Towards a Scriptural Interpretation of the Wheels of God’s Throne

(Introduction )

For ages, the wheels surrounding God’s throne in Ezekiel 1+10, have been a riddle . What do they truly mean ?

A lesser know passage containing the “wheels ” is in the apocalyptic chapter 7 of Daniel . He wrote “.., I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was Ancient of Days sat: …; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire…” .( v-9)

The ancient Hebrews prohibited discussion of the wheels in public. The medieval church and up to our day went in the other direction and have produced lots of embellishments on the subject.

There has been much curiosity and often repeated interpretations concerning them , I.E. they stand for the 4 gospels, UFO’s / planets , God’s sovereignty , etc. However, like many other interpretations of symbolic /allegoric language in the Bible , it seems rarely is solid evidence from the Scripture given as proof . Nor is the method shown as to how the conclusions were formed .

I don’t believe that we should spend our time in idle speculations for this only serves to muddy the water of what the truth ultimately is. To be fair , right interpretation at times can be a difficult task. Also in Ezekiel and Daniel the descriptions sometimes go to the limit of what we can comprehend in our natural mind .

Yet I believe the meaning of the “wheels ” are significant because A it is in scripture and B because it has to do with the throne of God. Ultimately , it also has to do with the Lords return .

I would like to present what I believe is a beginning to a scripturally obtained interpretation of the “wheels ” rather than speculations .

For the kingdom ,
Tom Windsor

( All notes ©2007 G. Thomas Windsor )