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1 | prevent | Gen 2:16 | terrib | 149814 | ||
Hi Doc, Yes, those are of angels. But Cherubims have wings. Where in Scripture does it say angels have wings? Where in Scripture does it say Cherubims are angels? So my questions still stand. terrib |
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2 | prevent | Gen 2:16 | DocTrinsograce | 149823 | ||
Dear Terrib, You asked, "Where in Scripture does it say angels have wings?" "And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat. And the cherubim shall stretch out their WINGS above, covering the mercy seat with their WINGS, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat." (Exodus 25:18-20) He rode upon a cherub, and flew; And He was seen upon the wings of the wind. (2 Samuel 22:11) Inside the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five cubits: ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. (1 Kings 6:23-24) Ezekiel 10:2 identifies the "four living creatures" in chapter 1 as Cherubims. Ezekiel 1:6, 8, 9, 10:5, 16, 19, 21, and 11:22, mentions their wings. The Seraphim of Isaiah 6 may or may not be the same kind of being as the Cherubim. Of this, I am not certain. Their description differs, yet they seem to be associated with the "four living creatures" and live to perform the same service. If they are the same beings, then their wings are mentioned in Revelation 4:8, You asked, "Where in Scripture does it say Cherubims are angels?" I do not find an explicit connection. (However, if Cherubim and Seraphim are angels, then at least that kind of angel has wings.) It wouldn't surprise me to discover that there are different "species" of angels. There appear to be some distinction in Revelation. It wouldn't even surprise me to find out that each and every angel was completely unique, suited to a specific task. In Him, Doc |
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3 | prevent | Gen 2:16 | terrib | 149825 | ||
Hi Doc, That is the point. Cherubims have wings Angels do not. They are different types of creatures. Scripture has always seperated them to their specific duty. I hope you're not getting an association from the word "angelic". terrib |
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4 | prevent | Gen 2:16 | DocTrinsograce | 149826 | ||
Dear Terrib, It is hard to discern the roots of our associations, or to root them out when they are incorrect. Some of our impressions about angels is rooted in Medieval angelology. They rank them from seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels, and angels. But I'm not certain that their thinking was always rooted in Scripture. Modern ideas of angels are probably even less well grounded! I rather think of a distinction between material creatures (natural) and spiritual creatures (supernatural). There's a wide variety of material (though not sentient) creatures. Again, it wouldn't surprise me to find variety in the spirit world as well. That would be, however, at least partially based on speculation. In Him, Doc PS I can't find any Scripture reference for angels singing, either -- can you? They also all seem to be masculine in gender, but that might be an artifact of the language. (Certainly we could demonstrate from the words of Christ that they are without gender.) |
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5 | prevent | Gen 2:16 | Hank | 149863 | ||
Doc: All this learned talk about angels on this thread and no one yet has tackled the question of how many angels will fit on the head of a pin. .... Sigh. .... Inquiring minds want to know. :-) --Hank | ||||||
6 | prevent | Gen 2:16 | terrib | 149866 | ||
Hank: That would depend on how the chairs are arranged. :-) - terrib | ||||||