March 30, 2007

The History of Seraphim Angels

The modern porcelain seraphim angel figurine is the most recent manifestation of seraphim angels’ history. In fact, people have been sculpting figurines for tens of thousands of years, when the first small, sculpted representations of fertility goddesses were created. Some of those figurines have been unearthed and shown to be over 30,000 years old. These figurines are quite possibly the roots of all seraphim angels’ history.
Civilizations of many different faiths have long believed in the existence of angels. Artists and writers have been making reference to seraphim angels for well over 2,000 years. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, seraphim always stood at the top of the nine-level hierarchy of angels. Seraphim were originally understood in this tradition as righteous six-winged serpents that protected the Lord during the war between heaven and hell, as referenced in the Book of Isaiah. They were said to be musicians, playing string and wind instruments and transforming the glory of God into sound.
The modern seraphim angel as a humanoid with one pair of wings originated only a few hundred years ago, but this does not make them any less real or enduring to the millions who believe in them. Many believe that each of us is […]

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