In the land of Chaldea, by the river of Chebar, and in the Temple of the Lord at Jerusalem, Ezekiel saw the _glory_ of the God of Israel, accompanied with a great cloud and a _fire_ infolding itself, and a brightness about it like the rainbow; the appearance of the _Living Creatures_, which he knew were the _Cherubim_, was like burning coals of _fire_, like the appearance of lamps, and out of the _fire_ went forth lightning; and the voice of the Almighty was like the noise of many waters, and the earth _shined_ with his _glory_, Ezek. i. x; lxiii. In his night visions at Babylon, Daniel beheld the _glory_ of the Ancient of Days, having a throne like the _fiery_ flame, wheels as burning _fire_, and a _fiery_ stream issuing from before him, vii. 9; and by the side of the river Hiddekel, he saw a man whose face had the appearance of _lightning_, and his eyes as lamps of _fire_, his arms and feet like polished brass, and his voice like the voice of a multitude, x. 6. Peter, James, and John saw the _glory_ of Christ on the mount of transfiguration, when his face did shine as the _Sun_, and his raiment was white as the _light_, and a bright cloud overshadowed them, Matthew xvii. 2, 5; Paul, at mid-day, saw his _glory_ as a light from heaven above the brightness of the _Sun_, Acts xxvi. 13; and he declared to the Hebrews of that age, as Moses did to the children of Israel 1700 years before him, in language of the strongest metaphor, that Jehovah our God is a consuming _fire_, Heb. xii. 29, and Deut. iv. 24. John, who said that God is _light_ and in him is no darkness at all, and that Christ is the _Light_ of the World, saw, in the Isle of Patmos, his eyes as a flame of _fire_, his feet like unto fine brass, as if they _burned_ in a furnace, and his countenance as the _Sun_ shineth in his strength, and heard his voice as the sound of many waters, Rev. i. 14–16; he beheld the mighty angel clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow over his head, and his face as it were the _Sun_, and his feet as pillars of _fire_, x. 1; and he saw the _Faithful and True Witness_, whose eyes were as a flame of _fire_, and on whose head were _many crowns_, who possesses _the Incommunicable Name_, and who is called _the Word of God_, the KING OF KINGS, and the LORD OF LORDS, xix. 11–16.