The hierarchy of YHWH: the kavod that fills the tabernacle and Solomon's temple, and that Ezekiel sees arriving from the north.
Ezekiel’s kavod, with its fire and clouds of smoke, arrives via a ‘whirlwind wind’ and so does Elijah’s when it takes him up into the sky, with Elisha as the eyewitness.
Kavod, ruach and merkaba: the Hebrew meanings of glory, spirit and chariot, the key verses in Exodus and Ezekiel, and the readings of Biglino and Wallis, who take these words as a physical craft.
Biblical Kavod as a Heavy Physical Object: Paul Wallis on the weight and the danger of the kavod, and on Ezekiel's reaction.
Kavod, ruach and merkaba
I go through Ezekiel's words for this object, the ruach and the kavod, on Kavod, Ruach and Merkaba.
Ezekiel’s kavod, with its fire and clouds of smoke, arrives via a ‘whirlwind wind’ and so does Elijah’s when it takes him up into the sky, with Elisha as the eyewitness.
Later the kavod, usually translated "glory", sits on the mountain and looks like fire.
Kavod, Ruach and Merkaba
They are kavod, ruach and merkavah.
Moses asks to see the kavod.
On Sinai the kavod sits on the mountain for six days and looks like fire.
In Ezekiel the kavod moves.
Kavod comes from the verb kabad, "to be heavy".
Applied to God, the kavod becomes his radiant presence.
For example, in the Book of Ezekiel, and in the Book of Exodus, the kavod of Yahweh is clearly described, that when Moses asked Yahweh for the possibility to see his kavod, and Yahweh told him "you cannot stay in front of kavod because if you are in front of kavod you will die," and—this is important—Yahweh cannot do anything, so God is impotent, not potent, in front of the danger of the kavod, and this is very interesting—Yahweh tells Moses "you can hide behind these rocks," so the rocks can do what God cannot do.
it's necessary to carefully read the context to understand the meaning of a unique term because for example, "kavod" means "something heavy" meaning "a person of weight" in the sense that that person has an importance in the society it also means "a famous person", a "person of glory" so the theologians chose the term "glory" and always apply it to the term kavod without considering the context but when we read that the context says that "I cannot see the kavod in front of me because it will kill me" "but when the kavod passes I have to be hidden behind rocks" so it cannot be the "glory of God", because God in that case is not able to control the effects of his glory so it's ridiculous so the context implies, in every situation, the possible real meaning of this term
Biglino also points to the noise the kavod makes when it lifts off.
There is another object named kavod.
Kavod is always translated as Glory of Yahweh but in the Book of Ezekiel there are some clear translations that can allow us to think that it was a technological tool.
In one Italian translation San Paulo Editions it's written that Ezekiel hears the sound produced by kavod which was behind him when this kavod was arising from the earth
It describes a loud noise behind Ezekiel as the kavod lifts off.
In A populated universe he links the kavod to the ruach:
It’s also called a Kavod, which can fly, and we’re told the sound it makes when it flies and the size and textures of the materials.
I read the kavod as the vehicle and field presence of YHWH.
On the rank of the kavod in YHWH's world, see The Hierarchy of YHWH.
And it is written that when the kavod or the ruach of Yahweh, when it arises from the ground, produces a loud noise.
And then the details of the weapons that are carried on this craft which is called the ruach, the wind maker, or the kavod, the glory.
Ezekiel’s kavod, with its fire and clouds of smoke, arrives via a ‘whirlwind wind’ and so does Elijah’s when it takes him up into the sky, with Elisha as the eyewitness.
In the summary of The Governor of the Elohim is Not Who You Think, the three words are grouped together: "Kavod emits light and noise, ruach moves like wind, and merkaba transports, suggesting advanced technology in biblical accounts." The summaries of Flying machines of the Gods and Angels and flying machines in the Bible list merkavah among Biglino's terms for flying vehicles.
Ezekiel's own words for it are ruach and kavod.
The Hebrew word kavod is usually translated “glory”.
The Bible describes the kavod as something people can see:
In these verses the kavod has a place and a shape.
Biglino reads the kavod as a heavy flying object, not an abstract glory.
He also writes that YHWH sometimes arrived on flying machines called “ruach” or “kavod” (Biglino, Gods of the Bible; summary of his kavod argument at Wheel of Heaven).
I treat the messenger and the kavod as the “field presence” of YHWH.
Every rung below this one is defined by distance from the kavod.
I use this tree as a map of distance from the kavod.
Biglino’s Elohim and kavod, Wallis’ sky council, von Däniken’s charged Ark and Blumrich’s Ezekiel.
Strong’s Hebrew: H3519 kavod; H4397 mal’akh; H2114 zar; H1616 ger; H1408 Gad; H4507 Meni; H5909 akhbar; H8263 sheqets; H7700 shed; H8163 sa’ir; H1588 gan; H1598 ganan; H8432 tavekh
Summary of Biglino’s kavod argument.
Terms like kavod (glory), ruach (spirit), and merkaba (chariot) describe technological phenomena, not spiritual entities.
Kavod emits light and noise, ruach moves like wind, and merkaba transports, suggesting advanced technology in biblical accounts.
This brightness, possibly self-luminescence, resembles descriptions of ancient objects like the biblical kavod.
Kavod, ruach and merkaba
He treats the Ark of the Covenant, the kavod and the ruach as objects that read like technology.
He reads the Ark, the kavod and the ruach as technology, and calls the Shamir too unclear to explain.
He notes that the Bible mentions different types of divine vehicles, such as the "ruach" (wind), "kavod" (glory), "epha," and "merkava." These vehicles, according to Biglino, are described with great precision, often accompanied by loud noises and clouds, which he interprets as technological elements, possibly engines.
This "kavod," often interpreted as the "glory of God," is described as emitting light and noise, making the ground beneath it glow.
Biglino also discusses the Greek translation of the Bible, where specific terminology suggests an increasing sound upon the arrival of Yahweh's "kavod," further solidifying his argument that these descriptions refer to technological vehicles.
Ezekiel describes the movements and noises of Yahweh’s "kavod" (glory), which is connected to cherubim.
Mauro Biglino concludes by highlighting the numerous references to flying vehicles in the Bible, such as the "ruach," "kavod," "cherubim," "merkavah," "efah," and "rechev," among others.
In Ezekiel and in II Kings when a craft arrives, the first thing that happens is that the ‘skies open.’ When Jacob encounters the Powerful Ones, coming down from Earth and returning to the sky, they do it via a ‘ladder.’ Ezekiel’s kavod, with its fire and clouds of smoke, arrives via a ‘whirlwind wind’ and so does Elijah’s when it takes him up into the sky, with Elisha as the eyewitness.
They used technological objects like the kavod (a noisy, dangerous flying device), ruach (flying machines), and the Ark of the Covenant (an energy-producing communicator).