What are the Ophanim? - Ezekiel's Vision Explained

Are the wheels in Ezekiel's vision actually angelic creatures or are they just symbolic? What does Ezekiel's vision even mean? Ezekiel chapter 1: explained in this video...

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Track Name: "Beyond Earth"

[ClassicCelica]

Eye has not seen ear has not heard nor has it entered into the hearts of man what God has prepared for us. We WILL be amazed when we see heaven for the first time.

[smithy]

My late wife was a stoic woman of great faith in God.

In the palliative care room a few days before she passed, my eldest son and I observed many hundreds of 'spheres' begin as a pin prick of light, and then explode into a sphere the size of something in between a basketball and a beach ball. Each one was almost clear like pure crystal but shimmered the same was as one of those shiny metal, spinning wind hanger things (circles within circles, or wheels within wheels but seemed to be spinning coaxially at several hundred RPM to give the shimmer). No eyes were visible, but here was the distinct feeling of being watched.

The process was... Each one started as a prick for a few seconds, the exploded into a ball for a few seconds and then seemed to vibrate before it took off around the room like a bullet leaving only a streak of light. then another would appear elsewhere in the room. We are told in the Bible to 'test' spirits, but it doesn't tell us how to do that and the experience was actually quite frightening. All I could do was pray 'God if this isn't from you, please make it stop'! After that, the rate of them entering the room ramped up even more.

It went on for about 40 minutes before it stopped. Had it just been myself in the room, I wouldn't have believed my eyes, but my 27-year-old son saw it happen too.

I have no idea what we saw in that room, but Ezekiel's description is the closest I've yet heard if we imagine the wheels within wheels spinning in a coaxial manner at high RPM.

[cindymorris]

It seems there are mysteries of God and heaven that are beyond our capacity to understand. But praise be to Him, that someday we shall see Him face to face and understand.

[jacobso]

Praise God He is the God who never changes. His glory is everywhere. He is omniscient omnipotent and omnipresent. How marvelous is He.

[cooperhunter]

it has eyes, it moves, it's alive. Ezekiel 1 is my favorite chapter in the Bible. It really emphasizes the POWER of our GOD!

[grefzr]

Me and my friend witnessed this angel being in Sweden 2 years ago. Ophanim. It first struck as a star in the horizon but then in a matter of seconds it appeared above us, shining like the sun, the wheels were glowing.. It was fixated above us for about 5-6 seconds before it went back the way it came from. I have never been the same after this encounter. This is something that both of us just recently gained the courage to speak about again.

[KeepMeLord]

My dad once saw something while praying that he described as many eyes running throughout the whole earth (he believed) observing mankind.

[felopaz]

I Want To Have My Sins Forgiven By The Lord Jesus 🙏🏿🤲🏿❤

[MindBodySpiritMusic]

I have a class of 2nd graders in a Christian school. I showed them how to be still and know that He is God.
I showed them how to really apply it and see and hear from the Lord in the spirit.
It was amazing thr things they all saw. From their future, to thr Lord's return. This one child saw this. It said the him do not be afraid, I am an angel.
He said I look this way to scare the devils army.
I had him draw it. It looked almost identical. I wish I could sent the image.
This literally just happened yesterday. The boy was 7 or 8.

[michaelbates]

They have Seen me and I have seen them. I felt their pure love and they are very much alive! Thanks be to God. 🙏

[Nunya_Bidness_]

I agree. "The spirit of the living creature (Cherub) was in the wheel". They were objects controlled by the Cherubim. They had eyes so the Cherubim could *see where they were going* as they transported God's throne.

The idea is: Here comes God in his fabulous "Cherub Mobile", everbody git out da way!

[ender_slayer]

This is actually just the type of thing that I was looking for, none of the other videos like this that I have looked into have gone into any sort of detail about the Ophanim at all let alone potential about their purpose and nature. Thank you, this was a very well put together video. :)

[DonDodda]

I think you did a great job with your analysis, and I love the fact that you used scripture and only scripture to break your understanding down, keep the videos coming, this was very helpful and easy to understand, I Pray your blessed beyond Measure in JESUS NAME 🙏

[michellestory]

I like to think of ophanim as an angelic military platoon. The platoon itself is not alive, but it’s a collective consciousness and vision that senses and acts upon the divine mission lead by God.

[MarkHunterSolo]

I found it more interesting about the cherubim that their four faces represent the four gospels about Christ. Matthew is the face of the lion (king of the Jews - written for the jews), Mark the face of the ox (the servant - written for the romans), Luke the face of the man (the perfect man - written for the Greeks) and John is the face of the eagle (the divine heavenly view from above - written for the church). That is just a short summary that I found helpful to think of in that way since it relates to Christ. The wheels of eyes speak of God’s all seeing capability perhaps?

[realsarang]

it can be both symbolic and literal beings. sometimes we should look beyond our comprehension of things when talking about the bible. it’s a lot mystery tied to it and this topic is no different.

[aidajasso]

Ezekiel is a wonderful chapter to read especially that wonderful vision and also i believe those wheels with eyes 👀👀 belong to that precise vision that he saw in his dream. This chapter makes me there is a true kingdom where we are going someday beautiful beautiful. Amen 🙏🙏❤️🙏❤️❤️

[calebwilliams]

Another thing to keep in mind is that the modern idea of a throne is a large chair placed on a raised platform, called a dais. We mostly get this idea from the Middle Ages thru the Renaissance when indeed that is what thrones were. However much older depictions of thrones carved in stone that we see from classical antiquity in the Near East are different. They are in fact a chair with metallic spoked wheels attached to the bottom of each leg. However the wheels were fixed in place, and typically in such a way that the throne could only roll forwards or backwards. Maybe there is some symbolism there that God's throne is superior to the thrones of men in that regard, I don't know. The point is though that to someone in Ezekiel's time the basic idea of a wheeled throne was as normal to him as a raised stationary throne on a dais is to us.

[patsyodendaal]

Your explanation makes more sense now, it was a bit confusing when I read it and the eyes of God went all over the earth and He is always in control not changing His plan for anybody Thank you for making it more understandable

[christianlanoire]

The spirit of the four creatures were in the wheels; that’s the answer.