Revelation 4 : 6 - 8

Rev:6...and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7And the first beast was like a lion,and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man,and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they restnot day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.  


The Bible translation, KJV, used here mentions beasts.  Beasts are for living creatures or four living ones as mentioned in other translations.  Beasts refer to a creature other than man.  We will see theres appear frequently in Revelation and, when mentioned, some things are the same each time:
1. They are found near the throne and The Lamb, Jesus.
2. They are full of eyes and have 6 wings.
3.  Constantly worshiping and praising God.
4  They send the "invite" or the "come" command to the manifestations of the wrath of God.
These guys have appeared before in Ezekiel's vision in the first chapter of Ezekiel.  This too is concerning the end times and the Revelation details.
The beasts are as follows:
A lion, representing majesty, here divine majesty.
A calf or young ox, strength graciously serving man.  Here again, divine strength.
The face of a man, representing purpose and intelligence.
The eagle suggesting swiftness in detesting evil and executing judgment.
Each of these creatures has a "royalty" of it's class...Lion, king of the jungle, ox, seen as strongest of the cows, eagle is supreme among the birds, and man, ruler of all the previous mentioned.    We get a vision of strength, beauty and greatness all together worshiping and praising God.  Inn addition, there are the 24 present doing the same thing.  Man and nature together praising God!  How AWESOME is that!?
There have been mention that the four creatures found symbolic connection with the four Gospels representing the four aspects of the work of Christ.  
The eyes mentioned are for the ever knowing Lord or omniscience. The wings are representative of incessant activity, never resting.




But, we need rest and this is a good place to stop!


Blessings on all,


Calabash!