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1 이에 내가 보니 그룹들 머리 위 궁창에 남보석 같은 것이 나타나는데 보좌 형상 같더라

2 하나님이 가는 베옷 입은 사람에게 일러 가라사대 너는 그룹 밑바퀴 사이로 들어가서 그 속에서 숯불을 두 손에 가득히 움켜 가지고 성읍 위에 흩으라 하시매 그가 내 목전에 들어가더라

3 그 사람이 들어갈 때에 그룹들은 성전 우편에 섰고 구름은 안 뜰에 가득하며

4 여호와의 영광이 그룹에서 올라 성전 문지방에 임하니 구름이 성전에 가득하며 여호와의 영화로운 광채가 뜰에 가득하였고

5 그룹들의 날개 소리는 바깥 뜰까지 들리는데 전능하신 하나님의 말씀하시는 음성 같더라

6 하나님이 가는 베옷 입은 자에게 명하시기를 바퀴 사이 곧 그룹들 사이에서 불을 취하라 하셨으므로 그가 들어가 바퀴 옆에 서매

7 한 그룹이 그룹들 사이에서 손을 내밀어 그 그룹들 사이에 있는 불을 취하여 가는 베옷 입은 자의 손에 주매 그가 받아 가지고 나가는데

8 그룹들의 날개 밑에 사람의 손 같은 것이 나타났더라

9 내가 보니 그룹들 곁에 네 바퀴가 있는데 이 그룹 곁에도 한 바퀴가 있고 저 그룹 곁에도 한 바퀴가 있으며 그 바퀴 모양은 황옥 같으며

10 그 모양은 넷이 한결 같은데 마치 바퀴 안에 바퀴가 있는 것 같으며

11 그룹들이 행할 때에는 사방으로 향한대로 돌이키지 않고 행하되 돌이키지 않고 그 머리 향한 곳으로 행하며

12 그 온 몸과 등과 손과 날개와 바퀴 곧 네 그룹의 바퀴의 둘레에 다 눈이 가득하더라

13 내가 들으니 그 바퀴들을 도는 것이라 칭하며

14 그룹들은 각기 네 면이 있는데 첫 면은 그룹의 얼굴이요 둘째 면은 사람의 얼굴이요 세째는 사자의 얼굴이요 네째는 독수리의 얼굴이더라

15 그룹들이 올라가니 그들은 내가 그발강 가에서 보던 생물이라

16 그룹들이 행할 때에는 바퀴도 그 곁에서 행하고 그룹들이 날개를 들고 땅에서 올라가려 할 때에도 바퀴가 그 곁을 떠나지 아니하며

17 그들이 서면 이들도 서고 그들이 올라가면 이들도 함께 올라가니 이는 생물의 신이 바퀴 가운데 있음이더라

18 여호와의 영광이 성전 문지방을 떠나서 그룹들 위에 머무르니

19 그룹들이 날개를 들고 내 목전에 땅에서 올라가는데 그들이 나갈때에 바퀴도 그 곁에서 함께 하더라 그들이 여호와의 전으로 들어가는 동문에 머물고 이스라엘 하나님의 영광이 그 위에 덮였더라

20 그것은 내가 그발강 가에서 본바 이스라엘 하나님의 아래 있던 생물이라 그들이 그룹들인 줄을 내가 아니라

21 각기 네 얼굴과 네 날개가 있으며 날개 밑에는 사람의 손 형상이 있으니

22 그 얼굴의 형상은 내가 그발강 가에서 보던 얼굴이며 그 모양과 몸둥이도 그러하며 각기 곧게 앞으로 행하더라

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9509

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9509. 'And you shall make two cherubs' means that there is no admission or access to the Lord except through the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'cherubs' as watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord except through the good of love. Since this was meant by the cherubs, they were placed over the mercy-seat that was over the ark; and they were for the same reason made from solid gold. For 'the ark' means heaven where the Lord is, 9485, and 'gold' means the good of love, 9490. The reason why there is no access to the Lord except through the good of love is that love is spiritual togetherness, and all good belongs to love. Those therefore who are governed by the good of love to the Lord are brought to Him in heaven, because they have been joined together with Him. So too are those who are governed by the good of love towards the neighbour; for the neighbour is the good of a fellow-citizen, the good of one's country, the good of the Church, the good of the whole of the Lord's kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself since He is the source of that good present with a person.

[2] There are two states that a person passes through while being regenerated, one of which follows the other. The first is a state during which he is led by means of the truths of faith to the good of love; the other is one in which he is governed by the good of love, and when governed by it he is in heaven with the Lord. From this it is evident that this good is heaven itself present with the person, that good being the Lord present with him because its source is the Lord. Regarding these two states that a person who is being regenerated passes through, one of which follows the other, see 7923, 7992, 8505, 8506, 8510, 8512, 8516, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701, 9224, 9227, 9230, 9274; and the fact that a person comes into heaven when governed by good, that is, when led by the Lord by means of good, 8516, 8539, 8722, 8772, 9139.

[3] It is clear from places in the Word where 'cherubs' are mentioned that they mean watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord or to heaven except through the good of love, that is, except by those governed by the good of love, and also guarding against any harm being done to the good from the Lord which is present in heaven and with a person, as for instance in Genesis,

And He expelled the man, and away from the east towards the garden of Eden He caused the cherubs to dwell, and the flame of a sword turning itself this way and that to guard the way to the tree of life. Genesis 3:24.

Here it is self-evident that things which serve as guards are meant by 'the cherubs', since it says 'to guard the way to the tree of life'. 'The tree of life' is the good of love, which comes from the Lord and for that reason is the Lord; and it is guarded by the prevention of any access except through the good of love.

[4] It is thought that the Lord is accessible through the truths of faith. But there can be no access to Him, nor even to heaven, through those truths if they have been separated from the good of love. As soon as separated truths wish to enter, heaven, which is the way to the Lord, is closed. And since truth cannot enter by itself unless it has good within it, and by virtue of this has come to consist of good, neither can understanding do so, still less factual knowledge, if separated from good desired by the will.

[5] Because watchfulness and providence guarding against access to the Lord, or for that reason to heaven, except through the good of love is meant by 'the cherubs', the Word says that Jehovah is seated on the cherubs, also rides and dwells upon the cherubs, as in David,

Turn Your ears, O Shepherd of Israel; You who are seated upon the cherubs, shine forth. Psalms 80:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah will reign, the peoples will be shaken. He is seated on the cherubs. Psalms 99:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah rode on a cherub, and flew. Psalms 18:10.

And in Isaiah,

Jehovah Zebaoth is dwelling on the cherubs. Isaiah 37:16.

For the same reasons there were cherubs upon the curtains of the dwelling-place, and upon the veil, Exodus 26:1, 31; 36:35; they were also upon the walls of the temple round about and upon the doors there, 1 Kings 6:23-29, 31-35, and similarly in the new temple, as described in Ezekiel 41:18-20. The presence of the cherubs on the curtains of the dwelling-place, on the veil, on the walls of the temple, and on the doors there, was a sign of the Lord's watchfulness, guarding against access to Divine Holiness except through the good of love; and the presence of the cherubs over the ark was a sign that no one should gain access to the Lord Himself except through that good. This also explains why the cherubs were made from solid gold, and in the Jerusalem temple from olive wood; for 'gold' and 'olive oil' mean the good of love.

[6] That watchfulness and providence of the Lord is described in Ezekiel by 'the four living creatures', each of which had four faces, under the throne where the Lord was, Ezekiel 1:1-end; 10:1-end, and also in John by 'four living creatures' around the throne where the Lord was, 10:Revelation 4:6-10; 5:6, 8-9, 14. By 'the four living creatures' is meant the good, varying in appearance, which emanates from the Lord, and which watches and guards against the letting in of anything other than the good of love to the Lord and the good of love towards the neighbour. By 'the throne' on which the Lord was seated heaven is meant, 5313.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.