology.
Blumrich agrees that the wheel within a wheel was extraterrestrial, but he goes one step further and claims that it only describes a small part of the craft. Ezekiel is one of the most curious figures in the old testament. Book wheels within wheels, each wheel had a wheel inside itone of the same diameter that fitted crosswise into the base wheel. The wheel imagery is described in the book of ezekiel 10. Blumrich even used ezekiels description of the craft to patent his own version of an omnidirectional wheel. Ezekiel also is a protagonist in judaism, and also in other abrahamic biblical texts. Ezekiels wheel within a wheel revealed stellar house publishing. Knowing these facts of jewish astrolatry, the enigmatic imagery in the biblical book of ezekiel c. The three major prophets isaiah, jeremiah, ezekiel and zephaniah all have the same basic sequence of messages.
Meaning of ezekiels wheel within wheel bible study. In no other book is this pattern clearer than in ezekiel see outline. What are the wheels within wheels in the book of ezekiel. 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. The priest ezekiel was the first prophet to be called by the lord outside of israel during the babylonian captivity. Wheel fulfillment of ezekiels prophecy of the wheels. Throughout most of ezekiels vision, the word translated as wheel is not galgal, but ophan. It doesnt look like any satellite that i have seen.
Beside each living creature is a wheel within a wheel, with tall and awesome rims full of eyes all around. The prophet ezekiel is one of four major prophets along with isaiah, jeremiah, and daniel in hebrew scripture, our old testament of the bible. Besides clarity of structure, the book of ezekiel reveals symmetry. 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. Ezekiels wheel is a claimed ufo sighting recorded in the book of ezekiel. The book of ezekiel was likely written between 593 and 565 b. Ezekiels wheel within a wheel revealed stellar house. On the fifth day of the fourth month, the sky opened up and i saw visions of god. This stargate or energy door would rapidly approach, and they would have a divine encounter. Yes, jehovahs organization, like the almighty sovereign in control of it, is supremely adaptable, responsive to the everchanging situations and needs it must address. Jay electronica ezekiels wheel lyrics genius lyrics.
Upwards of 75 times god expresses his own concerns in the book as for my names sake or that ye shall know that i. John was caughtup into heaven and shown the future to write in a book, the book of revelation. We interrupt this record to bring you a special bulletin reports of a flying saucer hovering over the city have been confirmed we switch you now to our on the spot reporter. Ezekiels wheel ties african spiritual traditions to christianity the. By the time we get to the sixth chapter of the book of ezekiel, he has regained the ability to speak, but instead of speaking his prophecies to people, he speaks them to mountians and a pile of bones, which come to life in front of him ezekiel 37. The cherubim above the ark are call chariots in 1 chron. Ezekiel rage was an agent of the united states government with the codename raven, his family including a wife named abby and a daughter named karla, whom he kept the secret of his occupation from. Are the wheels in ezekiel 1 some kind of aliens spaceship or angelic. The spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels ezekiel 1. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl. The ancient astronaut theory ezekiel is a key figure in judaism and is also prominent in other abrahamic biblical texts. 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 happens to be one of the protagonists both in the book of ezekiel and in the hebrew bible.
Its very similar the circle with a cross in it, the host said. Even the story behind the book is very interesting. In this regard, ezekiels mysterious vision in chapter 1 has been said for centuries to have occurred at the summer solstice. The opening vision of ezekiel here on spoke 4 contains the greatest density of the number 4 in the entire bible.
The story of this book is the story of human life and the book begins with a tremendous vision of god, because all life starts with god. According to blumrich, the whole chapter was a detailed description of an encounter with an ufo. Ezekiel 12 new international version niv ezekiels inaugural vision. The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was the color of beryl, and the four of them had the same likeness. Ezekiel is a key figure in judaism and is also prominent in other abrahamic biblical texts. Massive ezekiels wheel ufo spotted by viewers of nasa. Encounter divine dreams and visions in the book of ezekiel. A wheel in the midst of within, revised version a wheel. Wheel fulfillment of ezekiels prophecy of the wheels bible wheel. God commissions ezekiel as a prophet and as a watchman in israel. Ezekiel ministered to his generation who were both exceedingly sinful and thoroughly hopeless. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel ezekiel 1.
Most biblical scholars hold to the idea that the spirit of god gave direction to the wheels through direct knowledge of and access to the will of god. Various pieces of artwork have been made depicting this wheel within a. Thats the one with the flying chariot with a wheel within a wheel that has come to be known as ezekiels wheel. The book of ezekiel, one of the major prophetical books of the old testament. 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. 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. But the idea conveyed in ezekiels writing is nothing more than a concentric circle. Its significance is greatly amplified by the correlation of the four living creatures with the fourfold pattern of the camp revealed in numbers bw book pg 173. The only reason its mentioned is because ezekiel is such a. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. Blumrich march 17, 19 february 10, 2002 about a spaceship that was supposedly observed by the prophet ezekiel, written while the author was chief of nasas systems layout branch of the program development office at.
Ezekiel was taken to jerusalem and saw the sins of israel and their priests in the temple of god. The book of ezekiel and the flying chariot of fire. As a result, the creatures were able to move any direction the wheels moved. To be honest, when i first saw the footage i thought. This depicts gods judgment as a war machine like a massive chariot moving where he is to judge.
In judaism and christianity, he is also viewed as the 6thcentury bce author of the book of ezekiel, which reveals prophecies regarding the. And when i looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by. The glory of god may well be viewed as the theme of the book, because ezekiels ministry begins with a vision of gods glory and emphasizes it throughout the book 1. Authors that have alleged the ancient aliens explanation of the book include joseph blumrich, who wrote the spaceships of ezekiel. Home content index books of the bible ezekiel ezekiel wheels. Like in the book of revelation, magog is a being in the quran, whereas in the book of ezekiel, magog is a place. 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. Ezekiel was undoubtedly describing an advanced spacecraft. The prophet ezekiel is the author of the book ezekiel 1. Many of the divine visions that ezekiel shares are relevant to gods plans for reconstructing the present world and restoring his people to our former days in the garden of eden. And when i looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one. History suggests that ezekiel arrived at babylon in the first captivity of israel and is mentioned, in a number of. This gnostic philosophy explains ezekiels vision of the.
This is one of the most stunning examples of gods perfect and precise integration of content with form bw book pp 40, 75. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires. 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. Warnings of the last days from god christian short film the days of noah have come duration. According to dates given in the text, ezekiel received his prophetic call in the fifth year of the first deportation to babylonia 592 bc and was active until about 570 bc. And their appearance and their workmanship was like a wheel inside of a wheel. The book of ezekiel can seem vague and confusing for some readers, but with careful observation it contains key details god wants us to know about. Ezekiel was older than daniel and prophesied during the first twenty or twentyfive years of that seventyyear period when israel was held captive by babylon. In zekes case, the encounter is with the glory of god, which appears above that fourfaced chariot wheel thing. The spaceships of ezekiel 1974 is a book by josef f. 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.