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Do the angels in heaven celebrate the atonement of Christ?

hopeforhappiness

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The reason why I ask this is that our church leaders regard the communion service as really a tradition that needs to be done but doesn't engage them personally. It's the only time they ever use the liturgy. That part is just bolted onto the service. And in administering the bread they all utter a flawed statement. "This is my body, broken for you". Jesus's body was not broken. It's not in their liturgy nor the pew bibles. It's specifically prophesied AGAINST. He was whipped and bruised but "Not one bone shall be broken...". I think our leaders are just...embarrassed. It's all so primitive for them. Cannibalism...etc
They prefer to preach about refugees, boat people, women's issues. But IN HEAVEN they celebrate the victory of Christ on the cross over the devil, the world and our rebellious estrangement from God. And the Angels glorify the Son and celebrate. What do you think?
 

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Hello @hopeforhappiness, see 1 Corinthians 11:24 (in the NKJV, KJV, WEB, Amplified and several other translations). You will not find this (the word "broken") in most of the other modern translations as they are based upon earlier manuscripts which did not include it (and for what it's worth, I agree with the translation teams that did not include it).

This short article says some things in regard to this that may interest you: What did Jesus mean when He said, “This is my body, broken for you”? | GotQuestions.org

God bless you & Merry Christmas too!!

--David
 
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As to whether or not angels "celebrate" the Atonement, the Bible doesn't tell us that directly, though we certainly know that they celebrated His birth .. e.g. Luke 2:8-14. That said, here is a passage that you may want to consider (which tells us that they are, at least, quite interested in the Atonement .. be sure to take special note of the last phrase in the passage).

1 Peter 1:3-12/1 Peter 1:12

--David
p.s. - see too Revelation 5:1-14 (as well parts of Revelation 4 and Revelation 19).
 
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The angels do indeed celebrate the atonement in heaven and they do it by celebrating one atonement at a time. Every time a sinner repents the angels and all in heaven celebrate.

“I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.””
‭‭Luke‬ ‭15‬:‭7‬, ‭10‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬
 
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