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The deity Acala (known as Fudō Myōō in Japan) is depicted in Buddhist art holding a sword which may or may not be flaming and sometimes described only generically as a treasure sword (宝剣, hōken) or as a vajra-sword (金剛剣, kongō-ken), as the pommel of the sword is shaped like a talon-like vajra (金剛杵, kongō-sho).
Ezekiel's vision of the four living creatures in Ezekiel 1 are identified as cherubim in Ezekiel 10, [1] who are God's throne bearers. [2] Cherubim as minor guardian deities [3] of temple or palace thresholds are known throughout the Ancient East. Each of Ezekiel's cherubim have four faces, that of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle. [2]
The path of the flaming sword (Hebrew: נתיב החרב הבוערת) refers to the flaming sword which God put to guard the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve were cast out. [30] It is a concept in Kabbalah which represents the order in which the ten sefirot were created.
In Judaism and Christianity, the tree of life (Hebrew: עֵץ הַחַיִּים, romanized: ‘ēṣ haḥayyīm; Latin: Lignum vitae) [1] is first described in chapter 2, verse 9 of the Book of Genesis as being "in the midst of the Garden of Eden" with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע; Lignum scientiae boni et mali).
CHERUB (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ r ə b /) is a series of teenage spy novels written by English author Robert Muchamore, focusing around a fictional division of the British Security Service called CHERUB, which employs children, predominantly orphans, 17 or younger as intelligence agents.
Uriel / ˈ ʊər i ə l /, Auriel (Hebrew: אוּרִיאֵל ʾŪrīʾēl, "El/God is my Flame"; [5] Greek: Οὐριήλ Oúriḗl; Coptic: ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ Ouriēl; [6] Italian: Uriele; [7] Geʽez and Amharic: ዑራኤል ʿUraʾēl [8] or ዑርኤል ʿUriʾēl) [9] or Oriel (Hebrew: אוֹרִיאֵל ʾÓrīʾēl, "El/God is my Light") is the name of one of the archangels who is ...
(Isaiah 6:1–3) [17] And one cried to another, "Holy, holy, holy, is YHWH of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory." (verses 2–3) [ 18 ] One seraph carries out an act of ritual purification for the prophet by touching his lips with a live coal from the altar (verses 6–7) [ 19 ] "And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath ...
Articles relating to the Cherubim and their depictions, they are one type of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions.The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden.