How can you tell the difference between angels and demons?

Question

for those of you who may believe,,,,,,would you get a vibe of dread and fear if a demon visited you,,or not necessarily,,,,I had a visitation 5 years ago

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no doncha i didn't sleep for hours after,,definatley wasn't asleep

doncha i didn'r believe,,but know i do,,im not unstable or drugged out or psychotic

Answer 1

Live for God and he will show you the way, the truth and the light.

Answer 2

It's hard to tell. Only the name of the Lord can reveal the true angel. On average, I'd say if you are soothed by the pressance, then it's an angel. I've seen quite a few in my lifetime.

Answer 3

Isnt much difference. Iam an angel to some,and devil to some others at the same time. So is everyone- angel and demon!

Answer 4

I guess your confusion comes from the belief that Satan was an angel - fallen angel. This is a wrong concept, Satan was never from the angels, he was from the jinn (creations of Allah that are from the smokeless fire). Angels do not have a freewill and they do not disobey God, they never fall!

To answer your question: Angels are believers in God, whereas demons are non-believers - followers of Satan.

Answer 5

There is no difference - both are fictional. Neither exists.


With regards to your other question - you WERE asleep and dreaming. You were laying down. There is a fine line between awake and asleep. You blurred this line, and it became real to you... None of what you saw was real. It was your mind at work. You were depressed, and you obviously beleive in this kinda stuff, so this is how your mind manifests it.

Answer 6

Angels gather in groups of indeterminate size atop pinheads. Demons are silly people (one might even call them pinheads) who are willing to kill one another because they disagree as to how many angels will fit atop a pinhead.

Answer 7

A demon doesn't have the ability to phyically touch you so try shaking thier hand

Answer 8

Digressing here, I would like to draw your attention to the Greek word THEOS which has been translated GOD in what is known as The New Testament. I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that DEMON and THEOS were virtually INTERCHANGEABLE! The Interpreter's Dictionary, Volume 1, page 817, says:

The words El and Elohim (God), like the words Baal-Adonai (Lord), came from the Canaanite vocabulary and WORSHIP. These Canaanite words were accepted into the Hebrew Language many years AFTER the Yahwist Writings of The Holy Scriptures. The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, page 674, tells us:

Most of these terms were employed also by the Canaanites, to designate their designate their pagan gods. This is not surprising; since on settling in the Promised Land the Patriarchs and early Israelites made ``the language of Canaan'' their own (Isa. 19:18), the Hebrew language would naturally use the Canaanite vocabulary for terms designating their own Deity..


YHWH. The personal name...written in the Hebrew Bible with the four consonants YHWH and is referred to as the "Tetragrammaton." At least until the destruction of the First Temple in 586 B.C.E. this name was regularly pronounced with its proper vowels, as is clear from the Lachish Letters, written shortly before that date. But at least by the third century B.C.E. the pronunciation of the name YHWH was avoided, and Adonai, "the Lord", was substituted for it, as evidenced by the use of the Greek word Kyrios, "Lord", for YHWH in the Septuagint, the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that was begun by Greek-speaking Jews in that century. Where the combined form 'Adonai YHWH occurs in the Bible, this was read as 'Adonai 'Elohim, "Lord God". In the early Middle Ages, when the consonantal text of the Bible was supplied with vowel points to facilitate its correct traditional reading, the vowel points for 'Adonai with one variation__a sheva with the first yod of YHWH instead of the hataf-patah under the aleph of 'Adonai__were used for YHWH, thus producing the form YeHoWaH. When Christian scholars of Europe first began to study Hebrew, they did not understand what this really meant, and they introduced the hybrid name "Jehovah". In order to avoid pronouncing even the sacred name 'Adonai for YHWH, the custom was later introduced of saying simply in Hebrew ha-Shem (or Aramaic Shema', "the Name") even in such an expression as "Blessed be he that cometh in the name of YHWH" (Ps. 118:26). The avoidance of pronouncing the name YHWH is generally ascribed to a sense of reverence. More precisely, it was caused by a misunderstanding of the Third Commandment (Ex. 20:7; Deut. 5:11) as meaning "Thou shalt not take the name of YHWH thy God in vain", whereas it really means "You shall not swear falsely by the name of YHWH your God" (JPS).
The true pronunciation of the name of YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the name was pronounced "Yahweh".
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The words El and Elohim (God), like the words Baal-Adonai (Lord), came from the Canaanite vocabulary and WORSHIP. These Canaanite words were accepted into the Hebrew Language many years AFTER the Yahwist Writings of The Holy Scriptures. The Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 7, page 674, tells us:

Answer 9

You are supposed to ask them if Jesus came in the flesh as the Son of God. If they say yes, they are angels.

Answer 10

Ask to shake their hand. If it's an angel they'll either refuse or offer a hand you can feel, if it's a deamon they'll offer their hand, but you won't feel a thing.

Answer 11

One sure way is ask them if they come from the Light. They have to answer you. If they say yes then they're ok. Demons can't lie and say that they are.