Doctrine and Covenants 77: 4

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 77

4 Q. What are we to understand by the ^aeyes and ^bwings, which the beasts had?
A. Their eyes are a representation of light and knowledge, that is, they are full of ^cknowledge; and their wings are a ^drepresentation of ^epower, to move, to act, etc.

Footnotes

4a	Zech. 3: 9. 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. Rev. 5: 6. 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a ^aLamb as it had been slain, ^bhaving seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
b	2 Chr. 5: 8. 8 For the ^acherubims spread forth their ^bwings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. Isa. 6: 2 (2-7). 2 Above it stood the ^aseraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. Ezek. 1: 11. 11 Thus were their faces: and their ^awings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
c	TG God, Omniscience of.
d	TG Symbolism.
e	TG God, Power of.