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Angels are an innumerable host. The Bible tells us that myriads of angels attend the Lord (see Daniel 7:10), their number is constant and they do not procreate (see Matthew 22:30), and they do not die (see Luke 20:36). Angels are glorious beings. Daniel 10:5-6 gives us a wonderful description of the glorious appearance of an angel: “I lifted ...
This study is an exploration of the various traditions and associated lore and legends surrounding angels and looks at how angels have been depicted in the major monotheistic religions over the past two millennia, or so.
The book of Revelation reveals angels will be instrumental in executing God’s judgments upon the earth (Rev 7:1-2; 8:1-3; 5, 8, 10, 12; 9:1, 13-14; 10:1, 5, 7-9; 15:1, 6-8; 16:1; 21:9).
1. Angelology is the doctrine of angels who are primarily the ministers of God’s providence. a. The scriptures have much to say about angels. b. In our time there is a great deal of interest about angels but little investigation by individuals into the truth about angels. c. With many the subject is a question of myth or reality. d.
The Book of Tobit contains one of the longest episodes with an angel recorded in the Bible. God sends “Raphael,” an archangel, to assist Tobit, his son Tobias and his wife Sarah. At first Raphael’s identity is concealed, but he later on reveals that he is an angel from God.
Angels are found in thirty-four books of the Bible in over three hundred references. Christ taught the existence of angels (Matt. 18:10; 26:53). The angels are a distinct order of creation and have been given a heavenly position, or sphere, above the sphere of man (Ps. 8:5; Heb. 2:7-9 and Rev. 5:11; 7; 11). 4. Angel means "messenger."
Biblical references to angels include such terms as: “sons of God” (Job 1:6; 2:1); “morning stars” (Job 38:7); “heavenly host” (Neh. 9:6); “holy ones” (Ps. 89:5, 7); “watchers” (Dan. 4:13; 7:23); “powers” (Eph. 1:21); “the rulers (principalities) and the authorities (powers) in the heavenly places” (Eph. 3:10 (KJV)); “thrones or powers or ruler...
