18 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle. 19 Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other.and Numbers 21:
8 And the Lord said to him: Make a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live. 9 Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: which when they that were bitten looked upon, they were healed.?
We know in part, see in part. One thing we can know: God’s ways are not our own. If He says to do something, we should obey. If man says to do something, we are to test and see if it lines up God’s instructions. Nowhere do we see God tell Christians to “venerate” men, angels or an image.