Four Beasts

(Rev 4:6-8 KJV) "And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. {7} And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. {8} And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."

Four Living Creatures (Ezek 1:5-6)

(Ezek 1:10-11 KJV) "As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. {11} Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies."

Cherubims (Living Creatures, Ezek 10:20-22)

(Ezek 10:12, 14 KJV) "And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. {14} And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle."

Seraphims

(Isa 6:1-3 KJV) "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. {2} Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. {3} And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory."

To begin understanding the four beasts (which was translated from the Greek word zoon (G2226), defined "a living thing") in Revelation 4:6-8, I looked to see some heavenly things (Heb 8:5 ¹) that the LORD showed Moses. God told Moses to pattern the tabernacle according to the pattern He showed him (Exo 25:8-9) in the mount (Exo 25:40). According to Exodus 25:17-19 and 37:6-8, Moses made two cherubim for each end of the mercy seat. According to Exodus 25:20 and 37:9 two of their wings spread out covered over the mercy seat.

One wing of each of the two cherubims Solomon made (1 Ki 6:23-28) touched the walls of the inner house and their other wings touched one another (covering the mercy seat) in the midst of the house according to 1 Kings 6:27, and joined according to 2 Chronicles 3:12. Two wings of every one (living creatures) in Ezekiel's visions of God (Ezek 1:1) in Ezekiel 1:11 were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. Other tabernacle items patterned after the cherubim are in the borders of the bases for the lavers (1 Ki 7:27-39).

(1 Ki 7:29-30 KJV) "And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims... {30} And every base had four brazen wheels...."

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With love in Christ!
Al