Description of the "Living Beings" (Rev. 4:8)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR

04/16/2005

 

My Worship Time                  Focus:  Description of the “living beings.”

 

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Revelations 4:8

 

            Message of the verse:  “And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME.’”  (NAS95)  “Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty—the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.’”  (NLT)

            These four living beings all had six wings which were full of eyes around and within them, and this could represent the wisdom of God, and it could also point to God being omniscient, but this attribute is only reserved for God alone.  Another attribute that God alone has is being holy, and that is what these beings continue to say is holy, holy, holy, for God has complete and perfect holiness.  It is good at this point to remind myself that the scene that is read about here is worship and that these four living beings may indeed represent a number of the attributes of God they are worshiping God the Father who is sitting on His throne in heaven.  These beings are calling God the Lord God Almighty, and this name is used in all eight times in the book of Revelations, and only once again in the NT in 2Cor. 6:18, but in the book of Job it is used as many as  thirty-one times.  Job is a book where nature is seen in it a lot and God has made a covenant with nature along with mankind not to bring a global flood upon this earth ever again, and it could be said that the elements of nature have the tendency to obey God even better than the human race.  In the 8^th chapter of Romans Paul points out that all of nature is groaning as they wait for the Lord Jesus Christ to come and set up His Kingdom.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  As I look at some of these descriptions of things seen in this chapter I can see ways of worshipping God, for instance God is a Holy God, and for this He deserves my worship, and God is an all wise God, and for this He deserves my worship, and God is the Almighty God, and for this He deserves my worship.

 

The Word of God has challenged my heart as I read and studied it this morning.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  To worship the Lord because He is Holy, wise, is everywhere, and is the only Almighty God.