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2. The Cherubim were Judgement Angels with Four Faces
God commanded the Israelites to create the lid for
the top of the Ark of Covenant with cherubim. The cherubim were
first revealed in the Bible in Genesis 3:24 where they guarded the
way to the tree of life after Adam and Eve had sinned and they
wielded a flaming sword that turned in 4 directions. This indicated
that the cherubim were judgement angels and guardians of God's holiness,
when the blood was sprinkled their judgement was stayed. The prophet
Ezekiel in chapter one had a vision of the LORD's glory and saw four
living creatures with four faces, the
face of a lion, an ox, an eagle, and a man. Later in chapter 10 they
were revealed as cherubim. The Biblical description
is much different than the cherubs of ancient Egypt and other
cultures who were seen as squatting down with wings outstretched
upward and downward. The Bible reveals that both wings of the cherubim were
outstretched upward. (See
Ex. 25:18-22,
Gen.
3:24, and
Ez. 1)
Painting of the Cherubim as
with 4 Faces