{"query": "Easton: Living creatures", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_c161d5235c28", "title": "Easton: Living creatures", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As represented by Ezekiel (1-10) and John (Rev. 4, etc.), are the cherubim. They are distinguished from angels (Rev. 15:7); they join the elders in the “new song” (5:8, 9); they warn of danger from di", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_d1c9c3e55dc1", "title": "Easton: Creature", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Denotes the whole creation in Rom. 8:39; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:13; the whole human race in Mark 16:15; Rom. 8:19-22. 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