-Proverbs
19:17 "He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that
which he has given will he pay him again.".How
is pitying the poor, lending to the Lord?
-Revelation
3:5 If God never leaves us or forsakes us, how is it possible for us
to be blotted out of His book where our names are written as belonging
to Him?
It seems that right from
the beginning God recorded information about the men and women that were
created:.Psalms
69:28; Philippians 4:3;
Revelation
17:8; 20:12;
Luke
10:20. This recording is to be used.
Also,
Daniel
7:10. Malachi 3:17; Matthew
10:32; Luke12:8.
-Revelation
3:5 How are we to overcome as it talks about in this verse?
The word."overcome".here
means get the victory over. And how does this come about? 1John
5:4.
-Revelation
3:22 What does this mean?
Here,."an
ear that has an ear to hear".is
a way of saying 'a person inclined
to take to heart things
important to his life'; whereas,
a fool is one with disregard for things realistic which could affect his
life for the better, preferring instead a pathway of frivolity,
excess, exaggeration and speculative
imagination.
To
hear what the Spirit is saying...
-Isaiah
6:2 Is a seraphim an angel?
Seraphims are powerful spirit
beings that attend upon God.
The word
'seraphim' means."fiery
serpent", in allusion,
as is supposed, to their burning love. They are represented as."standing".above
the Lord as he sat upon his throne, ready at once to minister unto him
as Isaiah reports what he saw in a vision:.Isaiah
6:1-3. Their form appears to have been human, with the addition of
wings. Most probably they are an order of heavenly beings along the same
lines in their nature as cherubim and engaged in much the same type of
service around God's Throne.
Seraphims have three sets
of wings. With one pair they covered the face (perhaps a token of reverence);
another pair was used to cover the feet, (perhaps a token of humility);
the third being used as they flew on their missions (a symbol of their
purpose as their wings aren't necessary to fly through air, no air is there,
it's a spirit
world
of different frequencies).
An angel on
the other hand is a messenger that attends to us humans. See 'Angels'
see 'Cherubim' see 'four
living creatures'.
The seraphim with six wings
and one face differ from the cherubim with four wings (in the temple only
two) and four faces:.Ezekiel
1:5-12.
-Ezekiel
1:1-24 What are these four living creatures?
The description here is similar
to Ezekiel 10th chapter where it says that they are cherubims:.Ezekiel
10:20 "This is the living creature.(word."creature".not
in original).that
I saw under.(word."under".not
in original).the
God of Israel by the river of Chebar and I knew that they were the cherubims.".(they
were angels of the
Great Infinite One)
The original simply is."living,
life; see, seeing; God; Israel; river, flood, streams; Chebar, already,
now; know, knew; cherubims". You figure it
out! Could be, and probably means:."I
saw a representation of the living God of Israel when I was at the River
of Chebar and these were cherubims".
The 'living creatures'.Revelation
4 combine the characteristics of both cherubim
and seraphim. In Revelation
4:8 the four living creatures have each six wings.
Hebrew
language requires some understanding about vowels.
Our purpose is to become
full spirit: 1John 2:20.
-Exodus
25:20 What are cherubim (plural of cherub)?
From Easton's Bible Dictionary:."cherub,
plural cherubim, the name of certain symbolical figures frequently mentioned
in Scripture.
"They are first mentioned
in connection with the expulsion of our first parents from Eden:.Genesis
3:24.
"There is no intimation given
of their shape or form.
"They are next mentioned
when Moses was commanded to provide furniture for the tabernacle:.Exodus
25:17-20; 26:1,31.
"God promised to commune
with Moses "from between the cherubim":.Exodus
25:22. This expression was afterwards used to denote the Divine abode and
presence:.Numbers
7:89; 1Samuel 4:4; Isaiah 37:16; Psalms 80:1; 99:1.
"In Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel
10:1-20) they appear as living creatures supporting the throne of God.
From Ezekiel's description of them (Ezekiel 1;10; 41:18,19), they appear
to have been compound figures, unlike any real object in nature; artificial
images possessing the features and properties of several animals. Two cherubim
were placed on the mercy seat of the ark; two of colossal size overshadowed
it in Solomon's temple. Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:4-14) speaks of four; and this
number of "living creatures" is mentioned in Revelation 4:6. Those on the
ark are called the "cherubim of glory" (Hebrews 9:5),
i.e.,
of the Shechinah, or cloud of glory, for on them the visible glory of God
rested. They were placed one at each end of the mercy
seat, with wings stretched upward and their faces "toward each other
and toward the mercy seat." They were anointed with holy oil, like the
ark itself and the other sacred furniture.
"The cherubim were symbolical.
They were intended to represent spiritual existences in immediate contact
with
Jehovah.
Some have regarded them as symbolical of the chief ruling power by which
God carries on his operations in providence:
Psalms
18:10.
Others interpret them as
having reference to the redemption of men, and as symbolizing the great
rulers or ministers of the church. Many other opinions have been held regarding
them which need not be referred to here. On the whole, it seems to be most
satisfactory to regard the interpretation of the symbol to be variable,
as is the symbol itself.
"Their office was 1) on the
expulsion of our first parents from Eden, to prevent all access to the
tree of life; and 2) to form the throne and chariot of God in his manifestation
of himself on earth. He dwells between and sits on the cherubim:.1Samuel
4:4; Psalms 80:1; Ezekiel 1:26,28."
Cherubim appear differently.
They appear with 2 faces in Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel
41:18. They appear with 4 in Ezekiel
1:10. The cherubim of Ezekiel's vision appear with stiff unbending
legs in Ezekiel 1:7. Read about
the incredible images Ezekiel became acquainted with in this book of the
Bible and consider what it must look like at the Throne of this all powerful
loving Infinite Being. Through the pages of the Bible we have a glimpse.
