Sunday, December 2, 2007

My Prophetic Antecedent, Zeke


I've been reading through Ezekiel the past week and a half. Trying to soak it in and be sensitive to the imagery and allusion, especially of the descriptions of the creatures he saw in his vision: "As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal. And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings. Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf's foot. And they sparkled like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus: their wings touched one another. Each one of them went straight forward, without turning as they went. As for the likeness of their faces, each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above. Each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies." Ezekiel 1:4-11. My good friend Paul Pavlik showed me a website that links to art relating to either Biblical themes or contents, Biblical Art. There was a link to an image that was pretty striking, as seen above, of the vision of Ezekiel. See what you think.

1 comment:

Paul said...

I think I actually like this version better than the original one that we found. Nice!