Seraphim & Cherubim
2007.05.01 3:06
There's only one description in the Old Testament as to Seraphim, which is in Isaiah 6:1-3. It has six wings, in which two wings for flying, two for covering head, two for covering feet. Compared with Seraphim, there's more occurence of Cherubim. Genesis 3:24 mentions there are cherubim in front of the gate of garden of Eden. Exodus 25:18 also shows the word, but that was Ezekiel who wrote concrete description about cherubim. Cherubim were located before the palace of Babylon when Ezekiel was exiled. This happens to coincide the fact that the garden of Eden was thought to be located in Mesopotamia. The word cherubim is Assyrian origin. They had four wings and four faces -human, lion, bull, and eagle.
The relationship between Archangels and seraphim& cherubim is uncertain, but I think it's natural for us to think Archangels are superior to seraphim & cherubim. Archangels includes Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. Michael appears in Book of Daniel 10:13,21 and 12:1, Gabriel appears in 8:16 -25, 9:21 in the same book -Daniel. Cherubim, Seraphim, Gabriel, Michael are definately Babylonian origin. Both Ezekiel and Daniel were exiled writer, but I'm not so certain as to seraphim. Besides who was the one who fought with Jacob, a man, angel or God? The existence of various angels confirmed us to see there's polytheism tradition in the past.
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