Thus the throne of cherubs on which YHWH’s presence was supposed to rest was designed to indicate his rule as divine king, lord of the whole world, with cherubim and seraphim expressing the awesome power of his presence. Josephus describes the curtain in the second temple that represented an image of the universe, covered with symbolic colored embroidery and mystical figures. In the Holy of Holies itself were three wonderful works of art: the lampstand, whose seven branches represented the seven