Four Beasts

Draw on scripture outside of the current chapter to elaborate on the imagery in v1-14. Use a literal translation, if possible.

1. Wind.
   Dried up waters after the flood in Gen 8:1
   East wind dries up in visions in Gen 41.
   East wind brings locusts in Ex 10, and a west wind carries them away
   East wind parts Yam Suph in Ex 14.
   Wind brings in Quail in Num 11:31
   Represented under direct control of God as in Psalm 78:26 speaking of the Exodus; He contains the wind in his storehouses Psalm 135:7; Prov 30:4; Jer 10:13 & 51:16
   God soars on the wings of the wind in 2Sam22:11 & Psalm 18 & Psalm 104:3
   Wind accompanies the rain after the 3.5yr drought 1Kings18:45 (almost certainly a west wind from over the great sea)
   Elijah expects to find God in the mighty wind, but does not 1Kings19:11
   Wind brings calamity on Job 1:19, collapsing his house. And later empty words are called "blustering wind" 6:26 & 8:2
   A scorching wind is the lot of the wicked, together with fiery coals and burning sulphur Psalm 11.
   In many of the Psalms the wicked are blown in the wind, i.e. 68:2, 83:13
   North wind brings rain Prov 25:23; South wind brings heat Luke 12:55; East wind brings drought (Arabian Desert); ?West wind brings ???? (Mediterranean Sea) -- never mentioned???
   Ecclesiastes represents futility using the expression "chasing after the wind"; also notably used in this matter by Hosea 8:7, 12:1, 13:15
   No man has power over the wind to contain it Ec 8:8; in fact the path of the wind is unknown to man Ec 11:5.
   *** precedes the returning of Christ *** Song of Solomon 4:16 "Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits."
   Often in the context of an instrument of judgement in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel -- themes related to those already discussed above. i.e. Jer 30:23
   All directions as in Ezek 5:2
   East wind a threat to mariners Ezek 27:26, also ships of Tarshish Psalm 48:7.
   *** footnote indicates that same Hebrew word is sometimes translated breath, wind, spirit. Ezek 37:5 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath" [ 37:5 The Hebrew for this word can also mean [wind] or [spirit] (see verses 6-14). ] "enter you, and you will come to life." ; this theme is also connected in John 3:8 where the mystery of the wind is attributed to those born of the Spirit. Again, in Acts 2:2 the Holy Spirit arrives as a violent wind.
   *** Dan 2:35 wind sweeps away the remnants of Nebuchadnezzar's statue.
   Lord causes the wind upon the sea in Jonah 1:4. Then later causes the scorching east wind.
   In Mark 4:39 Jesus speaks to the wind, and it becomes calm.
   Signifies instability, i.e. every wind of teaching Eph 4:14, James 1:6
   *** Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.
   
2. Sea.
   the Spirit of God hovering over the face of the waters Gen 1:2. The place where the waters are gathered is then referred to as the sea 1:10.
   Later the people of God escape slavery and probable death through Yam Suph Ex 14, the same destroys the Egyption army.
   The Great Sea is the western boundary of the Holy Land Numbers 34:6; the southern boundary Joshua 15:4 is also a sea, the eastern boundary is the Salt Sea 15:5; the northern boundary bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.
   The Sea was a placed by Solomon in the front of the temple 1 Kings 7 & 2 Chron 4. The sea was supported by a dozen bulls, three in each compass rose. NIV uses upper case S on sea in this context. Later the Babylonians carry it away into exile 2Kings25. This is then seen again in Revelation 4:6 "Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal."
   Isaiah 17 12 "Oh, the raging of many nations- they rage like the raging sea! Oh, the uproar of the peoples- they roar like the roaring of great waters!" 13 "Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale. "
   Isa 23:11 The Lord has stretched out his hand over the sea and made its kingdoms tremble.
   Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
   Jeremiah 6:23 They are armed with bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to attack you, O Daughter of Zion."
   Habakkuk 3:15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters. Also Jer 50:42;
   Jonah gets thrown into the tempestuous sea, only to spend three days in the belly of a great fish. Jesus gets thrown to the tempestuous mob, only to spend three days in Hades.
   Jesus' reign will be from sea to sea: Zechariah 9:10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war-horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River [ 9:10 That is, the Euphrates ] to the ends of the earth. [ 9:10 Or [ the end of the land ] ]
   A sign of His return: Luke 21:25 "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.
   1 Corinthians 10:2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
   Unstable people: James 1:6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
   The 'sea' is done away with in the end: Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
   
3. Beast.
   In addition to the traditional use of the word, it refers to the powerful among the nations: Psalm 68:30 Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
   Also ignorant and brute Psalm 73:22
   Isaiah 35:9 No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there,
   Revelation 11:7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.
   Revelation 13:2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
   Revelation 13:3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast.
   Revelation 13:4 Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?"
   Revelation 13:5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty­two months.
   Revelation 13:11 Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon.
   Revelation 13:12 He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
   Revelation 13:14 Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
   Plus several dozen more similar reference in Rev.
4. Lion.
   Numbers 23:24 The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till he devours his prey and drinks the blood of his victims."
   Samson's riddle Judges 14.
   1 Sam 17 34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
   Proverbs 28:15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people.
   Jeremiah 4:7 A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to lay waste your land. Your towns will lie in ruins without inhabitant.
   Amos 5:19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.
   Ezekiel 10:14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
   Revelation 4:7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
   Revelation 5:5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
   Revelation 13:2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
5. Eagle.
   Exodus 19:4 'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
   Deuteronomy 14:12 But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
   Deuteronomy 28:49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
   2 Samuel 1:23 "Saul and Jonathan- in life they were loved and gracious, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Also swiftness noted in Lamentations 4:19.
   Psalm 103:5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
   Isaiah 40:31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
   Jeremiah 4:13 Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined!
   Jeremiah 49 15 "Now I will make you small among the nations, despised among men. 16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle's, from there I will bring you down," declares the Lord . 17 "Edom will become an object of horror; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds. 18 As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown, along with their neighboring towns," says the Lord , "so no one will live there; no man will dwell in it.
   Ezekiel 10:14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
   Also in Revelation 4:7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
   Subject of prophecy in Ezek 17
   Daniel 4:33 Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like cattle. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
   Eagle as instrument of judgement: Hosea 8 1 "Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the Lord because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. 2 Israel cries out to me, 'O our God, we acknowledge you!' 3 But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.
   Obadiah 1:4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down," declares the Lord.
   Revelation 8:13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: "Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!"
   Revelation 12:14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach.
   
6. Man's heart.
   Genesis 6:5 The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.
   Proverbs 16:23 A wise man's heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction. [ 16:23 Or [ mouth / and makes his lips persuasive ] ]
   Proverbs 18:12 Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
   Proverbs 19:3 A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord .
   Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.
   Proverbs 20:5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
   Proverbs 21:2 All a man's ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart.
   Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
   Isaiah 13 6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. [1] 7 Because of this, all hands will go limp, every man's heart will melt. 8 Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame. 9 See, the day of the Lord is coming -a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger- to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. 10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. 11 I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. 12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.
   
   State of the heart is the very essence of the scripture, as can be seen in Romans 2:29 No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God.
   Ezekiel 11:19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
   Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
   Ezekiel 44:7 In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.
   Ezekiel 44:9 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.
7. Bear.
   1 Samuel 17:34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
   Said of David by Absolom's men: 2 Samuel 17:8 You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops.
   Elisha pronounces the curse against the youths who mocked him on the way to Bethel: 2 Kings 2:24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord . Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
   Job 9:9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
   Job 38:32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons [ 38:32 Or [ the morning star in its season ] ] or lead out the Bear [ 38:32 Or [ out Leo ] ] with its cubs?
   Proverbs 17:12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
   Proverbs 28:15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people.
   Isaiah 11:7 The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
   Lamentation 3 7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains. 8 Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer. 9 He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked. 10 Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding, 11 he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help. 12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
   Hosea 13 4 "But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of [2] Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me. 5 I cared for you in the desert, in the land of burning heat. 6 When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me. 7 So I will come upon them like a lion, like a leopard I will lurk by the path. 8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open. Like a lion I will devour them; a wild animal will tear them apart.
   Amos 5:19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.
   Revelation 13:2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
   
8. Rib.
   Genesis 2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs [ 2:21 Or [ took part of the man's side ] ] and closed up the place with flesh. (Whole Chapter: Genesis 2 In context: Genesis 2:20-22) Genesis 2:22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib [ 2:22 Or [ part ] ] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
   
9. Leopard.
   The Bride of Christ called from the haunts of Leopards: Song of Solomon 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions' dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards.
   Isaiah 11:6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling [ 11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint [ lion will feed ] ] together; and a little child will lead them.
   Jeremiah 5:6 Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many.
   Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour;
   Revelation 13:2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
   
10. Wing.
    Genesis 1:21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
    Exodus 19:4 'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
    Exodus 25:20 The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. Also in Ex 37:9
    1 Kings 6:27 He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.
    1 Kings 8 6 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord's covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles.
    Also 2 Chron 3 & 5 five cubit cherub wings
    Burnt offering prescribed in Leviticus 1: 14 " 'If the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, he is to offer a dove or a young pigeon. 15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off the head and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. 16 He is to remove the crop with its contents [2] and throw it to the east side of the altar, where the ashes are. 17 He shall tear it open by the wings, not severing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is on the fire on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the Lord .
    Dietary perscription Leviticus 11: 20 " 'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you. 21 There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. 22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper. 23 But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest.
    Divine nuture Deuteronomy 32: 10 In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, 11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions. 12 The Lord alone led him; no foreign god was with him. 13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag, 14 with curds and milk from herd and flock and with fattened lambs and goats, with choice rams of Bashan and the finest kernels of wheat. You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
    Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
    Psalm 36:7 How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find [ 36:7 Or [ love, O God / Men find ] ; or [ love / Both heavenly beings and men / find ] ] refuge in the shadow of your wings.
    Psalm 57:1 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
    Psalm 61:4 I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah
    Psalm 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
    Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
    Speaks of mystical mobility: Psalm 104:3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
    Escape as in Psalm 139 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, [1] you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
    And in Ruth 2:12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord , the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
    2 Samuel 22:11 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared [ 22:11 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:10); most Hebrew manuscripts [ appeared ] ] on the wings of the wind.
    Seraphs have six: Isaiah 6:2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
    Revelation 4:8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."
    The first dozen chapters of Ezekial describe four faced, four winged cherubs Ez 1:8 & 10:5 & 10:21
    Wings speak of military dominance as in Isaiah 8: 6 "Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the River [2] - the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will overflow all its channels, run over all its banks 8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, O Immanuel [3] !"
    Also, Jeremiah 49:22.
    At the fifth trumpet a mighty army of winged locusts are released from the Abyss: Revelation 9:9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
    Signifies divine strength: Isaiah 40:31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
    Babylon and Egypt are eagles with powerful wings in Ezek 17.
    The wings mystically transport iniquity to Babylonia in Zechariah 5: 5 Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, "Look up and see what this is that is appearing." 6 I asked, "What is it?" He replied, "It is a measuring basket. [2] " And he added, "This is the iniquity [3] of the people throughout the land." 7 Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! 8 He said, "This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed the lead cover down over its mouth. 9 Then I looked up-and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth. 10 "Where are they taking the basket?" I asked the angel who was speaking to me. 11 He replied, "To the country of Babylonia [4] to build a house for it. When it is ready, the basket will be set there in its place."
    This concept seems related to Revelation 17.
    Malachi 4:2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.
    Nurture Matthew 23:37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
    Also, Luke 13:34
    Revelation 12:14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach.
    
11. Iron.
    Purified by fire: Numbers 31 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, "This is the requirement of the law that the Lord gave Moses: 22 Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead 23 and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.
    Recognized murder weapon: Numbers 35:16 " 'If a man strikes someone with an iron object so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
    Deuteronomy 4:20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.
    Also 1 King 8:51 & Jeremiah 11:4
    Deuteronomy 27:5 Build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool upon them.
    Joshua 8:31 as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses-an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered to the Lord burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings. [ 8:31 Traditionally [ peace offerings ] ]
    1 Kings 6:7 In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.
    Strength of judgement Deuteronomy 28: 45 All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. 46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. 47 Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. 49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. 51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined. 52 They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.
    Joshua 6:19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury."
    Strength: Joshua 17:18 but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have iron chariots and though they are strong, you can drive them out."
    Goliath's strength: 1 Samuel 17:7 His spear shaft was like a weaver's rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. [ 17:7 That is, about 15 pounds (about 7 kilograms) ] His shield bearer went ahead of him.
    Christ's rule to be supreme: Psalm 2:9 You will rule them with an iron scepter [ 2:9 Or [ will break them with a rod of iron ] ] ; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."
    Revelation 2:27 'He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'[ 2:27 Psalm 2:9] ?
    Revelation 12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.
    Revelation 19:15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter."[ 19:15 Psalm 2:9] He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
    Imprisonment/enslavement: Psalm 105:18 They bruised his feet with shackles, his neck was put in irons,
    Psalm 107:10 Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains,
    Psalm 107:16 for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron.
    Psalm 149:8 to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron,
    Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
    Isaiah 48:4 For I knew how stubborn you were; the sinews of your neck were iron, your forehead was bronze.
    Jeremiah 28:14 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.' "
    Daniel 5:4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
    *** Iron teeth instruments of destruction and war: Amos 1:3 This is what the Lord says: "For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not turn back my wrath . Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth,
    Micah 4:13 "Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron ; I will give you hoofs of bronze and you will break to pieces many nations." You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord , their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
    Cannot hold back the evil spirits: Mark 5:4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
    Iron cannot contain the angels: Acts 12:10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
    Exposure to teachings of demons desensitizes : 1 Timothy 4:2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
12. Teeth.
    Job 29:17 I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.
    Psalm 124:6 Praise be to the Lord , who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
    Proverbs 30 11 "There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers; 12 those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth; 13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful; 14 those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from among mankind.
    Isaiah 41:15 "See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
    Lamentations 2:16 All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, "We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it."
    Lamentations 3:16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.
    Joel 1:6 A nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.
    Amos 4:6 "I gave you empty stomachs [ 4:6 Hebrew [ you cleanness of teeth ] ] in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me," declares the Lord .
    Instruments of sin: Zechariah 9:7 I will take the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God and become leaders in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
    Anguish: Matthew 8:12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
    Also 13:42
    Anger: Acts 7:54 When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.
    Of the fifth trumpet locusts: Revelation 9:8 Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.
    
13. Head.
    Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring [ 3:15 Or [ seed ] ] and hers; he will crush [ 3:15 Or [ strike ] ] your head, and you will strike his heel."
    Genesis 40:13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
    Genesis 41:5 He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
    Right hand on head signifies blessing, pre-eminence: Genesis 48:18 Joseph said to him, "No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
    Exodus 6:25 Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.
    Passover observance was to be the sign on Israel's forehead: Exodus 13 7 Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders. 8 On that day tell your son, 'I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.' 9 This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. 10 You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.
    Leviticus 1:4 He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
    ...to be continued!!!...
14. Horn.
    Note, horn is sometimes rendered as trumpet.
    Genesis 22:13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram [ 22:13 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text [ a ram behind ] [ him ] ] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
    Exodus 27:2 Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. (Whole Chapter: Exodus 27 In context: Exodus 27:1-3)
    Exodus 29:12 Take some of the bull's blood and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.
    Exodus 30:3 Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
    Exodus 30:10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. This annual atonement must be made with the blood of the atoning sin offering for the generations to come. It is most holy to the Lord ."
    *** 1 Samuel 2:1 Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the Lord ; in the Lord my horn [ 2:1 [ Horn ] here symbolizes strength; also in verse 10. ] is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
    *** 1 Samuel 2:10 those who oppose the Lord will be shattered. He will thunder against them from heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."
    Anointing oil carried in the horn: 1 Samuel 16:13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power. Samuel then went to Ramah.
    2 Samuel 22:3 my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn [ 22:3 [ Horn ] here symbolizes strength. ] of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior- from violent men you save me.
    Horns of refuge: 1 Kings 1:51 Then Solomon was told, "Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and is clinging to the horns of the altar. He says, 'Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.' "
    Psalm 22:21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save [ 22:21 Or [ / you have heard ] ] me from the horns of the wild oxen.
    Psalm 75:4 To the arrogant I say, 'Boast no more,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horns.
    Psalm 75:5 Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck.' "
    Psalm 75:10 I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.
    Psalm 81:3 Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
    Psalm 112:9 He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn [ 112:9 [ Horn ] here symbolizes dignity. ] will be lifted high in honor.
    Psalm 148:14 He has raised up for his people a horn, [ 148:14 [ Horn ] here symbolizes strong one, that is, king. ] the praise of all his saints, of Israel, the people close to his heart. Praise the Lord .
    Jeremiah 48:25 Moab's horn [ 48:25 [ Horn ] here symbolizes strength. ] is cut off; her arm is broken," declares the Lord .
    Ezekiel 29:21 "On that day I will make a horn [ 29:21 [ Horn ] here symbolizes strength. ] grow for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD ."
    Amos 3:14 "On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
    Interesting use of horn in Zechariah 1: 18 Then I looked up-and there before me were four horns! 19 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, "What are these?" He answered me, "These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem." 20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He answered, "These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people."
    Luke 1:69 He has raised up a horn[ 1:69 Horn here symbolizes strength.] of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
    Revelation 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[ 5:6 Or the sevenfold Spirit] of God sent out into all the earth.
    Revelation 9:13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns[ 9:13 That is, projections] of the golden altar that is before God.
    Revelation 12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads.
    Revelation 13:11 Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon.
    Revelation 17:3 Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
    Revelation 17:7 Then the angel said to me: "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
    Revelation 17:12 "The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast.
    Revelation 17:16 The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
    
15. Wheel.
    The most frequent use of wheel is with reference to chariots, iron and bronze -- used by mighty and powerful kings in war. Many references to this, I will gloss over for now.
    Sacred use of wheels are for the ten mobile stands in the temple as discribed in 1 Kings 7: 27 He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high. [19] 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. 29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim-and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. 30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. 31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit [20] deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half. [21] Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. 32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal. 34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. 35 At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit [22] deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. 36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. 37 This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape. 38 He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths [23] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. 39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
    The millstone is sometimes referred to as a wheel as in Proverbs 20:26 A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.
    Wheel is an instrument of creation as we see in Jeremiah 18:3 So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel.
    Wheels play prominently in Ezekial's visions as in Ezekiel 1:16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like chrysolite, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel.
    Ezekiel 10:6 When the LORD commanded the man in linen, "Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim," the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
    Ezekiel 10:12 Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels.
    
16. A season.
    The appointed time for something, is the typical usage. Many references exist to the times and festivals throughout the year, but occassionally is refers to a period of time outside of the annual framework. Using YLT:
    Habakkuk 2:3 For yet the vision [is] for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
    Acts 1:7 and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;
    Acts 13:11 and now, lo, a hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead [him] by the hand;
    2 Timothy 4:3 for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,
    Hebrews 11:25 having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,
    
17. A time.
    Exodus 9:5 and Jehovah setteth an appointed time, saying, To-morrow doth Jehovah do this thing in the land.'
    Judges 11:4 And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel,
    Hannah's annual trip to the temple, the time of her going: 1 Samuel 1:7 And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat.
    The time of life, i.e. gestation: 2 Kings 4:16 and he saith, `At this season, according to the time of life, thou art embracing a son;' and she saith, `Nay, my lord, O man of God, do not lie unto thy maid-servant.'
    Esther 1:13 And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times -- for so [is] the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,
    Psalm 21:9 Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.
    What are my times? Possibly years? Psalm 31:15 In Thy hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.
    Psalm 69:13 And I -- my prayer [is] to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation.
    Psalm 81:15 Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is -- to the age.
    A time for everything Ecc 3
    An age: Isaiah 9:1 As the former time made light The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, So the latter hath honoured the way of the sea, Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
    The time of the land, the age of Nebuchadnezzar's dominion, Jeremiah 27: 6 `And now, I -- I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and also the beast of the field I have given to him to serve him; 7 And served him have all the nations, and his son, and his son's son, till the coming in of the time of his land, also it; and done service for him have many nations and great kings.
    ... are there references that would tend to cause us to understand this as a single year???...