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What are the Cherubim? Pt. 4: The Face of a Lion and Their Four Wings

Within the Bible, there are accounts of several different types of supernatural, spiritual beings, such as the Cherub, the Seraph, the Serpent, etc. Ezekiel goes into detail describing the beings he called a Cherub. So far, we’ve gone into detail explaining the meanings behind the Cherubim’s faces of a man, eagle, and ox, as well as their straight legs and calf-like soles of their bronze feet. But what does the Cherubim’s face of a lion mean? What do lions represent in the Bible? What are the Cherubim’s four wings for? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answers in our fourth part, The Face of a Lion and Their Four Wings, of our miniseries What are the Cherubim?

Revelation 5:6
Revelation 5:3-5
Matthew 28:18
Ezekiel 1:24
2 Peter 2:7
Genesis 19
2 Samuel 24:13-17
Exodus 25:20-22
Leviticus 16:1-2
Genesis 3:22-24
Genesis 1:28
Ezekiel 1:24
Revelation 17:15
Ezekiel 1:6
Ezekiel 1:11
Psalms 80:1
Psalms 99:1
1 Samuel 4:4
Ezekiel 1:26-28
Psalms 22:3
Ezekiel 10:1-3; 4
Ezekiel 10:18-19
Psalms 18:9-10
Exodus 28:7
John 17:20-23
Exodus 38; 39

What Are The Cherubim? Pt. 4 Summary

The Cherubim’s Face of a Lion and Their Wings

⁸Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus: ⁹their wings touched one another. Each one of them went straight forward, without turning as they went. ¹⁰As for the likeness of their faces, each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel 1:8-10

The Cherubim’s Face of a Lion

The Cherubim had the face of a lion because lion’s represent authority. Jesus told Peter that the Devil demanded to have him. Unless the Devil had some form of authority, he couldn’t demand to have Peter and then Peter given over to him to the point where Jesus says I prayed for you.

³¹Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, ³²but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.
Luke 22:31-32

After this Peter then describes Satan as a prowling lion seeking someone to devour because lions represent authority, just like the Cherubim’s face.

⁸Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. ⁹Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
1 Peter 5:8-9

Satan is portrayed as a roaring lion when he is demanding someone. Lions represent authority because they are a symbol of authority. This is the same idea with the Cherubim. The Cherubim have the face of a lion because they have authority.

The Cherubim’s Wings

¹¹Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above. Each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.
Ezekiel 1:11

The Cherubim cover their bodies with two of their wings because they are like burning coals and torches with the glory of God. Two of their wings hold up the throne of God in glory and praise, this is why God rides on the wings of a cherub in the Psalms.

¹Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Psalms 80:1

²And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.
2 Samuel 6:2

The Face of a Lion and Their Wings Images

The Four Faces of The Cherubim (Cherub Face of Man)

The Four Faces of The Cherubim (Cherub Face of Ox)

The Four Faces of The Cherubim (Cherub Face of Eagle)

The Four Faces of The Cherubim (Cherub Face of Lion which represents authority)

The Cherubim's Face of a Lion which represents Authority Summary

The Anointed Guardian Cherub of Ezekiel 28?

What Are the Cherubim? Pt. 3: Their Hands and Feet

As we discussed in our two previous videos, the Cherubim are terrifying creatures with four faces and four wings. They have the face of a man, eagle, ox, and lion. They also have the likeness of man due to their connection with man. Not only do they have the likeness and face of man, but the Cherubim also have human hands. Their feet are like burnished bronze. But what does that mean? Why do the Cherubim have human hands and bronze feet? What does bronze represent in the Bible? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to explain the Cherubim’s hands and feet in part three of our What Are the Cherubim? series.

Romans 10:13-15
Ezekiel 1:7
Ezekiel 43:6-7a
Deuteronomy 11:24
Isaiah 27:9-10
John 15:1-6
Matthew 13:24-30; 36-40
Revelation 2:18
Ephesians 6:15
Numbers 21:4-9
John 3:14-15
John 3:16
Leviticus 1
Matthew 10:13-15
Acts 3:6-7
Ezekiel 1:8
Ezekiel 37:1
Acts 8:39-40
Ezekiel 1:1-3
Acts 8:17-19
1 Timothy 5:22
1 Timothy 4:14
2 Timothy 1:5-7
Luke 22:43-44
Philippians 2:4-8
Hebrews 1:14
Isaiah 6:6-7

What Are The Cherubim? Pt. 3 Summary

The Cherubim’s Hands and Feet

⁷Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf’s foot. And they sparkled like burnished bronze. ⁸Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus:
Ezekiel 1:7-8

The Cherubim’s Legs

The Cherubim’s legs were straight, so that no one direction dominated. This is important because they had to be able to move in all for directions without turning.

⁹their wings touched one another. Each one of them went straight forward, without turning as they went.
Ezekiel 1:9

If the Cherubim’s legs had knees that bent as we do, they wouldn’t be able to go in all four directions without turning. They would then also have one dominant side, and therefore all four sides could not be equal. This is important because each side of the Cherubim makes up an important piece of who they are. No one side is more important or dominant than the other, or when they went forward with the less dominant side, they would be at a disadvantage. This is why the Cherubim’s legs go straight forward; they need to go in any of the four directions without turning.

The Cherubim’s Bronze Feet

The Cherubim’s feet shone like burnished bronze because bronze is symbolic of the common man receiving healing, Salvation, redemption, etc. It wasn’t like gold, just for specific people, it was for everyone.

Examples of Bronze in the Bible

The Bronze Fiery Serpent in the Wilderness

⁴From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. ⁵And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” ⁶Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. ⁷And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. ⁸And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” ⁹So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
Numbers 21:4-9

The Bronze Altar in the Tent of Meeting

²⁹The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels; ³⁰with it he made the bases for the entrance of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar and the bronze grating for it and all the utensils of the altar, ³¹the bases around the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court.
Exodus 38:29-31

¹The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, ²“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock. ³If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord.”
Leviticus 1:1-3

Summary of the Bronze feet

In the Bible, one of the uses of bronze was to represent that it was for everyone, not just one kind of person. It was for anyone willing to receive. Anyone willing to accept and be healed. Anyone willing to accept Salvation and be saved, delivered, and redeemed. So, the Bible records the Cherubim’s feet as bronze because they are angels, ministering spirits, bringing Salvation, redemption, and healing to all people willing to receive it by grace through faith in Jesus Christ our LORD and Savior. The Cherubim’s hands and feet are connected in the way that they both are representations of healing, redemption, and receiving Salvation.

The Cherubim’s Human Hands

The Cherubim have human hands because they can bestow the Spirit of God and the gifts of God upon those whom they lay hands on, as all angels, both spiritual beings and human beings, can.

¹⁷Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:17

¹⁴Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
1 Timothy 4:14

⁵I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. ⁶For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, ⁷for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
2 Timothy 1:5-7

The Cherubim's Soles of their Feet Summary

The Cherubim's Legs and Bronze Feet Summary

What are the Cherubim? Pt. 2: The Face of an Eagle and Ox

The Cherubim have the face of man, the face of a lion, the face of an ox, and the face of an eagle. We established in part one that the face of man and their likeness of man represented their connection to man. So, does the Cherubim’s face of an eagle and an ox represent their connection to those animals? What does it mean to have the face of an eagle and ox? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer in part two, The Face of an Eagle and an Ox, in our series, What are the Cherubim?

Ezekiel 1:10
Job 39:27
Jeremiah 49:16
Isaiah 14:12-15
Exodus 19:4
Isaiah 40:30-31
Exodus 33:14
Ezekiel 1:4-5
Exodus 16:9-12
Exodus 19:9a
Ezekiel 1:13
Genesis 15:17-21
Ezekiel 1:12
1 Timothy 5:17-18
1 Corinthians 9:9-12
Galatians 5:16-26
Hebrews 1:13-14
Ezekiel 1:14
Luke 10:18
Matthew 24:27
1 Timothy 2:1-6
Galatians 3:19-20
Hebrews 2:2-4
Romans 10:13-15

What Are The Cherubim? Pt. 2 Summary

¹⁰As for the likeness of their faces, each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel 1:10

The Cherubim’s Face of an Eagle

Eagles are associated with the presence of God. Eagles’ wings in particular are associated with the right and path to enter into the presence of the LORD.

⁴You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
Exodus 19:4

¹⁰ He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. ¹¹Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, ¹²the Lord alone guided him, no foreign god was with him.
Deuteronomy 32:10–12

The Cherubim’s face of an eagle represents its connection and relationship with God. The Cherubim can enter into the presence and glory of God.

The Cherubim’s Face of an Ox

In the Bible, the ox is associated with winning souls for Christ.

¹⁷Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. ¹⁸For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”
1 Timothy 5:17-18

⁹For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? ¹⁰Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
1 Corinthians 9:9-10

The Cherubim’s face of the ox represents their job description as angels because they are ministering spirits.

What are the Cherubim? Pt. 1: The Face of Man

Whenever we see Cherubim, we see them depicted as cute chubby little babies with wings. Often times we see them with a cute little bow and arrow ready to spread love, like Cupid. But is that what Cherubim look like? Aren’t the Cherubim cute, chubby little babies with wings? How does the Bible describe Cherubim? Does the Bible even describe Cherubim? Why did the Bible say that one of the Cherubim’s faces was man? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to these questions in our video, What are the Cherubim? Pt. 1: The Face of Man.

Ezekiel 10:20-22
Ezekiel 10:10-14
Ezekiel 1:1-14
Ezekiel 1:5-6
Revelation 4:6-8
Genesis 2:18-20
Genesis 1:26
Genesis 3:8-9
Exodus 37:7-9
Philippians 2:5-8
Hebrews 6:19-20
Hebrews 10:19-22

What Are The Cherubim? Pt. 1 Summary

The Four Faces of the Cherubim

⁵And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, ⁶but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
Ezekiel 1:5-6

¹⁰As for the likeness of their faces, each had a human face. The four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel 1:10

The four faces of the Cherubim are the face of man, lion, ox, and eagle. The Cherubim’s face of man represents their connection to humanity. This is the same word used when describing the creation of man.

²⁶Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Genesis 1:26

This is why they are described as having the likeness of man. They are connected to man.

Similarities between the Cherubim and the Four Living Creatures

Differences between the Cherubim and the Four Living Creatures

Can Christians Celebrate Memorial Day?

Freedom comes at a cost, usually bloodshed. But is it worth it? Is it right? Should Christians memorialize those who gave their lives if they also took a life? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to the question, Can Christians Celebrate Memorial Day?

Exodus 35:16-17
1 John 3:14-15
Ephesians 6:10-12
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Matthew 26:13
John 15:12-13

Can Christians Celebrate Memorial Day?

Freedom Comes at a Cost

¹⁹Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, ²⁰for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Remember Past Sacrifices

When Jesus went to Bethany, a woman anointed His head with expensive ointment. Because of her sacrifice, He said her story would be told in memory of her. He memorialized her.

⁶Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,⁷a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. ⁸And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? ⁹For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.” ¹⁰But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. ¹¹For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. ¹²In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. ¹³Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
Matthew 26:6-13

This is what we are doing for our fallen soldiers. We are remembering them and honoring their sacrifice.

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Do Humans Go To Hell?

What does the Bible say about Hell? Is Hell even in the Bible? Well, the Bible says Hell was created for the Devil and his angels, not for humans. Death and Hades are both thrown into the Lake of Fire, as are the False Prophet and the Beast, but are humans? If Hell wasn’t made humans, does that mean that humans go to Hell? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to the question, Do Humans Go To Hell?

Matthew 25:41
Matthew 25:31-46
Revelation 20:14
Revelation 20:13
Revelation 20:15
1 Corinthians 15:26
2 Timothy 1:10
Revelation 1:17-18
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Galatians 5:19-24

Hell In The Bible

Why Do Humans Go To Hell?

²⁷You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ²⁸But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. ³⁰And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
Matthew 5:27-30

¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. ¹⁴Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:12-15

Humans will be sentenced to Hell if they do not follow God’s laws. If a person seeks to live a life of sin and unrighteousness, then God is not a part of that person. And if God is not a part of that person, then their names are not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. If your name isn’t written in the Lambs Book of Life, you will be sentenced to Hell at the Final Judgment.

Description of Hell

⁴¹The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, ⁴²and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:41-42

¹¹I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, ¹²while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 8:11-12

According to Jesus, Hell is a place of extreme darkness and torment. It’s a place where there is no rest or peace. It’s a place where there is no joy, only pain and suffering. Hell is the exact opposite of Heaven because Hell was created as a punishment away from God and all of His attributes, so there can be nothing good in Hell.

⁹And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of His anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
Revelation 14:9-11

According to the book of Revelation, in the last of the last days, the Mark of the Beast will be upon the earth, and if anyone takes that mark, their souls will be damned to Hell. So, in other words, you could’ve lived a righteous life your entire life, but if you give into the Mark of the Beast in the Last Days, then you will be one of the humans that are sentenced to Hell because of your sin.

And because of your sin, regardless of what it is, you will be tormented day and night forever and ever. It will be your eternal death because you did not choose eternal life.

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Is Satan Stronger Than Lucifer?

Satan and Lucifer have to be two of the most talked about entities of the Bible. But Satan is our main enemy. We even refer to him as the king of the Kingdom of Darkness. So does that mean that Satan is stronger than Lucifer? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to that question in our video, Is Satan Stronger Than Lucifer?

Genesis 3:1a
Jude 10
2 Peter 2:12
Hebrews 2:6-8
Proverbs 12:23
Job 42:7
Revelation 12:9
Isaiah 14:12-15
Jude 8-9
Job 1
Job 2
Revelation 9:11
2 Peter 2:10-11
Daniel 10:12-14
Revelation 12:4-7
Isaiah 14:13-14
Isaiah 42:8
Revelation 12:8-9
Isaiah 14:15
Daniel 7:4
Daniel 7:7
Daniel 7:11-12
Revelation 19:20
Revelation 20:1-10

Is Satan Stronger Than Lucifer?

Satan and Lucifer

Satan and Lucifer are two different beings. Everything about Lucifer and Satan is different, including what type of being they are. Satan is a Beast of the Field, while Lucifer is a star-like celestial being.

Satan

^1b Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
Genesis 3:1b

⁷Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, ⁸but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 12:7-9

Being Classification	Dragon
Place of Residence	Earth
Job Description	A Glorious One
Sin	Tries to kill God and starts a war in Heaven
Punishment	Thrown to earth

Lucifer

¹²How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star (Lucifer), son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! ¹³You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; ¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ ¹⁵But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.
Isaiah 14:12-15

Being Classification	Unknown type of Celestial Being
Place of Residence	The Second Heaven
Job Description	An angel
Sin	Desired to be like God
Punishment	Locked in the Bottomless Pit

Summary

Lucifer is stronger than Satan for many reasons, but one main reason. Lucifer is an angel, while Satan is a Glorious One. Angels are stronger than the Glorious Ones because they have to fight off territorial spirits in order to bring messages between the realms.

¹⁰and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, ¹¹whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.
2 Peter 2:10-11

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Did God Plan To Save The Gentiles?

As Gentiles, it’s easy to feel like God never really wanted us. That His only desire was to save the Jews but is that true? Did God have a plan for the salvation of the Gentiles like He had for the Salvation of the Jews? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to the question, Did God Plan To Save The Gentiles?

1 Corinthians 12
Leviticus 23:15-22
Matthew 16:5-12
1 Corinthians 5:6-8
1 Peter 4:3
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
Matthew 10:5-7
Matthew 15:21-24
Matthew 28:16-20
Acts 9:15
Judges 7:12-14
John 12:20-26
Deuteronomy 32:8
Exodus 9:31-32
Romans 1:16
Leviticus 23:22
Romans 2:10-11
Ruth 1:15-18
Ruth 1:22
Ruth 2:22-23
Ruth 4:9-10
Galatians 3:28-29

Salvation for the Gentiles

Salvation for the Gentiles Prophesied

¹⁷I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, ¹⁸and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.
Genesis 22:17-18

²⁰I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord. ²¹“And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth, ²²and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel, ²³ and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”
Hosea 2:20-23

¹⁰ Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”
Hosea 1:10

From the very beginning God had a plan to save the Gentiles. He desires to save all of His creation no matter who they are, no matter what they’ve done, and no matter where they were born. God’s desire was, is, and always will be to save His most precious creation, us.

No Longer Gentiles

¹⁴I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, ¹⁵just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
John 10:14-16

⁷Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. ⁸And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” ⁹So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Galatians 3:7-9

²⁷For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
Galatians 3:27-9

¹²For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:12-13

⁹Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices ¹⁰and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. ¹¹Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
Colossians 3:9-11

When Jesus died and rose again, He made a way for Gentiles to be grafted into the sheepfold along with the Jews. God’s desire isn’t to keep us separated as Gentiles and Jews, but to combine us as one people in His name. One flock, one body of Christ.

More on Leaven

⁷You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? ⁸This persuasion is not from Him who calls you. ⁹A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ¹⁰I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
Galatians 5:7-10

Leaven is almost always related to sin.

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Are We In The Last Days?

God promised that in the last days He would do many things, but when exactly is that? When are the last days? How will we know when they have come? What do Acts 2 and Joel 2 have to say about this? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find the answer to these questions and more.

Acts 2:1
Acts 2:14-21
Joel 2:28-29
Acts 2:32-33
Acts 2:6-11
2 Peter 3:1-3
Acts 2:37-39
2 Timothy 3:1
Hebrews 1:1-2
John 6:44
John 12:48
Acts 10:34-35
Acts 10:44-48

Verses On The Last Days

The Last Days

¹ Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. ²Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. ³Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
James 5:1-3

¹ Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, ²but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
Hebrews 1:1-2

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

¹¹I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Matthew 3:11

¹⁵If you love me, you will keep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, ¹⁷even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will bein you.
John 14:15-17

God promised that in the Last Days, the Holy Spirit would be poured out on all flesh. John prophesied that Jesus would be the one to baptize us in the Holy Spirit. Jesus promised that when He died and rose again, He would send the Holy Spirit to us. This is why we have Salvation today because God poured out His Holy Spirit on all of mankind.

The Last Day

⁵⁴Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:54

³⁹And this is the will of Him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that He has given me, but raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life, and I will raise Him up on the last day.
John 6:39-40

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The Blessing of Being a Mother

Throughout Scripture, we see a direct connection between blessings and childbirth, but why? Did God intend for women to just be a baby factory, or is there more to the story? What’s so important about giving birth other than making sure humanity doesn’t die out? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find out what the ‘Blessing of Being a Mother’ really is.

Genesis 29:31-32
2 Samuel 6:23
1 Timothy 2:13-15
Galatians 4:4-5
Genesis 3:16
Genesis 4:7
Song of Solomon 7:10
Psalms 29:3
Isaiah 43:10
Romans 6:16
1 Timothy 2:11-12
1 Corinthians 11:7-12
Galatians 3:25-29

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²⁸And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 1:28

¹ And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.”

Genesis 9:1

¹¹Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. ¹²So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?”

Genesis 18:11-12

²⁵by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

Genesis 49:25

²⁵You shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. ²⁶None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

Exodus 23:25-26

³Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Psalms 127:3

Women are the only people on earth who can have children, that is a blessing and a privilege. The LORD has given women the blessing of being a mother, so that she may be redeemed to her rightful place at man’s side as a helpmate. Out of man came woman, but from every woman man is born.

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