Flying Machines in Ancient Texts
Ezekiel describes the movements and noises of Yahweh’s "kavod" (glory), which is connected to cherubim.
Mauro Biglino concludes by highlighting the numerous references to flying vehicles in the Bible, such as the "ruach," "kavod," "cherubim," "merkavah," "efah," and "rechev," among others.
Ark of Covenant and Solomon
7 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord YHWH’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 8 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles. 9 These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. 10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.
Numerology
The cherubim on the Ark had four faces: a man (Aquarius), a bull (Taurus), a lion (Leo), and an eagle (Scorpio).
The peacock
"I belong to the Cherubim who praise God night and day, and I have slipped out of their ranks without being observed, that I might take a glimpse of the Paradise God has prepared for the saints.
The third Adam is earthly
They came to the tree of life and they set great terrors around it, fiery living beings called cherubim; and they left a flaming sword in the midst, turning continually with a great terror, so that no one from among earthly beings might ever enter that place.
God Bes
Cherubim = Full of eyes
Golden objects
While not entirely made of gold, it was overlaid with gold, including its cherubim (Exodus 25:10-22).
Angelic Hierarchy
The Old Testament adds cherubim and seraphim to these, making nine choirs of angels in later Christian theology, although seven is the usual number.
CHERUBIM
The arc of the covenant
Two gold cherubim on the cover with wings spread out, covering the Ark (Exodus 25:18-20).
“There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony…”
“And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the Ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.”
Make two cherubim of gold—make them of hammered work—at the two ends of the cover.
Make one cherub at one end and the other cherub at the other end; of one piece with the cover shall you make the cherubim at its two ends.
The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, shielding the cover with their wings…
The priests brought the Ark of GOD’s Covenant to its place underneath the wings of the cherubim, in the Shrine of the House, in the Holy of Holies; for the cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the Ark, so that the cherubim shielded the Ark and its poles from above.
Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: There I shall make My Appearance to you, and I shall speak to you from above the cover (which is on the Ark of the Covenant)from between the two Cherubim.
Construction: The Ark of the Covenant was a box made of acacia wood, covered with gold, and adorned with two cherubim.
18:12 - Cherubim and Zodiac:
Symbolism: The cherubim on the Ark had four faces: a man (Aquarius), a bull (Taurus), a lion (Leo), and an eagle (Scorpio).
Celestial being or Angles
Elohim, Seraphim, Cherubim
Cherubim
Ezekiel 10 describes a vivid and complex imagery of cherubim, wheels, and divine manifestations.
The wheels, described as having the appearance of a beryl stone and a wheel within a wheel, are intricately linked with the movements of the cherubim.
A cherub (/ˈtʃɛrəb/;[1] pl: cherubim; Hebrew: כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl.
The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden.
The status of the cherubim as constituting a sort-of vehicle for Yahweh is present in Ezekiel's visions, the Books of Samuel, the parallel passages in the later Books of Chronicles,[13] and passages in the early Psalms: for example, "and he rode upon a cherub and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind."
9 At that time the heavens and the earth shook; and another cherubim came down from heaven to the cherub who guarded the garden, and saw him amazed and silent.
So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim.
And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kirjath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who dwells between the cherubim, where His name is proclaimed.
And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat.
20 And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
22 And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.
Eichler's interpretation in contrast to common translations for many years that rendered it as “who sits upon the cherubim”.
1 And I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
2 Then He spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, “Go in among the wheels, under the cherub, fill your hands with coals of fire from among the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he went in as I watched.
3 Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the temple; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.
5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.
6 Then it happened, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim,” that he went in and stood beside the wheels.
7 And the cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire that was among the cherubim and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen, who took it and went out.
8 The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
9 And when I looked, there were four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by each other cherub; the wheels appeared to have the color of a beryl stone.
15 And the cherubim were lifted up.
16 When the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also did not turn from beside them.
17 When [f]the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when [g]one was lifted up, [h]the other lifted itself up, for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from the threshold of the [i]temple and stood over the cherubim.
19 And the cherubim lifted their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight.
20 This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim.
The birth chamber
24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.