By Gary Ray Branscome
The Bible tells us that
angels are, Spirits who serve God (Hebrews
The words, All things in heaven and earth, both
visible and invisible, were created by Him, and Apart from Him
nothing was created that was created, tell us that the angels are created
beings (Colossians
The
words, You, are LORD alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens,
with all their host, speak of angels as the host
of heaven (Nehemiah 9:6). The words, I saw the LORD sitting on His throne,
and the entire host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on
His left, tell us that the angels [host of heaven] have access to God
(1Kings 22:19). And, the words, Jacob went on his way, and the angels of
God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is Gods host, tell us
that Jacob recognized the angels as the host of heaven (Genesis 32:1-2).
The
words, I saw the Lord sitting upon a high and lofty throne, and His train
filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings;
two to cover his face, two to cover his feet, and two to fly with, give the name seraphim to a specific kind of angel (Isaiah
6:1-2). Here the words, I saw the Lord, coupled with the words, No
man has seen God at any time, tell us that Isaiah did not physically see
God, but saw the Lord in a dream or vision (compare Isaiah 6:1 with
John
The
words, So He drove out the man; and He placed Cherubim at the east
of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the
way to the tree of life, give the name Cherubim to another kind of angel
(Genesis 3:24). And, when God told Moses to make the Ark of the Covenant, He
said, You shall make two golden cherubim, you shall make them of
hammered work, on the two ends of the mercy seat. One angel on the one end, and
the other angel on the other end: making the cherubim of one piece with the
mercy seat on the two ends of it. And, the cherubim shall spread out their
wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall be
facing each other; and looking down toward the mercy seat (Exodus
25:18-20). Here again, the angels are described as having wings. However, the
words, A spirit does not have flesh and bones, tell us that this is a
figurative way of portraying the cherubim, not a description of physical
appearance.
In
contrast, when Two angels came to
The
words, The Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels
// The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather
out of His kingdom all things that offend, and The angels shall come
forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, tell us that Gods angels
will play an active part in the final judgment (Matthew 16:27, 13:41, and
13:49).