On the symbolism of the cherubim see Eze 1:1<\/span> note …<\/P> Every cherub had two faces – <\/B>Not as in Ezek. 1<\/span>, four faces. Convenience of delineation upon a wall may have suggested the alteration. The cherubic devices on the curtains of the tabernacle Exo 26:1<\/span>; Exo 36:8<\/span> were no doubt like the cherubim over the ark, of which we have no reason to suppose that each had two faces. The symbolic character here admitted of the deviation.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 18<\/span>. A palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub<\/B><\/I>] That is, the palm trees and the cherubs were alternated; and each cherub had two faces, one of a lion<\/I>, and the other of a man<\/I>; one of which was turned to the palm tree on the right, the other to the palm tree on the left.<\/P> <\/p>\n Now we are acquainted with the ornaments, the beautiful carving, which in all parts mentioned were to be seen. <\/P> Made; <\/B>beautified. <\/P> Cherubims; <\/B>generally taken for the portrait of angels, and framed to the beauty of young men with wings. Yet is the description of them very different in different places, as the curious observe in Ezekiels vision, Eze 1<\/span>, Isaiahs vision, Isa 6<\/span>, Johns vision, Re 4<\/span>, and in Solomons temple. <\/P> Palm trees; <\/B>a very beautiful, upright tree, from a straight, well-grown body, spreading its head with large boughs and branches, which were used on occasions of joy, and were emblems of victory, Joh 12:13<\/span>; Rev 7:9<\/span>. These were so engraven, that each palm tree was between two cherubs, and each cherub between two palm trees, and this ariseth from the different aspect, or numbering them. <\/P> Two faces, <\/B>curiously wrought on the same head, somewhat like a Januss head; what these facts were the next verse tells us. <\/P> <\/p>\n And it was made with cherubim and palm trees<\/strong>,…. That is, all the wall of the house round about was ornamented with these, even both of the holy and of the most holy place; with these the curtains of Moses’s tabernacle, and the vail that divided between the holy and the most holy place, were decorated; as also the walls, both of the sanctuary and oracle, in Solomon’s temple, Ex 26:1<\/span>. The former, according to the commonly received notion, were an emblem of angels; the latter of true believers, or holy upright men: why these are called palm trees, [See comments on Eze 40:16]<\/span>,<\/p>\n so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub<\/strong>; these were so placed all around, that there was first a cherub, next a palm tree, and then a cherub again, and so on; and if angels and saints are meant, and that notion could be supported, which some have given into, that the number of men redeemed by Christ is the same with that of the angels that fell, and their places are filled up by them; this would serve to illustrate it, particularly as these were all around the walls of the most holy place; a type of heaven, as here of the New Jerusalem state; that as there was a cherub and a palm tree, a cherub and a palm tree, throughout all the house, so an angel and a saint, an angel and a saint, throughout all the mansions in the holy city, and in the heavenly glory:<\/p>\n and every cherub had two faces<\/strong>: which, by what follows, were the faces of a man, and of a lion. The “cherubim” Ezekiel saw in his first vision had four faces, Eze 1:10<\/span> and so these must be supposed to have, though only two were seen; because these were carved or painted on the walls, so that the hindmost faces, those of the ox and eagle, could not be perceived.<\/p>\n (18) With cherubims and palm trees.<\/strong>Eze. 41:18-21<\/span> describe the interior ornamentation of the Temple, which was like that of the Temple of Solomon (1Ki. 6:29-30<\/span>). It may be assumed that here, as there, these figures were carved upon the woodwork. The s at the end of cherubims is quite unnecessary, cherubim itself being plural.<\/p>\n Every cherub had two faces.<\/strong>In Ezekiel 1, 10<\/span> the cherubim are represented each with four faces, but being merely symbolic, not actual creatures, they may be modified at pleasure, and here, in accordance with the exigencies of the carving, they have but two faces.<\/p>\n 18-20<\/strong>. <\/strong> The symbolic meaning of the carving upon the wainscoting was doubtless the same as the similar carving in Solomon’s temple. The palm represented life and fruitfulness in Babylon as in Palestine (compare Psa 92:12<\/span>), and the double-faced cherub was the guardian of life, having lion-like strength united with human intelligence. The living cherubim previously described had a larger significance than these old and ornamental forms. (Compare “cherubim,” Eze 10:20<\/span>.)<\/p>\n ‘And it was decorated with cherubim and palm trees, and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, so that there was the face of a man towards the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion towards the palm tree on the other side. Thus was it decorated through all the house round about. From the ground to above the door were cherubim and palm trees used as decoration. Thus was the wall of the temple.’<\/p>\n The whole was decorated with cherubim and palm trees, which were spaced alternately. The two faces of the cherubim represented both man and the animal world (man is always distinguished from the animal world). In Revelation also they represent the whole of the animal creation (Rev 4:7<\/span>; Rev 5:14<\/span> compare also Eze 1:5-10<\/span>; Eze 10:14<\/span>). All creation is celebrated within the sanctuary.<\/p>\n Ivory inlaid decorations have been discovered in a temple in Samaria, and in Solomon’s temple the decorations were overlaid with gold, but there is no suggestion of either here. Possibly the wood itself was also intended to represent the fruit of creation, that which grew. Outside was the stonework that represented the basis of creation, inside was that which God had made to finalise creation, a representation of His handywork.<\/p>\n Eze 41:18 And [it was] made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree [was] between a cherub and a cherub; and [every] cherub had two faces;<\/p>\n Ver. 18. And it was made with cherubims and palm trees.<\/strong> ] Viz., Upon the partition walls. This was to teach Christians, who are the temples of God, (1.) To live like angels for holiness; (2.) To suffer, as palm trees, any pressures or pains for his sake with invincible patience. a<\/em> By their piety in their lives, and patience at their death, the primitive Christians won much upon their persecutors. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Pressa sub ingenti ceu pondere palma virescit.<\/em> – Plin., <\/em> lib. xiii. cap. 4. Sub cruce sic florent dedita corda Deo.<\/em> <\/p>\n cherubims. See App-41. <\/p>\n palm trees: i.e. artificial palm trees. <\/p>\n with cherubims: 1Ki 6:29-32, 1Ki 7:36, 2Ch 3:7 <\/p>\n palm trees: Eze 40:16, Eze 40:22, Rev 7:9 <\/p>\n and every: Eze 1:10, Eze 10:14, Eze 10:21, Rev 4:7-9 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 25:18 – two cherubims of gold 1Ki 7:29 – lions<\/p>\n Eze 41:18. These cherubims and palm trees were for ornamentation, and for added attractiveness the two kinds of ornaments were placed so as to alternate with each other. The cherubims had each two faces Which will be explained in the next verse.<\/p>\n Eze 41:18-20. And it was made with cherubims and with palm-trees On the inside of the house the walls were adorned with carved work of cherubim and palm-trees, as Solomons temple was, 1Ki 6:29. The cherubs and palm-trees were placed alternately; and according to the different ways of counting them, you might reckon a palm-tree placed between two cherubs, or a cherubim placed between two palm-trees. So the face of a man was toward a palm-tree, &c. The cherubim had four faces, or appearances, but only two of these appeared plainly in this carved work; the two other faces, namely, that of an ox and an eagle, being supposed to be hid in the plain or surface of the wall. From the ground unto above the door Up to the windows, as it is expressed Eze 41:16, or up to the ceiling, as the LXX. explain it.<\/p>\n And [it was] made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree [was] between a cherub and a cherub; and [every] cherub had two faces; On the symbolism of the cherubim see Eze 1:1 note … Every cherub had two faces – Not as in Ezek. 1, four faces. 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