I-Angelology: Iingelosi ziphi iikerubhi?
Iikerubhi liqela leengelosi ezaziwayo kubuYuda nakubuKristu. Iikerubhi zigcina ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo eMhlabeni nakwitrone yakhe ezulwini, zisebenza kwiirekhodi zendalo iphela, kwaye zinceda abantu bakhule ngokomoya ngokubanika inceba kaThixo nokubakhuthaza ukuba balandele ubungcwele ngakumbi ebomini babo.
UCherubini kunye nendima yabo kubuYuda kunye nobuKristu
KubuJuda, iingelosi zekerubhi ziyaziwa ngomsebenzi wazo wokunceda abantu bajongane nesono esibahlukanisa noThixo ukuze basondele kuThixo.Babongoza abantu ukuba bavume into abayenzileyo engalunganga, bamkele uxolelo kaThixo, bafunda izifundo zokomoya kwiimpazamo zabo kwaye batshintshe ukhetho lwabo ukuze ubomi babo buqhubele phambili ngendlela esempilweni. I-Kabbalah, isebe eliyimfihlakalo lobuYuda, ithi iNgelosi enkulu uGabriyeli ikhokela iikerubhi.
EbuKristwini, iikerubhi zaziwa ngobulumko bazo, inzondelelo yokunika uzuko uThixo, nomsebenzi wabo owanceda ukurekhoda okwenzekayo kwindalo iphela. Iikerubhi zihlala zinqula uThixo ezulwini, zidumisa uMdali ngothando namandla akhe amakhulu. Bajolise ekuqinisekiseni ukuba uThixo ufumana imbeko emfaneleyo, kwaye basebenza njengoonogada ukunceda ukuthintela nantoni na engenabuthixo ekungeneni kubukho bukaThixo ongcwele ngokugqibeleleyo.
Ukusondela kuThixo
IBhayibhile ichaza iingelosi zekerubhi kufutshane noThixo ezulwini. Incwadi yeeNdumiso neyesi-2 yooKumkani zombini zithi uThixo "uhleli etroneni phakathi kweekherubhi." Xa uThixo wathumela ubuqaqawuli bakhe bomoya emhlabeni ngokwasemzimbeni, ibhayibhile ithi, ubuqaqawuli babuhlala kwisibingelelo esikhethekileyo ama-Israyeli amandulo awayehamba naso naphi na apho aya khona ukuze anqule naphina-iTyeya yomnqophiso. UThixo ngokwakhe unika umprofeti uMoses imiyalelo ngendlela yokumela iingelosi zekerubhi kwincwadi yeEksodus. Njengokuba iikerubhi zisondele kuThixo ezulwini, zazisondele kumoya kaThixo eMhlabeni, kwindawo ebonisa ukuhlonela kwabo uThixo kunye nomnqweno wokunika abantu inceba abayifunayo ukuze basondele kuThixo.
Iikerubhi zikwabonisa eBhayibhileni ngexesha lebali ngomsebenzi wabo wokukhusela umyezo wase-Eden ngokuchasene nokonakala emva kokuba uAdam noEva bezise isono emhlabeni. UThixo wabeka iingelosi zekerubhi ukuba zikhusele ingqibelelo yeparadesi awayeyile ngokugqibeleleyo, ukuze ingangcoliswa kukwaphulwa kwesono.
Umprofeti u-Ezekeli wase Bhayibhileni wayenombono odumileyo weekherubhi ezazibonisa imbonakalo engalibalekiyo kunye nezinto ezingaqhelekanga- "njengezidalwa eziphilayo ezine" zokukhanya okuqaqambileyo nesantya esikhulu, ngasinye sinobuso bohlobo lwesidalwa esahlukileyo (indoda, ingonyama, inkomo nokhozi).
Ukurekhodwa kwindawo yogcino lwasezulwini loMhlaba
Ngamanye amaxesha iikerubhi zisebenza kunye neengelosi ezigadiweyo, phantsi kweliso le-Archangel Metatron, ukurekhoda yonke ingcinga, igama, kunye nokwenziwa kwembali kugcino lwezulu kwindalo iphela. Akukho nto yakha yenzeka kwixa elidlulileyo, eyenzekayo ngoku okanye eyakwenzeka kwixesha elizayo eya kuthi ingaqwalaselwa ngamaqela eengelosi akhathazayo arekhoda ukhetho lwento yonke ephilayo. Iingelosi zekerubhi, njengezinye iingelosi, zibuhlungu xa kufuneka zirekhode izigqibo ezingalunganga, kodwa ziyavuya xa zibhala ukhetho olufanelekileyo.
Iingelosi zekerubhi zizidalwa ezintle ezinamandla ngakumbi kuneentsana ezinamaphiko amnandi ngamanye amaxesha ezibizwa ngokuba ziikerubhi kubugcisa. Igama "ikherubhi" libhekisa kuzo zombini iingelosi ezichazwe kwimibhalo yonqulo efana neBhayibhile kunye neengelosi ezicingelayo ezibonakala ngathi ngabantwana ababhityileyo abaqala ukubonakala kwimisebenzi yobugcisa ngexesha loKuqala. Abantu bayazidibanisa ezi zibini kuba iikherubhi zaziwa ngokucoceka kwabo, njengabantwana, kwaye bobabini banokuba ngabathunywa bothando lukaThixo olusulungekileyo kubomi babantu.