Zechariah 6:5

The angel explains the chariots are the four winds (or spirits) of heaven going out from standing before the Lord of all the earth. They are God's commissioned agents serving the universal Sovereign.

Cross-references · 25

• Heb 1:7Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
• Ezek 10:9–19Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
• Heb 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
• Ps 104:3–4laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
• Rev 7:1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
• Ezek 37:9Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”
• Dan 7:2Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.
• Matt 24:31And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
• 1 Kgs 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
• Dan 7:10A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
• Ps 68:17The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
• Zech 1:10–11Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
• Ezek 1:5–28and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,
• Ezek 11:22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
• Isa 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
• 1 Kgs 19:11Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
• Matt 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
• Luke 1:19“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
• Job 2:1–2On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
• 2 Chr 18:18–19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
• Zech 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
• Ps 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
• Zech 4:14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
• Rev 14:6–13Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
• Job 1:6One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

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