CHAPTER 10
He sees, in vision, as afotetime, the wheels and the cherubims, and the
throne and the glory of God.
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14 And every one had four
facesa: the first
face was the face of a acherub, 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.
15 And the cherubims awere
lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of
bChebar.
16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
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14a evey one had four faces
Now these four faces where said to be of a man, lion, ox and eagle in Ezekiel
1:10 and in Revelation 4:7-8 the faces were listed as a lion, a calf [ox], a
man, and a flying eagle. But here in Ezekiel 10:14 the faces are listed as
being a cherub, a man, a lion, and an eagle. A cherub may signify an order of
angel of God. But why has a 'cherub' taken the place of the ox/calf as the
fourth face of God? True these four faces have been given various meanings of
significance. One is the four facial direcion of the 'camp of Isreal'. Epharim
as the lead tribe upon the west of the camp was the calf/or/cherub, Reuben
as the lead tribe upon the south of the camp was the man, Dan as the lead
tribe upon the north of the camp was the eagle, and Judah as the lead tribe
upon the east of the camp was the lion. A second proposal of meanings is that
this is the 'four faces as aspects of Christ or God. As the Ox/calf/cherub,
Christ stands as the Heir of the Covenant, the Firstborn and the chose one
as the Savior of the world, in this, this is Messiah ben Joseph the suffering
servant who fulfills the requirement of the atonement for the redemption of
man. As the man Christ stands as the son of man in being the son of Adam and
also the dual entity of being 'The Son of Man', that is the Only Begotten
Son of the Father of Spirits in the flesh. The Father being that 'Man of
Holiness'. This represents Christ's dual capability of being mortal and
capable of dying as the son of woman or Mary and also having the capability
of immortality given him as being the very literal Son of God and so on. As
the eagle Christ is that very judge as Dan means judge. He is the judge of
heaven and earth as given him by the Father for having completed all that the
Father had given him by covenant to do (See Zechariah 3 commentary). He rules
over the earth and the serpent is subject unto him, thatis by the wings of the
eagle will the serpent's bit be swept away. He is the just Son of Righteousness
with both judgment and mercy whereby justice may be satisfied in his
judgment. And as the lion he stands as Messiah ben David/Judah, the heir to
the throne of not only Israel but to the corresponding throne of God. And he
doew rule and reign to command and to be obeyed unto righteousness over the
children of men. (See Messiah ben David ~ Messiah
ben Joseph Chapter Section 125. The Four Faces or Aspects of Christ). Now
as to the cherub for the ox/calf of Ephraim, might not this be Christ as
the heir of the priesthood covenant, as the Great High Priest and of that order
of angel which is ordered after the Son of Man, even the higher priesthood
order of angels which rule in heaven as Gods accompanied by Goddesses?
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