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Do saints become angels?

2007-02-16 15:49:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Please don't copy paste scripture

2007-02-16 15:50:07 · update #1

If someone can expand on the free will issue....I'd appreciate it....this is the part I most don't understand

2007-02-16 15:57:58 · update #2

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Well some say they don't have free will because they do as God commands, others say they do because it was possible for them to fall.
Seems like they have free will like a soldier would: obey or defect.

2007-02-16 15:56:18 · answer #1 · answered by A Box of Signs 4 · 1 0

The first poster is pretty spot on. Angels do have free will. The demons are the angels that chose to go with Satan when he tried to overthrow heaven so yes, demons were once angels. Saints don't become angels. Angels are angels and people are people.

I seem to remember something in the bible about some angels breeding (for lack of a better term) with people. The giants in the bible were the supposed result of these encounters. God did not like that and it was stopped. I imagine those angels were demons or were cast out. Not 100% on that. I have no idea how true this is. I guess it's all in how much stock you put in the bible.

2007-02-16 15:57:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Angels are ministering spirits. (Hebrews 2:5-7, Psalm 91:11-12 ) They do the will of God. They are among the invisible things created by God. (Colossians 1:17) The Fallen angels do have free will as far as they HAVE REBELLED, and serve their fallen master, Satan (Jude 6 , 2 Peter 2:4).
They are former Angels.
Saints do not become Angels, the Angels were created in the beginning. The Saints are the Joint heirs with Christ in his kingdon (Romans 8:14) The Saints will judge Angels (1 Corinthians 6:2-3).

2007-02-16 16:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0 0

Angels are spirits, like God, but created spirits. The term angel is actually a description of an office, meaning messenger. Therefore, they are pure spirits that operate in the office of messenger of God.

Yes, they do have free will.

I don't know what the word demon means, but yes, they are what we call fallen angels. Demons are spirits also, but they used their free will to reject God, thus the difference between them and the good angels.

Saints do not become angels. The reason is because saints are people that died in the friendship of God and lived a holy life to a heroic degree, like dying for their faith. Angels can never be human, and humans never become angels. The two are totally different beings.

2007-02-16 15:57:04 · answer #4 · answered by Danny H 6 · 1 0

Yes, Angels have free will, that is why some of them decided to follow Lucifer (Satan). That is why Lucifer was able to rebell against God. As free-willed creatures, they may fall under temptation; and thus we read of "fallen angels." We can only guess at the cause and manner of their "fall." We know only that fallen angels "left their first estate" (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 12:7,9), and that they are "reserved unto judgement" (2 Pet. 2:4).

Saints do not become Angels. Angels are a different creation, they like humans, were created by God. All followers of Jesus are Saints, the Catholic church and maybe Lutheran believe they are selected humans who earned their way to sainthood, but that isn't so. I used to be Catholic (which is also Christian) but am non-denominational Christian now. I left the Catholic Church because I do not agree with many of their doctrines, Praying to Saints, Praying to Mary, and others. I know that at least fallen angels are considered to be demons, but I don't know that all demons are fallen angels.

2007-02-16 15:58:00 · answer #5 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 1 0

No one "becomes" an angel. Angels are aspects of God; that is why all of their names end in -el or -al (literally, "-of God"). Since God is infinite, any aspect of His "mind" can be treated as a distinct personality, at least as complex and certainly more powerful than any human.
A demon is any type of spirit. A fallen (there is no "former" angel) angel is technically referred to as a "devil"; all devils are demons but not not all demons are devils. Of course, for devils to actually exist, God would have to be schizophenic.
The question of free will and angels has been debated for a long time. There is no universally accepted answer.
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If the earliest definition is accepted, then angels do not have free will. They may at any time be suborned by magicians through the use of specific sigils and God-names.

2007-02-16 16:23:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Angels are beings that have been created by God. They are purely spiritual, they have no material bodies. They have no free will. I don't know if all demons are former angels. Probably. Saints do not become angels. Saints are placed higher than angels because they have free will and decide to chose God

2007-02-16 15:55:52 · answer #7 · answered by Ana 3 · 1 0

Angels are spiritual beings and yes they have free will just like humans. No, demons are not the fallen angels, those angels are chained up in darkness awaiting judgment(Jude 6-7).
The demons are the nephilim, the offspring of the fallen angels. Their spirits are believed to have survived the great flood (in genesis 6) according to the Book of Enoch, as a curse.

2007-02-16 15:57:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Angels are sometimes termed spirits; that which is spirit is invisible and powerful. Thus we read: “A spirit came out and stood before Jehovah”; “Are they not all spirits for public service?” Having invisible spiritual bodies, they make their abode “in the heavens.” They are also termed “sons of the true God,” “morning stars,” and “holy myriads”

Not being creatures that marry and reproduce their own kind, the angels were individually created by Jehovah through his firstborn Son, “the beginning of the creation by God.” “By means of him [this firstborn Son, the Word] all other things were created in the heavens, the things invisible, Also, he is before all other things and by means of him all other things were made to exist.” (Col 1:15-17) The angels were created long before man’s appearance, for at the ‘founding of the earth’ “the morning stars joyfully cried out together, and all the sons of God began shouting in applause.”

Some may deny distinct personality of individual angels, claiming they are impersonal forces of energy dispatched to accomplish the will of God, but the Bible teaches otherwise. Individual names imply individuality. The fact that two of their names, Michael and Gabriel, are given establishes the point sufficiently. The lack of more names was a safeguard against giving undue honor and worship to these creatures.

As personalities, angels have the power to communicate with one another (1Co 13:1), the ability to talk various languages of men, and the thinking ability with which to glorify and praise God. It is true that angels are sexless, because God made them so, not because they are impersonal forces. Angels are generally represented as males, and when materializing it was always in the male form, because God and his Son are spoken of as males. However, when certain materialized angels indulged in the pleasure of sex in the days of Noah, they were expelled from Jehovah’s heavenly courts. Here was a display of angelic individuality, for, like humankind, they too are free moral agents, with the power of personal choice between right and wrong. By personal choice, hordes of angels joined Satan in his rebellion

As for the number of the angelic hosts of heaven, Daniel said he saw “a thousand thousands that kept ministering to God, and ten thousand times ten thousand that kept standing right before him.

Angels too can travel at tremendous speeds, far exceeding the limits of the physical world. Thus when Daniel was praying, God dispatched an angel to answer his prayer; and the angel arrived within moments, even before the prayer was concluded.

But for all their higher mental and spiritual powers, angels have their limitations. They did not know the “day and hour” when this system of things would be swept away, Jesus said. (Mt 24:36) They take a keen interest in the outworking of God's purposes, yet there are some things they do not understand. (1Pe 1:12) They rejoice at the repentance of a sinner.

Yes, Angels have free will, Demon Angels were good Angels at one time, and Saints do not become Angels.

2007-02-16 17:04:50 · answer #9 · answered by BJ 7 · 0 0

Angels had free will, to some extent, once. Lucifer took 1/3 of the angels out of heaven, and those are demons. I do not believe they any longer have free will.

Saints do not become angels, they become LIKE angels, which I believe means sexless (without gender).

Free will is what we humans possess. To choose God while we live or reject him while we live.

2007-02-16 16:04:15 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 1 0

An angel is a pure spirit created by God. The Old Testament theology included the belief in angels: the name applied to certain spiritual beings or intelligences of heavenly residence, employed by God as the ministers of His will.
The English word "angel" comes from the Greek angelos, which means 'messenger'. In the Old Testament, with two exceptions, the Hebrew word for "angel" is malak, also meaning 'messenger'. The prophet Malachi took his name from this word. He was himself a messenger, and he prophesied about the coming of "the messenger of the covenant", Jesus Christ

God Bless You

2007-02-16 15:57:10 · answer #11 · answered by ? 6 · 0 1

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