Example: Exodus 25:22 mentions God speaking from above the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony.
“Aron Ha-Elohim” {ארון האלוהים} – Meaning 'the Ark of God,' this name appears in 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Chronicles.
Example: 2 Samuel 6:2 refers to David bringing up the ark of God.
According to the Bible, it housed the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments that were given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai.
These commandments were fundamental laws for the Israelites and served as the basis for their covenant with God.
It was considered the earthly throne of God and the place where God's presence dwelled among the Israelites.
Housing the Covenant: Holds the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, representing the covenant between God and Israel (Deuteronomy 10:1-5).
Divine Presence: Symbolizes God's presence among the Israelites, described as the place where God would meet and speak with Moses (Exodus 25:22).
“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.”
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.
and charged the people as follows: “When you see the Ark of the Covenant of the ETERNAL your God being borne by the levitical priests, you shall move forward.
Follow it— but keep a distance of some two thousand cubits from it, never coming any closer to it—so that you may know by what route to march, since it is a road you have not traveled before.” And Joshua said to the people, “Purify yourselves, for tomorrow GOD will perform wonders in your midst.” Then Joshua ordered the priests, “Take up the Ark of the Covenant and advance to the head of the people…
And the chest in which the Philistines sent the gift to the God of Israel was placed alongside the Ark, as it is stated: “And put the golden devices which you are restoring to Him for a guilt-offering in a chest by the side of it, and send it away that it may go” (I Samuel 6:8).
Therefore, we were commanded not to remove the poles of the ark from it, lest we need to go out with the ark to any place quickly, and maybe due to the preoccupation and the rush, we will not check well that its poles are strong enough; and lest, God forbid, it will fall from their hands, and this is not [fit for] its glory…
Levi said: When Solomon brought the ark into the Temple, all the trees and cedars there came to life and bore fruit, as it is said: Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God (Ps.
And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai,
Mount Sinai (Hebrew: הַר סִינַי, Har Sīnay) is the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God, according to the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible.
God sends the Great Flood to rid the earth of the Nephilim, but sends Uriel to warn Noah, so as not to eradicate the human race.
The Elohim are a demiurgic intelligence sent by Creation/God to assist in forming a series of planets across many galaxies where access to free will and higher states of consciousness could be achieved.
To realise that project Earth has been governed over by a federation of beings as diverse as the crowd in the famous Star Wars bar scene, blew away my former worldview of an empty universe populated intelligently only by God and human beings.
Even more shocking for me was to learn that the entity in the Bible which I had taken for God turns out to be no more a junior member of that council.
According to Mauro Biglino, Elohim is a plural Hebrew term in the Old Testament that should remain untranslated, as it refers to multiple entities rather than a singular spiritual God.
In its most basic sense, it is one of the names for God in the Hebrew language.
It's commonly interpreted as a majestic plural, denoting the supreme God.
Video: Gods of the Bible
"Hwt-ka-Ptah" was an ancient Egyptian name that specifically referred to the temple dedicated to the god Ptah in the city of Memphis.
The Osirian Mysteries – These mysteries were associated with the god Osiris and the cycle of death and rebirth, reflecting deep beliefs about the soul’s journey and transformation.
Anunnaki took over and came up with the idea of serving one god.
Ptah was often depicted as a creator god who fashioned the world through his thoughts and words.
Unlike other Egyptian creator gods who used physical means, Ptah's mode of creation was conceptual, involving the mind and speech.
Ptah was part of the "Memphite Triad," along with his consort Sekhmet, a lioness goddess, and their son Nefertum, a god of sunrise and lotus flowers.
For instance, the Greeks associated Ptah with their god Hephaestus, the god of fire and metalworking.
1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
4 When YHWH Elohim saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses!
5 “Do not come any closer,” God said.
6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12 And God said, “I will be with you.
And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.”
13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.
16 “Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us.
Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.’
Yahweh is the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, named by the four consonants YHWH, the tetragrammaton (literally “four letters”).
He is the national god of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
On this site I also weigh a contemplative parallel: “‘I Am that I Am’ is an expression of the God within, not a violent and jealous deity,” beside Advaita readers such as Ramana and Nisargadatta.
That mystical layer sits next to the war-god trail.
He rises as national god of Israel and Judah.
Henotheism means devotion to one god as supreme while still acknowledging that other gods exist.
Don’t even depict them.” Moments like these are the remnants of the world of what I would describe as The Bible Before God.
The biblical text itself often shows Yahweh as a jealous war god who commands total destruction.
Yahweh-Jehovah was basically a fictional character made by combining aspects of Enki and Enlil, but primary Enki as he was made to be an adversary of Baal, the storm god, who is Enlil.
Meaning: the national God of Israel can be read as a fused Enki-Enlil figure in paleo-contact research, set against Baal / Enlil as storm rival.
Familiar spirits then push “Lord God” language to please Baal and Ashtaroth worshippers:
But in the three hundred and ninety-seventh year (397), the Gods Baal and Ashtaroth triumphed, through their familiar spirits, and caused the Israelites to anoint a king to rule over them.
This king was called Saul, signifying OF THE LORD GOD.
Prior to this the Israelites acknowledged no God nor Lord, but covenanted with the Great Spirit, E-O-Ih.
The familiar spirits now inspired Saul to change the words of the commandments to the LORD YOUR GOD, as a conciliatory stratagem to please the nations and tribes of people who worshiped Baal, Dagon, Ashtaroth, Haughak, and other Gods and Lords of the lower heavens.
Meaning: OAHSPE separates an older E-O-Ih / I AM covenant from a later Lord God regime under Saul.
A demiurge, in Gnostic cosmology, is a lesser craftsman-god who fashions the material world and often traps souls in it.
And in much of the cosmology of the Nag Hammadi Codices, Yahweh, (YHWH) the unpronounceable orthodox-alleged father of Christ and the God of the Old Testament, was a demonic demiurge alternatively referred to as Yaldabaoth and occasionally, Samael, playing a trick on the teeming gullible masses, using his wicked archons to enforce the deception.
In Jesus and the Essenes, a regression / Essene dialogue on this trail, the speaker knows the Name Yahweh but addresses God as Abba:
D : Do you have a name for God in your language?
‘with no name’, for God is the nameless one.
They speak of God.
Paul Wallis argues that combining the Old Testament Yahweh trail with the New Testament God of Jesus as one continuous character misleads readers.
The violent national war god and the loving Father do not sit easily as the same personality.
I distinguish Elohim (plural / sky-army / creator-host trails) from Yahweh as the desert war and national god who concentrates power.
Bridgman-Metchim, in Atlantis: The Book of the Angels, lists four old names of God that still echo across this page:
Elohim, God, the Covenant-keeper, and Lord of the Universe
The God of Israel named by the tetragrammaton YHWH, and the national god of Israel and Judah.
Early Israelite religion is often read as henotheistic: one god supreme while other gods are still acknowledged.
I separate Elohim host trails from Yahweh as concentrating war god.
The Israelites cross the Jordan River through a miraculous intervention of God with the Arc of the Covenant and are circumcised at Gibeath-Haaraloth (translated as hill of foreskins), renamed Gilgal in memory.
Ancient versions often render the word as “giants.” Hebrew etymology often hears “fallen ones.” Interpreters disagree on whether they are the sons of God, the offspring of that union, or a third group already present.
When humans multiply, the “sons of God” take daughters of men.
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
It does not clearly say whether the Nephilim are the sons of God, their offspring, or a third group already on the earth.
Bene ha-Elohim means “sons of God” or “sons of the Elohim.” Interpreters disagree on who they are.
Some Septuagint lines read “angels of God.”
These Lyrans, as well as others, have been known by the Hebrew term “Nefilim,” erroneously translated as “giants.” Nefilim literally means “those who have come down.” Genesis 6:4 states: “The Nefilim were on the earth in those days — and also afterward — when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them.
But these Atlanteans that survived, that were tall and considered the demigods, considered the idea of the union between the gods and man, these that were, as your Bible says, the heroes of old, the heroes of renown in the olden days, the giants that walked the Earth at that time, and that did boost the various human civilizations around them—being human themselves but also again mixed very strongly with extraterrestrial Anunnaki blood and genetics, did seek to preserve and over time became blended more and more through procreation into human society, creating different bloodlines, some of which contain more or less Anunnaki genetics.
Who were the Nephilim?Enigmatic figures in Genesis 6 and Numbers 13, associated with mighty or giant stature and the sons-of-God episode.
The verse does not settle whether they are the sons of God, the offspring, or a third group already present.
The Christian Trinity: In Christian theology, the Holy Trinity is a unique and central doctrine, referring to God in three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.
This is not a representation of three gods but one God in three persons, coexisting in a mysterious and incomprehensible unity.
Egyptian Triads: Ancient Egyptian religion often worshipped gods in groups of three, known as triads.
Greek Mythology: The Big Three in Greek mythology refer to Zeus (king of the gods), Poseidon (god of the sea), and Hades (god of the underworld).
Norse Mythology: In Norse mythology, a prominent trinity can be seen in Odin (the all-father and god of wisdom), Thor (god of thunder), and Loki (the trickster god).
Slavic Mythology: The Slavic mythological trinity includes Perun (god of thunder and lightning), Veles (god of earth, waters, and the underworld), and Svarog (the celestial god of fire and blacksmithing).
These gods were often combined into a single deity, Amun-Ra, representing the essential aspects of existence.
Amun was a major god, often associated with the sun and air.
Mut was his wife, a mother goddess, and Khonsu, their son, was the god of the moon.
Ptah was the god of creation and craftsmanship, Sekhmet, a warrior goddess and goddess of healing, and Nefertem, who was associated with the lotus flower and the sunrise.
Khnum was a god of the source of the Nile River, Satis was his consort, and Anuket, their daughter, was associated with the Nile and its nourishment of the land.
Osiris was a god of the underworld and resurrection, Isis, his wife, a goddess of magic and motherhood, and Horus, their son, a god of the sky and kingship.
In Edfu, Horus was worshipped as a solar war god, Hathor as a goddess of music, dance, and fertility, and Harsomtus as a symbol of new life.
Min was a god of fertility and harvest, Isis, his consort, brought her attributes of magic and motherhood, and Horus as their offspring, symbolizing new beginnings.
Thoth was the god of writing and knowledge, Seshat was associated with writing and architecture, and Hornub was a less well-known deity.
Sumerian Mythology: In Sumerian beliefs, the trinity of Anu (god of the sky), Enlil (god of air and storm), and Enki (god of water and knowledge) were crucial in their pantheon, often considered the most powerful deities.
Baltic Mythology: In the Baltic region, a trinity of major gods might include Dievas (supreme god), Perkūnas (god of thunder), and Velnias (god of the underworld and magic).
The Lamanites play a key role in the narrative, often serving as antagonists to the Nephites but also as recipients of God's mercy and subjects of conversion and redemption.
They are described as the offspring of the "sons of God" and the "daughters of men" before the Flood.
Early humans considered Anu Gods, which is the origin of religion.
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, many view Adam, as described in the Bible's Book of Genesis, as the first human whom God created.
This narrative presents Adam as being formed from the earth's dust, with life breathed into him by God, symbolizing a unique bond between humanity and the divine, and highlighting the special role of humans in the world.
In the Bible, God creates Adam as the first human, forming him from the earth's dust and breathing life into him.
This creation story highlights the special relationship between humanity and God, and the unique role humans have in the world.
This combined interpretation sees Adam as a foundational figure, both in a spiritual sense as the first man created by God and in a symbolic sense as the representative of the early stages of human evolution and development.
That's why the early humans considered Anu Gods, that's the origin of religion.
At the first hour, God gathered the dust of the earth; in the second, He formed the embryo; in the third, the limbs were extended; in the fourth, the soul was given; at the fifth hour Adam stood upright; at the sixth, Adam named the animals.
Having done this, God asked him, "And I, what is my name?"
According to Genesis 4:25, Seth was born after the death of Abel and Eve believed that he was appointed by God to establish a new offspring, replacing Abel, killed by Cain.
17 And this because they have turned their ahearts away from me, to worship the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore I have come down to bvisit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life.
god of Elkenah
god of Libnah
god of Mahmackrah
god of Korash
god of Pharaoh (king of Egypt)
One scholar summarized the story as follows: “Ašertu, the wife of Elkunirša, attempts to seduce Ba’al [the storm god].
The Storm-god reveals everything to her husband and insults her on his inspiration.
The town revolted during the reign of King Jehoram of Judah, according to 2 Kings 8:22 and 2 Chronicles 21:10, because Jehoram "had abandoned [the] God of his fathers".
19 As it was with Noah so shall it be with thee; but through thy ministry my name shall be known in the earth forever, for I am thy God.
And the Lord broke down the altar of Elkenah, and of the gods of the land, and utterly destroyed them, and smote the priest that he died; and there was great mourning in Chaldea, and also in the court of Pharaoh; which Pharaoh signifies king by royal blood.
31 But the records of the fathers, even the patriarchs, concerning the right of Priesthood, the Lord my God preserved in mine own hands; therefore a knowledge of the beginning of the creation, and also of the planets, and of the stars, as they were made known unto the fathers, have I kept even unto this day, and I shall endeavor to write some of these things upon this record, for the benefit of my posterity that shall come after me.
"The Lord my God preserved in mine own hands": This indicates that the speaker believes they have been divinely chosen or entrusted to keep these records.
Númenor: An island gifted to Men by the Valar, the god-like beings of Tolkien's universe, as a reward for their help against the first Dark Lord, Morgoth.Rise of Númenor: Númenor, populated by the Dúnedain, becomes a powerful and advanced civilization.
The gods still communicate through these paths.
In ancient Greek mythology, snakes were associated with Asclepius, the god of medicine, representing healing and renewal.
In Aztec mythology, the feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl was considered a benevolent deity associated with wisdom and life.
, or has been referred to as God.
Are they our "gods"?Question 30Also, most near-ground tunnel entrances have similar devices hidden in them, and even if you were to look at the entrances, you would only see plain cave walls instead of doors.
"Illohim" They - called "gods" in the sixth and seventh civilizations - told humans that this was a war between good and evil, that they were the good race and that we were the evil race.
(Some of them even “played” as gods using the programming of your mind and old teachings)
Malak or Malaika (Angels): In Islam, angels play a crucial role in carrying out God's will.
Amesha Spentas: In Zoroastrianism, the Amesha Spentas are divine entities or spirits that assist Ahura Mazda, the supreme god.
Devas: In Hinduism, Devas are celestial beings or gods.
Examples include Indra (god of thunder and rain) and Agni (god of fire).
Daimons (or Daemons): In Greek mythology, daimons were benevolent spirits or divine beings that could act as intermediaries between humans and the gods.
They include gods like Odin, Thor, and Frigg.
Kami: In Shinto, Kami refers to the spirits or gods present in natural phenomena.
The term "Elohim" is often used in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) to refer to God.
However, it's important to note that in monotheistic traditions like Judaism and Christianity, the concept of God is singular.
They are described as celestial beings with six wings, and they are in the presence of God, praising and worshiping Him.
The word is used throughout various religious texts, including the Bible, to denote messengers or servants of God.
For example, in the book of Genesis, there is a mention of the "sons of God" who intermingle with the daughters of men, and some interpretations identify these "sons of God" with the Ishim.
Chandra — Hindu moon god (also called Soma), male deity associated with coolness, fertility, and time.
Tsukuyomi — Japanese Shinto moon god (male), one of the three noble children of Izanagi.
Ma (Mission Rahma) — Likely refers to "Ma" (mother/Earth) in the name Rahma itself (Ra = God/sun, Ma = mother/Earth, h = humanity).
Sin — Mesopotamian (Sumerian/Akkadian/Babylonian) moon god, often shown with a crescent symbol; later associated with pagan worship in biblical/Christian contexts.
Coyolxauhqui — Aztec moon goddess, sister of the sun god Huitzilopochtli.
Khonsu — Egyptian moon god (male), associated with time, healing, and travel.
He lengthens life to 300 years if God permits it.
In Hindu mythology, Chandra is the god of the moon.
In Japanese mythology, Tsukuyomi is the god of the moon, associated with the Shinto religion.
Ra: The ancient Egyptian sun god, often depicted with a sun disk on his head.
Inti: The Incan sun god, widely worshiped in pre-Columbian South America.
Utu: God of the sun and justice, Anunnaki
Lugh: In Celtic mythology, Lugh is a god associated with the Sun and is often linked with the festival of Lughnasadh.
Dazhbog: In Slavic mythology, Dazhbog is the sun god, associated with warmth, life, and fertility.
Utū/Shamash: Utū is the Sun god in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology, while Shamash is the corresponding deity in Babylonian and Assyrian mythology.
Huitzilopochtli: The Aztec god of the Sun and war in Aztec mythology.
From the Hebrew term for "the Lord", used of God; Adonis of the Syrians representing the Winter sun in the cosmic tragedy of Tammuz.
For instance, in Egyptian mythology, the sun god Ra is seen as a primary creator deity.
The Sun is frequently personified as a god or a major deity.
In Greek mythology, Helios (later Apollo) is the Sun god, driving his chariot across the sky.
Many ancient kings and leaders, like the Pharaohs of Egypt, were considered as embodiments or descendants of the sun god, enhancing their divine right to rule.
It describes five successive eras, or "suns," each created by gods and ending in catastrophe due to divine conflicts.
In this Norse myth, the god Odin bets with the giant Hrungnir that his horse Sleipnir is faster than the giant's horse, Gullfaxi.
Hrungnir loses the race and ends up in Asgard, the realm of the gods, where he becomes drunk and abusive.
Óðin invited the giant into his hall Valhöll, to enjoy the hospitality of the gods.
Tired of Hrungnir's boasting, the gods called on Þór.
He arrived and was outraged to find a giant drinking with the gods.
The people of Uruk complain to the gods about Gilgamesh's behavior, so the gods create Enkidu, a wild man, to humble Gilgamesh and divert his excessive activities.
Two-thirds of him is god, one-third of him is human.
the gods kept hearing their complaints, so
the gods of the heavens implored the Lord of Uruk [Anu]
and (the gods) called out to Aruru:
"You are beautiful," Enkidu, you are become like a god.
i., 2), "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." The Quiche legend says, "The Creator--the Former, the Dominator--the feathered serpent--those that give life, moved upon the waters like a glowing light."
i., 9), "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so." The Quiche legend says, "The creative spirits cried out 'Earth!' and in an instant it was formed, and rose like a vapor-cloud; immediately the plains and the mountains arose, and the cypress and pine appeared."
The Bible tells us, "And God saw that it was good." The Quiche legend says, "Then Gucumatz was filled with joy, and cried out, 'Blessed be thy coming, O Heart of Heaven, Hurakan, thunder-bolt.'"
ii., 7) we are told, "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground." The Quiche legend says.
In the Indian legend the gods stop the work by a great storm, in the Bible account by confounding the speech of the people.
ii., 21) that "the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam," and while he slept God made Eve out of one of his ribs.
iii., 22), "And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:" therefore God drove him out of the garden.
In the Quiche legends we are told, "The gods feared that they had made men too perfect, and they breathed a cloud of mist over their vision."
Both had an ark, the abiding-place of an invisible god.
The temple was dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl and played a significant role in the religious practices of the ancient civilizations that inhabited the region.
They existed on the Asian continent and are remembered in some of the ancient Indian gods with blue skin.
At the time of the sinking of our continent, our Father/Mother God lifted our beloved Lemuria to the level of the fourth dimension where we continued to thrive and evolve.
The Igigi were another group of divine beings, often referred to as "the younger gods." They were also considered to be offspring of Anu, and their main function was to serve the Anunnaki.
Made the Igigi bear the workload.The gods had to dig out canals,Had to clear channels, the lifelines of the land,The Igigi had to dig out canals,Had to clear channels, the lifelines of the land.The gods dug out the Tigris river (bed)They were counting the years of loads.For 3,6oo years they bore the excess,Hard work, night and day.They groaned and blamed each other,Grumbled over the masses of excavated soil:'Let us confront our [ ] the chamberlain,And get him to relieve us of our hard work!
The Atrahasis Epic, for instance, tells the story of how the Igigi rebelled against their heavy workload and refused to continue serving the higher gods.
This rebellion led to the creation of humans from clay as a solution to the gods' labor problem.
Marduk, who created the Igigi gods,
In order to genetically engineer the humans, " one god[igigi] should be slaughtered"
Mami made her voice heardAnd spoke to the great gods,'I have carried out perfectlyThe work that you ordered of me.You have slaughtered a god together with hisintelligence.I have relieved you of your hard work,I have imposed your load on man.You have bestowed noise on mankind.I have undone the fetter and granted freedom.'They listened to this speech of hers,And were freed (from anxiety), and kissed her feet:'We used to call you MamiBut now your name shall be Mistress of AllGods.'
Made new picks and spades,Made big canalsTo feed people and sustain the gods.
Akhenaten initiated a religious revolution in ancient Egypt, focusing on the worship of the sun god Aten.
Manco Capac was a mythical figure sent by the sun god to establish the Inca civilization, and he played a crucial role in Inca religious beliefs.
He is notable for his religious reforms, particularly his attempt to transition Egypt from polytheism to the worship of a single god, the Aten, represented as the sun disc.
Although some believe the religion he introduced was mostly monotheistic, many others see Akhenaten as a practitioner of an Aten monolatry, as he did not actively deny the existence of other gods; he simply refrained from worshiping any but the Aten.
According to Inca mythology, Manco Capac and his sister-wife Mama Ocllo were sent by the sun god Inti to establish the Inca civilization and teach the people about agriculture, architecture, and other aspects of civilization.
In the traditions of the Maya civilization, Kukulkan was considered a god of wind, rain, and learning, as well as a patron of cities and merchants.
The god was often depicted as a feathered serpent, combining features of a serpent and a bird.
The most ancient references concerning forms of cherubim (in the Akkadian and Sumerian records) describe a mechanical security device (i.e., robot) that was used to secure the highly sensitive areas of the gods to which humans were denied access.
This idea later evolved into a more abstract and spiritual one, displayed in the archetypal manifestation of a winged celestial figure who guards sacred places and who is a servant of God.
karibu, "one who blesses", a name for the Lamassu) is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions.
And the cherub turned around, as if to put them to death; according to the commandment God had given him.
For he was afraid that God would destroy him if they went into the garden without His order.
6 Therefore the cherub thought that God was favorable to them, and was bringing them back into the garden.
7 He could not go up to Heaven to determine God’s order regarding their getting into the garden; he therefore continued to stand by them, unable as he was to part from them; for he was afraid that if they should enter the garden without permission, God would destroy him.
11 They were glad, because they thought that God was favorable to Adam, and wished him to return to the garden; and wished to restore him to the gladness he once enjoyed.
12 But they sorrowed over Adam, because he was fallen like a dead man, he and Eve; and they said in their thoughts, “Adam has not died in this place; but God has put him to death, for his having come to this place, and wishing to get into the garden without His permission.”The first book of Adam and Eve
And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
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.
“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.
A midrash states that when Pharaoh pursued Israel at the Red Sea, God took a cherub from the wheels of His throne and flew to the spot, for God inspects the heavenly worlds while sitting on a cherub.
Transporting the throne of God by the river Chebar
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.
When they went out, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
20 This is the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew they were cherubim.