Ophanim

Origin

The etymological origin is the decisive origin canon of the Hebrew 'ofan' — 'wheel' — in plural form, and the decisive textual canon is the decisive origin canon of Ezekiel (Ezekiel) 1:15-21 of c. 6th century BCE by the prophet Ezekiel of the Babylonian exile — 'Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel (Wheel within a wheel). When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four' — and the decisive canon of Ezekiel 10:9-13 in which the four wheels beside the Cherubim are called 'galgal (galgal, that which rolls)'. The decisive Daniel canon is the decisive canon of Daniel (Daniel) 7:9 of c. 2nd century BCE — 'I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire' — the throne of 'wheels of fire'. The decisive theological canon is the decisive canon of the third rank Thrones (Thrones, Latin Throni) of the 9-rank angelic hierarchy in The Celestial Hierarchy (De Coelesti Hierarchia) chapter 7 of the Syrian Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite) of c. 5th-6th century CE.

Features

• Giant wheel within another wheel (Wheel within a wheel) — Ezekiel 1:16
• Rims of the wheels are full of countless eyes — Ezekiel 1:18
• Rolls God's chariot (Merkabah) together with the Cherubim — Ezekiel 1 and 10
• Shines with the color of beryl or emerald light
• Main axis third rank of the 9-rank angelic hierarchy 'Thrones (Throni)'
• Throne of God's justice and judgment Daniel 7:9

Stories

The vision of Ezekiel 1:15-21 and 10:9-13 of c. 6th century BCE is the decisive origin, and the decisive textual canon is Daniel 7:9 of c. 2nd century BCE, Pseudo-Dionysius The Celestial Hierarchy chapter 7 of c. 5th-6th century CE, and the Thrones in Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica Part I question 108 of the 13th century. Called upon in meditation on God's movement, judgment, and justice, and the decisive canon in which the Merkabah (Merkabah) meditation of Jewish mysticism pursued mystical experiences of approaching God's throne through the Ophanim. In Catholic tradition, the decisive canon of 'Thrones' as the symbol of justice and judgment, and the decisive 14th-century literary canon of the third rank Thrones of the 9-rank angelic hierarchy in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy Paradiso Canto 28 lines 103-105 of c. 1320. The decisive 17th-century English-literary canon of the Thrones in John Milton's Paradise Lost (Paradise Lost) of 1667, and the decisive fantasy RPG canon of the Ophanim (Thrones) in the 1977 USA TSR Monster Manual, and the decisive 21st-century canon is the mention of the Thrones in the TV series Supernatural by USA CW from 2008 to 2020 and the Ophanim iconography in Japanese games from 2014 such as Granblue Fantasy — the 21st-century decisive global video canon.

Weakness

Ophanim's weaknesses are: (1) impossibility of stopping or resting — the decisive canonical weakness — they are themselves God's movement (motion), so there is no stopping or resting; (2) abstract, non-human form — the decisive canonical weakness — their form is too abstract and non-human to be easily accepted in popular faith; (3) binding to God's throne — bound to God's throne; (4) binding with the Cherubim — rolling God's chariot beside the Cherubim; (5) binding of the 9-rank hierarchy — the decisive canon of the third rank Thrones in Pseudo-Dionysius' 9-rank angelic hierarchy; (6) binding of movement — 'they turned not when they went' — moving only in four directions; (7) binding of the sacred domain — heaven; (8) binding of God's justice and judgment — the decisive canon. The decisive canonical finale is the decisive mythological canon of eternally rolling 'wheel within a wheel' to roll God's throne of justice and judgment.

Cultural Significance

Ophanim is the canonical iconographic figure of the decisive Judeo-Christian canon, traversing Ezekiel 1:15-21 and 10:9-13 of c. 6th century BCE, Daniel 7:9 of c. 2nd century BCE, Pseudo-Dionysius The Celestial Hierarchy chapter 7 of c. 5th-6th century CE, the Thrones in Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica Part I question 108 of the 13th century, Dante's Divine Comedy Paradiso Canto 28 lines 103-105 of c. 1320, and John Milton's Paradise Lost of 1667. The etymological origin is the decisive canon of the Hebrew 'ofan' meaning 'wheel' in plural form, and the decisive textual canon is the decisive origin canon of 'wheel within a wheel (Wheel within a wheel)' in Ezekiel 1:15-21 of c. 6th century BCE by the prophet Ezekiel of the Babylonian exile, the decisive canon of the four wheels beside the Cherubim being called 'galgal (galgal)' in Ezekiel 10:9-13, and the decisive canon of the 'wheels of burning fire' throne of the 'Ancient of Days' in Daniel 7:9 of c. 2nd century BCE. The decisive theological canon is the decisive canon of the third rank Thrones (Thrones, Latin Throni) of the 9-rank angelic hierarchy in The Celestial Hierarchy (De Coelesti Hierarchia) chapter 7 of the Syrian Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite of c. 5th-6th century CE, and the decisive theological canon of the Thrones as the 'seat of God's justice' in the Summa Theologica (Summa Theologica) Part I question 108 of Thomas Aquinas (Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274) of the 13th century. The decisive 14th-century canon is the decisive canon of the third rank Thrones of the 9-rank angelic hierarchy in Dante Alighieri's (Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321) Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia) Paradiso (Paradiso) Canto 28 lines 103-105 of c. 1320, and the decisive 17th-century English-literary canon of the Thrones in John Milton's (John Milton, 1608-1674) Paradise Lost (Paradise Lost) of 1667. The core of the Merkabah (Merkabah, chariot) meditation of Jewish mysticism is the decisive canon of pursuing mystical experiences of approaching God's throne through the Ophanim, the decisive canon of the Hekhalot literature (Hekhalot literature) of the 3rd-7th century CE. The decisive 20th-century music canon is the decisive spiritual canon of the African American spiritual 'Ezekiel saw the wheel (Ezekiel saw the wheel)', and the decisive 21st-century canon is the mention of the Thrones in the TV series Supernatural (Supernatural) by USA CW from 2008 to 2020 and the Ophanim iconography in Japanese games from 2014 such as Granblue Fantasy (Granblue Fantasy) — the 21st-century decisive global video canon.

In Popular Culture

Ezekiel 1:15-21 and 10:9-13 'wheel within a wheel' (c. 6th century BCE) — decisive origin canonDaniel 7:9 'wheels of fire' throne (c. 2nd century BCE) — decisive canon1 Enoch 61:10 and 71:7 (c. 2nd century BCE) — decisive apocryphal canonPseudo-Dionysius The Celestial Hierarchy chapter 7 third rank Thrones (c. 5th-6th century CE) — decisive theological canonThomas Aquinas Summa Theologica Part I question 108 Thrones (13th century) — decisive scholastic theological canonDante Divine Comedy Paradiso Canto 28 lines 103-105 (c. 1320) — decisive 14th-century literary canonJohn Milton Paradise Lost (1667) — decisive 17th-century English-literary canonHekhalot literature Merkabah mysticism (3rd-7th century CE) — decisive Jewish mysticism canonTSR D&D Monster Manual (1977) — decisive fantasy RPG canonCW TV series Supernatural Thrones (2008-2020) — 21st-century decisive TV canon