The Word Angel Defines:
• Angel (Anggelos) means messenger and envoy, one sent. This definition shows how angels are
God's servants carrying out His divine will.
The Origin And Nature of Angels:
• Angels are created beings - Psalm 148: 1-6; Nehemiah 9:6; Colossians 1: 15-16.
• Angels are innumerable - Matthew 26: 53; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 5: 11
• Angels can fall from grace - Jude 6; 2 Peter 2: 4.
Personal Characteristics of Angels:
• They don’t marry - Matthew 22: 30
• Greater than man in might and power - 2 Peter 2: 11
• They praise God - Psalm 148: 2
• They are curious - 1 Peter 1: 12
• Angels often appeared in bright luminescence - Matthew 28: 3; Luke 2: 19; Rev. 10: 1
• Angels sometimes appeared as ordinary men - Genesis 19.
Different Types of Angels and Their Work:
• Cherubim - Guarded the tree of life (Genesis 3: 24; Placed on the two ends of the Ark of the
Covenant (Exodus 25: 18-20); Solomon's temple had two fifteen-feet-high images of Cherubim
made of olive wood. Ezekiel described how the Cherubim appeared.
• Seraphim-(Isaiah 6: 2,6) - Special attendants to God and His throne.
• Michael the Archangel (Jude 9, 1 Thess. 4: 16; Revelation 2: 7. Michael’s role seems to be God’s
strong arm in battle. Contrary to popular views, there is only one archangel.
• Gabriel (the hero of God) (Luke 1: 19,26 - He announced the coming births of John and Jesus;
Daniel 8: 16; 9: 21-23 - Appeared to Daniel in a vision. Gabriel's role seems to be making extraordinary announcements and declarations. Nowhere in scripture is anything said about Gabriel
being a horn blower.
• Angel of the Lord - (Exodus 23: 20-22) - This angel possessed unique qualities, and many have
speculated that he could have been the pre-existent Christ.
Angels Carried Out God’s Judgment:
• Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19: 1-22)
• Killed 185,000 Assyrians to defend Judah (2 Kings 19: 35)
• Killed 70,000 men for disobedience (2 Samuel 24: 15-17)
• An angel struck down King Herod for his arrogance (Acts 12: 21-23)
• Angels are called God Reapers that will gather up stumbling blocks, and those that commit lawlessness and cast them into the furnace of fire (Matthew 13: 36-43)
• 2 Kings 6:15-19 - Angels stuck approaching soldiers blind.
Are Angels Involved With Our Lives Today:
• Providence - Employs a supernatural source via a natural means.
• Miracles - Uses a supernatural source and a supernatural means.
• Escaping temptation (1 Corinthians 10: 13). God doesn’t have to use miracles to assist us in escaping temptation - but he can and does help us through his providence.
Angels Care About Us:
• Luke 15: 10; Hebrews 1: 14; 13:2; Psalm 91:11; Matthew 18: 10; Luke 16:22; Revelation 22: 8-9
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