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Seems to be a bit out of context. Ezekiel was a prophet, and being that, even if you take his vision at face value, it still could have been something he foretold of seeing in the future, not actually present and experienced.

But there's so much symbolism in that chapter that a vision is most likely all it was. The different animals symbolize different characteristics. Light and fire indicate holiness. The eyes, omniscience.
See, everything you read in the Bible has symbolism littered throughout. Ezekiel may very well be describing the characteristics of God from the only way he knew how to tell it, symbols that meant something to the people he told. Because after that, Ezekiel was tasked to be a prophet to the people.

Very intriguing passage. Could be extraterrestrial contact, but the rest of the Bible suggests not. There's multiple passages in Revelation that could be miscontrued as well. Mentions huge metal machines with the likeness of a locust ( helicopters? )

<blockquote data-quote="usafdarkhorse" data-source="post: 1348122" data-attributes="member: 17420">Seems to be a bit out of context. Ezekiel was a prophet, and being that, even if you take his vision at face value, it still could have been something he foretold of seeing in the future, not actually present and experienced.But there&#039;s so much symbolism in that chapter that a vision is most likely all it was. The different animals symbolize different characteristics. Light and fire indicate holiness. The eyes, omniscience. See, everything you read in the Bible has symbolism littered throughout. Ezekiel may very well be describing the characteristics of God from the only way he knew how to tell it, symbols that meant something to the people he told. Because after that, Ezekiel was tasked to be a prophet to the people.Very intriguing passage. Could be extraterrestrial contact, but the rest of the Bible suggests not. There&#039;s multiple passages in Revelation that could be miscontrued as well. Mentions huge metal machines with the likeness of a locust ( helicopters? )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="usafdarkhorse, post: 1348122, member: 17420"] Seems to be a bit out of context. Ezekiel was a prophet, and being that, even if you take his vision at face value, it still could have been something he foretold of seeing in the future, not actually present and experienced. But there's so much symbolism in that chapter that a vision is most likely all it was. The different animals symbolize different characteristics. Light and fire indicate holiness. The eyes, omniscience. See, everything you read in the Bible has symbolism littered throughout. Ezekiel may very well be describing the characteristics of God from the only way he knew how to tell it, symbols that meant something to the people he told. Because after that, Ezekiel was tasked to be a prophet to the people. Very intriguing passage. Could be extraterrestrial contact, but the rest of the Bible suggests not. There's multiple passages in Revelation that could be miscontrued as well. Mentions huge metal machines with the likeness of a locust ( helicopters? ) [/QUOTE]

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