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[[File:Royal_Arch_Room_Ark_replica_2.jpg|thumb|alt=caption|A modern replica of the ark of the covenant, with cherubim guargins the mercy seat]] | [[File:Royal_Arch_Room_Ark_replica_2.jpg|thumb|alt=caption|A modern replica of the ark of the covenant, with cherubim guargins the mercy seat]] | ||
(pl. '''Cherubim''') Member of an order of [[Angel|angelic beings] devoted to the expansion and protection of the flame of love, wielding the sword and the judgment of the [[Ruby Ray]] and the [[Holy Spirit]]. Hence the L<small>ORD</small> God “placed at the east [gate] (the gate of the [[Christ consciousness]]) of the [[garden of Eden]] Cherubims and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the [[Tree of Life]].”<ref>Gen. 3:24.</ref> | (pl. '''Cherubim''') Member of an order of [[Angel|angelic beings]] devoted to the expansion and protection of the flame of love, wielding the sword and the judgment of the [[Ruby Ray]] and the [[Holy Spirit]]. Hence the L<small>ORD</small> God “placed at the east [gate] (the gate of the [[Christ consciousness]]) of the [[garden of Eden]] Cherubims and a flaming [[sword]] which turned every way, to keep the way of the [[Tree of Life]].”<ref>Gen. 3:24.</ref> | ||
Even so the L<small>ORD</small> instructed [[Moses]] to fashion cherubim of gold as focuses of these true angelic guardians of the mercy seat of the [[ark of the covenant]].<ref>Exod. 25:17–22.</ref> Traditionally, God dwelt between the cherubim and spoke to Moses from the mercy seat—the altar of the I AM Presence, whose Law, engraven on tablets of stone, was carried in the ark from place to place in their wilderness wanderings. | Even so the L<small>ORD</small> instructed [[Moses]] to fashion cherubim of gold as focuses of these true angelic guardians of the mercy seat of the [[ark of the covenant]].<ref>Exod. 25:17–22.</ref> Traditionally, God dwelt between the cherubim and spoke to Moses from the mercy seat—the altar of the I AM Presence, whose Law, engraven on tablets of stone, was carried in the ark from place to place in their wilderness wanderings. | ||