Adventistische Schriften über: "Symbolism of the Four Faces of the Beings"

The four faces of the living beings (lion, calf/ox, human, and eagle) symbolize, according to Adventist interpretation, certain spiritual qualities and character traits. They represent strength, endurance, reason, and swiftness in service to God as well as various epochs or characteristics of the Christian congregation. These symbols illustrate how the redeemed and heavenly beings understand the divine will and carry it out with complete devotion. ### The Meaning of the Symbols according to Uriah Smith >The qualities that seem to be designated by the emblems are strength, endurance, reason, and swiftness – strength of affection, endurance in carrying out the demands of duty, reason in grasping the divine will, and swiftness in obedience. These living beings are even more closely associated with the throne than the twenty‑four elders... – Uriah SmithDaniel and The RevelationDAR1909 418.11297.1865 ### Representation of the Congregation and Christian Virtues >The four beings are the figurative representatives of the congregation during the evangelistic era. 1. They represent the character of true Christians. They have six wings, each representing a grace of the Spirit: faith, patience, repentance, humility, hope, and love. They are full of eyes, full of vigilance and self‑examination, striving to know themselves and God. 2. They represent four different chronological periods of the Christian church. – Josiah LitchThe Probability of the Second Coming of Christ About A.D. 1843PSC 136.11194.553 ### Description of the Four Faces in Revelation >And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face like a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts each had six wings about them; and they were internally full of eyes: and they do not rest day or night... – Uriah SmithDaniel and The RevelationDAR1909 417.21297.1859 ### The Harmony of Divine Activity in Ezekiel >There were wheels within wheels in such a complicated arrangement that they first appeared to Ezekiel as a complete chaos. Yet when they moved, it occurred with beautiful exactness and in perfect harmony. Heavenly beings drove these wheels, and above all, on the glorious sapphire throne, sat the Eternal... – Ellen Gould WhiteTestimonies for the Church, vol. 55T 751.3113.3643

• Symbolism of the four living beings
• Ezekiel's vision of the wheels
• Meaning of the animals in Revelation