Cherubim and Seraphim From The Throne Room

Description of Illustration: Black and white drawing of a Seraphim. (adult figure) This is a high ranking, holy angel that occupies the throne room of God. It has multiple eyes and wings. 

      The wheel at this angel's feet is a symbolic representation of God's ability to move everywhere in any direction in both time and space. This symbol is known as Ezekiel's wheel and comes from his vision of God's throne. 

       The Seraphim is drawn to match a description of six-winged angels in the book of Isaiah chapter 6, Isaiah's vision.

       I do not know why the text ''Cherubim'' is included in the drawing. But when it comes to depictions of such heavenly creatures, the mixing of these beings identities may often be illustrated.

       In truth, there are many angelic types. However, if these were to be accurately illustrated according to Western tradition, the Seraphim are adult in nature and have different duties that they perform.

      The Cherubim are innocent of all evil and are more accurately depicted as infants. Not because they are infants in reality but because, they are as innocent as newborn babes. They are so innocent so as to not offend, the absolute holiness of God the Father.

       It is my opinion that Cherubim would be more accurately illustrated as brilliant orbs spinning in all directions with multiple wings in flight, like those of a humming bird, moving so fast as to be difficult to count or see. But let's face it, that would not be as easily drawn.

       Suffice to say, if you've got multiple wings, multiple eyes and shifting wheels among all of these creatures coming at you, you had better bend the knees and cast your eyes down people!

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A shepherd with a staff...

"And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David,
and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd."
Ezekiel 34: 23

 

Description of Vintage Photograph: old shepherd in the desert, sheep, flock, lambs, guarding the sheep, three scriptures

"I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; 
I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture,
a noisy multitude of men." Micah 2:12

"Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep
pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief
and a robber. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd
of the sheep." John 10: 1-2

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The Prophet Ezekiel Stained Glass Clip Art

Description of Clip Art: stained glass design, skulls, window from a church, the prophet Ezekiel or Ezechiel, vessel for prophesy from God, scriptures from the Book of Ezekiel

"Now when I was in my thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month,
 as I was in the midst of captivity beside the river Chebar, the heavens were opened and
 I saw visions of God." Ezekiel 1:1 "Wherever the spirit went, the creatures went
 and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit or life of the four living
creatures acting as one living creature was in the wheels." Ezekiel 1:21 (TAB)

"The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord
and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. And He caused me
 to pass round about among them, and behold there were many in the open valley or
plain, and behold, they were very dry. And He said to me, Son of man, can these
bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, You know!" Ezekiel 37: 1-3 (TAB)

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Hands Bound Plus Scriptures

"Then they came to the place of which God had told him;
 and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood,
 and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,
on top of the wood." Genesis 22:9

Description of Clip Art: black and white drawing of hands bound with rope, Three scripture references 

"As for you, son of man, they will put ropes
 on you and bind you with them so that you cannot
 go among them." Ezekiel 3:25

"...and they bound Him, and led Him
 away and delivered Him to
Pilate the governor." Matthew 27:2

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The Hope of Israel . . .

"Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake,
these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and
everlasting contempt. Those who have insight will shine brightly
 like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead
 the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever."
 Daniel 12:2,3

Description of Christian Clip Art: prophecy about the resurrection of the saints in Christ, medallion with the feet of Christ at the top raising from the empty tomb, clouds, O or medallion from an old manuscript, white background

Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,
"Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out
 of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land
of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I have
opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up
out of your graves" Ezekiel 37:12,13

"But those who die in the LORD will live; their bodies will rise again!
 Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy!
 For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place
of the dead! Isaiah 26:19

"I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
 I myself will see him with my own eyes--I, and not another.
 How my heart yearns within me!" Job 19: 25-27

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Scriptures for those without a home...

"If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD you God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be." Deuteronomy 15:7-8

Description of the illustration: white background, black and white illustration, Christian caricatures, homeless, wandering, no where to go , luggage, poor, rejected, running away, looking for a place to belong, immigrant, migration, settler, people without a country, mother, father, grandpa and small girl

"Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy." Ezekiel 16:49 and "And he answered them, "Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise." Luke 3:11

"He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor, his righteousness endures forever, his horn is exalted in honor." Psalm 112:9 and "But if anyone has the world' goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and truth." 1 John 3:17-18

"Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." Philippians 2:4 and "And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me." Matthew 25:40

"If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday." Isaiah 58:10 and "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:16

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"Stop!" Ezekiel 20:18 clip art

STOP! "I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not
walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their
ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

Description of the illustration: vintage police officer with a baton, bright yellow background, "STOP!" in red, scripture from Ezekiel, law enforcement, warnings from the scriptures

Cross Reference "Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey--
I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you
have rejected." Numbers 14:31 (NASB)

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He plays music for his sheep...

"For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and
the sheep of His hand Today, if you would hear His voice..." Psalm 95:7

Description of Illustration: 3 versions, 3 texts/scriptures, young shepherd boy plays the flute while watching over his sheep, mountains, hills, sheep, flock, restored black and white photograph

"As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men,
 and I am your God," declares the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 34:31

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has
chosen gladly to give you the kingdom." Luke 12:32

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 "Jesus is our Shepherd...Singer: 

Louiza Kort..Arabic Christian Song"

Psalms 1

Description of Illumination: from a 1904 Psalter, Church of England, King James Bible, this is the original King James Text from the 1900s, the Chapter comes in red/pink, blue/pale blue or in tan/beige:

"Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners: and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side: that will bring forth his fruit in due season. 4 His leaf also shall not wither: and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper. 5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. 6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly shall perish."

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Here is the cross reference for Psalm 1:1 from Jeremiah 15:17 (NIV). It has a white background.

Above is the cross reference for Psalm 1: 3-4, when the King James was updated, verse 4 was combined into verse 3 over time. However in the 1900 version there are 7 verses in the first chapter of Psalms. The original 4th verse is quite lovely. In either case the verse from Ezekiel is the cross reference for both.