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Post by Lee on Sept 14, 2014 20:03:55 GMT
The Cherubim is mentioned in both Chp 1 and 10, but there is a change:
Eze 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Eze 10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Is there a difference between this cherub in chp 10 vs chp1?
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Post by Lee on Sept 16, 2014 2:17:12 GMT
Immortality.
Subsequently to the vision of the first chapter, Ezekiel sees the same symbolical living creature with a remarkable difference in the appearance of the heads:
Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. (Chap. 10:14.)
In this the face of the ox, representing sin’s flesh, has disappeared, the fourth face being the face of a cherub. Now, since the whole representation is by the Spirit, and the spirit of life is in it, this can only mean that a change from mortality to immortality has taken place.
This significant change, exalting in its individual aspect, and marvellously stupendous in its corporate manifestation, appears to be heralded by the cry which Ezekiel heard, “O wheel!” The wheels “called thus in his hearing” also signifies that Ezekiel as the sign man receives the gift of immortality.
The word טַלְטַל (gal-gal) translated “O wheel” in the A.V. or “the whirling” in the R.V., signifies much more than it is possible to express in words. Just as a circle represents eternity, so the figure of a revolving wheel in relation to the removal of the symbol of Sin (the face of an Ox) may signify the rolling away of sin in. the recipients of immortality. The word is used in this sense in Joshua, V. 9: “This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.” “GILGAL” thus becomes a joyful exclamation from the lips of those who are subjected to that instantaneous change, when “this corruptible puts on incorruption, and this mortal puts on immortality,” the equivalent in one word to the exultant exclamation of the Apostle Paul:
O grave, where is thy victory?
O death, where is thy sting?
It also connotes the passing away of an age of trouble and evil, and the dawn of a new era.
Sulley, H. (1997). The Temple of Ezekiel’s Prophecy (electronic ed.) (132). West Beach, South Australia: Logos Publication.
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