Seraphim

The Seraphs are generally accepted to be the highest order of God's Angelic Servants. They stand by God's throne chanting "Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh" - "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His Glory." (Isaiah 6:3) They are beings of pure light and thought and have direct communication with God. They resonate with the Fire of Love. They appear with six wings and four heads.

According to Enoch, there were only 4 Seraphim, which corresponded to the four winds or directions. Later commentators interpreted this as there were 4 major princes who ruled over the Seraphim. They include either Metatron or Satan, Kemuel, Nathanael, and Gabriel.

Certain passages also refer to a saraph or Seraphim as "fiery serpents" (saraph means fiery) - see Numbers 21:6 and 21:8, Deuteronomy 8:15, and several passages in Isaiah. Isaiah 30:6 talkes of a "fiery flying serpent" which lives in the southern desert between Palestine and Egypt. Isaiah 6 is the only reference in the Bible to the Seraphim which does not identify them as serpents. Here they are described as standing "in attendance on Him. Each of them had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his legs, and with two he would fly." (Isaiah 6:2)

It is possible that the earlier passages refer to a class of demons. Another interpretation is that the word comes from rapha meaning healer and ser meaning higher being.

There is much confusion in the ranks of angels. Some of the Seraphim are considered Archangels, even though the Archangels are ranked six orders below that of the Seraphim.

Metatron is sometimes identified as Satan, Prince of Darkness, or "old dragon." He is said to possess 36 wings and countless eyes.