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References to the sacred creatures recur in texts of Second Temple Judaism, in rabbinical merkabah ("chariot") literature, in the Book of Revelation in the Christian New Testament, and in the Zohar. According to Jewish and Christian traditions, there are four living creatures, although their description varies by source.
Flavius Scorpus also known as Scorpius (c. 68–95 AD) was a famous charioteer in Roman times who lived at the end of the 1st century AD.Scorpus rode for the Green faction during his lifetime and accumulated 2,048 victories.
The noun merkavah "thing to ride in, cart" is derived from the consonantal root רכב r-k-b with the general meaning "to ride". The word "chariot" is found 44 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible—most of them referring to normal chariots on earth, [5] and although the concept of the Merkabah is associated with Ezekiel's vision (), the word is not explicitly written in Ezekiel 1.
”The Chariots of the Lord” is a poem by Rev. John Brownlie, D.D., [1] set to music by Edward Elgar in 1914. The song was written for Clara Butt and first performed by her in the Royal Albert Hall on 28 June 1914.
The ancient Mesopotamians believed that their deities lived in Heaven, [19] after an earlier history of visiting earth in the mythological texts, and that a god's statue was a physical embodiment of the god himself. [19] [20] As such, cult statues were given constant care and attention [19] [21] and a set of priests was assigned to tend to them ...
Enoch is enthroned in Heaven as the exalted angel Metatron (3 Enoch 10:1–3; 16:1) Enoch receives a revelation of cosmological secrets of creation (3 Enoch 13:1–2) The story about precious metals and how they will not avail their users and those that make idols from them (3 Enoch 5:7–14)
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Monier Monier-Williams defines vimāna as "a car or a chariot of the gods, any self-moving aerial car sometimes serving as a seat or throne, sometimes self-moving and carrying its occupant through the air; other descriptions make the Vimana more like a house or palace, and one kind is said to be seven stories high", and quotes the Pushpaka ...