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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

            stood  still,  they  lowered  their  wings.  Ezekiel  is
            describing the Seraphim that each with six wings
            and who is the highest in the hierarchy of angels
            that minister at the throne of God in heaven.
                    I wonder if we can imagine what must in
            some  way,  be  an  inadequate  description  of  the
            movement  of  the  Seraphim.  The  voice  of  the
            Almighty as a tumult of an army refers to either
            the war-cry of two large armies screaming terror
            as they run toward each other and or the noise of
            a huge battle.
                    Ezekiel  40:3  again  recounts  that  he  saw  a
            man  whose  appearance  was  like  bronze;  he  was
            standing in the gateway with  a linen cord and a
            measuring rod in his hand. Again, in Ezekiel 43:2
            he says that he saw the glory of the God of Israel
            coming from the east. His voice was like the roar
            of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with
            his glory.
                    Now,  to  get  a  broader  picture,  let  us  not
            pass the word glory too quickly because it speaks
            of God. That is, it means the weighty importance
            and  shining  majesty  that  accompanies  God's
            presence. The basic meaning of the Hebrew word
            kabod is heavy in weight.
                    Compare  1  Samuel  4:18;  Proverbs  27:3.
            Revelations  2:18  "To  the  angel  of  the  church  in
            Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God,
            whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like
            burnished bronze.” - Then in Revelations 10:1 John
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