ANGELS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Q2. Did God create the angels?
Q3. Were there many angels created?
Q4. Are they created like men who can marry?
Q5. If man was created from the dust, from where what were angels created from?
Q7. Does the Bible have an account of a chosen angel to convey God's message to man?
Q8. What is the difference of an angel to a man?
Q9. Had God sent an angel in flames of fire?
Q10. Because the angels were created with more power and strength, is it right to worship them?
The word ‘angel’ can be read in the Bible almost 300 times, but until now, many have doubts about studying this.
Q1. What are angels?
A. Spiritual servants.
“To which of the angels did God ever say,…” (Heb. 1:13) (NIV)
“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?” (Heb. 1:14) (NIV)
Q2. Did God create the angels?
A. Creatures that are unseen.
“For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,…” (Col. 1:16) (NIV)
Q3. Were there many angels created?
A. Yes, they cannot be counted.
“Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.” (Rev. 5:11) (NIV)
“But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,” (Heb. 12:22) (NIV)
Q4. Are they created like men who can marry?
A. No, they cannot marry.
“When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.” (Mark 12:25) (NIV)
Q5. If man was created from the dust, from where what were angels created from?
A. They were created from air.
“…“He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.” (Heb. 1:7) (NIV) Also read Psalms 104:4 .
Q6. Do angels have leaders?
A. Yes. Their leader is called the archangel, “But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil…” (Jude 1:9) (NIV)
“Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon,..” (Rev. 12:7) (NIV)
Q7. Does the Bible have an account of a chosen angel to convey God's message to man?
A. Yes, Angel Gabriel.
(a) He was sent to Daniel.
“15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man. 16 And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai calling, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of the vision.” 17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.” (Dan. 8:15-17) (NIV)
(b)He was sent to Zechariah.
“18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.” 19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.” (Luke 1:18-19) (NIV)
(c)He was sent to Mary.
“26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. “ (Luke 1:26-27) (NIV)
“30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.” (Luke 1:30-31) (NIV)
Q8. What is the difference of an angel to a man?
A. The following explains the differences among angels and men.
(a) The man was made a little lower than the angels.
“…“What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? 7 You made them a little lower than the angels;…” (Heb. 2:6-7) (NIV)
(b)Angels have more power and strength than men.
“yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord.” (2 Pet. 2:11) (NIV)
(c)Spirit that can transform into man.
“The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.” (Gen. 19:1) (NIV)
“They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” (Gen. 19:5) (NIV)
Also read Gen. 18:1-2; Dan. 8:15-16; Acts 12:5-11; 27:23-25.
(d) The servant angel has flames of fire.
“…“He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.”” (Heb. 1:7) (NIV)
Q9. Had God sent an angel in flames of fire?
A. (a)To Moses
“1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.” (Exo. 3:1-2) (NIV)
(b)To his people in Israel
“21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.” (Exo. 13:21-22) (NIV)
“Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them,” (Exo. 14:19) (NIV)
Q10. Because the angels were created with more power and strength, is it right to worship them?
A. They should not be worshipped because:
(a)Both men and angels are servants
“8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!” (Rev. 22:8-9) (NIV)
(b)Those who worship angels is hated by God
“They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—” (Rom. 1:25) (NIV)
“41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made. 42 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:…” (Acts 7:41-42) (NIV)
“…Therefore I will send you into exile’ beyond Babylon.” (Acts 7:43) (NIV)
Q11. Did the angels remain in their positions as servants?
A. There are angels who did not.
“And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—” (Jude 1:6) (NIV)
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