Then I added a
journey through Ezekiel where he also refers to four living creatures, and
later calls them cherubim. That led to a look at how two cherubim framed the
mercy seat as the place where God would meet with and speak to his people. When
the mercy seat was completed, God did just as he promised. “And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to
speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that
was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to
him.”[2]
As
I continued to explore this amazing connection between the cherubim and God, I
came across this description: “…the Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim.”[3] That picture of God enthroned on the cherubim was the exact picture
Ezekiel described of the living creatures.
Then
I found this amazing picture: when King Solomon built the Temple in Jerusalem,
he included the making of two fifteen foot tall cherubim figures on both sides
of the Most Holy Place, the inner sanctuary of the temple. Both cherubim had a
wing-span of fifteen feet with their wings spreading out over the ark of the
covenant with its mercy seat.
That
means that, by the time Ezekiel had his vision of the four living creatures,
representing four cherubim, he had already known that the Most Holy Place of
God was represented by four cherubim, two arching their wings over the Most Holy Place, and two on the mercy seat
arching their wings over the place where God would meet with and speak to his
people.
What
this did to me was very simple: it spoke deep into my heart the consistent
message of God’s word, that God is enthroned on the cherubim. The angels who
know him best enthrone him. They call attention to the one who sits on the
throne. They tell us to listen to him, and take heed to what he is saying.
And
one message is becoming clear as crystal, that those who know God best adore
him. Those who are constantly in his presence, worship him. Those who see him
without any filters of sinful flesh, delight in him, rejoice in him, and gather
around him in festal attire. The King is on his throne, and it is well with my
soul.
From
my heart,
Monte
© 2013 Monte Vigh ~ Box 517,
Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8 ~ in2freedom@gmail.com
Unless otherwise noted,
Scriptures are from the English Standard Version (The Holy Bible, English
Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good
News Publishers.)
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