This reveals further that Satan not only held something like a priestly position before

the Lord in the sense of access, but had also a close relation to the praises of heaven too,

for when the Psalmist would call upon his people to praise the God of Jacob, he said:--

In Psa. 149: Israel joins in the new song, and sings praises with the timbrel and

harp, and Psa. 150:, that magnificent call upon all creation to praise the Lord, does not

omit to say, "Praise Him with the timbrel". Something of the magnificence of heaven's

hallelujah can be felt when the whole psalm is read through, and something of the

splendour and exalted position once held by Satan can be inferred.

The full title and office for which all this has been preparatory is now to be revealed.

The anointed.--The word used here gives us the word Messiah. The priest was

anointed, so also was the king. Here before his fall we behold one of the Lord's

anointed. In Christ, the Priest King after the order of Melchisedec, we see the glorious

antitype. He is further called--

The anointed cherub.--The first time that we meet with the cherubim in Scripture

they are in direct contrast with Satan as the nachash, the shining one, the Serpent (Gen.

3:). When the Lord chose Israel out from among the nations, that they in their history

and in their worship set forth in type His great purpose with man, the cherubim were

closely associated with the mercy seat, the covenant and the dwelling place of God on

earth. when at length the wilderness was left behind and the promised land entered, the

kingdom set up and established, then under Solomon as the prince of peace the temple

was built, and there once again the cherubim were seen. This time their wings not only

shadowed the mercy seat, but covered the entire width of the Most Holy Place.

Following upon the kingdom came the failure of Israel and their captivity, and Ezekiel

is the prophet of the captivity. The great theme of this prophecy is the departing and the

returning glory of the Lord, and vitally connected with this departing and returning glory

are the cherubim. The prophet who alone reveals the fact that Satan was once the

anointed cherub, is the one Old Testament writer to whom we turn for a description of

those wonderful beings.

Chapter 1: is occupied with the description of four living creatures, and in chapter 10:

is a description of the cherubim. In verse 20 Ezekiel says:--