Living creatures @ as represented by Ezekiel (1-10) and John Revelation:4, etc.), are the cherubim. They are distinguished from angels Revelation:15:7); they join the elders in the "new song" (5:8-9); they warn of danger from divine justice Isaiah:6:3-5), and deliver the commission to those who execute it Ezekiel:10:2Ezekiel:10:7); they associate with the elders in their sympathy with the hundred and forty-four thousand who sing the new song Revelation:14:3), and with the Church in the overthrow of her enemies (19:4). They are supposed to represent mercy, as distinguished from justice, mercy in its various instrumentalities, and especially as connected with the throne of God, the "throne of grace."
