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October 1, 2011
Created by God
Definition: Angels are created spiritual beings with moral judgement and high intelligence bt without physical bodies. Did not always exist. Were created: 6 You alone are the LORD; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You. (Neh 9)
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Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! (Ps 148)
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures... saying with a loud voice: Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing! (Rev 5)
Spirits
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And of the angels He says: Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire.
... Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? (Heb 1) Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. (Luke 24)
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Spiritual Creatures
1 Then the LORD opened Balaams eyes, and he saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face. (Num 22)
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The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. (Ps 34)
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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, (Heb 12:22)
And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind. (Ps 18)
I looked up and saw something that appeared to be a throne made out of sapphire. It was above the huge space that was spread out over the heads of the cherubim. (Ezel 10)
The "cherubim"
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"Make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. ... 22 "The chest is the ark where the tablets of the covenant are kept. I will meet with you above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark. There I will give you all of my commands for the people of Israel. (Ex 25)
The "seraphim"
Above him were seraphs. Each of them had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces. With two wings they covered their feet. And with two wings they were flying. 3 They were calling out to one another. They were saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who rules over all. The whole earth is full of his glory." 4 The sound of their voices caused the stone doorframe to shake. The temple was filled with smoke. 5 "How terrible it is for me!" I cried out. "I'm about to be destroyed! My mouth speaks sinful words. And I live among people who speak sinful words. Now I have seen the King with my own eyes. He is the Lord who rules over all." 6 A seraph flew over to me. He was holding a hot coal. He had used tongs to take it from the altar. (Isa 6)
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But not even Michael did that. He was the leader of the angels. He argued with the devil about the body of Moses. But he didn't dare to speak evil things against the devil. Instead, he said, "May the Lord stop you!"(Jude)
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But the prince of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then Michael came to help me. He is one of the leaders of the angels. He helped me win the battle over the king of Persia. (Dan 10)
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There was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But the dragon wasn't strong enough. He and his angels lost their place in heaven. (Rev 12)
Guardian Angels
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The Lord will command his angels to take good care of you. 12 They will lift you up in their hands. Then you won't trip over a stone. (Ps 91)
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"See that you don't look down on one of these little ones. Here is what I tell you. Their angels in heaven can go at any time to see my Father who is in heaven. (Matt 18) . 14 She recognized Peter's voice. She was so excited that she ran back without opening the door. "Peter is at the door!" she exclaimed. 15 "You're out of your mind," they said to her. But she kept telling them it was true. So they said, "It must be his angel." (Acts 12)