ANGELS:
Angels are SPIRIT beings, created by God to serve Him, though created higher than Man.
Angels have the spiritual gift of "free will".
Some, the good angels, have remained obedient to Him and carry out His will, while others, fallen angels, disobeyed, fell from their holy position, and
now stand in active opposition to the work and plan of God, following Lucifer / devil / satan....wherever.
"Good" angels reside in heaven. Clasifications: Cherubim (Genesis 3; 2 Kings 19:15) ....
Seraphim (Isaiah 6)
"Bad" angels will reside in the "lake of fire". Matthew 25:41
Most times "Good" angels have manifested themselves on earth as "glowing men dressed in white".
Metaphor: They hover around the "throne of God". Art / Music: robes, halos, wings...nice try!
The Hebrew word for angel is "mal`ach",
and the Greek word is "angelos".
Both words mean “messenger” and describe one who executes the purpose and will of the One whom they serve.
Angelology: The Doctrine of Angels
I have never MET one and don't want to and don't expect to. BUT there a bunch of them are mentioned in the Bible for you to study.
1. Who is "
the angel of the LORD" ?...a pre-figuration / shadow of Jesus the Christ?
SEE:
Genesis 16: 7-11; Genesis 22: 11-15; Exodus 3:2; Numbers 22:22-35; Judges 2:1-4;
Judges 6:11-22; Judges 13: 3-21; "the angel of God" : 2 Samuel 14: 17-20; 2 Samuel 24:16
1 Kings 19:7; 2 Kings 19:35; 1 Chronicles 21: 12-30
Psalm 34:7; Psalm 35:5-6; Isaiah 37:6; Zechariah 1:11-14;
Matthew 1:20-24; Matthew 2:13-19;
2. What are "
Guardian angels"?
Psalm 91...Security of the One Who Trusts in the Lord....used by satan to tempt Jesus?...
Matthew 4:6!
11 For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.
12 They will bear you up in their hands,
Matthew 18:1-11
10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven
continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
3. Some angels have
NAMES:
Gabriel:
Luke 1:19
Michael:
Jude 1:9
But Michael the archangel,
when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses,
did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said,
“The Lord rebuke you!”
Revelation 12:7
And there was war in heaven,
Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon.(satan) The dragon and his angels waged war,
4. And the book of Revelation is absolutely
FULL of ANGELS!
Some do not acknowledge the existence of ANY spirit being. That is SAD-U-SEE!
Act 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
And that is FAIR-U-SEE!
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devil/satan/demons and the like.
The "pecking order" of Spirit Beings in the Bible...
1. Jesus: Spirit-Man = God
2. Angels (spirit beings following / rejecting God)
3. satan / demons (spirit beings rejecting God)
4. Man: made in the spiritual image of God...
later: believers are promised "spirit bodies" in heaven
Hebrews 2: 9 et seq....
Jesus Briefly Humbled
But we do see Him (Jesus) who was made for a little while lower than the angels, (spirit beings)
namely, Jesus, (God-Man) because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor,
so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
Fallen angels are satan / demons (spirit beings rejecting God)
Isaiah 14: 12-15 (NASB)...
Israel’s Taunt of satan
12 “How you have fallen from heaven, (spirit realm)
O star of the morning, son of the dawn! (Lucifer)
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
13 “But you said in your heart, (spirit)
‘I WILL ascend to heaven;
I WILL raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I WILL sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14 ‘I WILL ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I WILL make myself like the Most High.’ (sin of PRIDE!)
15 “Nevertheless you WILL be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit. (lowest place of the dead on earth)
And the fallen spirits are to be eternally separated from the heavenly realms...
Revelations 20...
The Eternal Judgments of Spirit Beings in Spiritual Realms
"...and the devil (lucifer/satan/dragon) who had deceived them was thrown into the "lake of fire" and sulfur where the beast (anti-christ) and the false prophet (anti-spirit) were, and they (unholy spiritual "trinity") WILL be tormented day and night forever and ever." ...
Q: The devil You Say?
A: Hell / ("lake of fire") / Hades... YES!
A.
satan = devil = fallen Lucifer = serpent = dragon ...and his mission / purpose is clearly described in the Bible.
He is:
1. creature...(Ezek 28:14)
2. spirit being...(Eph. 6:11-12)
3. highest angelic order ...(Ezek 28:12-14)
His Personality / Character:
1. murderer...(John 8:44)
2. liar...(John 8:44)
3. confirmed sinner...( 1 John 3:8 )
4. accuser...(Rev 12:10)
5. adversary...(1 Pet 5:8)
AND...“ruler of demons” (Matt. 9:34; ...“the ruler of this world” (Jn. 12:31; 14:30; 16:11),
Mk. 3:22), “the prince of the power of air” (Eph. 2:2),
“the tempter” (Matt. 4:3; 1 Thess. 3:5).
The remainder of the unholy 3:
B. beast = anti-christ = "man of lawlessness"
c. false prophet = anti-spirit
1 John 3:8 (all NASB)
... for the devil has sinned from the beginning (Eden).
The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 4:4
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them;(devil/followers)
because greater is He who is in you (God the Holy Spirit) than he who is in the world (kosmos).(satan)
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down,
the serpent of old who is called the devil and satan, who deceives the whole world;
he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels (demons) were thrown down with him.
Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and satan,
and bound him for a thousand years;
The very names and descriptions used to describe satan in the New Testament reveal his evil character.
satan is called “Abaddon” (Rev. 9:11) or “Appollyon” (Rev. 9:11) meaning “the destroyer.”
He is the “devil” (Matt. 4:1, 5; 25:41; Jn. 6:70; 13:2; Eph. 4:27; 6:11; 1 Tim. 3:6, 7),
“the accuser of the brethren” (12:10; Ps. 109:6), and our “adversary” (1 Peter 5:8).
He is called “Beelzebul” (Matt. 12:24; Mk. 3:22), and “Belial” (2 Cor. 6:15).
He is “the deceiver of the whole world” (Rev. 2:9),
“the great dragon” (Rev. 12:9), ...“the ancient serpent” (Rev. 12:9)
“and an enemy” (Matt. 13:28-29).
He is the “evil one” (13:19, 39; Jn. 17:5; 1 Jn. 2:13-14),
“the father of lies” and “liar” (Jn. 8:44),
the “god of this world” (2 Cor. 4:4),
Genesis 3:
14 The Lord God said to the
serpent,
“Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And dust you will eat
All the days of your life;
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and
her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”
“murderer” (Jn. 8:44),
“ruler of demons” (Matt. 9:34; ...“the ruler of this world” (Jn. 12:31; 14:30; 16:11),
Mk. 3:22), “the prince of the power of air” (Eph. 2:2),
“the tempter” (Matt. 4:3; 1 Thess. 3:5).