Living creatures

As represented by Ezekiel (1-10) and John (Revelation 4, etc.), are the cherubim. They are distinguished from angels (Revelation 15:7); they join the elders in the "new song" (5:8, 9); they warn of danger from divine justice (Isaiah 6:3-5), and deliver the commission to those who execute it (Ezek. 10:2, 7); they associate with the elders in their sympathy with the hundred and forty-four thousand who sing the new song (Revelation 14:3), and with the Church in the overthrow of her enemies (19:4).

They are supposed to represent mercy, as distinguished from justice, mercy in its various instrumentalities, and especially as connected with the throne of God, the "throne of grace."

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Live.

2. (n.) The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.

3. (n.) Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.

4. (n.) Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.

5. (n.) Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.

6. (n.) The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.