Several Meanings But One Purpose
The purpose of the image of the cherubim we know is to point to the purpose of the 4 creatures in heaven in Rev. 4 where is the throne from heaven.
The four living creatures are of the cherubim (Ez. 1.10) and have the same face. They stand for the glory of God. In Ex. 37.7, Seraphim stand for the holiness of God (Is. 6.3). The cherubim have four wings (Ez. 1.6) and the four living creatures have six (Is. 6.2).
The Lord Jesus is not the only man, but also the firstborn of all creation (Col. 1.15; Rev. 3.14). The four living creatures represent, then, all the redeemed living things before God.
The 24 elders are not symbolic, but actual archangels. The book of Revelation is not primarily a book of symbols. And the four living creatures represent all the created things. As the 24 elders represent angelic beings, so the four living creatures represent the living things on earth.
During the millennial kingdom there will be a difference between the saved and the overcomers, but in the new city there is no difference. In the millennial kingdom there is no more baptism in the Holy Spirit as we have now in the dispensation of grace, and thus one cannot become the body of Christ. They can only believe individually.
Since the veil represents the flesh of Christ His flesh atones for the sins of all creation, and that is why the cherubim are embroidered on the veil. The cherubim on the mercy seat in the holy of holies represent the glory of God. The cherubim locking Adam out of the garden is God's holiness, which can not let man in the garden because of the fall.
I am beside myself with such an awesome answer. I mean it feels good to know the truth.
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