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Four Living Creatures

Revelation 4:6-8 The Court of Heaven; And before the throne, there is, as it were, a sea of glass like to crystal, and in the midst of the throne, and round the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind. And the first living creature is like a lion, and the second like a calf, and the third has the face, as it were, of a man, and the fourth is like an eagle flying. And the four living creatures have each of them six wings; round about and within they are full of eyes. And they do not rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming. Book of Enoch 1:40 1After this I beheld thousands of thousands, and myriads of myriads, and an infinite number of people, standing before the Lord of spirits. 2On the four wings likewise of the Lord of spirits, on the four sides, I perceived others, besides those who were standing before him. Their names, too, I know; because the angel, who proceeded with me, declared them to me, discovering to me every secret thing. 3Then I heard the voices of those upon the four sides magnifying the Lord of glory. 4The first voice blessed the Lord of spirits for ever and for ever. 5The second voice I heard blessing the Elect One, and the elect who suffer on account of the Lord of spirits. 6The third voice I heard petitioning and praying for those who dwell upon earth, and supplicate the name of the Lord of spirits. 7The fourth voice I heard expelling the impious angels, (40) and prohibiting them from entering into the presence of the Lord of spirits, to prefer accusations against (41) the inhabitants of the earth. (40) Impious angels. Literally, "the Satans" (Laurence, p. 45; Knibb, p. 128). Ha-satan in Hebrew ("the adversary") was originally the title of an office, not the name of an angel. (41) Prefer accusations against. Or, "to accuse" (Charles, p. 119). 8After this I besought the angel of peace, who proceeded with me, to explain all that was concealed. I said to him, Who are those whom I have seen on the four sides, and who words I have heard and written down? He replied, The first is the merciful, the patient, the holy Michael. 9The second is he who presides over every suffering and every affliction of the sons of men, the holy Raphael. The third, who presides over all that is powerful, is Gabriel. And the fourth, who presides over repentance, and the hope of those who will inherit eternal life, is Phanuel. These are the four angels of the most high God, and their four voices, which at that time I heard.

The four living creatures and the four angels of the Most High God are identical. These four angels surround the throne of God. The four living creatures are: Michael, the lion, on the east side of the throne, Raphael, the ox, on the north side of the throne, Gabriel, the man, on the west side of the throne, Phanuel(Uriel), on the south side of the throne.

The four living creatures are also identical with the Irin and the Qaddishin. The four living creatures, the four angels of the Most High God, the Irin and the Qaddishim are: Mikael, Rafael, Gavriel, and Phanuel(Uriel).

The four living creatures are the highest angels after Metatron Enoch, the King of Angels. They are the greatest among all the children of heaven.