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Question, can angels see the future?
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According to Catholic teaching, angels are spiritual beings with intellect and will, which means they know things directly, not through experience like humans do. Because of this, they can understand the natural order of causes and effects, and from that they can often predict what will happen in the future. In other words, they can “see” future events that follow logically from the current state of the world.
However, angels cannot know the choices that people will freely make on their own, because humans truly have free will. They may be able to make very accurate predictions, but a decision that is genuinely free cannot be known in advance unless God reveals it to them. Only God possesses complete and infallible knowledge of the future.
So in short: angels can see much of the future as a realm of possibilities and consequences, and they can know certain events if God allows it, but their knowledge is not the same as God’s perfect foreknowledge.
However, angels cannot know the choices that people will freely make on their own, because humans truly have free will. They may be able to make very accurate predictions, but a decision that is genuinely free cannot be known in advance unless God reveals it to them. Only God possesses complete and infallible knowledge of the future.
So in short: angels can see much of the future as a realm of possibilities and consequences, and they can know certain events if God allows it, but their knowledge is not the same as God’s perfect foreknowledge.
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According to Catholic exorcists, the devil and demons cannot see the future. They have the same constraints as the angels.
When it is all said and done, demons are just fallen angels, so both would be subject to the same limits on their abilities.
The difference is in how they use their "talents".
When it is all said and done, demons are just fallen angels, so both would be subject to the same limits on their abilities.
The difference is in how they use their "talents".
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Angels aren't omniscient like God, but I think if God can reveal the future to his human prophets then the angels are likely to experience the same thing if God wills it, likely to greater effect as well. I imagine it's similar to how we understand the Saints hear our prayers because of their proximity to God's throne.
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Did the angels knew about the incarnation beforehand? Because some traditions say they didn't.
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As I asked the other...
Did angels know about the incarnation before it happened? Because some traditions say they didn't.
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As far as the incarnation, yes I believe they knew. I often think of their knowledge during creation as well.
This article might be of some help to you.
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This article might be of some help to you.
What Do Catholics Believe About Angels?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear about the existence of angels. "The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls "angels" is a truth of faith.
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I ask because multiple early Christians said angels were surprised at the Incarnation. The whole "mystery" of the Incarnation.As far as the incarnation, yes I believe they knew. I no often think of their knowledge during creation as well.
This article might be of some help to you.
What Do Catholics Believe About Angels?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear about the existence of angels. "The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls "angels" is a truth of faith.
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Prophets like Isaiah are truly mind blowing. How did he know so much? Was Isaiah an angel?
He wrote, he foretold of the coming Messiah.
Just gives me goosebumps.
He wrote, he foretold of the coming Messiah.
Just gives me goosebumps.
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"Seen of Angels" (1 Timothy 3:16): This scripture is often cited by the Fathers to indicate that the angels witnessed the Incarnation and were actively involved in it—announcing it to Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds, and serving Jesus after his temptations.
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Saint Gabriel did because he announced it. I'm not so sure there's secrets in heaven so the heavenly host possibly knew, they're also participating in the divine relationship so they probably knew the second person of the trinity was condescending from heaven to be incarnate and save the world.
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