EZEKIEL 1:18

As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. — [Ezekiel 1:18 AKJV]

As for their rims, they were so high that they were dreadful, and the four had their rims full of eyes round about. [Ezekiel 1:18 AMPC]


The rims or rings of the eternal Wheels are not just having our attention, but also having our occupation as the central focus in this stanza. These are rims (rings) by which the eternal Wheels are mobilized, and by which they run in the structure of their mobility.

According to this Bible verse above, the rims of the Wheels were so high making them dreadful or fearful; and they were full of eyes all around them. Dealing each focal substance separately, I hereby subdivide both into 2 distinct focus: "THEIR HIGHNESS" and "THEIR EYEDNESS."

THE HIGHNESS OF THOSE RIMS

Hear this story for illustration. There was day a woman was walking with her little daughter of about 3 years old, and they were walking through a road construction site. There were plants or heavy-duty machines (construction trucks) of usual (uncommon) designs, parked by. As the woman was walking with the little girl, crossing one of those heavy duty trucks close by, the little girl was looking sideward, looking at the nearest heavy duty truck near her. Suddenly, she began to cry aloud with fear and practically trembling, because she was so terrified at the sight of the truck even though the truck was not even moving or ignited. Up till now, I still picture that incident, how the little girl cried as if the truck was a beast running to devour her, and how her mother quickly carried her up in her arms and quickly moved away from the trucks that stood there.

Even I, felt a little fear at the sight of that truck when I first saw its type, and the construction company that usually have such uncommon trucks and plants for heavy duties in construction in that province was a company called, "Julius Berger," from Germany and so were those trucks from Germany.

That truck was a "Dumper" designed like a "Pickup of a Bulldozer" having face like the face of an angry lion; but what gave it more dreadfulness or fearfulness was the highness in the size of their Wheels or Tyres. Other kinds of trucks, dumpers or tippers, have their heads above their front tyres (wheels), but this particular kind of truck & Dumper had Tyres that was exalted above the seat of the trucks' heads. Meaning their heads were not sited above the tyres to overshadow the tyres, neither were the tyres under the head of the truck. A Driver or operator of the head of the truck could still be seeing the top of the tyres in his front while driving/operating the truck. Infact, the four tyres and their rims (rings) occupied more volume in that truck than most of the other components in it. Having an outward diameter of about six feets or two metres, those tyres and wheels were designed to not fear rough roads or bad grounds.

Behold, the Rims [Tyre-Rings] of the Eternal Wheels were so high that even the seer and prophet, Ezekiel, was intimidated. Their highness inspires fear and dreads at the sight of them. The dreadfulness, fearfulness, that their highness inspires will prevent a mortal man from even taking measurement or comparison of their size, even as Ezekiel could not fathom how high in measure they were.

I have heard some people say they are scared of heights, and would not climb up a height or even fly on planes because they think they are scared of heights. But really, they are not scared of heights but scared of depths. It's the depth created by the height that gets them scared and afraid, because they are afraid of falling. So supposing they are on the ground at no height position, but suddenly a deep hole opens up into a pit, they would still be scared by the edge of the pit though there was no height. So their being scared of heights was actually being scared of depths or scared of falling.

Behold, Here is the true meaning of being scared at Highness, even in that which Ezekiel the prophet felt at the highness of the rims of the eternal Wheels. Such also is the fearfulness connected at the Highness of the Throne of God, and the dreadfulness of the Highness of God who is Higher than the highest.

He who experiences this true meaning of being scared at Highness will feel within himself that he is like a grasshopper in comparison to the highness being related. As it is written,

[Numbers 13:33] — "And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."

Even so, when all the nations of this world see the Most High God sited on His High and Lofty Throne on high, all nations shall feel as grasshoppers before Him. As it is written,

[Isaiah 40:22] — "It is He that sits on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:"


THE EYEDNESS OF THOSE RIMS

Have you not been to, and inside, a building or a vehicle, wherein almost all corners of the house or vehicle have Cameras, CCTVs or Forensic Scanners?

Well, God decorated His Rabim and His Rims with far more sophisticated and efficient Cameras, Scanners, CCTVs, Satellites, etc, which are spiritual called "Eyes" in connection with God's Throne. But they are not just for decoration, but for Security. There is no place in any realm that has more cameras or eyes than those around the very Throne of God and those Living Creatures who guard and minister to the Throne of God. The Living Creatures, their Wheels and Rims, all have Body-Cams called "Eyes."

But why are those Eyes so many round about such highly sized Rims and more?

Because each of those Eyes do neither turn nor run to and fro, trying to do the works in multitasking: Rather each of those Eyes is focus on a single point. And so to cover all points, more Eyes as much as necessary are needed in order for each Eye to focus on just one or single point. Hence, their "EYEDNESS" because their Eye is Single, though numerous. Find the meaning of "Eyedness" in dictionary.

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