Throughout the stories in the Bible, numerous people are said to be "frightened," "afraid," and "gripped with fear" in the presence of angels — and it's hard to blame them. Though angels are often ...

Cherubim, Seraphim, and Ophanim: What the Bible Really Says About Angels. Posted: April 14, ... and flaming eyes—actually refer to heavenly hybrids found in visionary texts like Ezekiel.

Did the cherubim gaze at one another or at the Ark? ... Ezekiel 10:15) Our sages attempt to understand what these two Keruvim on the ark looked like. Some, ...

In Ezekiel’s prophetic vision of the divine chariot, the cherubim are described as interchangeable with the figure of an ox, and God Himself is referred to as “the One who sits upon the ...

It is in the narrow space above the ark and between the cherubim that God would reveal His presence and communicate with Moses (see Exodus 25:22, and I Samuel 4:4, and II Samuel 6:2).

Cherubim appear in many biblical passages. The texts do not explicitly define them. Were they real or just imaginary? What we find in the Bible is not so much what they are but what they do.