Cherubim
- They represent the righteous government of God, and are the executers of
God's righteous judgement.
Gen 3:22-24 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of
Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- therefore the LORD God sent him
out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So He drove
out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a
flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Ex 25:18-20 "And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you
shall make them at the two ends of the
mercy seat. "Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you
shall make
the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat. "And the cherubim
shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and
they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the
mercy seat.
- They represent the judgement of God.
- Their position indicates that God's judgement upon Israel was averted
because of the blood-sprinkled mercy seat.
- The Cherubim are revealed by Ezekiel in chapter 1:5-10 as 4 living
creatures, each one having 4 different faces, the face of a man, lion, ox, and eagle.