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omnipotence vs predestination

It would not be possible for a person to be sovereign without first having unlimited power (omnipotence) to be sovereign.
 
Pretty sure this was a different angel. There is actually a lot to base this on.
Gen 3:24; So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

We aren't told who the serpent is in Genesis... but we are in Revelation.

Rev 20:2; And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

Luke 10:18; And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
Ezek 28:16; "By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.
Isa 14:12; "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!

There is only one person Jesus mentioned being cast out of heaven.

Ezek 28:8; 'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are slain In the heart of the seas.

Rev 20:2; And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
Rev 20:3; and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

There is only one angel (cherub) that is told he will cast into the pit. For me... far too many coincedences. Over a dozen scriptures tie them together.

How many angels are there? I suppose no one knows for sure but...

Rev 5:11; Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,

Greetings,

what i meant was that there is nothing much to tell us other than the guarding of the Tree [in the Garden] We can add our own thoughts to it but i prefer to resist doing so, usually.
Likewise, i do not think that there is much to say, explicitly or even semi-referring to the idea, of Cherubim being Angels... but i am happy to be shown otherwise.
Cherubim is plural as in usually four, if we took at and try to piece together all the accounts of Cherubim in Scripture and the account in the Book of Revelation. However, that being said, it can be four faces on one, also.

When i said there is little to base little on, i meant that we have, suddenly, words telling us that God place Cherubim [and flaming sword] to guard the Tree, but nothing else regarding the identity or what the Cherubim are/were in the Garden.

regarding the account in Luke 10:18 you raised, that might be another subject altogether if we look at it in the context and then the message at large. I shall sit on that for now.

There is only one angel (cherub)

again, i have not seen in Scripture any real connection of Angel and [singular]Cherub, so please show me if there is any.

thank you for your replies


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It would not be possible for a person to be sovereign without first having unlimited power (omnipotence) to be sovereign.

and sovereignty is usually arrived at by birth [unless by war and the like]


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I'm assuming we're talking about God's sovereignty -- at least Curtis is because of his useage of omnipotence which is one of God's attributes.
 
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