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" ( Revelation 5:8 Revelation 5:9 ); they warn of danger from divine justice ( Isaiah 6:3-5 ), and deliver the commission to those who execute it ( Ezekiel 10:2 Ezekiel 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."