Cherubim (2)

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Winged, heavenly creatures represented in the tabernacle and the temple.

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Description of the cherubim

Ezekiel 10:12–14 ESV
And their whole body, their rims, and their spokes, their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes all around—the wheels that the four of them had. As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing “the whirling wheels.” And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was a human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
See also Eze 1:4–14; Eze 1:22–24; Eze 10:5; Eze 10:8; Eze 10:21–22; Eze 41:18–19; Re 4:6–8

Cherubim represented in the tabernacle and the temple

Cherubim as decorations

Exodus 26:1 ESV
“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
See also Ex 36:8; 1 Ki 6:29; 1 Ki 7:29; 1 Ki 7:36

Cherubim at the entrance to the inner sanctuary

Ex 26:31–33; Ex 36:35; 1 Ki 6:32; 1 Ki 6:35; 2 Ch 3:14

Cherubim over the ark of the covenant

Hebrews 9:5 ESV
Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
See also Ex 25:17–22; Ex 37:7–9; Nu 7:89; 1 Ki 6:23–28; 1 Ki 8:6–7; 1 Ch 28:18

Cherubim represented in Ezekiel’s vision of the temple

Eze 41:18; Eze 41:20; Eze 41:25

Cherubim represent the place of God’s throne

1 Samuel 4:4 ESV
So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
See also 2 Sa 6:2; 2 Ki 19:15; Ps 80:1; Ps 99:1; Eze 10:1; Re 4:6; Re 5:6

Cherubim as guardians

Genesis 3:24 ESV
He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
See also Eze 28:14; Eze 28:16

Cherubim as God’s chariot

2 Samuel 22:11 ESV
He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind.
See also 1 Ch 28:18

Cherubim as agents of judgment

Cherubim remove God’s glory

Eze 9:3; Eze 10:3–4; Eze 10:15–19; Eze 11:22–23

God’s judgment poured out

Eze 10:2; Eze 10:6–7; Re 6:1–8 the living creatures release the four horsemen of God’s judgment on earth; Re 15:7
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