Do Cherubim look like cattle?

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Do Cherubim look like cattle?

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Check this out (Ezekiel 1: 10): "Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a man, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle."---->This was the vision the Prophet Ezekiel had at the Kebar River.

Ezekiel 10: 14 (describing another episode relating the exact same four cherubs): "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."------hmmmmm, let's see......MAN, check.....LION, check.....EAGLE, check......the only one missing is the ox, which seems to be equated with a "cherub" here. And lest we think that this was a revelation of an entirely different tetrad of cherubim, check out this verse (10: 20-22): "These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Kebar River, and I realized that they were cherubim. Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like the hands of a man. Their faces had the same appearance as those I had seen by the Kebar River. Each one went straight ahead."

I have seen caricaturistic depictions of Satan with the face of a bull (although a goat more often)....the same book describes Lucifer as a former cherub.

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Correct me if Im wrong, but I had also read that the Cherubim was the One angel that in charge of protecting Adam and Eve in the garden and that the evil one himself tricked the Cherubim into leeting its guard donw,thus allowing the evil ones strongest weapon to attack Adam and Eve( Confusion )..thus the Cherubim has never been the same as before,and reason why so many faces were seen, Implying the Cherubim would no longer be deceived by anything,yet alone know its image....

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