Thursday, October 25, 2018

Each of the cherubim had four faces

Ezekiel 10:1-22
God's glory departs from the Temple.
Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Chapter 10: following the terrible slaughter which makes Ezekiel cry aloud for his people, he sees again the vision of the cherubim, the glory, the whirling wheels, that he describes in chapter 1. What greater contrast imaginable than this sight of God in all his glory - and the loathsome scenes of idolatry in his Temple. This is why God's presence will be withdrawn, leaving the Temple an empty shell and Jerusalem without its heart and soul.
Why?
God's grloty leave away from Temple, there is an empty temple, a building only. There were not God's spirit and soul and heart in it.
Church with Spirit is God's church, without the Spriti is a building only.
Cherubim are described in the Bible as having four faces: a face of an ox, a lion, an eagle and a man. Christopher shows through historical evidence how these faces depict different aspects of a king's power, majesty, and intelligence. He then concludes by providing an application of what cherubim can teach us about the character of God.
, "The first living creature was like a lion," symbolizing His effectual working, His leadership, and royal power; the second [living creature] was like a calf, signifying [His] sacrificial and sacerdotal order; but "the third had, as it were, the face as of a man," -- an evident description of His advent as a human being; "the fourth was like a flying eagle," pointing out the gift of the Spirit hovering with His wings over the Church. 
How?
Give honor to the Lord Almighty, Praise his Holy name, and humble myself, all my blessing are mercy of the Lord.

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