The Bible describes the anointed cherub as a created being who was in Eden and who is called 'the anointed cherub that covereth.'
Ezekiel 28:13 places this figure in Eden and says 'in the day that thou wast created.' Verse 14 calls him 'the anointed cherub that covereth' and says God set him upon the holy mountain of God. In the provided teaching, Les Feldick references Ezekiel 28:13 when explaining the catastrophic interruption he believes happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
Ezekiel 28:13-14 — This is the main passage that names the anointed cherub and describes his original position in Eden.
Ezekiel 28:12 opens as a lamentation for the king of Tyrus, but the description soon moves to a figure who 'hast been in Eden the garden of God' and whose covering was 'every precious stone' (Ezekiel 28:13). The same verse says the workmanship of his tabrets and pipes 'was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.' Ezekiel 28:14 then states, 'Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.' The passage presents this being as created and as set in a specific anointed position by God.
In the clips supplied for this page, Les Feldick does not give a full exposition of the anointed cherub's identity. His one direct reference to Ezekiel 28 comes in a lesson on the gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, where he cites Ezekiel 28:13 as part of the biblical evidence that a catastrophic interruption took place. He is explicit that he is a creationist and that he is not using this argument to accommodate evolution or geological ages. Beyond that, the available transcripts do not record him naming the anointed cherub or explaining the figure's identity in detail.
The principal description is in Ezekiel 28:13-14. Verse 13 says the figure had been in Eden and had a covering of precious stones, and verse 14 calls him 'the anointed cherub that covereth' and says he was set upon God's holy mountain. The passage also says he walked in the midst of the stones of fire.
Les Feldick explains that he believes something terrible happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, and that God destroyed it with a flood. He points to Ezekiel 28:13 as one of the places he goes in Scripture for this understanding. He also stresses that he does not use this approach to support the evolutionist concept of long ages, and that he is a creationist.
No. In the provided clips, Les Feldick does not explicitly identify the anointed cherub as Satan or name the figure at all. His only reference to Ezekiel 28:13 is in connection with the catastrophic interruption he sees between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
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Ezekiel 28:13: Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
This verse places the anointed cherub in Eden and describes his created condition.
Ezekiel 28:14: Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
This verse gives the specific title 'anointed cherub' and shows he was set in position by God.
Ezekiel 28:12: Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
This verse introduces the lamentation that immediately precedes the description of the anointed cherub.
No. Ezekiel 28:13 says he had been in Eden, the garden of God, and verse 14 calls him 'the anointed cherub that covereth.' In the provided clip, Les Feldick references this verse while discussing a catastrophic judgment between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, and he does not discuss him as merely a human king.
The passage does not give the cherub a personal name. Ezekiel 28:14 uses the title 'the anointed cherub that covereth.' In the available clips, Les Feldick also does not give the cherub a name.
Les uses Ezekiel 28:13 as evidence that something terrible happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, and that God destroyed it with a flood. He says he is not making this argument to accommodate evolutionary time or geological ages, and he identifies himself as a creationist.
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