I-Angelology: zingobani izingelosi zamakherubi?
Amakherubi yiqembu lezingelosi ezaziwa kobuJuda nakubuKristu. Amakherubi ayayithanda inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu Emhlabeni nasesihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi ezulwini, asebenze kumarejista omhlaba futhi asize abantu bakhule ngokomoya ngokubapha isihawu sikaNkulunkulu futhi ubashukumisele ukuba baphishekele ubungcwele obukhulu ezimpilweni zabo.
UCherubini nendima yabo ebuJudeni nasebuKristwini
EbuJudeni, izingelosi zamakherubi zaziwa ngomsebenzi wazo ekusizeni abantu ukuba babhekane nesono esibahlukanise noNkulunkulu ukuze basondele kuNkulunkulu.Banxusa abantu ukuthi bavume abakwenzile okungalungile, bamukele intethelelo bakaNkulunkulu, bafunda izifundo ezingokomoya emaphutheni abo futhi bashintshe izinqumo abazenzayo ukuze izimpilo zabo ziqhubekele phambili ngendlela ehle. IKabbalah, igatsha eliyimfihlakalo lobuJuda, ithi ingelosi enkulu uGabriel ihola amakherubi.
EbuKristwini, amakherubi ayaziwa ngokuhlakanipha kwawo, intshiseko yokunika uNkulunkulu inkazimulo nomsebenzi wawo osiza ukurekhoda okwenzekayo endaweni yonke. Amakherubi akhonza uNkulunkulu njalo ezulwini, adumisa uMdali ngothando olukhulu namandla akhe. Babheke kakhulu ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi uNkulunkulu uthola udumo olumfanele, futhi basebenza njengonogada ukusiza ukuvikela noma yini embi ukuba ingene ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ongcwele ngokuphelele.
Ukusondelana KuNkulunkulu
Ibhayibheli lichaza izingelosi zamakherubi endaweni eseduze kaNkulunkulu ezulwini. Izincwadi zamaHubo nama-2 AmaKhosi zombili zithi uNkulunkulu "usesesihlalweni sobukhosi phakathi kwamakherubi". Lapho uNkulunkulu ethumela inkazimulo yakhe engokomoya eMhlabeni ngesimo somzimba, kusho iBible, leyo nkazimulo yayihlala e-altar ekhethekile ama-Israyeli asendulo ayephatha nayo nomaphi lapho eya khona, ukuze akhonze yonke indawo: Umphongolo weSivumelwano. UZimu ngokwakhe unikela umporofidi uMosisi imiyalo yokuthi zingamelwa njani izingelosi zamakherubhi encwadini ka-Eksodo. Njengamakherubi asondele kuNkulunkulu ezulwini, ayesondelene nomoya kaNkulunkulu osemhlabeni, endaweni okufanekisela ukuhlonipha kwawo uNkulunkulu nesifiso sokunika abantu isihe abakudingayo ukusondela kuNkulunkulu.
Amakherubi avela nasebhayibhelini ngesikhathi sendaba yomsebenzi wawo wokuvikela insimu yase-Edene enkohlakalweni ngemuva kokuba u-Adamu no-Eva bethule isono emhlabeni. UZimu wabeka izingelosi zamakherubhi ukuthi zivikele ubuqotho bezulu ayeklonze kahle, ukuze lingangcoliswa ukwephulwa kwesono.
Umprofethi wasebhayibhelini uHezekeli wayenombono odumile wamakherubi azethula ngohlelo olukhumbulekayo nolwejwayelekile - njenge "izidalwa ezine eziphilayo" zokukhanya okukhanyayo nejubane elikhulu, ngalinye linobuso bohlobo oluhlukile lwesidalwa (umuntu, ibhubesi, ibhubesi inkabi nekhozi).
Ukuphinda kulondolozwe kwasezulwini kwe-Universe
Kwesinye isikhathi amakherubhi asebenza nezingelosi zokugada, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwe-Archangel Metatron, aqopha wonke umcabango, amagama nezenzo zomlando endaweni yokugcina yasezulwini yomkhathi. Akukho okwake kwenzeka phambilini, okwenzeka esikhathini samanje noma okuzokwenzeka esikhathini esizayo akuqashelwa amaqembu asezingelosi akhathele aqopha ukukhethwa kwayo yonke into ephilayo. Izingelosi zeCherub, njengezinye izingelosi, ziyakhala uma zenza izinqumo ezimbi, kodwa zigubha lapho zikhetha kahle.
Izingelosi zeCherubic ziyizidalwa ezinhle kakhulu ezinamandla amakhulu kunezingane ezithambile ezinamaphiko kwesinye isikhathi ezibizwa ngokuthi amakherubi ngobuciko. Igama elithi "kherubi" libhekisela zombili ezingelosini eziyiqiniso ezichazwe emibhalweni yenkolo ezinjengebhayibheli nasezingelosini ezicabanga ukuthi zibukeka kanjani njengezingane ze-chubby ezaqala ukuvela emisebenzini yobuciko ngesikhathi seRenaissance. Abantu bahlobanisa laba bobabili ngoba amakherubi ayaziwa ngobumsulwa babo, kanye nezingane, futhi bobabili bangaba yizithunywa zothando olumsulwa lukaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabantu.