the four beasts. .

you know i was never really a revelations kinda girl. i thought it was all gloom and doom. although in one of clint eastwood movies pale rider when the girl read from a bible . . and i looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death , and Hell followed with him. The only thing i really fear now is the enemy i read what i want when i want and i thank God for his Word. Ezekiel has always been almost disturbing to me. More than interesting how it describes something almost like time travel or a space ship. When i was in the discipleship home nobody wanted to ever discuss Ezekial or Revelations it was all David and Goliath or the gospels of the new testament. So i turned to every bible i could find to learn anything about chapter 1 verse 5 and 10 of Ezekiel. A learning bible that nobody had ever opened said the four beasts could have meant  matthew, luke, john, and mark. i remember it saying luke was likely the ox hehe. what ? although my jerusalem bible says that the figures of lion, bull, man, and eagle suggest all that is noblest, strongest, wisest, most swift, in the created world. (no mention of an ox but that of a bull).  i was disappointed that my winged beast suddenly was transformed into a once mortal existence. So I  quote out of my nanny's bible these verses from the old testament/Ezekiel and then the new testament/Revelations and then i go to bed and let my subconscious sort it out.

 old testament first

EZEKIEL 1:5,10  

 verse 5- also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. and this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

 verse 10- as for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

now i jump to the new testament;

REVELATION 4: 6-8

verse 6-and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 

verse 7- and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle

REVELATION 5: 8, 14, 

verse 8- and when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

verse 14- and the four beasts said, amen. and the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. 

REVELATION 6: 1, 3, 5-7

verse 1- and i saw when the lamb opened one of the seals, and i heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, come and see.

verse 3- and when he had opened the second seal, i heard the second beast say, come and see. 

verse 5- and when he had opened the third seal, i heard the third best say, come and see. and i beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

verse 6- and i heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts says, a measure of wheat for a penny and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

verse7- and when he had opened the fourth seal, i heard the voice of the fourth beast say, come and see.

 (okay and part of verse 8) and i looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him...

REVELATION 7: 11 

verse 11- and all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God.

REVELATION 14: 3

verse 3- and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders:  and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 

REVELATION 15: 7 

verse 7- and one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 

REVELATION 19: 4,

verse 4- and the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying amen; alleluia.

  and a quick note as to the four and twenty elders who to my own comprehension as far as the bible goes . . are the twelve apostles of the lamb and the patriarchs of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. i pray everyday for complete understanding of the word. i know that nothing matters but my relationship with my father but i love riddles or puzzles so much so that i go over them time and time again.
   in regards to the beast i began to wonder what a beast is compared to man. i mean is it soo easy that we complicate it with simplicity. who will ever know ? i know it doesn't matter really that the only thing that matters is our relationship with the Father. so we have God, we have his angels, we have man, we have the enemy, and we have the beasts. to me a beast is an animal or a force you cannot reckon with. something to fear. the nature of the beast. the number of the beast etc. apparently beasts can be good and beasts can be bad. i think God is the one who controls them. indeed we have good and bad inside us. it is the balance that upsets the outcome.

 In ISAIAH 6: 2-3 there is mention of Seraphims;
 verse 2-above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly
 verse 3- and one cried unto another, and said holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
 now back to revelation
REVELATION 4: 8
 verse 8- and the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
 It is just like having a guard dog sorta kinda maybe ? he protects, and obeys at our command