Seraphim, Cherubim, and the Living Beings.

This is a commentary on the seraphim, cherubim and the living beings.

Numbers 21
1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. 2 Then Israel made this vow to Yahwah : "If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities." 3 Yahwah listened to Israel's plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.
4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against Elohiym and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!"
6 Then Yahwah sent seraphim's among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke against Yahwah and against you. Pray that Yahwah will take the snakes away from us." So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Yahwah said to Moses, "Make a seraphim and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived.
The word "seraphim" literally means "burning ones" or "Beings of Fire." As you can see the word is used as a parable to mean "beings of judgment." The bronze snake is symbolic of sin being hung on a pole. Yahshua was also made a sin offering and hanged; and he also is a being of judgment.

Isaiah 6:2.
Above him were seraphim's, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
Note here that the seraphim in heaven have six wings, as also the living beings in Revelation, but not in Ezekiel.

Isaiah 6:6.
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.
The burning coal is a type of fire and is also symbolic of judgment.

Isaiah 14:29.
Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, seraphim.
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Ezekiel 1:5.
and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was that of a man,...
The words "living creatures" can also be translated as "living beings."
Here the scripture states that the living beings look like men. This means that the living beings in reality are men.

Ezekiel 1:13.
The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
The words fire, burning coals,torches and lightning are being used parabolic-ally to mean judgment.

Ezekiel 1:15.
As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
Wheels can represent a mode of transportation.

Ezekiel 1:22.
Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked like an expanse, sparkling like ice, and awesome.
This could possibly be a winshield.

Ezekiel 3:13.
the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound.
This is an indication that the sound is coming from the underside of the wings.

Ezekiel 9:3.
Now the glory of Elohiym of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side...
The man clothed in linen is Yahshua.

Ezekiel 10:1.
I looked, and I saw the likeness of a throne of sapphire above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim.
Notice here that throne is overhead of the cherubim and not among them.

Ezekiel 10:2.
And He said to the man clothed in linen, "Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city." And as I watched, he went in.
Yahshua is instructed by Yahwah to past judgment upon the city by the cherubim.

Ezekiel 10:3.
Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.
The cherubim moved from where they were to the South of the temple.

Ezekiel 10:4.
Then the glory of Yahwah rose from above the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the court was full of the radiance of the glory of Yahwah.
From heaven above, Yahwah go's to the temple.

Ezekiel 10:5.
The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
A loud sound is heard coming from the wings.

Ezekiel 10:6.
He commanded the man in linen, "Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim," the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
Yahshua is with the cherubim in judgment.

Ezekiel 10:7.
Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them. He took up some of it and put it into the hands of the man in linen, who took it and went out.
Judgment is placed in the hands of Yahshua.

Ezekiel 10:8.
(Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen what looked like the hands of a man.)
The hands of men are behind the cherubim. Hands symbolize works.

Ezekiel 10:9.
I looked, and I saw beside the cherubim four wheels, one beside each of the cherubim; the wheels sparkled like chrysolite.
Chrysolite is used to make aluminum.

Ezekiel 10:11.
As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went.
This means that the wheels stopped turning as the cherubim lifted off. And their direction they went is not guided by the head, because it did not turn.

Ezekiel 10:14.
Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
The word "cherub" means "Highest Guardian." The word ox is not mentioned here to draw your attention to that fact. See Deuteronomy 33:17. Another is appointed as the ox, because Yahshua became the Bright Morning Star.

Ezekiel 10:15.
Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River.
The Kebar River in Babylon is mentioned to indecate that the vision has to do with symbolic Babylon.

Ezekiel 10:16.
When the cherubim moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not leave their side.
This is simply stating that the wheels went with them in flight.

Ezekiel 10:17.
When the cherubim stood still, they also stood still; and when the cherubim rose, they rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them.
The word spirit is being used here to mean the nature of the thing was controlled by the beings.

Ezekiel 10:18.
Then the glory of Yahwah departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.
The glory of Yahwah moved from the temple to where the cherubim are.

Ezekiel 10:19.
While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them. They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of Yahwah's house, and the glory of the Elohiym of Israel was above them.

Ezekiel 10:20.
These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the Elohiym of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim.

Ezekiel 10:21.
Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like the hands of a man.
While on earth the cherubim have four wings.

Ezekiel 11:22.
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the Elohiym of Israel was above them.

Ezekiel 28:14.
You were anointed as a guardian Cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of Elohiym; you walked among the fiery stones.
The nation of Israel was blessed as the Highest Guardian as the sons of Abraham. See Matthew 3:9. And 1 Peter 2:5.

Ezekiel 28:16.
Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of Elohiym, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
The temple fell to Hellenistic rule in 167 B.C. The nation of Israel was finally defeated by the Romans in 133 A.D.

Revelation 4:7.
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
A lion symbolizes courage, a ox symbolizes strength, a man symbolizes manlyness is the sence of perfection, a eagle symbolizes protection.

Revelation 8:13.
As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: "Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three messengers!"

Revelation 4:8.
Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."
The eyes can have dual meaning. Literally it can mean eye lets for ribits which look like eyes. Symbolic-ally it can be all of the people around.

Revelation 5:6.
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
Zechariah 3:9.
See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.


Revelation 5:8.
And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 5:11.
Then I looked and heard the voice of many messengers, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.

Revelation 5:14.
The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Revelation 6:1.
I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!"

Revelation 6:3.
When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"

Revelation 6:5.
When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.

Revelation 6:6.
Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and save the oil and the wine!"

Revelation 6:7.
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"

Revelation 7:11.
All the messengers were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 14:3.
And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

Revelation 15:7.
Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven messengers seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.

Revelation 19:4.
The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried: "Amen, Halleluyah!"

Isaiah 6:2.
Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

Revelation 4:8.
Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."

Ezekiel 1:18.
Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

Ezekiel 10:12.
Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels.

Zechariah 3:9.
See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.

Revelation 5:6.
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

Revelation 1:5.
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

Revelation 3:1.
"To the messenger of the church in Sardis write:These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 4:5.
From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.

Revelation 5:6.
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.