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The Laodicean Message - E.H. “Jack” Sequeira

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If you look at descriptions of the temple, you will<br />

notice that they have statues of the cherubim and<br />

each cherubim has a different face. Ezekiel 10:14:<br />

Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face<br />

was that of a cherub [which is the Hebrew term for<br />

an ox], the second the face of a man, the third the<br />

face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.<br />

By the way, all these four faces represent or<br />

symbolize the characteristics of Jesus Christ. <strong>The</strong><br />

lion — He is the king. <strong>The</strong> eagle — He is<br />

victorious. <strong>The</strong> man — He is our Saviour. And<br />

the ox — He is our sacrifice. And remember, the<br />

cherubim was at the gate of Eden when our first<br />

parents were driven out, the cherubims were at the<br />

mercy seat. <strong>The</strong>y represented Christ, our Saviour.<br />

So even through the angels, God revealed His<br />

saving grace.<br />

<strong>The</strong> elders here represent the 24 elders who<br />

were redeemed as the first fruit. And, of course the<br />

“no one” refers to the rest of the saved. <strong>The</strong> elders<br />

couldn’t sing it, the beasts couldn’t sing it, no other<br />

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