Ezekiel 1:19

19 And at the going of the living creatures, the wheels next to them [also] went, and {when the creatures were lifted from the ground}^[a] the wheels [also] rose.

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 When they moved, they went toward their four sides; they did not {veer at all as they went}.

18 And their rims {were high and awesome}, and {all four of} their rims [were] full of eyes [all] around.

19 And at the going of the living creatures, the wheels next to them [also] went, and {when the creatures were lifted from the ground} the wheels [also] rose.

20 {Wherever} the spirit went they would go there, and the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures [was] in the wheels.

21 At their going, they go, and at their standing, they stood, and at their being lifted up from on the earth, the wheels rose, for the spirit of the living creatures [was] in the wheels.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "and at the lifting up of the creatures from the earth"