Cherubim

According to the dictionary in the back of my bible, the definition of a cherub is 'an angel, with an appearance something like a human being. There are several verses found in the bible about cherubim; most of them are found in Ezekiel but there are others scattered throughout God's word. Exodus 25:18-20 says 'And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.' These were the instructions given to Moses for the building of the Ark of the Covenant. So this shows that they were a symbolism of sorts... that they also were very holy to be on the lid of the place where the Lord our God dwelled.

Though the verse that I just shared is about what they used models of cherubim as, in Ezekiel, there are very valuable descriptions of what the cherubim look like. If you go to Ezekiel 1:6-11, it reads, 'but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides they had the hands of a man. All four of them had faces and wings, and their wings touched one another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as the moved. Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a man, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left, the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out upward; each had two wings, on touching the wing of another creature on either side, and two wings covering it's body.' Isn't that amazing?! I'm sure that if I saw something as magnificent as that, I would fall immediately to the ground. That is just a little more proof that our Lord is too holy for our eyes to behold.