Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 1:27
A church father on this verse
“In fact, even in Ezekiel, from what looked like from his waist upward God resembled amber, but from his waist downward he resembled fire. Whatever is above is gold, and whatever is below is ready for purgation in Gehenna.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
27And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber from the appearance of the loins and upward, and from the appearance of the loins and under I saw an appearance of fire, and the brightness thereof round about.
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In context
25And lo! a voice from above the firmament
26that was over their head, there was as the appearance of a sapphire stone, and the likeness of a throne upon it: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as an appearance of a man above.
— Ezekiel 1:27 —
28As the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud in days of rain, so was the form of the brightness round about.