Issue 1788 – Strange Sights – August 13, 2025
This past weekend was the annual Abbotsford Air Show. It is a celebration of flight that draws aircraft and visitors from across the continent, and at times around the world.
Our home is located on the flight path, so for days before, and during the event, we are treated(?) to the sights and sounds of supersonic aircraft (usually military jets) roaring by at low altitudes. Everything shakes, and the noise is deafening.
I watched (and heard) a pair of fighter jets go screaming past. I wondered what some primitive tribe would think of the sight.
There are some incredible events and visions recorded in the Scriptures that must have been very confusing to the receivers. What Ezekiel saw (read Ezekiel 1) had to have been overwhelming. Here are some excerpts.
As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal.And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness… Ezekiel 1:4:5
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches moving to and fro among the living creatures. And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures darted to and fro, like the appearance of a flash of lightning. Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of beryl. And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel… Ezekiel 1:13-16
And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire;[g] and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance. And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him. Ezekiel 1:26-27
We know Ezekiel saw some heavenly beings and had a vision of the Lord, but much of what he saw defies understanding even today. The image today is a woodcut from the 1571 Zurich Bible that attempts to illustrate what Ezekiel saw.
I can’t begin to envision what the ancient prophet saw, much like some Stone Age tribe might not be able to describe or imagine the fighter jets adequately.
Fortunately, while parts of the Bibles might be obscure or difficult to understand, most of it is so clear that even a child can understand it.
Don’t give up on reading and studying the Word because some parts are obscure or seemingly irrelevant. Understand what is clear and keep working on it. God has written it for us to know Him, don’t ignore the Book
Praise God that He has given His Word.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed,
Kevin
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