EZEKIEL 1:17
"When they went, they went on their four sides: and they turned not when they went." [Ezekiel 1:17 AKJV]
Whenever they moved, they went in any [one] of their four directions without turning as they moved. [Ezekiel 1:17 AMP]
Understanding how these eternal Wheels moved is very important to understanding the Throne of God, for the Wheels perfectly sync with the moving Throne of God. Thus, their movements and motions are designed and instructed according to the moving Throne of God and according to the spirit of the Living Creatures (Rabim) in them.
According to the Bible verse above; whenever the Wheels moved or advanced to any destination, they went there but never made any turning to or fro any direction. That meant there was strictly 'No-Turning' in all their goings, moves, advances, approaches etc. What they had to achieve "No-Turning" include having face looking at each of the four directions already, and having abilities to advance in any direction without turning. This also means that what they did not have to achieve "No-Turning" include not having Steering, Handwheel or Rudder, for changing directions.
Imagine having to ride a vehicle or wheel without steering: and you can only drive it but you cannot steer it (turn it) to wherever you want. Behold these eternal Wheels do not have or need Steering, Handwheel, Rudder, or any instrument for controlling or turning their directions. And the reason the Wheels go without any of those is because they already occupy all directions with their faces as if headed towards any/all direction(s) already and they are on their marks, ready to go in any direction. Cars having Steering Controls are cars suffering the poverty of having just one "Front" in midst of four (all) directions demanding "Front" or "Attention" towards them.
What are the Benefits of this "No-Turning" in movements to the Eternal Wheels?
Underneath are these three basic benefits accruing to the Wheels and to the Rabim, who have "No-Turning" in all their movements.
№¹** "No-Turning in movements" makes their goings, moves, advances, approaches, etc, to be with greater Dignity. It's like this Lion described in the next Bible reference below:
[Proverbs 30:29-30] — "There are three things that walk with dignity, even four that march with strides of dignity: A lion, mightiest among animals, which does not turn away for any,"
In higher realms, the way someone walks/parades with grace, with elegance, with dignity, with majesty, with triumph, with style, with strides that impart fears or trembling, with glory, or with etc, is very important part of his presence, his person, his ranking, and the respects or attention he commands. There was a girl that used to walk with elegant steps and strides as if she's contesting beauty pageant with other ladies, in my younger days. Each steps or strides she made came with bouncing of her entire body including her head that nodded/bounced on her stretched neck like the daughters of Zion described in this Bible reference below:
[Isaiah 3:16] — The Lord also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high, outstretched neck and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
Well, there's some things about the dignity and grace involved in how someone walks, moves or runs. And those things command or inspire awe, attraction, attention, respect, splendor, intimidation, trembling/quaking, favors, or aura of majesty, in the watchers.
№²** "No-Turning in movements" makes these eternal Wheels (and their Rabim) to be as faithful as the Cardinal Points for directional Referencing/Compass. This is because, they never turned faces or changed directions, making them faithful for directional Referencing. Their face/side facing North is forever facing North. Their face/side facing East is forever facing East. Their face/side facing South is forever facing South. And, their face/side facing West is forever facing West. Someone can tell which direction or angle it is in either East, West, North or South, just by noting the sides/faces of the Wheels or the Rabim, having the face of a man, face of an eagle, face of a lion, or face of an ox, on each of the four cardinal sides.
The Throne of God, and God who sits on the Throne, has no Shadow of Turning. For instance, if the Throne of God is in the East Side facing West, that would mean those at His Right Hand Side are by the sides of the North to His Throne. For there's no variableness nor shadow of turning:
[James 1:17] — "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no ficklenss, neither shadow of turning."
№³** "No-Turning in movements" exempted these eternal Wheels (and their Rabim) from those hearts that are being turned or overturned by God, like unstable river of waters being turned with steering or rudder.
[Proverbs 21:1-3] — "The king's heart is like streams of water. Both are under the LORD's control. He turns them in any direction He chooses. A person thinks everything he does is right, but the LORD weighs hearts. Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to the LORD than offering a sacrifice."
Why or why not? Because turning things could result in overturning/destroying those things that were turned.
[Job 34:25] — "Therefore God knows their works, and He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed."
[Proverbs 1:32] — "For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them."
[Psalms 146:9] — "The LORD preserves the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked He turns upside down."
[Psalms 9:17] — "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."
Let us do this:
[Psalms 101:2-3] — "I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will You come to me? I will walk within my own house in my room with a perfect heart. I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not stick to me."
[Proverbs 4:23-27] — "Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Put away from you a fraudulent mouth, and perverse lips put far from you. Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil."