REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Fourteen - Behold -"Four Living Creatures" -Continue

 These four living creatures are "in the midst of the throne and around the throne." Exactly what does this mean?  It could signify  that they are positioned around the throne in such a way that one is standing in the middle of each side. Thus, the translators of Today's English Version paragraphed the original Greek   expression in this way: "surrounding the throne on each  of it sides." Alternatively, the expression could mean that the four living creatures are in the central position in heaven where the throne is.  Likely, that is why The Jerusalem Bible renders the phrase: " in the centre, grouped round the throne  itself."  The important thing is the closeness of the cherubs to Jehovah's throne, comparable to that of the cherubs that Ezekiel saw at each corner of Jehovah's organizational chariot.  (Ezekiel 1:15-22) All of this harmonizes with the words of Psalm 99:1: "Jehovah himself has become King. . . . He is sitting upon the cherubs." 

Next time: REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT  HAND!/Chapter Fourteen -Behold -"Four Living Creatures"

From the jw.org publications