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KJV: Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
The prophet Ezekiel is receiving visions from God.
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KJV: In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
The numbers 5 and 5 are repeated here: 5th year, 5th month.
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KJV: The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
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KJV: 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.
“whirlwind came out of the North” could mean from the “Windy City” Chicago which is in North America.
Fire: This car’s color from the factory was “torch red.”
The electric headlights gleamed from the fire, like this:
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1026390/2/istockphoto_1026390_night_driving.jpg
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KJV: Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
The four living creatures were human.
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KJV: And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
Each creature had four “types” of faces and every one had four wings = two arms plus two car doors
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KJV: And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
Human feet are long and straight not round like a calf’s foot.
However, the sole was like a calf’s foot because their foundation was from their mother, the calf, who is the 2nd living beast in Revelation Chapter four (4).
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KJV: And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
They had human hands under their arms and a car has four sides.
All four had their own face and the same type wings.
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KJV: Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
Car doors are the wings and they are joined and car doors don’t turn, they just open straight out or forward (they do not rotate). People also go straight forward when they are seated in a car.
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KJV: As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
“they four had the face of a man” means they were all human faces.
“and the face of a lion” means their legal father is the Lion from Revelation 4:7. (The bridegroom stands on the bride’s right.)
“and they four had the face of an ox on the left side” means their legal mother is the calf (ox or bull) from Revelation 4:7. (The bride stands on the groom’s left.)
“they four also had the face of an eagle” means they were all American. An eagle is the national bird and is a symbol of America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US-GreatSeal-Obverse.svg
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KJV: Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
“their wings were stretched upward” means the car doors had windows and they did roll (stretch) upward.
“two wings of every one were joined one to another” means they could touch each other with their wings (arms)
“and two covered their bodies” means the car was a two door and those wings covered their bodies (when they sat inside the car). So the wings could be car doors or a human’s arms.
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KJV: And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
When all four are seated in a car, they all go straight forward. Wherever the spirit (Debra) wanted to go, we all went and we didn’t turn when we went, but sat straight forward and when the car turned we turned with it but we were always facing straight forward.
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KJV: As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Because the torch red car moved it appeared to be alive like a fire is alive when it is burning. Cars need fuel to run and burning coals are a source of fuel even though this car runs on gasoline made from oil, which is also a fuel from inside the Earth, a fossil fuel.
“out of the fire went forth lightning” are the headlights on the torch red car. Automobile headlights have high beams and low beams.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mazda323FBG_KlappscheinwerferAni.gif
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KJV: And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
The living creatures “ran” errands in the car. Since Debra didn’t get home on the weekdays from work until about 5:30 p.m., it would often have been dark and required the use of our headlights. During the winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it can get completely dark outside as early as 4:30 p.m. I also drove very, very fast.
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KJV: Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
Cars generally have four wheels and they touch the ground. Each passenger has a wheel in close proximity, as they also are not far from the ground or the wheel. This car was a sports car and was fairly low to the ground.
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KJV: The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/beryl
all four were alike and the “wheel” is on another “wheel” or the frame of the wheel and an axle.
wheel (plural wheels)
1. A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wheel
axle (plural axles)
1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/axle
“and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.” means the tire is on the wheel which is on the axle and that is how they appear and how they work.
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KJV: When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
When we went, we were in the car with the four sides. The lion had a truck but it only sat three so we had to take the car. Again, we sat straight forward in the car.
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KJV: As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
The rings are the rims, which are full of eyes; all four have lug nuts, which look like round eyes, and all four are the same.
This car had rims instead of hubcaps. The eyes all around are the lug nuts. See how the lug nut inside the round hole of the rim resembles a black eye? The vision must have scared Ezekiel because he described these rings as “dreadful,” perhaps it was their “high” speed that scared him.
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KJV: And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
When the living creatures went anywhere in the car, the wheels went with. Do you have a set of wheels?
Most of the wheel of the car does not touch the ground. If a car is hydroplaning, it loses contact with the ground altogether.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroplaning_%28tires%29
Hydroplaning is a dangerous situation for its passengers, although it is not always the cause of fatal vehicular accidents, which there are many.
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KJV: Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
Wherever I wanted to go, we all went. The spirit of the living creature was in the car. Do you also have a set of wheels?
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KJV: When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
When the wheels went, we went; when they stood, we stood.
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KJV: And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
The firmament is the sky, generally blue, and is over your head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmament
The inside of this car was sky blue.
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KJV: And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
Under the roof of the car were the wings (car doors) and they were straight facing each other. Every one in the car each had two car doors covering their sides, one of the left side and one on the right side of our bodies.
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KJV: And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
When the car was in motion there was noise. When the car windows are down, there is wind noise. When we stood at a stoplight, we rolled down the automatic car windows to let in more air.
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KJV: And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
(NIV)
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KJV: And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Above the roof of the car is a man sitting on a type of throne and the appearance of the throne is that of a sapphire stone. David Lencioni Sr.’s dark blue Chevy Blazer stands taller than the car and is dark blue just like the one in this picture:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire#Natural_sapphire
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KJV: And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
There were extra lamps attached to the front grill of his SUV.
““the appearance of fire round about within it,” means the man is one of the lampstands in Revelation 11:4 -
KJV: Revelation 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
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KJV: As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
From the house in Dyer, the kids and I often saw rainbows appear in the East sky and they appeared over David’s house. This is an actual picture of one that I took when I lived in the Dyer house.
One time, my son Kyle and I saw a double rainbow over David’s house just like this one:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/program_areas/wxpics/clouds_sun/ponetobows.jpg
Please see Spirit of Prophecy.
