The Revelation of Jesus Christ had a face as a man, and the fourth living creature was like a Hying eagle. And the four living creatures had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holr,, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.'
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Who are the four living creatures? One is like a lion; one, like an ox; the third has the face of a man; and the fourth is like unto a flying eagle. These living creatures are not cre ated beings, because John says they are "in the midst of the throne." They are one with it, round about it, and seem to guard the throne of God; but they are also in the midst of it. and are part of it. 'These four living creatures are none other than the attributes of the great God who sits upon the throne. "The Arst living creature was like unto a lion," speaking of majesty, not only of the throne of God, but also of the One who sits upon the throne. The ox speaks of strength, and suggests to us our Lord as the faithful servant of Jehovah. The "face as a man" speaks to us of the fact that God is a person; He has personality; He lives, moves, and has His being. "The fourth living creature was like a flying eagle." The eagle looks out over the earth with its far-seeing eye; it makes the heavens its home; it looks into the face of the blazing sun. The eagle is symbolic of the omniscience of God-God who see all, knows all, whose eyes "run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him" (II Chron. 16:9).
THE CHORUS OP PRAISE AND WORSHIP
"And ·when those living creatures give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, 0 Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created" (4:9-11). Who is the Creator1 In John 1: 1-3. we are told that "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
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