The Bible contains descriptions of the mysterious chariots of the Lord and his stunning appearance from heaven. The ancient icons and frescoes, painted on the basis of even more ancient icons, depict rather mysterious objects and plots in which the chariots of God look like some kind of flying machines.
This is what is written about this in the Old Testament, in the book of the prophet Ezekiel (ch. 1)
1 And it was in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was among the settlers by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2 On the fifth day of the month (this was the fifth year from the capture of King Jehoiakim), 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel son of Busius the priest in the land of the Chaldees by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was on him there.
4 And I saw, and behold, a stormy wind was coming from the north, a great cloud and swirling fire, and radiance all around it, 5 and from its midst it is like the light of a flame from the midst of a fire; and from its midst was seen the likeness of four animals - and such was their appearance: their appearance was like that of a man;
6 and each has four faces, and each has four wings;
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7 And their feet were straight legs, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of a calf, and they shone like shiny brass (and their wings were light).
8 And the hands of men were under their wings on their four sides;
9 and their faces, and their wings, all four; their wings touched one another; during their march they did not turn around, but walked each in the direction of their face.
10 The likeness of their faces is the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all four of them; and on the left side all four had the face of a calf, and all four had the face of an eagle.
11 And their faces and their wings were divided from above, but each had two wings touching one another, and two covered their bodies.
12 And they walked, each in the direction that was before him; where the spirit wanted to go, there they went; during their march they did not turn around.
13 And the form of these animals was like the form of burning coals, like the form of lamps; fire walked among the animals, and a glow from the fire and lightning came from the fire.
14 And the animals moved swiftly to and fro like a flash of lightning.
15 And I looked at the animals, and, behold, on the ground beside these animals, one wheel each in front of their four faces.
16 The form of the wheels and their structure are like the form of topaz, and the likeness of all four is the same; and from their appearance and their constitution it seemed as if a wheel was in a wheel.
17 When they walked, they walked on their four sides; did not turn around during the procession.
18 And their rims were high and they were terrible; all four had their rims full of eyes around them.
19 And when the animals were walking, the wheels also walked beside them; and when the animals were lifted from the ground, then the wheels were lifted.
20 Where the spirit wanted to go, there they went; wherever the spirit went, the wheels were lifted up with them, for the spirit of the animals was in the wheels.
21 When those went, they also went; and when they stood, they also stood; and when they were raised from the earth, then the wheels were lifted along with them, for the spirit of the animals was in the wheels.
22 Above the heads of the animals was like a vault, like the sight of an amazing crystal stretched out from above over their heads.
23 And under the arch their wings stretched straight out one to the other, and each had two wings that covered them, each had two wings that covered their bodies.
24 And as they walked, I heard the sound of their wings, like the sound of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a great sound, like the sound of a military camp; and when they stopped, they lowered their wings.
25 And there was a voice from the vault that was over their heads; when they stopped, then they let down their wings.
26 And over the vault that was over their heads, there was a semblance of a throne, in appearance as if from a sapphire stone; and above the likeness of a throne there was, as it were, the likeness of a man on top of it.
27 And I saw as it were a burning metal, as it were a kind of fire within it all around; from the sight of his loins and above, and from the sight of his loins and below, I saw a kind of fire, and the radiance was around it.
28 In the form of a rainbow on the clouds in the rain, such was the appearance of this radiance all around.
