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Ezek. 28:, "thought it not robbery to be equal with God". Yet it hardly seems right to
class the Son of God with the cherubim. We remember however that there are four
Gospels, not three or two, and that these four gospels have distinctive points of view thus:
1.
Matthew
The King
Symbol:
The LION.
2.
Mark
The Servant
Symbol:
The OX.
3.
Luke
The Man
Symbol:
The MAN.
4.
John
The Son of God
Symbol:
The EAGLE.
These characteristics have been considered with some care and illustrated by a
drawing in a booklet entitled "The Four Gospels" which can be obtained from
Mr. 50: A. Canning.
When we realize that the fourfold presentation of the Saviour is God's countermove to
undo the works of the Devil, we find that we have, not only our perfect number of
references, SEVEN, but also a complete structure of the whole series. The humility of
the Son of God being the answer to the pride of the Anointed Cherub.
THE CHERUBIM
A | The ANOINTED. His pride and fall.
B | Paradise LOST.
C | Tabernacle and wilderness.
Temple and Land.
Glory and Return.
A | The ANOINTED. His humility and triumph.
B | Paradise RESTORED.
Having considered the beginning of the redemptive purpose Gen. 3: 1, and its
glorious close presented in symbol in Gen. 3: 24, we can now return to the story of
man's fall, God's provision and promise, and follow with wandering faith the battle and
the triumph, the promise and its consequences, that foreshadow both the cross and the
crown in this great chapter of Gen. 3: