Genesis 3:24

So he drove out the man, and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword to keep the way of the tree of life 

We are still reflecting on the Cherubims. We have seen these beings assuming a great presence in the redemption and salvation of man. They crowd around the curtains of the Tabernacle, at the either sides of the Merc seat in the Holy of Holies as well as on the walls of Solomon’s temple. We come to further enlightenment when the book of Ezekiel comprehensively describes four living creatures sited at River Chebar. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures (Ezekiel 1:5). These are equated in the tenth chapter to Cherubims. This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims (Ezekiel 10:20). The Cherubims stand for the glory of God. Now, Christ is the sum glory of God. Who (Christ) being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person…(Hebrews 1:3).

Man is God’s mystery, the very primary purpose of existence. God’s acts are replete with mysteries. The hiding of Christ in all the Old Testament scriptures is a mystery. Mystery is what doesn’t lend handle to our understanding. Mystery can only be accessed through revelation. The Father is a mystery and no man can know Him except to whom the Son will reveal him (Mathew 11: 27).  The Cherubims are a mystery.

Today, we examine the Man aspect of the Cherubims, or if you like, who they typify, the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ stands as the pursuit of the Man in manhood. He’s to be rooted and grounded in love so as to be able to know the length, the breadth, height and depth of love, to know the love of Christ which surpasses mere human knowledge, being filled with al the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:18-19). Man is the dwelling place of God, His very delight. Man costs God His own life as he became poor because of him. This has nothing to do with dollars. It’s the principle of double exchange. Christ Who is life (rich) became poor (death prone) that I may become rich (pulsating with divine life). Man is in the class of God though he is easily overwhelmed by the presence of angels. Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they (Hebrews 1 4). From creation to consummation of all things, the whole stories are all about Man who should and is in God. Everything Christ apart from his deity is Man’s! Christ is inclusive of the Man, receiving glory and honour at the feast of consummation of time! It’s a plan that emanated from all eternity! The Man , who has attained MANHOOD came from eternity and is all of Christ’s, moving on with Him.

Father, this is the year of standing perfect in all Your will. It’s isn’t by my power, my self effort but by Your Spirit. I believe Your Spirit is at work in my life. I am coming to MANHOOD in Christ Jesus

Thank You Lord for this