Did the Angels have Free Will???

Answer 1

Sometime listen to Ben Affleck's rant in the wonderful movie "Dogma". That explains it all.

Answer 2

Thought the Angels worked for Charlie

Answer 3

Did you watch City of Angels?

Answer 4

If you read Genesis Chapter 6 it tells of "sons of god" having children by the daughters of men. It's not clear who these "sons of God" are, but they do not appear to be human as their offspring appear to be superior to ordinary human beings. They are called the Nephilim, they were "giants" and seem to cause problems for human beings, which are not quite explained, but which leads to God's disgust with man and the Deluge.
These "sons of God" are presumably angels, maybe fallen angels, but maybe some other spiritual being. None of it is made clear, but as the only spiritual beings in the Bible apart from God are the Cherubim and Seraphim, these are what we call angels, but they do not,apparently look much like our image of angels as blond pale pretty creatures, with wings like swans.

The seraphim look human but have six wings. They are only mentioned once in the Bible.
The Cherubim appear more often. They form the guard of Eden. They have four faces(lion,ox eagle,man) are built like a man with a mans hands, have hooves like a calf, two pairs of wings and eyes like burning coals. They appear to be lower than Seraphim. They form the Chariot of God.

If these are the beings who are supposed to have had children with the daughters of men, then they appear to have acted on their own, without the instruction or permission of God, which suggests they had free will.

The second point is this. In the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge, and hence got the knowledge of good and evil, God became worried. He said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live for ever." It is not made clear who God is talking to, but it is clearly some entity or entities who have knowledge of good and evil, and are also eternal, LIKE GOD. The only beings mentioned in the Bible who fit the bill are the Seraphim and/or Cherubim. This implies that one or the other or both have knowledge of good and evil and can live for ever.

So my answer is YES, probably, it appears that the angels had free will, according to the Bible, for what its worth.

Answer 5

Sure do to a point. As to Lucifer, he was just following orders. You see when god created the angels he ordered them to serve and bow down to no one else but him for he was their creator. Then he created man, and ordered the angels to bow down and to serve man for he created him. All the angels did as they were told except for Lucifer who did not want to contradict gods first rule to the angels. For this he was labeled a rebel? Following orders?

Answer 6

Angels are evolved spiritual beings , maybe on different planes of existence they did have free will

Answer 7

What angels?

Answer 8

According to Enoch, they did!

Book of Enoch
[Chapter 6]:

1. And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto 2. them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3. and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not 4. indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations 5. not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves 6. by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn 7. and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.

[Chapter 7]

1. And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms 2. and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they 3. became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed 4. all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against 5. them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and 6. fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.

Answer 9

Yes, Lucifer, along with other less powerful angels chose to challenge God and were banished.

Answer 10

Of course or else they would be celestial glove puppets if humans have free will how could higher beings have less power?