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Most people believe that angels exist and have many different ideas about them, such as 'guardian' angels and that people who die become angels. What does the Bible say about them??

2007-04-30 14:22:15 · 11 answers · asked by sixfoothigh 4 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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God created them.
There are many different kinds.

2007-04-30 14:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by What's in a name? 3 · 1 0

Though they have wills, the angels are, like all creatures, subject to the will of God. Good angels are sent by God to help believers (Hebrews 1:14). Here are some activities the Bible ascribes to angels:

A. They praise God (Psalm 148:1,2; Isaiah 6:3).

B. They worship God (Hebrews 1:6; Revelation 5:8-13).

C. They rejoice in what God does (Job 38:6-7).

D. They serve God (Psalm 103:20; Revelation 22:9).

E. They appear before God (Job 1:6; 2:1).

F. They are instruments of God's judgments (Revelation 7:1; 8:2).

G. They bring answers to prayer (Acts 12:5-10).

H. They aid in winning people to Christ (Acts 8:26; 10:3).

I. They observe Christian order, work, and suffering (1 Corinthians 4:9; 11:10; Ephesians 3:10; 1 Peter 1:12).

J. They encourage in times of danger (Acts 27:23,24).

K. They care for the righteous at the time of death (Luke 16:22).

Job 38:4-7 describes the angels worshipping God as He was creating the world – “Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone - while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?” (Job 38:4-7). So, although the Bible does not specifically say when God created the angels, it was sometime before the world was created. Whether this was a day before, or a thousand years before, we cannot be sure.

2007-04-30 15:26:20 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1 0

Angels were made before man to worship God. They are finite, so they are slightly more powerful than us, but not as powerful as God.
Satan is a fallen angel. He is called "the morning star" in the Old Testament.
Angels are protectors and messengers. The archangel Michael is the protector of Israel.
Gabriel is another major angelic character.

2007-04-30 14:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 3 0

Angels are plot devices.

And no part of the Bible says that people become angels when they die. Different order of beings.

2007-04-30 14:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

These are messengers of the Lord, and are spoken of in Hebrews as "ministering spirits" (Hebrewes 1:14). There are two classes of angels that minister for the Lord. those who are spirits and those who have bodies of flesh and bone. Spirits are those who either have not yet obtained a body (unembodied), or who have once had a mortal body and have died, and are awaiting the resurrection. (disembodied). Ordinarilly the word angel means those ministering persons who have a body of flesh and bone, being either resurrected from the dead (reembodied), or else translated, as where Enoch, Elijah, etc.

2007-04-30 14:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by saxman232001 2 · 0 1

angels, their are many kinds, an angel is actually what ur pure spirit is when u come out of the body, when u go to pergitory, u develop wings, some dont but most do
they were made by god, (we were made, well actually he just made a universe of electrons and protons, but, thats really complicating,


Wait till u get to heaven, they have a book there that u can read about that stuff, it to hard to explain

2007-04-30 14:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by Andrew H 1 · 0 1

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2017-01-09 05:07:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

they were invented.
along with the other fictional characters in the buybull.

2007-04-30 14:25:58 · answer #8 · answered by Phyllis 4 · 1 3

man made them up.

none.

2007-04-30 14:25:45 · answer #9 · answered by johnny.zondo 6 · 1 3

1- When you were born There was an angel assigned to you. You. You are his job and responsibility.
Mt 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Heb 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Ps.34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them
I- Facts about Angels
1 By nature angels are spiritual beings.
2 They are not, all powerful and all knowing.
3- Angels were created by God and were present to rejoice when He created the world
4-Before the creation of the world some of them rebelled against God.
5-The leading angel in this revolt became the devil,
6-Two of the vast company of angels are named in the Bible. They are the archangels Michael and Gabriel.
7- The vast army of angels delight in praising the name of the Lord continually.
8 Different types of Angels include the cherubim, seraphim, and living creatures (or living beings). 9- Angels represent God in making significant announcements of good news
10- They are charged with caring for People and serving them in times of need
Ps. 91:11-12 for he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
11- They also guide and instruct people
12- Sometimes their guidance comes through dreams
Gen. 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Gen 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
13- Angels protect the people of God. They meet a wide variety of human needs,
14- Angels are real, and they play a vital part in God's plan for the world.
II Things Angels Do
1- Give water to the thirsty (Hagar)
Gen 21:16-17 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
2- Let people out of Jail (Peter)
Acts 5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth,
Acts 12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
3-Told Joseph To marry Mary
Matt 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
4- Warned of danger
Matt 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him
5- Announced. The birth of Jesus
Luke 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
6- Rolled back the stone
Matt 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it
.John 20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
7- Johns birth
Luke 1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
8-Great companies of Angels are available for our protection (Jesus ) (Elisha)
Matt 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
II Ki 6:16 17 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
9- Carry you to heaven when you die
Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
10- An Angel cooked Elisha a cake
V- Abraham sent angles to find Isaac a wife
Gen 24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
(TLB) Gen 24:7. He will send his angel on ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a girl from there to be my son's wife.

2007-04-30 14:55:05 · answer #10 · answered by Laniermar 2 · 1 0

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