Chapter IV
Cherubim
In Genesis 3:24, it states that after Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden, Cherubim were placed on the east side of the garden as well as a flaming sword flashing back and forth blocking the way to the Tree of Life. Unfortunately, Renaissance art reduced the image of these mighty beings to cute, baby-like creatures with wings. The Future Perfect series, instead, returns the original, glorious description to this sub-class of angelic being found in Ezekiel 1 and Revelation 4:6-11.
Watchers
The word watcher (Aramaic `iyr; holy one, Aramaic qaddiysh) can be found three times in the book of Daniel. In Danial 4:13-15a, Nebuchadnezzar describes in his dream “a watcher, a holy one” that came down out of a heaven and pronounced judgement upon the massive tree that symbolized Nebuchadnezzar’s life. Critical scholars prefer to see this word as an allusion Babylonian polytheism. However, Ezekiel 1:18, Zechariah 4:10, and Isaiah 62:6 also indicate the concept that angelic beings watch the human world. According to John Walvoord in his book on Daniel, he writes, “Nebuchadnezzar seems to use the term in its pagan connotation. He probably would not have understood what was meant by the term angel in this connection, although he used ‘angel’ himself in 3:28.” The concept of “Watchers” is prevalent in apocryphal literature as well.
While I do not know to over play this concept in the story, and I admit there is some indication that Watchers could be the same as Cherubim, for the Future Perfect series “Watchers” are a sub class of angel and different than “Cherubim.”
Genealogies in Genesis
This is probably a good place to make a note about how the Future Perfect series views the genealogies in Genesis, particularly the Line of Seth in Genesis 5. Many commentaries in different bibles will bring up the fact that genealogies in the Old and New Testament might skip generations. They also indicate that the Hebrew word, “yalad,” which like the Hebrew “‘ab,” or “father,” is used not only of being the immediate father, but also of being the ancestor of someone. Certainly, that may be true in different genealogies of the bible. However, if you look at the genealogy of Genesis 5, you will see that it is written very differently than any of the other genealogies of the Bible. It specifically describes each link in the chain as, when X had lived so many years, he became the father of Y and then he went on to live a certain number of years more. The whole pattern continues from Seth until Noah and most people view Shem, Ham, and Japheth as Noah’s direct offspring. So it is at least plausible that if people truly lived as long as indicated in the Genesis 5, then they may very well have waited to have children until much later in life. In any event, that is the way the Future Perfect series follows the genealogies of Genesis.
Lois (of the Zirci Line)
Technically, this is not a Sign Post, as Lois is a completely fictional character. However, if you read through the genealogies of the Sethites and the Cainites, the almost mentions mentions the sons exclusively. I thought I would be interesting insert the concept of a Firstborn being a female twin.