Ezekiel 1:9 - Exposition

Their wings were joined, etc. As interpreted by Ezekiel 1:11 and Ezekiel 1:24 , two of the wings were always down, and when the living creatures moved, two were extended upwards, so that their tips touched, and were in this sense "joined." When at rest, these were let down again ( Ezekiel 1:24 ). They turned not, etc. We note the emphasis of the threefold iteration of the fact ( Ezekiel 1:12 , Ezekiel 1:17 ). None of the four forms revolved on its axis. The motion of what we may call the composite quadrilateral was simply rectilinear. Did the symbolism represent the directness, the straightforwardness, of the Divine energy manifested in the universe?