Category Archives: Bible

ANSWER The name “LORD of hosts” occurs some 261 times in the Old Testament Scriptures. God is first called the “LORD of hosts” in 1 Samuel 1:3. The word LORD, capitalized, refers to Yahweh, the self-existent, redemptive God. The word hosts is a translation of the Hebrew word sabaoth, meaning “armies”—a reference to the angelicContinue reading “What does the Bible mean when it calls God the “LORD of hosts”?”

ANSWER The title “Ancient of Days” first appears in Daniel 7:9, where Daniel is describing his vision of heaven. There an ancient, or venerable, Person sits on a flaming throne with wheels of fire, His hair and clothing white as snow. The flaming throne is symbolic of judgment, while the white hair and title “Ancient”Continue reading “What does it mean that God is the Ancient of Days?”

ANSWER Ezekiel’s vision of the four wheels dramatically illustrates the omnipresence and omniscience of God. These wheels were associated with the “four living creatures” (Ezekiel 1:4), who were later described (Ezekiel 10:5, 20) as cherubim, angelic beings appointed as guardians of the holiness of God. Each wheel was actually two in one, with one apparentlyContinue reading “What were the wheels in Ezekiel 1?”

ANSWER Cherubim/cherubs are angelic beings involved in the worship and praise of God. The cherubim are first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 3:24, “After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way toContinue reading “What are cherubim?”

You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire,[1] emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings.[2] On the day that you were created they were prepared. 14 You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placedContinue reading “Satan – You were in Eden Ezekiel 28:13-19”