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| What are angels? |
| THE TRUTH ABOUT ANGELS by Gary Schooley Have you ever seen an Angel? Not the kind that you see depicted on T.V. or in gift shops, but a TRUE Angel? Believe it or not, you probably have and didn't even know it. The word ANGEL conjures an image of something with wings, a harp and a halo. Or maybe you think that an angel is someone that has died and came back with wings, a harp and a halo; sitting on a cloud plucking the harp and waiting to arrive at some unknown destination. Maybe you just think that angels are "naked babies". While these are all "cute", they have no foundation in scripture. Over the years, I have heard many erroneous statements and false concepts about angels. The people who make these statements truly believe in what they are saying, but can not offer any scriptural proof or justification for their standpoint. If you call yourself a Christian, then you shouldn't mind seeing what the Bible says about the subject. |
| The Hebrew word for angel is mal'ak, which means to dispatch as a deputy; messenger; ambassador. The Greek word for angel is aggelos, which means to bring tidings; a messenger. The word angel is used, in one form or another, 198 times in the Bible. Common angels are real personal beings with personal bodies and personal souls including feelings, emotions, passions and desires as well as personal spirits including all intellectual powers as we know them. |
| In Hebrews 1:13-14 we find the following: 13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Reading down a little further we find Hebrews 2:7 which says: Thou madest him (man) a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over thy works of thy hand:... Angels can be visible or invisible, depending on what their particular mission happens to be, at any given time. Invisible things are made up of material substance which is visible in it's own realm. Created things, including spirit beings such as angels, cherubim, seraphim, etc. are all of material substance. Some substances are of a higher order than others. Though all are visible in their own realms, some may not be visible to others of lower realms. Spirit beings are of a higher substance than flesh and blood beings and ordinary material that we see. They are not limited to ordinary substance as we know it, because they can go through closed doors, walls, and other solid objects. This is proved by what is recorded in Scripture of angels and others. Even the material, spiritual, and immortalized body of Jesus, a real flesh and bone body (Luke 24:39) can go through material walls without an opening (John 20:19; Luke 24:31, 35-43). An angel can manifest himself in all his God given glory or he can appear as a mere mortal (or not at all) depending on what he is sent to do. It is evident that angels can and do appear in the form of a man as stated in Hebrews 13:2 which says ...Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. |
| ANGELS DON'T HAVE WINGS! Angels Don't have wings! That's right, they don't have any wings. Of the 90 scriptural references to the words WING, WINGS and WINGED, 45 of them specifically refer to cherubim. The rest refer to: God, Seraphims, animals, eagles, turtle doves, doves, fowl, peacocks, ostriches, hawks, wind, morning, riches, shadow, Moab, Bozrah, lions, leopards, two women, woman, sun, hens, beasts and locusts. None refer to angels. Furthermore, of all references to the words ANGEL or ANGELS, there is no mention of the words WING, WINGS or WINGED. So, the only way to conclude that angels have wings is to twist what little knowledge of angels there is and blindly accept the preconceived and prevalent notion of what is commonly presented as an "Angel", without asking "Where did we get that from?" |
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| Dictionary definition: angel A typically benevolent celestial being that acts as an intermediary between heaven and earth, especially in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism. A representation of such a being, especially in Christianity, conventionally in the image of a human figure with a halo and wings. angels Christianity The last of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology. From the highest to the lowest in rank, the orders are: seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels, and angels. A guardian spirit or guiding influence. A kind and lovable person. One who manifests goodness, purity, and selflessness. Informal A financial backer of an enterprise, especially a dramatic production or a political campaign. |
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