Biblically Accurate Cherubim Hand Painted Angel Tree Topper with Four Wings | 11 Inches

Concept-Image of Cherubim based on the Bible

About this creature:

The best description of a Cherubim comes from the book of Ezekiel. His account is as follows:

Ezekiel 1:5

And in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides, they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved. Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body.

It opens with a prophet experiencing a profound vision, in his vision, Ezekiel describes them as living creatures, but they are later revealed in chapter 10 as Cherubim. In Ezekiel 1:5, we know that cherubim are angels with four faces, four pairs of wings, the shape of a man, and the hooves of an ox. Their skin color was sparkled like burnished bronze.

Ezekiel 10- 8

Ezekiel’s encounter with the cherubim continues in Chapter 10, where additional details emerge.

Their whole body, including their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.

In this chapter, Ezekiel enriches the portrayal of Cherubim by noting that the Cherubim were covered with eyes. This explains why some artistic interpretations of Cherubim do not feature them entirely covered in eyes, as these representations often draw solely from the first chapter of Ezekiel.