8 Bible Verses about Cherubim, Functions Of
Most Relevant Verses
Jehovah said: The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever. Therefore Jehovah God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the angels. There was one wheel beside each angel. The appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a chrysolite stone. All four of them had the same likeness in appearance, as if one wheel was within another wheel. When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went. They followed in the direction that they faced, without turning as they went.read more.
Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around. The wheels belonged to all four of them. The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. Each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub angel, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. The angels rose. These were the living creatures that I saw at the Chebar River. When the angels moved, the wheels moved beside them. When the angels lifted their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not leave their side.
You rode on the angels as you flew. You soared on the wings of the wind.
He rode on a cherub and he flew. Yes he did soar on the wings of the wind.
Then the dazzling light of the presence of the God of Israel rose up from the winged creatures where it had been. It moved to the entrance of the Temple. Jehovah called to the man dressed in linen:
The angels (cherubs) were standing on the south side of the Temple as the person went. A cloud filled the inner courtyard. Jehovah's glory rose from the angels to the entrance of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple, and the brightness of Jehovah's glory filled the courtyard.
Then the cherubim (angels) lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. The glory of Jehovah went up from within the city and stood over the mountain that is east of the city.
One of the four beasts gave the seven angels bowls full of the anger of God who lives forever and ever.