The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 124
124. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 1(1)
1-3 Prophecy concerning the Lord in respect to the Word. (10)
4 The Divine external sphere of the Word. (10)
5 A representative of it as a man. (10)
6 Conjunction of celestial and spiritual things there. (10, 3)
7 The quality of the natural of the Word. (10)
8-9 Its spiritual and celestial which are conjoined. (10)
10-11 The love of spiritual good and truth, and the love of natural good and truth; their distinction and oneness. (10)
12 The turning or looking of all toward one. (10)
13-14 The sphere of the Word from Divine good and Divine truth, from which is the life of the Word. (10)
15-21 The doctrine of good and truth acting in unity with the Word. (10)
22-23 The Divine above and in the Word. (10, 2)
24-25 It is Divine truth [verum], and its influx. (10)
26 The Lord above the heavens. (10)
27-28 The Divine love and the Divine truth [veritas] pertaining to Him. (10)
Ezekiel 1:10-11
10
As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.
11
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and Two covered their bodies.
