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To: guitarplayer1953
angels are spoken of haveing three and four faces and multiple eyes. I do not see that in man.

Such descriptions are either literary devices, or symbolic revelations meant specifically to the seer's awareness that communicate a deeper reality regarding their nature. The meaning of these symbolic manifestations must be found in the collective "exegesis" of these symbols in ancient Israel, and in the greater cultural and religious context of the ancient Middle East at the time the revelation was granted.

Angels, being spiritual beings, don't need eyes, heads, or multiple faces. These are symbolic of the speed and depth of angelic perception, as well as their speed (when it comes to "wings".

God is also described in Scripture as having a "back", as well as "wings" and "pinions." He does not, but these literary artifacts are descriptive of aspects of God's reality who, in His Being, has not and needs not any of these appendages.

+JMJ,
Theo

85 posted on 01/31/2012 10:46:05 PM PST by Teófilo (Visit Vivificat! - http://www.vivificat.org - A Catholic Blog of News, Commentary and Opinion)
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To: Teófilo
The seraph and cherubim are said to have multiple wings and are depicted as such on the ark.
86 posted on 02/01/2012 1:55:26 PM PST by guitarplayer1953 (Grammar & spelling maybe wrong, get over it, the world will not come to an end!)
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