EZEKIEL 1:20
"Wherever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels." [Ezekiel 1:20 AKJV]
Lord, help me to help Your People. Let us separate two distinct “Spirits” in this Bible verse above, beside the Living Creatures and the Wheels.
—No¹ — The Spirit (God is Spirit)
—No² — Their spirit (spirit of the living creatures)
Wherever ‘The Spirit" (God) was to go, they (Rabim) went: and there was "Their spirit” (spirit of the Rabim) to go; and the wheels were lifted over against them: for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
So it's not just one spirit as some bible translations render it, but two distinct Spirits: the first Spirit is the One those Rabim are following wherever the Spirit go, and the second spirit belongs to the Living Creatures but also possessing the Wheels and making the wheels to be lifted up even above the living creatures sometime. So their spirit was giving more leverage to the wheels than even to they themselves, so that it appears their spirit was doing more for the wheels without wings than their wings/abilities were doing for the Rabim themselves. The lacking parts having more.
Now let's unveil some spiritual mysteries from this verse
1. * spirit of someone can possess another body, and cause that body to do even more than the original owner of the spirit is doing. For examples: The spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha, as double portions of Elijah's grace, making Elisha do twice as much as Elijah did.
Even so, the spirit of the living creatures was in the Wheels, enabling the Wheels to somehow overtake the Living Creatures.
2." The Living Creatures were not following Their spirit" but following “The Spirit.” It’s the spirit of the living creatures that was following the living creatures, while pulling the wheels along. But the Rabim were following or going where the Spirit (God) would go.
A prophet is not to be led by the spirit of the prophet. but by the Spirit of God: the spirit of a prophet is subject to the prophet. Even so, do not let your spirit to lead or rule you: rather you rule your own spirit. As it is written,
[Proverbs 25:28] — “He that has no rule ever his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
(Proverbs 16:32] — "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.”
3.* Those Living Creatures (Rabim) are led by the Spirit (God), but that did not make them ‘Sons of God.”
Paul had written, saying, For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons ef God" {Romans 8:14}. If that was as true as it sounds, then these Living Creatures would also be sons of God. So what's the difference?
The difference is in the leadership and privilege of “Going” but not those of "Doing." Those Living Creatures being led by the Spirit of God can go wherever the Spirit goes, but they are not given to do whatever the Spirit does. That's the difference.
Anywhere I go you go, but not everything I do you do. You must therefore, differentiate both.
True Sons of God alone have the leadership and privilege of “Doing whatever God the Father or the Spirit is Doing” for angels do not have those unless they are sent specifically to do as He is doing. So they have those of going or being wherever He goes, while the true Sons of God have those of doing what He does and even greater things than these though He is in heaven and they are on earth. As it is written,
[John 5:17,19] — “But Jesus answered them, My Father works till now, and | work. .. Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do: for what things soever He does, these also does the Son likewise.”
[John 8:41] — “You do the deeds of your father...”
[Philippians 2:13] — "For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.”