“in the midst of the throne … were four living beings” (Rev. 4:6, NKJV)
What is important to remember about the cherubs is that while they are primarily focused on covering or hiding something, they also have the potential to unlock whatever it is they are covering. That which the cherubs keep secret within paradise/eternity/the third dimension, which could also include our impoverished understanding of a hermetic concept of God, is something that is woven like a text. Selah.
In an interview with George Claassen about faith, the poet Antjie Krog makes the following statement: “your inner-most depths [are] connected to your centre of language”. Also: “one learns to articulate in a searching manner, reaching for a place where the ‘never-heard’ things connect” (translated from Claassen, G. & Gaum, F., (eds). God: Gesprekke oor die Oorsprong en Uiteinde van Alles, p. 97, translated). Readers of these teachings will remember the findings of the psycholinguist Vygotsky that we discussed earlier, namely that language and thought are two sides of the same coin. Flowing from this we pointed out that the psychoanalyst and philosopher Lacan notes that the subconscious (what we are here using in the wider sense of ‘inner man’) is structured like a language. If we then take this line of thought further, and liken the cherubs — which we could call the Rosetta stone of the most holy faith — it offers a useful analogy. God presented a ‘translating’ mechanism (Rosetta stone/cherubs) to empower man to, through a dedicated search, notice something in this temporary reality, and to use it to then find a translation of a corresponding matter in eternity.
The cherubs are not merely a (strange) symbol or dead representation, NOT NECESSARILY AN IMAGE, but certainly a symbolic pointer to something else. In the previous teaching we referred to Ezek. 1:15, where the cherubs are called “living creatures”. We concluded with the finding that the cherubs are pointers to Christ, but also are simultaneously (and paradoxically!) the Christ. (This seeming contradiction will clarify over time.) The Christ needs to be read as ‘text,’ to be searched out as word tissue in various identities, as mystery it needs to be explored and uncovered.
To return to Ezek. 1:13 for a moment – the complete verse reads as follows: “As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning.” Remember that starting with the teaching of Day 1679 we commenced writing about Rev. 8:10, which was concerned with the sounding of the third trumpet WITHIN YOU, as part of the apokalupsis, the unveiling, in/of the Bride: “Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.” With the sounding of the trumpets there are certain particular spiritual principles and events that occur in the heavens or spiritual realm, which result in violently taking (Matt. 11:12) the realm of the old (or first) earth (Rev. 21:1) and of the old man (Eph. 4:22). We then referred to the seven angels with the seven trumpets that stood before God (Rev. 8:2), on exactly the same deictic space, before his throne, exactly where the seven spirits of God are (Rev. 1:4; 4:5), before they were sent out over the earth (Rev. 5:6), which is of course our earthly bodies! Remember that the new heavens of God are now in our inner man. This is where God lives and from which He restores and transforms our body and soul. It is important to then realise that the centring of the throne of God on which Jesus sits, is qualified by a Scripture in Rev. 4:6: “And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back”! The living creatures, or the cherubs, are “in the midst” of the throne.
We’ve been engaged with the garden of Eden for too long to miss this link: the cherubs are not just in front of the garden, but they are also on the throne, or: in the midst of the throne, and thus necessarily in the middle of the garden of Eden! Also remember then that the apostle speaks of “the hidden person of the heart” in 1Pet. 3:4. The qualifying of heart here points to something “inwardly” (KJV) and something invisible. One could easily also metaphorize the heart with the kingdom of God, which is a collective concept, but which is, according to Jesus’ words, now within you (“the kingdom of God is within you” – Luke 17:21). In 2Cor. 4:6 Paul uses a reference from Gen. 1:3 and 14-15 to draw an immensely important parallel which is very insightful for our current discussion: “For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” Note how the cherubs are described in the Scripture above as having the appearance of “burning coals of fire”, and “out of the fire went lightning”, in other words, filled with glory and “a flaming, flashing sword” – CEV; “the (living) creatures flashed back and forth like strikes of lightning” (Ezek. 1:14, MSG).
In this hidden person of the heart, the paradise, the kingdom of God in which He reigns, are two trees, the tree of life, which we can liken to man’s spiritual dimension, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which we can liken to man’s soul dimension. Actually, in a condition where we are not fallen, originally in the East where the garden of Eden was, there was just one integrated tree that was rooted in God. It is thus also only again when you and I are WITHIN the New Jerusalem, or then: The Bride, as Rev. 22:1-2 spells out, that there is only one tree: “And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Note what is likened here: the tree of life is ALSO THE THRONE OF GOD!
The very first reference to throne in the New Testament is often overlooked because it apparently deals with swearing an oath, but it contains an earth-shattering truth from the mouth of Jesus: “But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne …” (Matt. 5:34). See how clearly these two elements are likened to one another: throne = heaven.
The next reference to throne in the New Testament is another Scripture which we discussed not very long ago: “So Jesus said to them, ‘Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.’” (Matt. 19:28). In the teaching of Day 1444-1446 we extensively wrote about the ‘born-again’-part of this Scripture, and pointed out that being born-from-above obviously leads to all things in the regenerated person renewing or changing, and in that sense “all things are made new”, which in turn leads to “the renewal of all things”. But these ALL THINGS are also concerned with “the complete restoration of all” (Acts 3:11, AMP). But before this can happen, the first heaven and the first earth WITHIN YOU must pass (please read the teaching of Day 713-715 again).
As we learn how to have eternity unfold right now, we already start reigning, and sitting on the throne. The discovery of the active role of the cherubs within all this plays a determining role.
• Selah: Again, ponder how the first heaven and the first earth WITHIN YOU are destroyed by
Fire.
• Read: 2Sam. 9-14
• Memorise: 2Sam. 14:14
