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Hebrews 1:7
And he says of the angels,“ He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”
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Psalms 104:4
He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.
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Exodus 25:18-22
You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lid you are to make the cherubim on the two ends.The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.
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Hebrews 10:18-22
Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,and since we have a great priest over the house of God,let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
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1 Chronicles 21 16-1 Chronicles 21 17
David looked up and saw the LORD’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.David said to God,“ Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! As for these sheep– what have they done? O LORD my God, attack me and my family, but remove the plague from your people!”
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Numbers 22:23
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.
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John 14:6
Jesus replied,“ I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Genesis 2:8-9
The LORD God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food.( Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)
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Exodus 25:2
“ Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering.
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Psalms 99:1
The LORD reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the winged angels; the earth shakes.
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Ezekiel 10:2-22
The LORD said to the man dressed in linen,“ Go between the wheelwork underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” He went as I watched.( The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)Then the glory of the LORD arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD’s glory.The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God when he speaks.When the LORD commanded the man dressed in linen,“ Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood by one of the wheels.Then one of the cherubim stretched out his hand toward the fire which was among the cherubim. He took some and put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen, who took it and left.( The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)As I watched, I noticed four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; the wheels gleamed like jasper.As for their appearance, all four of them looked the same, something like a wheel within a wheel.When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved; in the direction the head would turn they would follow without turning as they moved,along with their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, and their wings. The wheels of the four of them were full of eyes all around.As for their wheels, they were called“ the wheelwork” as I listened.Each of the cherubim had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.The cherubim spread their wings, and they rose up from the earth while I watched( when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD’s temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.These were the living creatures which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose appearance I had seen at the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead.
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1 Samuel 4 4
So the army sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
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Joshua 5:13
When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“ Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”
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Psalms 80:1
O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!
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1 Kings 6 25-1 Kings 6 35
The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape.Each cherub stood 15 feet high.He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room.He plated the cherubs with gold.On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold.In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves.He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.