Why Did God Command Moses to Make Statues of Angels for His Place of Worship?

[Csac]

Why did God command Moses to make two statues of angels to be placed inside of the most holy place of worship?

Exodus, chapter 25

18: Make two cherubim of beaten gold for the two ends of the propitiatory,

19: fastening them so that one cherub springs direct from each end.

20: The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, covering the propitiatory with them; they shall be turned toward each other, but with their faces looking toward the propitiatory.

 

[Hentenza]

Why did God command Moses to make two statues of angels to be placed inside of the most holy place of worship?

Exodus, chapter 25

18: Make two cherubim of beaten gold for the two ends of the propitiatory,

19: fastening them so that one cherub springs direct from each end.

20: The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, covering the propitiatory with them; they shall be turned toward each other, but with their faces looking toward the propitiatory.

Hi Csac,

The following is a commentary that I had on file from a bible study on Exodus. Hope this helps you.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]This propitiatory covering, as it might well be translated, was a type of Christ, the great propitiation, whose satisfaction fully answers the demands of the law, covers our transgressions, and comes between us and the curse we deserve. Thus he is the end of the law for righteousness. III. The cherubim of gold were fixed to the mercy-seat, and of a piece with it, and spread their wings over it, v. 18. It is supposed that these cherubim were designed to represent the holy angels, who always attended the shechinah, or divine Majesty, particularly at the giving of the law; not by any effigies of an angel, but some emblem of the angelical nature, probably some one of those four faces spoken of, Eze. 1:10. Whatever the faces were, they looked one towards another, and both downward towards the ark, while their wings were stretched out so as to touch one another. The apostle calls them cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat, Heb. 9:5. It denotes their attendance upon the Redeemer, to whom they were ministering spirits, their readiness to do his will, their special presence in the assemblies of saints (Ps. 68:17; 1 Co. 11:10), and their desire to look into the mysteries of the gospel which they diligently contemplate, 1 Pt. 1:12. God is said to dwell, or sit, between the cherubim, on the mercy-seat (Ps. 80:1), and thence he here promises, for the future, to meet with Moses, and to commune with him, v. 22.[/FONT][/FONT]