사파이어 와 크리솔라이트를 등장시키심의 하나님 의도
2026.4.30
(겔10:1-22)
1 I looked, and I saw the likeness of a throne of sapphire above the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim. 2 The LORD said to the man clothed in linen, "Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city." And as I watched, he went in. 3 Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court. 4 Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the court was full of the radiance of the glory of the LORD. 5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks. 6 When the LORD commanded the man in linen, "Take fire from among the wheels, from among the cherubim," the man went in and stood beside a wheel. 7 Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them. He took up some of it and put it into the hands of the man in linen, who took it and went out. 8 (Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen what looked like the hands of a man.) 9 I looked, and I saw beside the cherubim four wheels, one beside each of the cherubim; the wheels sparkled like chrysolite. 10 As for their appearance, the four of them looked alike; each was like a wheel intersecting a wheel. 11 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the cherubim faced; the wheels did not turn about as the cherubim went. The cherubim went in whatever direction the head faced, without turning as they went. 12 Their entire bodies, including their backs, their hands and their wings, were completely full of eyes, as were their four wheels. 13 I heard the wheels being called "the whirling wheels." 14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the Kebar River. 16 When the cherubim moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not leave their side. 17 When the cherubim stood still, they also stood still; and when the cherubim rose, they rose with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in them. 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. 19 While I watched, the cherubim spread their wings and rose from the ground, and as they went, the wheels went with them. They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD'S house, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. 20 These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim. 21 Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like the hands of a man. 22 Their faces had the same appearance as those I had seen by the Kebar River. Each one went straight ahead.
사파이어 (Sapphire) 는 “푸른 돌”이라는 뜻을 가지고 있고
지혜·진실·충성을 상징
크리솔라이트 (Chrysolite)는 “황금빛 돌”이라는 뜻을 가지고 있고
희망·행운·치유를 상징,
고대 이집트에서는 악령을 쫓는 부적으로 사용되기도 했다 한다.
사파이어 라는 보석이 사용된 것은
하나님을 상징하는데 쓰였고
크리솔라이트는
하나님의 명(命)을 받드는데 사용되었음을
알게된다
그렇다면
하나님의 명을 따라
네 얼굴을 한 그룹천사는
인간에게 있어서 좋은 일에 동원(動員)되었어야 하는 것이 아닐까...???
헌데... 심판하심에 동원 되다니...???
하나님의 이러한 조처가
오차나 실수 일리가 없고
항상 인간을 위하심에 변동함은 없을 것이라는 점을 고려한다면
오늘의 본문 조차
하나님은 세상의 희망·행운·치유를 목적 하심의 처결(處決)이라는 메시지를 은익(隱匿)하고 있음을 깨닫게 한다
죄악을 그대로 두는 것은
의애긍복(義愛矜福)이 아닌 것
일벌백계(一罰百戒)로 일부(一部)는 계19:20 계20:10,14-15 계21:8로 떨어지겠지만
남은자들에게는 회개회개(悔改回改)의 기회(機會)를 제공(提供)하는 것
허니... 이 또한 하나님의 사랑의 조치(措置)임을 발견하게 한다