The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 348

And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 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. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (Revelation 4:6-8) 265 “What’s the symbol here, Brother Branham? What is it?” It means that these guards—these guards was God’s ark…They were in journey, rolling on wheels when Ezekiel saw them; but when John saw them, they had already come into their right position in Heaven. The ark of God was on earth, rolling on wheels, as they took it from place to place, meant it was in travel, they took it all the way up through the wilderness and all the way into the temple and so forth; but now it’s received up ’cause the Church age is over, and it’s received up into Glory. See? It’s stationary now, in Heaven, with all the Angels and things around it. We find them after while taking off their crowns and falling on their faces and giving glory to Him. See? It was God’s guards of the temple, of the ark. 266 Now, remember God’s guards of the ark, or the mercy seat. Now, remember. To how many, John saw, how many? Four. How many did—did he see? He seen four, too, four living Creatures. Now, watch, they both seen the same vision. 267 And four is the number of earth. Did you know that? How many knows now before we have to go into it, four is an earthly number? Sure! Like the four Hebrew…It’s an earth-…It’s a number of earth, of “deliverance, deliverance.” Now, keep that in your mind, “deliverance,” ’cause I’m going to strike it, just a minute, real hard. See, “Deliverance!” Now, there was three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, but the fourth One come, it was deliverance. Lazarus was in the grave three days, but when the fourth one come he was delivered. Four is God’s number of “deliverance,” so it showed that these Beings must have been something about the earth. 268 I hope you’re not too hungry now. I hope your spiritual appetite is a little—a little above your natural now. See? All right. 269 Now, notice, “They have eyes” (in Ezekiel in here) “in front and in back and within.” Let’s just read that. Look here, see. You see in here, I believe they spoke through here, “beasts,” four faces, like an eagle, and wings, full of eyes without, within. Look here: And the four beasts and each of them had six wings about him;… 270 “And they flew,” and so forth, “and had eyes without, within, and behind.” It spoke of their intelligence. They knowed what was, which is, and which shall come; for they was right at the Seat, so close till they wasn’t even human. (Temple guards…or not temple guards, the temple guards are the hundred and forty-four thousand.) But this is the mercy seat guard, the Throne guards. The throne right up next to God, “living Creatures,” next thing to God, standing there. Their intelligence, they know what was, which is, what shall come. They had “eyes without,” showing what they could see, what was to come; “eyes within,” knows everything now; and “eyes in the back,” which knowed what was. Which was, which is, which shall come, reflecting through the church ages “He that Was, Which Is, and Shall Come; Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.” 61-0108 - "Revelation, Chapter Four #3" Rev. William Marrion Branham