Technological Devices of the Fleet
Part 2

Ezekiel's Whirlwind
Continued

This is the second of at least two encounters Ezekiel has with this vehicle that undeniable has mechanical characteristics.

Ezekiel
Wheels And Glowing Objects
10:2
  And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in my sight.
   
   A being, clothed in white, tells Ezekiel to go to the center of the devices.


Stationed Cherubims
10:3
 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
           
  House = residence.

Ascending Brilliance And Splendor
10:4
 Then the glory of the Lord went 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 the brightness of the Lord's glory.  
           
Brightness =brilliancy. 

Loud Wings
10:5
 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
           
The sound of the wings resemble the sound of God. Voice = sound.

Wheels And Cherubim
10:6
 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels
           
There are glowing objects between the wheels.

Moving Devices
10:7
  And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
         
   The indication that the cherubim literally grabs a glowing object and literally hands it could be Ezekiel's interpretation of the movements of a mechanical device.  See next verse.

Hand-Like Devices
10:8  And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.
           
Form = shape.          

Golden Wheels
10:9
 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
         
  Beryl stone = gold colored gemstone.

A Wheel In A Wheel
10:10
  And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
        
    All four devices are alike.

Mechanical Movements
10:11
  When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
           
The devices exhibit mechanical synchronicity. 

Wheels Full Of Eyes
10:12
  And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
           
 The eyes Ezekiel is describing might be small lights
, although his meaning is not clear.

Spinning Wheel
10:13
 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
           
Wheel = whirlwind.

Strange Faces
10:14
  And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
           
Ezekiel's description of the faces on the devices could possibly be his way of describing metallic
, mechanical parts.

Ascending Cherubims
10:15
  And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
           
This is the same craft Ezekiel first described in chapter 1.

Ascending Wheels
10:16
 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
          
  All the parts of the devices are synchronized.

Synchronized Aerial Movement
10:17
 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
           
Everything is ascending in unison.


Splendor Of Yhovah Ascends And Hovers
10:18
 Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
           
Off = above. 
 

Ascending Wheels
10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
            
The splendor of Yhovah is on top of the devices.  


Under God
10:20
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
            
This craft that seems alive is under the Elohiym.    

Appearance Of A Hand
10:21
  Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
           
Parts on the devices look like hands.

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