Why do the call the angel of death an angel if all it does is bring pain and suffering?

Answer 1

Ah, but the angel of death himself does not bring pain and suffereing. This angel relieves the suffering of humans by bringing them to heaven (hopefully).

True, the families and friends suffer, but that is due to their own belief systems.

Answer 2

Because an Angel is a type of being. The Angel of death is one particular angel. It's like a guide dog is still a dog, we call it a dog because it is a dog even though it does a specific task.
The Angel of death is known by several names Azreal, Samael, Sariel, and sometimes as the archangel Uriel.

Also death is not the same as suffering. If you had your head cut off in a car crash would you really want to live on FOREVER as a severed head in constant agony? Or to grow older and older and older until at 200 years old you would be to frail to even stand up anymore. Death is both important and nessecary - if we never died we would suffer a lot more pain.

Answer 3

Because that is what he is. Most of the time death is a blessing from pain and suffering. The Angel of Death comes to take you home to God. The ones left behind when their loved one dies are the ones who suffer. The Angel of Death may not be the right name for him/her, but that is the name someone way back give him. I'm not an expert, just a beliver.

Answer 4

hi,
The death brings the pain and suffering usually to the surviving people remaining here.
Some people die violent deaths and need guidance to the hereafter, they have trouble letting go of their struggle for their life. God is there, although he/she isn't the highest being in this struggle. There are many choices for the newly dead, and God is in the background and isn't an easy choice. Some choose to remain in the struggle to resolve their lives here, close to those they loved. Some are lost, and cling to their family members, which causes intense pain and often shares their suffering at death. This calls for prayer for the deceased, if you believe, and some good peaceful thinking, meditiation, etc. Open to the good, peaceful things.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (now deceased) wrote a book, a guidebook for grieving, and it outlines the things to expect the first five years. She disspells communication with the hereafter, although it is very real, especially among the youth.
Some people will wait generations, already deceased, for their loved ones to join them. It can be frightening. Depending on the church, it can be comfort, or condemnation.
Make good choices, stay out of pain for anyones sake. Get a psychiatrist, seek help from the pain and never suffer for anyone or anything. May God light your way, and give peace to the departed.

Answer 5

First of all, you have to understand the original reference to the angel of death. This is in the story of the plagues or Egypt, in the Torah, or the first five books of the Bible, supposedly written by Moses. Therefore it would reflect early Judaism in it's writings. The concepts of the Devil and demons are modern or (at least) New Testament concepts. In these days it was accepted that all was controlled by God. Good, bad, light, dark, righteous, & evil was all controlled by God. This is evidenced also in Job when satan (trans. "evil spirit" btw) was among the angels, and God allowed him to test Job. Therefore, to Moses, there was no differentiation between spirits controlled by God and those who were not, and at this time the spirit was being used to free the Israelites.
Also, death is not painful. Often it brings sorrow to those close to the departed, but those who have moved on feel no pain at the moment of death. They simply step out of one existence into another. Without death we would suffer in our mortal bodies for eternity with no end. Which would be Hell on Earth. If you are facing death, do not fear. Death is not the end, but a glorious new beginning. Every faith on Earth tells us this. If you are faced to lose a loved one, then mourn their loss, but remember that they have simply begun a new voyage.

Answer 6

On the contrary, what we call 'death' actually brings an END to the pain and suffering of the person it happens to. Others close to the one who experienced 'death' may experience more than their share of pain and suffering, if they have not yet come to accept 'death' as the next phase of the eternal journey of LIFE, and, of course, something that happens to all of us eventually.

Answer 7

In Greek myth, Thanatos (god of death) was more hound as one who would end pain and suffering in individuals. He was the twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep) and son of Nyx (night) and Erebus (darkness).

Though that was greek myth and we are tlaking about angels, I don't think the two are very seperate. I know there are biblical stories of the Angel of Death taking first born children and such.

If you believe in an afterlife, the Angel of Death should be the one that brings you into your new, better existence.

Answer 8

Well I believe the leading theory that if the angel of death does actually exist he/she is neutral. The angel of death is neither good or evil their job is to collect a soul that has departed its mortal host and bring it to where ever it needs to go - like a bus driver or chaperon.

Answer 9

The Angel of Death doesn't bring pain & suffering. The grief we experience as a result of losing our loved ones is what causes that. The Angel's job is to deiver us to the throne of judgement. Nothing more, nothing less.

Answer 10

Probably because Death is mentioned as a figure in Revelations as having been sent forth by God/Christ during the end of days. Since that makes Death an emissary of God/Christ, "angel" is a relatively suitable term as opposed to something like "devil" or "demon" which might describe other types of supernatural entities.

(One could then argue that it is God/Christ who brings pain and suffering, by sending Death to work His will, but that would get needlessly contentious very quickly.)