See what I mean? You can't just read the bible you have to read each paragraph and then have a discussion with 5 scholars who will not agree with the meaning.
"So he drove the man out and to the east of Eden he placed the Cherubim
with a flaming and flashing sword that turns in every direction,
to guard the way to the tree of life"
Who's he? What's a cherbum? What's the significance of the flaming and flashing? What does driving the man out have to do with the tree of life?
Can you tell me what this means? And do 9 out of 10 priests agree?
A cheribum is a mythological creature representative of a specific type of human being. There were two on the top of the box in which the law was kept. These two represent either two living creatures or one creature that appears twice suggested by their looking back at each other as if speaking across the river of time as in the vision of daniel.
Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river. And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be until the end of these wonders?
The flaming and flashing represent the fantastical stories of supernatural events. These diversions were put in place to guard the way to the tree of life. Keeping the meaning of the law secret and hidden from froward individuals.
