D&C 77:4 - Scripture Study Tools and Resources

D&C 77:4

4 Q. What are we to understand by the ^aeyes and ^bwings, which the beasts had?

A. Their eyes are a representation of light and knowledge, that is, they are full of ^cknowledge; and their wings are a ^drepresentation of ^epower, to move, to act, etc.

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a Zech. 3:9

9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

a Rev. 5:6

6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

b 2 Chr. 5:8

8 For the cherubims spread forth their ^bwings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

b Isa. 6:2 (2-7)

2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

b Ezek. 1:11

11 Thus were their faces: and their ^awings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

c TG God, Omniscience of

d TG Symbolism

e TG God, Power of

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