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Eze 1:26-28:
1:26 God’s throne
26 Above the dome over their heads was what looked like a sapphire stone that had been made into a throne, and on the thing like a throne was something that looked like a man.[ref] 27 I saw a figure that appeared to have glowing metal with fire in it from his hips upwards, and looking downwards from his hips, I saw the appearance of fire and brightness all around.[ref] 28 The bright light surrounding the throne looked like a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day—it was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s splendour. When I saw it, I quickly knelt down and bowed my head to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking.
10:1:
10 As I looked toward the dome that was over the heads of the winged creatures, something appeared above them that looked like a sapphire stone that had been made into a throne.[ref]
Exo 19:16:
16 So on the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning[ref] and a thick cloud on the mountain, and an extremely loud horn blast, and all the people in the camp were trembling.
Rev 8:5:
5 Then the messenger took the bowl and filled it with coals of fire from the altar,[ref] and threw them[fn] onto the earth and that caused peals of thunder and roaring, and lightning bolts and an earthquake.[ref]
8:5 The Greek doesn’t specify whether or not the bowl itself was included.
11:19:
19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the wooden chest containing his agreement appeared in his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake,[ref] and a large hailstorm.[ref]
16:18:
18 Then there was lightning and thunder and other sounds, and a terrible earthquake, such as had not happened since people had been on the earth. Such a powerful earthquake, so massive![ref]
Eze 1:13:
13 The living creatures resembled burning coals or torches.[ref] Bright fire also moved around among the creatures, and there were flashes of lightning.
Rev 1:4:
4 This letter is from Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) to the seven assemblies in Asia Minor:
Grace and peace to you all from the God who is and was and will be,[ref] and from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne,[ref]
Zech 4:2:
2 “What do you see?” he asked me.
“Wow,” I said, “I see a lampstand made entirely of gold, with a bowl on top of it. It has seven lamps on the top with a tube feeding each one,
Eze 1:22:
22 Above the living creatures was something like an awesome crystal dome stretched out over their heads.[ref]
Eze 1:18:
18 The rims of the wheels were awesomely tall, and all four of them were full of eyes around the rim.[ref]
10:12:
12 Their whole body (including their backs, their hands, and their wings) was covered with eyes, and there were eyes all around the four wheels, covering them as well.[ref]
Isa 6:2-3:
2 There were ‘serafs’ standing above him. They each had six wings—they used two to cover their faces, two to cover their feet, and two to fly with. 3 They were calling out to each other,
“Commander-in-chief Yahweh is holy, yes, fully holy.
The whole earth is filled with his splendour.”[ref]
