Living creatures

"As represented by Ezekiel (1-10) and John (Rev. 4, etc.), are" the cherubim. They are distinguished from angels (Rev. 15:7); "they join the elders in the "new song" (5:8, 9); they warn of" "danger from divine justice (Isa. 6:3-5), and deliver the" "commission to those who execute it (Ezek. 10:2, 7); they" associate with the elders in their sympathy with the hundred and "forty-four thousand who sing the new song (Rev. 14:3), and with" the Church in the overthrow of her enemies (19:4). "They are supposed to represent mercy, as distinguished from "justice, mercy in its various instrumentalities, and especially" "as connected with the throne of God, the "throne of grace."

Related Bible Dictionary Terms:
Doleful creatures