Job 1 and 2 give a vision of the angels coming before our Creator, and further, Satan has to get permission to create any wrath against man or put evil thoughts into our heads or minds. Thankfully, our Creator keeps a hedge about us with angels who are subservient to him in the same way that he is subservient to the father.
Isaiah 6 also provides a vision of the throne room which Isaiah saw. It involved angelic beings, one of whom used a live coal to touch Isaiah’s lips and purge his inquity and sin. Similarly, our Creator, works with those that are called and chosen, Revelation 1, 2 and 3, so that we may ultimately be one of the 144,000 saints. (For more understanding, read The Mystery of Consecration on our website.)
Ezekiel 1:1-28 and Revelation 4:1-11 give descriptions of Ezekiel’s vision of the throne room, as well as John’s vision of the throne room. There are many different commentaries regarding the two throne rooms.
Some differences between Ezekiel’s vision, which was approximately 700 years prior to our Creator’s appearance in the flesh, i.e., the first Advent, and the Apostle John’s vision, which was much later. Both descriptions by Ezekiel and John note that there are four beasts or creatures, and Ezekiel notes that each creature had four different faces which included a face of a man, a face of a lion, a face of an ox and a face of an eagle, Ezekiel 1:10, whereas John noted that each beast had a specific face. The first beast had a face like a lion, the second beast had a face like an ox or calf, the third beast a face of man, and the fourth beast like a flying eagle, Revelation 4:7. In addition, Ezekiel saw no visions of elders, whereas the Apostle John saw 24 elders, and seats and thrones in Revelation 4:4. Also the angelic beings and the creatures in Ezekiel’s vision had four wings, Ezekiel 1:6, whereas the Apostle John’s vision showed that each beast had six wings, Revelation 4:8. Thus it is possible that Ezekiel saw the living creatures or creation with only four wings as he was seeing the vision just prior to the Messiah’s appearance as a human approximately 4,000 years after Adam, whereas John was seeing the vision just prior to the return of our Creator approximately 6,000 years after Adam. That is to say the four wings that Ezekiel saw may be a reference to the first Advent of our Creator approximately 4000 years after Adam, whereas the six wings that John saw may be a reference to his second Advent when he returns at the seventh trumpet, approximately 6,000 years from Adam.
Likewise, it appears that creation is being purified, as Ezekiel’s four beasts or creatures had four different faces, whereas John saw each beast or creature with only one face, which may suggest that there is a purification process going on. Indeed, the first beast John saw had only one face which appeared like a lion, and it is well known that our Creator is the lion of the tribe of Judah, Revelation 5:5. Likewise, it is noted by Paul that our Creator was perfected by the things he suffered in the flesh, Hebrews 5:8-10, and because he has suffered in the flesh he is better able to help us, Hebrews 2:18. The calf may reflect the fact that the animal kingdom is purified, as noted in Isaiah 11:6-10, in which all animals are safe. Likewise, the third creature had a man’s face. People called in this 6,000-year time period who overcome have a chance of being a saint. Whereas those that overcome during the first 100-year period of the last great day, when the adversary is let out, have a chance to be part of the innumerable multitude. Those that never overcome are nonetheless purified and will live on the outside of the kingdom eternally, Revelation 22:15. Finally the fourth creature, the flying eagle, seen by John, may in fact point to the purification of angelic beings, including potentially the adversary and the fallen angels as Paul notes in Colossians 1:20. Our Creator, having made peace through the blood of his beam to reconcile all things to himself, whether they be things in earth or things in heaven, suggest that everything including the angels, represented by the eagles, are going to be purified as well.
The 24 elders, referenced in Revelation, are likely referring to the 12 spiritual tribes of Revelation 7:1-8, as well as the 12 Apostles and a likely reference to the 144,000 saints that our Creator gathers at the seventh trumpet.
Also, John notes in Revelation 4:6, that before the throne is a sea of glass. A multitude of people are described as waters in Revelation 17:15, and the raging waves of the sea foaming out their own shame in Jude 1:13 may be just the opposite or people that are sinning. Therefore, the sea of glass is likely a nod to the innumerable multitude that overcome in the last great day, since this sea of glass is before the throne. This would not refer to those that failed to overcome in this life or at the last great day, as they would be outside the kingdom.
Thus, our Creator has a perfect plan for everyone that has ever lived and none will be lost permanently. All will be reconciled, which is the free gift of life, however, to be a saint you must overcome in this life and be chosen. To be in the innumerable multitude you must overcome during the first 100 years of the Last Great Day, after the millennium when the adversary is let out. Nonetheless, our Father and our Creator have left nothing to chance as everything has been planned out in advance. They have foreseen all our bad decisions, but even though we have been wrapped up in disobedience, they may have mercy on us (Romans11:32). If this article interests you, consider reading all the articles under the news section of this website, and consider taking the first step.
