Cherubim & Seraphim

Pardons for not posting for a while. I've been really busy with two book projects and my daughter's wedding. Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things and get back to regularly posting on this blog.

Today I just wanted to mention the cherubim. When we think about cherubs what comes to mind? It's those cute, pudgy little baby-like creatures with wings that shoot cute arrows at Valentines Day, right?

We couldn't be more wrong. The cherubim as described in 1 Kings 7 are huge, standing over the ark of the covenant like giant lions, ready to scarf up anyone or anything that attempts to enter the presence of God.

Cherubs stood at the gate to the Garden of Eden to keep Adam and Eve from re-entering the garden and eating from the tree of life while in a sinful state.

Another angelic creature, the seraphim appear in Isaiah 6 when Isaiah has a vision of the throne room of God. It says 2 "Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory."

These powerful angelic beings are fiercely loyal to the King of Kings, and spend their time in incredible worship and praise. They do this because they know what God is really like. It just makes me pause to think, how fiercely loyal are we to our God, Jesus Christ? When people revile him, do we remain silent? It's not that God needs defending, but if the cherubim can do it, why not us?

And then worship - do we "call to another" our praise of God? Do we gather together as the body of Christ and really fiercely worship God? The seraphim do it because they know God. Hebrews 10 tells us to boldly come into the presence of God through the curtain, the flesh of Jesus Christ. When we do, do we fall down and worship?

Pastor Tom