Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Here the Prophet relates where the cherubim were when the men entered, which looks only to the certainty of the prophecy. For we are not here to seek any cunning speculations why they were on the right hand. It is only intended to show that the way was open to the angel to approach directly to God, and that the cherubim were disposed there to...
What we glimpse here of the invisible world should strike terror into us. God sits enthroned above the cherubim in a sapphire brightness that no earthly throne can match; His infinite power and dominion dwells there, beholding all the children of men. The angels serve Him absolutely, and so must we.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 10:1-7
Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house,.... According to the Targum, it was the south side of the house; and so Jarchi interprets it opposite to the north, where the gross idolatries were committed, Eze 8:3; standing at the greatest distance from them, and bearing their testimony against them: when the man went in; they stood as it were in a...