Revelation 4:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

The first beast

Like a calf

Ezekiel 1:10

1 Corinthians 9:9

As

1 Corinthians 14:20

A flying

Obadiah 1:4

General references

1 Kings 7:25

Psalm 118:3

Revelation 6:3

Bible References

The first beast

and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

“Judah is a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He couches, he lies down as a lion,

And as a lion, who dares rouse him up?

“The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting at a distance.

“Behold, a people rises like a lioness,
And as a lion it lifts itself;
It will not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

“He couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a lion, who dares rouse him?

Blessed is everyone who blesses you,

And cursed is everyone who curses you.”

By the transgression of a land many are its princes,
But by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.

As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle.

And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Like a calf

As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle.

For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.” God is not concerned about oxen, is He?

As

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

A flying

“The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand,

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life,
And in their death they were not parted;

They were swifter than eagles,

They were stronger than lions.

Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will

mount up with wings like eagles,

They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.

Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.

“Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.

General references

It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward.

Oh let the house of Aaron say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come.”