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I believe that there were three arch angels...
Michael - Power and strength
Gabriel - In the word
Lucifer - In the worship
In which Lucifer was the worship leader before God the Father. As he was a beautiful angel he soon began to wonder if he ought to be the one who was worship. Eventually he tried to exalt himself above God the Father himself.
When Lucifer was kicked out of heaven his angels followed him. In which now there is a void in heaven. We humans were created to fill that void. As there is much vacant space due to the third of the angels rebellion, the Spirit seeks those who would accept Jesus in their heart to help fill that void.
Even more sad... Is the fact that 2/3 of the human race will miss heaven. How many of the 7 trillion people on the planet earth are ready to meet God the Father? A trillion would be a seventh... Are there that many?
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This is such an interesting discussion, because the topic of angels is so often treated as set-in-stone. I don't remember any pastors teaching that an angel might have mixed motives, or free will.
But look at the collection of verses above -- these show that an angel has a choice. They deliver messages, but might also have the temptation to stick around longer and deliver their own messages -- who knows. They are dispatched.
We tend to be very trusting of things larger and more powerful than ourselves.
I think back to times in church history where people spoke of named angels returning to revival services over and over... and at some point, things went wrong. People leaned on the angels' assistance and were flattered by this direct contact; but it was God that was the source of miracles.
And look at the visitations of Joseph Smith and Muhammad -- they took the angels' words as truth, and got carried away in a direction that conflicted with prior established truths.
Hebrew Mal'ak = messenger, representative
Greek aàggelov = a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God
"When Jesus was being arrested by His enemies, Peter tried to defend Him by using a sword. Jesus responded by telling Peter His Father was perfectly able to send more than twelve legions of to His defense (Matt. 26:53). In the time of Caesar Augustus, one legion of men equaled 6826. Jesus could have been rescued by roughly 82,000 angels!"
Greek aàggelov = a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God
"When Jesus was being arrested by His enemies, Peter tried to defend Him by using a sword. Jesus responded by telling Peter His Father was perfectly able to send more than twelve legions of to His defense (Matt. 26:53). In the time of Caesar Augustus, one legion of men equaled 6826. Jesus could have been rescued by roughly 82,000 angels!"
We are warned not to worship angels, even though they are encamped around us.
Colossians 2:18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions.
Rev. 19:10
And I fell before his feet (angel) to worship him, but he said to me, Behold! Stop! I am a fellow-slave of yours, and of your brothers, having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Thorough articles here:Rev. 19:10
And I fell before his feet (angel) to worship him, but he said to me, Behold! Stop! I am a fellow-slave of yours, and of your brothers, having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Angels
http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T240
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