EZEKIEL 1:5
[Ezekiel 1:5 NKJV] — Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.
And out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures [or cherubim]. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man, [Ezekiel 1:5 AMPC]
Four Living Creatures came out of the midst of the Fire inside a cloud and whirlwind, having the appearance of a man. I outline two Wonder Points from this performance line above:
№ 1.
They emerged from the midst of the Fire that burnt the Amber but did not burn or scourge them. In higher realms, Fire do not always burn or scourge whatever is in it even if the fire can overpower or consume it. Remember the burning Bush that Moses saw, and how the bush was burning but was not consumed/burnt by the Fire. A Voice spoke from its midst thereof to Moses. The fire was a Chamber, not a danger, to those inside the fire.
But here in Ezekiel's Line above, these were not just four men out of the midst of the Fire but were basically four Living Creatures that had figure or likeness as a man. And not only did the ember of Amber come out of the midst of the fire that enfolded itself inside the whirlwind storm from the North, these Four Living Creatures also came out of the Fire. Before then, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and the fourth man who was like the Son of God, had already been seen in the hottest fire of Nebuchadnezzar, and they weren't burnt nor scourged by the fire that burnt some of those who cast them into that fire.
Like the whirlwind that took Elijah contained Chariot of fire and horses, and Elijah stepped into the Fire as a man but was not burnt like in the case of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
In the spiritual Realms, there are other uses for Fire or Flaming Furnace than for burning, scourging, purifying, heating or lighting, purposes. Fire could basically become Energy, Power, Doorway, Portal, Chamber, etc, in higher knowledge.
№ 2.
Those Living Creatures resembled a man in figures more than they did any other beast. That's in "Figures" not in "Faces."
A man has Structure that is inclined to the vertical even while he runs, walks or stands, to move on horizontal plains. Thus, a man by default stands, walks, perpendicular to the ground and usually he only walks with his legs or feet, not with his hands. This differs a man from beasts or living creatures that go on both their legs and hands. Thus, mankind by default walks uprightly, but beasts by default do not walk uprightly but bows, crawls or creeps, to walk or to run; except for few living creatures that have such structure in the figure of a man to walk, stand and move on two feet and have free/suspended hands without having to bow their heads, as they move or walk as mankind do. Such as, Gorillas, Apes etc.
When a beast on four legs stands erect on two feet in a vertical posture, the Figure of that beast is converted into the Figure of a man. As it is written,
[Daniel 7:4] — "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."
Also, the figure of a man has head but has no tail nor wings.
But behold in Ezekiel's Visions, Four Living Creatures or Four Beasts, walked or stood out like a man. One had a Lion's head, another an Eagle's head, another an Ox head, and one had a man's head. They all had wings, but they were not bowed by default like natural beasts, to enable them to only bow by choice in worship to God and in obedience to the Word of God alone.