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On The Cherubim.
ON THE CHERUBIM .
BY BROTHER G . AARONS . " And there I will meet with thee , and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat , from between the two cherubim which are upon the Ark of the testimony , of all things which I will give thee in Commandment unto the Children of Israel . "—Exod . chap . xxv . v . 22 .
Various opinions have been handed down by the learned of all ages , as to the form and appearance of the Cherubim mentioned in the above quoted passage . Some suppose them to have been in the shape of an Oas , others imagine them to have had the face of a Man , the wings of an Eagle , the back and mane of a Lion , and the face of a Calf . Others again opine that they were a particular Order of Angels . These ideas of the shape and figure of the Cherub are supposed to
have been formed upon the representation of the four weatures mentioned by the Prophet Ezekial , in the description of his first vision . Every Cherub is said to have had four faces , namely , the face of a Man , to shew his understanding ; of a Lion to shew his power ; of an Osc , to point out his ministerial office ; and that of an Eagle , to shew his swiftness in the execution of God ' s will and commandments . The text in Exodus simplstates" And thou shalt make two
Cheruy , bim of Gold . " These two Cherubim , by the command of the Almighty , were placed as overshadowing the propitiatory or Mercy seat , and extending their wings forward seemed to form a Throne for the Majesty of God , who in scripture is represented as sitting between the two cherubs , and the ark itself as it were his footstool , and there it was that God gave his oracles to his trusty servant Moses , or to the Priest that consulted him .
There is however no mention made of the precise form or figure of this said cherub . On reference to many of the most approved and eminent Hebrew Doctors , I find that they have , after very deep research , contented themselves with the definition of the word itself , which signifies , in a general sense , " a certain form , " or the form of any living creature . In the Talmudical and Chaldaic writings , the word Cheruba signifies the form of a child ; in this sense it is described as the form of a child
with wings , which is inferred from the situation of the Cherubim over the Mercy-seat , & c , as stated in the text . It has been observed by a celebrated author on the Cherub , that the Etymological bearing of the word signifies a form of a creature , he it what it may . In this instance , however , it is peculiarly considered that of MAN . Man being the Lord of the Creation gifted with the Godlike qualification of speech to distinguish him from ' the brute creationand
, who is depicted by the sweet Psalmist of Israel , " little less than the angels , " who are beings of a superior order , inhabiting the celestial regions of happiness and glory . The expression " and I will commune with thee from between the two Cherubim "—the voice issuing forth from the Cherub , from the figure resembling Man , as though the conference were between Man and Man , thus affording us a wise and
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On The Cherubim.
ON THE CHERUBIM .
BY BROTHER G . AARONS . " And there I will meet with thee , and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat , from between the two cherubim which are upon the Ark of the testimony , of all things which I will give thee in Commandment unto the Children of Israel . "—Exod . chap . xxv . v . 22 .
Various opinions have been handed down by the learned of all ages , as to the form and appearance of the Cherubim mentioned in the above quoted passage . Some suppose them to have been in the shape of an Oas , others imagine them to have had the face of a Man , the wings of an Eagle , the back and mane of a Lion , and the face of a Calf . Others again opine that they were a particular Order of Angels . These ideas of the shape and figure of the Cherub are supposed to
have been formed upon the representation of the four weatures mentioned by the Prophet Ezekial , in the description of his first vision . Every Cherub is said to have had four faces , namely , the face of a Man , to shew his understanding ; of a Lion to shew his power ; of an Osc , to point out his ministerial office ; and that of an Eagle , to shew his swiftness in the execution of God ' s will and commandments . The text in Exodus simplstates" And thou shalt make two
Cheruy , bim of Gold . " These two Cherubim , by the command of the Almighty , were placed as overshadowing the propitiatory or Mercy seat , and extending their wings forward seemed to form a Throne for the Majesty of God , who in scripture is represented as sitting between the two cherubs , and the ark itself as it were his footstool , and there it was that God gave his oracles to his trusty servant Moses , or to the Priest that consulted him .
There is however no mention made of the precise form or figure of this said cherub . On reference to many of the most approved and eminent Hebrew Doctors , I find that they have , after very deep research , contented themselves with the definition of the word itself , which signifies , in a general sense , " a certain form , " or the form of any living creature . In the Talmudical and Chaldaic writings , the word Cheruba signifies the form of a child ; in this sense it is described as the form of a child
with wings , which is inferred from the situation of the Cherubim over the Mercy-seat , & c , as stated in the text . It has been observed by a celebrated author on the Cherub , that the Etymological bearing of the word signifies a form of a creature , he it what it may . In this instance , however , it is peculiarly considered that of MAN . Man being the Lord of the Creation gifted with the Godlike qualification of speech to distinguish him from ' the brute creationand
, who is depicted by the sweet Psalmist of Israel , " little less than the angels , " who are beings of a superior order , inhabiting the celestial regions of happiness and glory . The expression " and I will commune with thee from between the two Cherubim "—the voice issuing forth from the Cherub , from the figure resembling Man , as though the conference were between Man and Man , thus affording us a wise and