Ezekiel and the number 30

[gilgalbiblewheel]

This is an observation that not only is Ezekiel the 26th book of the Bible on the 4th Spoke 2nd Cycle, but it is also in the 30th year of Ezekiel. So 30 seems to play a significant role.

The 30th book Amos mentioned the name Joash, meaning God is a fire. And the 8 regions were condemned by fire sent by God in Amos 1, 2 and 5. And the vision in Ezekiel 1 mentions the appearance of fire as the heaven opened.

[NickOL]

"This is an observation that not only is Ezekiel the 26th book of the Bible on the 4th Spoke 2nd Cycle, but it is also in the 30th year of Ezekiel. So 30 seems to play a significant role."

Yes I would agree. The wheels within wheels of Ezekiel's vision remind me of cycles of time; days, weeks and months all cycling continuously throughout the annual orbit of the Earth around the Sun - the year. 30 happens to be the number of days in the biblical prophetic month.

[RAMcGough]

It is good to see the Bible Wheel discussed seriously.

I thank God that he woke me up from my years of slumber, forgave my sin, and restored my faith and my soul.

The thirty chambers appear to have been distributed along the lines that match the tri-radiant halo as shown in the image below.

I spoke about this in detail in the Bible Wheel book. The section is reproduced here on a Spoke 4 article: Ezekiel: The Foursquare Prophetic Temple.

The meaning of the Number 4 is first established on the Fourth Day of Creation:

Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Note the FOUR: 1) signs, 2) seasons, 3) days, 4) years.

This connects the number 4 with the number 3 to yield 12 = 3 x 4 seasons and a prophetic year of 12 x 30 days. I talk about this and the four quadrants of time in my article The Fourth Day

The divine design of God's Word reveals infinite Wisdom beyond anything humans have ever devised.

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[gilgalbiblewheel]

It seems to me that the whole concept of the Cherubs and the wheel within wheels are about the Bible as a whole, since the cherubs had 4 faces representing the 4 Gospels written as Jesus Christ in 4 different perspectives:
1. The lion of Judah who fulfills the prophecies as represented by Matthew;
2. The ox representing the servant represented by Mark who wrote to the Roman believers;
3. The man who heals written by Luke addressing to the Most Excellent Theophilus being of the house of the High Priest who were in Egypt, as far as I know;
4. The eagle from heaven's perspective as the apostle John represents Jesus as having existed from the beginning as the Word being with God and being God who became flesh, written to the Ephesians;
The eyes indicate that the Bible, the word of God is written as knowing everything about us. The wheels within wheel are the cycles of books, chapters, alphanumerical verses, how a chapter may relate to a book in alphanumerical pattern.
So if Matthew is addressing to the Jewish believers in the east, Mark is addressing to the Romans in the west, Luke is to the Egyptian believers in the South and John is to the Ephesians in the north. All these territories were part of the Roman Empire and yet they have come to faith perhaps each under the authority and influence of a cherub? Whereas God's throne as in Revelation 4 is shown to be in the midst of the crystal sea in heaven, whereas on earth it's the Mediterranean sea.

[RAMcGough]

It seems to me that the whole concept of the Cherubs and the wheel within wheels are about the Bible as a whole, since the cherubs had 4 faces representing the 4 Gospels written as Jesus Christ in 4 different perspectives:
1. The lion of Judah who fulfills the prophecies as represented by Matthew;
2. The ox representing the servant represented by Mark who wrote to the Roman believers;
3. The man who heals written by Luke addressing to the Most Excellent Theophilus being of the house of the High Priest who were in Egypt, as far as I know;
4. The eagle from heaven's perspective as the apostle John represents Jesus as having existed from the beginning as the Word being with God and being God who became flesh, written to the Ephesians;
The eyes indicate that the Bible, the word of God is written as knowing everything about us. The wheels within wheel are the cycles of books, chapters, alphanumerical verses, how a chapter may relate to a book in alphanumerical pattern.

Yes, that's the same view I've always held.

So if Matthew is addressing to the Jewish believers in the east, Mark is addressing to the Romans in the west, Luke is to the Egyptian believers in the South and John is to the Ephesians in the north. All these territories were part of the Roman Empire and yet they have come to faith perhaps each under the authority and influence of a cherub? Whereas God's throne as in Revelation 4 is shown to be in the midst of the crystal sea in heaven, whereas on earth it's the Mediterranean sea.

I've never really thought about the intended audience each Gospel in terms of spatial direction. I have heard Matthew was directed towards Jews and Mark towards Romans and that makes some sense. John lived in Ephesus and there are traditions that Luke specifically evangelized Egypt & Libya. These are intriguing and surprising coincidences.

[gilgalbiblewheel]

The term Rapture is Latin to catching away, as mentioned in 1Thessalonians 4. But while many believe that they will be Raptured to heaven at some point, though I would wish, I think it's referring to being caught up to be brought to another location as Jesus will also be there, to Israel. And such was the case of Ezekiel in Ezekiel 8. Ezekiel 8 well relates with the 8th epistle 1Thessalonians. Whereas Ezekiel 30 well relates with the 30th book Amos.