Eze 1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
And you contend that this is some kind of animal? Or angel? Who looks like a man? Nope. It is showing that their real appearance is that of a man, for it is man. This living creature is the Christians.
Those four faces are the spirits of the full grown Christian. So what was the cherub? Ok.
You do not understand spiritual terminology so you think of these things carnal. That will never do. It is not God’s way of interpretation. The things of God are spiritual and must be spiritually discerned.
Here are the four faces, at first: Eze 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle
1. Man
2. Lion
3. OX
4. Eagle.
Now keep this in mind,. Let’s look at cp ten, where they are told again:
This time we are speaking of the cherub: Eze 10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
Now before you go thinking that these ‘wings�?are literal wings, such as birds have, and people pretend that angels have, know that God also has them. And feathers also. So maybe it is the birds who are in the image of God? �?
Notice their wings were heard to the outer court, AS THE VOICE OF THE Almighty God when he speaks. So what is that? (wings; voice of God)
Re 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
That is all the many people of God speaking God’s word. Waters are the people.
Eze 10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. Eze 10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar
Now notice that this time the four faces are:
1. Cherub
2. Man
3. Lion
4. Eagle
So what changed? The OX was changed for the Cherub.
What is it showing? That the cherub was in the glorified form. That was the first from of Adam. After his fall, he fell into the image of sinful man. Now that face was an OX.
The golden calf was an image of ADAM. Man. He is that OX. He is that Cherub. He is that lion. He is that man.
It is the spirit of the living creature, the ones to whom God gave LIFE. It is the true people of God.
It is not angels.
Angels do not have the face of a man, an OX, an eagle, or a lion. It is a spiritual description of God’s Holy People, after they grow up in Christ.
Here is the last time this is described: Re 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. Re 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
Those four beasts are the same thing as the four-faced living creature. It is the Saints of God.
Notice their faces:
1. Lion
2. Calf (OX)
3. Man
4. Flying EAGLE
Full grown Saints of God.