Ezekiel 1:19

19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went; when the living creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off.

Ezekiel 1:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 1:19

And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them,
&c.] When the ministers of the Gospel begin the worship of God, and move in acts of devotion, the churches join with them; see ( Revelation 4:9 Revelation 4:10 ) ( 5:14 ) ; and in their lives and conversations they are examples to them; and churches and members ought to walk as they have them, for an example in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels
were lifted up;
when the ministers of the word have their affections raised, and are in lively frames of soul in preaching the Gospel, generally speaking, so it is with the churches and the members thereof, that sit under their ministrations; their hearts burn within them; their affections are raised, and their souls are lifted up heavenwards, while the Scriptures of truth are opened unto them.

Ezekiel 1:19 In-Context

17 They went in any one of the four directions they faced, but straight, not veering off.

18 The rims were immense, circled with eyes.

19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went; when the living creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off.

20 Wherever the spirit went, they went, the wheels sticking right with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

21 When the creatures went, the wheels went; when the creatures stopped, the wheels stopped; when the creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.