9. How does Jehovah’s relationship with his heavenly creatures match the description of a vehicle?

⁹ Jehovah’s relationship with his heavenly creatures. Note that in this vision, Jehovah’s throne is situated above the cherubs. In other parts of God’s Word, Jehovah is similarly described or represented as sitting enthroned above or between his cherubs. (Read 2 Kings 19:15; Ex. 25:22; Ps. 80:1) Of course, he does not literally sit above his cherubs​—as if he needs to be carried by those mighty spirit creatures—​any more than he needs to ride on a literal chariot. But the cherubs support his sovereignty, and he can send them to any spot in the universe to carry out his sovereign will. They, like all of God’s holy angels, carry out Jehovah’s decisions as his ministers, or agents. (Ps. 104:4) In that sense, Jehovah “rides” upon them all, directing them with his sovereign rule, as if they comprise one huge, unified vehicle.

10. What suggests that more than four cherubs are involved with the heavenly chariot?

¹⁰ The vehicle represents more than the cherubs. The cherubs that Ezekiel saw numbered four. That number is often used in the Bible to suggest symmetry or completeness​—an all-embracing universality. Fittingly, then, the presence of four cherubs suggests that all of Jehovah’s loyal spirit sons are represented. Note, too, that the wheels and even the cherubs themselves are full of eyes, suggesting the watchful alertness of many more than just the four spirit creatures shown. And Ezekiel’s description of the vehicle implies that it is immense, making even those impressive cherubs look small. (Ezek. 1:18, 22; 10:12) Likewise, the heavenly part of Jehovah’s organization is vast, encompassing far more than four cherubs.