“He drove out the man; and at the east of the Garden of Eden, He placed the cherubim and the flaming sword that turned every way to guard the path to the Tree of Life.” (Genesis 3:24) It is no ...

He drove Adam out and He stationed from the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and the blade of the inverted sword to guard the way to the Tree of Life.” Three questions stand out ...

When Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden, cherubim guard the way to the Tree of Life with “the blade of the revolving sword.” The sword-wielding cherubim represent the loss of the connection ...

3:24, God stations the cherubim outside Eden. It is likely that the cherubim ... where there is a duty to protect the sancta. The “outer guard” is stationed outside the door of the Lodge ...