The cherub is called son of God and he walked in the midst of fire which must be associated with fiery serpents in the wilderness. Cherubs belong to an angelic order, as seraphim are (Is.6:2). Cherubim are jealous for the holiness of God as shown in the brazen serpent on a pole erected by Moses. ( "And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people,"-Nu.21:6-9)
"Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire."(Ez..28:14) In Ch.10 we see a quartet of cherubim, and in v.12 "And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had." The stones that covered have become eyes instead in these four. Firstly the command number Four is a tag to indicate their service or ministry was led by the spirit of God. "Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels."(Ch.1:20).Their walk also was in the midst of fire. The living creatures are introduced"behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire." (1:4). This fire is a facet of the holiness of God which the covering cherub had in the mountain of God.
But his pride cast him down. "Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee."(28:17-18). His end shall be from fire. " therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee." This was what Jotham's fable was driving at." let fire come out of the bramble."(Ju.9:15)
The cherub is called son of God and he walked in the midst of fire which must be associated with fiery serpents in the wilderness. Cherubs belong to an angelic order, as seraphim are (Is.6:2). Cherubim are jealous for the holiness of God as shown in the brazen serpent on a pole erected by Moses. ( "And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people,"-Nu.21:6-9)
"Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire."(Ez..28:14) In Ch.10 we see a quartet of cherubim, and in v.12 "And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had." The stones that covered have become eyes instead in these four. Firstly the command number Four is a tag to indicate their service or ministry was led by the spirit of God. "Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels."(Ch.1:20).Their walk also was in the midst of fire. The living creatures are introduced"behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire." (1:4). This fire is a facet of the holiness of God which the covering cherub had in the mountain of God.
But his pride cast him down. "Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee."(28:17-18). His end shall be from fire. " therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee." This was what Jotham's fable was driving at." let fire come out of the bramble."(Ju.9:15)
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