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[[File:Royal_Arch_Room_Ark_replica_2.jpg|thumb|alt=caption|A modern replica of the ark of the covenant]] | <languages /> | ||
[[File:Royal_Arch_Room_Ark_replica_2.jpg|thumb|alt=caption|<translate><!--T:1--> A modern replica of the ark of the covenant, with cherubim guarding the mercy seat</translate>]] | |||
(pl. '''Cherubim''') Member of an order of [[Angel|angelic beings] devoted to the expansion and protection of the flame of love, wielding the sword and the judgment of the [[Ruby Ray]] and the [[Holy Spirit]]. Hence the L<small>ORD</small> God “placed at the east [gate] (the gate of the Christ consciousness) of the [[garden of Eden]] Cherubims and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the [[Tree of Life]].”<ref>Gen. 3:24.</ref> | <translate> | ||
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(pl. '''Cherubim''') Member of an order of [[Angel|angelic beings]] devoted to the expansion and protection of the flame of love, wielding the sword and the judgment of the [[Ruby Ray]] and the [[Holy Spirit]]. Hence the L<small>ORD</small> God “placed at the east [gate] (the gate of the [[Christ consciousness]]) of the [[garden of Eden]] Cherubims and a flaming [[sword]] which turned every way, to keep the way of the [[Tree of Life]].”<ref>Gen. 3:24.</ref> | |||
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Even so the L<small>ORD</small> instructed [[Moses]] to fashion cherubim of gold as focuses of these true angelic guardians of the mercy seat of the [[ark of the covenant]].<ref>Exod. 25:17–22.</ref> Traditionally, God dwelt between the cherubim and spoke to Moses from the mercy seat—the altar of the I AM Presence, whose Law, engraven on tablets of stone, was carried in the ark from place to place in their wilderness wanderings. | Even so the L<small>ORD</small> instructed [[Moses]] to fashion cherubim of gold as focuses of these true angelic guardians of the mercy seat of the [[ark of the covenant]].<ref>Exod. 25:17–22.</ref> Traditionally, God dwelt between the cherubim and spoke to Moses from the mercy seat—the altar of the I AM Presence, whose Law, engraven on tablets of stone, was carried in the ark from place to place in their wilderness wanderings. | ||
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[[David]] describes the L<small>ORD</small> riding upon a cherub, flying upon the wings of the wind.<ref>II Sam. 22:11.</ref> Ezekiel portrays the cherubim as four-winged, four-faced creatures accompanied by whirling wheels.<ref>Ezek. 1, 10.</ref> The cherub may be identified with the winged ''karibu'', “intercessor” in Mesopotamian texts, portrayed as a sphinx, griffin, or winged human creature. Throughout cosmos, the wise and strong cherubim are found in manifold aspects of service to God and his offspring. | [[David]] describes the L<small>ORD</small> riding upon a cherub, flying upon the wings of the wind.<ref>II Sam. 22:11.</ref> Ezekiel portrays the cherubim as four-winged, four-faced creatures accompanied by whirling wheels.<ref>Ezek. 1, 10.</ref> The cherub may be identified with the winged ''karibu'', “intercessor” in Mesopotamian texts, portrayed as a sphinx, griffin, or winged human creature. Throughout cosmos, the wise and strong cherubim are found in manifold aspects of service to God and his offspring. | ||
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The cherubim guard the flame of the ark of the covenant between God and man, focused in the [[Great Central Sun]]. They keep the way of the Tree of Life, both in the [[City Foursquare]] and in every son and daughter of God. “And they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.”<ref>Rev. 4:8.</ref> | The cherubim guard the flame of the ark of the covenant between God and man, focused in the [[Great Central Sun]]. They keep the way of the Tree of Life, both in the [[City Foursquare]] and in every son and daughter of God. “And they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.”<ref>Rev. 4:8.</ref> | ||
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