The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel

"The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel" by Arthur W. Orton reads the Book of Ezekiel's first chapter in an unusual way. Written in the early 1960s, the book is a science publication mixed with ideas about space visitors and religious thought. Orton thinks Ezekiel's story should be seen as a meeting with beings from another planet, not just angels. He looks closely at Ezekiel's description of creatures with four faces, wings, and wheels, saying they could be aliens with advanced vehicles instead of spiritual figures. Using a careful, scientific style, Orton suggests that Ezekiel's writing shows old human experiences mixed with high-tech stuff, which makes people rethink what the text means. Orton believes Ezekiel's tale might be proof that humans met aliens, mixing religion and science fiction in a way that fits with today's talks about where humans stand in the universe.