CHERUBIM AND THE TREE OF LIFE
June 30, 2010
by Michael Petro
I’m writing today because I feel that what the Lord is releasing is a new season of transition to Apostolic government. The season is definitely upon us, based on the type of revelation that is being released to the church around the world, and to those who are willing to hear and be part of this next mighty move of the Spirit of God. As the Lord begins to show us things in the realm of His government we have two options; listen and move on, or be left behind like the stragglers in the wilderness that came out of Egypt.
What I’m about to share I’ve studied out and can see no other explanation than what I’m going to release. I’ve never seen a season in my life in all the years of ministry that so much information has been given to me from the Holy Spirit. This is only a small part of a much larger revelation the Lord is giving me, hopefully I’ll be able to let it out in the near future. My hope is that not only will you see this but begin to adjust your life with what God is saying and releasing to the body.
Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
The word “drove out” H1644 in the Hebrew means divorce and remove from a pasture. We can clearly see that because of Adam and Eve’s mistake they were driven from Eden or God’s pasture, which in reality speaks of a place to eat. This gives us a little insight about Eden. It was a pasture that as long as Adam and Eve were willing to eat what the Lord instructed them, there would be a continual marriage between them and the Father but as soon as they wanted to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, a divorce occurred and YHVH put them out of the pasture. We can clearly see that the first divorce happened because of the knowledge of good and evil.
He places a Cherubim at the East side of the Garden to guard the way. I’ve been very interested in these Cherubim for some time now. They represent something that the Lord is letting us look at in the Spirit realm that will give us a clear picture into this next season of change. These Cherubim keep the way back into the garden… it doesn’t say they keep anyone out. These swords “turn every way” H2015 which means to convert. So these swords are used to convert people to keep the way to the tree of life. To go through these swords that the Cherubim swing, means you must be converted! By the way, Cherubim is plural so there is more than one. So these swords of conversion “keep the way.” This phrase is interesting because when broken down it means to hedge or preserve a “narrow” road. So these swords that these Cherubim turn are to make the way to the tree of life a narrow road.
Matthew 7:13-14
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Jesus clearly teaches about a narrow gate which must be the way back into the garden to the tree of life. He says “few there be that find it”, but Jesus is already giving us several clues to the way back to eternal life. The word “narrow” also means tribulation so the way back into the garden is for those who go through tribulation and its only for the few who are willing to pay the price. The word “few” is also used for the word “mystery”, which means the initiated of the few so we can see that those who are willing to dig deeper are the few that are chosen. Now when we look back at Gen 3:24 it also speaks of a “flaming” sword or a flaming word. This word for flame spoke volumes to me when I seen it so I will give the full Ancient Hebrew bible lexicon definition of it:
Flaming H3858 Strongs #3858: AHLB#: 1262-G (N)
1262) ac: Cover co: Veil ab: Secret: The pictograph l is a picture of the shepherd staff representing authority, the u is a picture of a basket or container. Combined these mean “authority contained”. The covering that covers and hides the face of a woman.
A) ac: ? co: ? ab: Secret: A covering that hides what is behind.
Nm) Secret: [freq. 6] |kjv: enchantment, softly, secretly, privily| {str: 3909}
D) ac: Cover co: ? ab: Secret
V) Cover: [freq. 1] (vf: Paal) |kjv: cover| {str: 3813}
Nm) Secret: Something that is covered or hidden. [freq. 1] |kjv: cover| {str: 3814}
E) ac: ? co: Lizard ab: ?: A hiding by covering.
Nf1) Lizard: From the camouflaging capability of the lizard to hide. [freq. 1] |kjv: lizard| {str: 3911}
G) ac: ? co: ? ab: Secret
V) Burn: [Unknown connection to root] [freq. 11] (vf: Paal, Piel, Participle) |kjv: fire, burn, kindle,| {str: 3857}
Nm) Secret: [freq. 2] |kjv: flaming, enchantment| {str: 3858}
J) ac: Wrap co: ? ab: ?
V) Wrap: To cover something by wrapping it. [freq. 3] (vf: Paal, Hiphil) |kjv: wrap, cast| {str: 3874}
Notice this word for “flame” means something that is covered, veiled, secret, a veil that hides a women’s face. This flaming sword is that narrow way back into the garden. Meaning the only way back to the garden is through the secrets that are veiled to the bride, and these secrets must be unveiled. We can see this picture in the book of revelations.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Those that do His commandments are the ones who have the right to the “tree of Life” or have the right to go back into the garden through the narrow gate or the secrets. Notice that those who make it to the tree of life are those who have a right to enter into the city, the New Jerusalem. Jerusalem is made up of two Hebrew words: Yaru & shalom. “Yaru” is the root to the word Torah, and it means to throw or teach the rain and “shalom” means peace or restoration. We know in Hebrew that a name speaks of it’s function, so the New Jerusalem are those who teach the rains of restoration or the mystery of the kingdom like Jesus.
Revelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Notice those who eat of the tree of life are the ones that overcome from the church age, so these overcomers have gone threw the flaming sword, the hidden manna, or the secret words and have made it back into the garden to partake of the tree of life. We know those that overcome also get to eat of the “Hidden Manna” or the secret word or the mystery of the kingdom. We can also clearly see that the FRUIT on the Tree of Life is the mystery of Christ or the secrets (sod) of God. Who hung on the tree? Jesus was the fruit who hung on the tree or cross.
In Gen 3:24 again, the word for “life” also means living creatures. Living creatures are another name for Cherubim in the book of Ezekiel. This must mean that the fruit from the tree of life must be distributed by these Cherubim. Fruit comes from a tree and a tree starts with a seed, and Jesus said the seed is the word of God. So these Cherubim are filled with a secret word and we must go through their flaming (secret, veiled) sword to get back into the garden. This word for “life” also means a stomach that is filled with food, as in an empty stomach is death but a full stomach is life. This word is also used for revival. Revival is when we have a full stomach. These Cherubim are bringing an end time revival and are feeding the nations from the tree of life, feeding them the mystery of the kingdom. They are feeding everyone to the full and preparing the overcomers to rule.
We can see these Cherubim are a people or ministry that is released at the end of the age to feed the nations for the last move of God. These Cherubim are the way back to the tree and they are swinging a big sword that we must all pass through to get back into the garden. The sword they swing are the secrets of God so now we can see just a glimpse of what ministry they are. They play a major part in the redemption of man.
Ephesians 3:3-5
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
The word mystery that is used in the NT is the equivalent of the OT word secret according to the Catholic Biblical Dictionary. We can see that the Cherubim and the Apostles both teach the mystery or secrets of the kingdom, the way back into the garden. Paul also says that the mysteries are taught by the Holy Spirit in 2 Cor 2:10 “the Spirit searches the ‘deep’ things of God” and that the Holy Spirit Reveals these things to the Apostolic ministry. Paul also says in 1 Cor 14:2 “For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.” The word “tongue” means language in the Greek so Paul is saying there is a language of mysteries. This language is God’s language and is learned from eating from the tree of life. Many in the church are waiting to partake of the tree of life but the time is now to eat from the garden. Many in this day and hour are already eating from the tree.
The foolish virgins said to the wise give us some of your oil but the wise said to the foolish go and buy it from the oil merchants. Oil is symbolic of the Holy Spirit who is the teacher and councilor so the foolish didn’t have enough teaching to get in and they wanted it too late but they still had to buy it, so it will cost you too. The oil merchants must be the Cherubim or the Apostles that have paid the price to bring everyone else into the secrets of the kingdom. Apostles are fathers or men of war. They command the armies of God, they have paid the price already in order to lead others into this new realm, so their fight is with the carnal mind. Those who don’t honor them, God will destroy according to scripture.
Exodus 21:15
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
These are the very ones that lead us back into the garden to eat of the tree of life… to curse them is to cut off the food supply from the tree of life.
I also began to realize that on the veil of the Holy of Holies is 2 Cherubim, meaning the holy of holies is also the garden of Eden. On each side of the Mercy seat there are also 2 Cherubim. The Mercy seat is considered the throne of God in the earth. When the Apostles asked who would be seated at the left and right side of the throne of Jesus they were also saying they were Cherubim. This truly is the way for church to come into perfection. I will be writing more on this subject to try to get everyone up to speed.
And lastly, I just want to say it’s a blessing to see your spiritual children taping into the flow that the Lord is releasing in season. I see so many being pulled in this last hour into the things of the world but I do see those sons and daughters moving toward the goal of the high calling.
Blessings