Re: What and Who are ANGELS????
Originally posted by The Prophecy
[B]Who are they?
What are they capable of?
How powerful are they?
Do they have rankings?
Do they have names ? [/B]
http://www.steliart.com/angelology.html
Google up angelology for more.
Re: Re: What and Who are ANGELS????
Originally posted by Mindship
http://www.steliart.com/angelology.htmlGoogle up angelology for more.
I only know what I looked up, in Christianity they were created to protect humans, from what, I don't remember. Another name for an angel is Azriel, the angel of death.
Originally posted by The Prophecy
Who are they?
* according to the Bible...
"But to what angel has he ever said, Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?
Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?"
Hebrews 1:13-14
* angels are spirits (no flesh and bones, Luke 24:39) and they are sent forth by God to serve those people who shall obtain salvation...
"The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them."
Psalms 34:7
* not all people have guardian angels, but only those who fear God...
Originally posted by The Prophecy
What are they capable of?
"In order to change the course of affairs your servant Jo'ab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth."
II Samuel 14:20
* angels know all things on earth...
"And the angel answered him, I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things come to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."
Luke 1:19-20
* they are capable of making a person mute, or something like that...
"And they struck with blindness the men who were at the door of the house, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves groping for the door."
Genesis 19:11
* as well as making a person blind...
* angels, having the power of free will, can also commit sin against God...
"When men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took to wife such of them as they chose.
Then the LORD said, My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
Genesis 6:1-5
"For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of nether gloom to be kept until the judgment;
If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven other persons, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;"
II Peter 2:4-5
* angels also are capable of committing sin...
Originally posted by The Prophecy
How powerful are they?
"For they cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection."
Luke 20:36
* angels don't die...
"Whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a reviling judgment upon them before the Lord."
II Peter 2:11
* angels have greater power and might than humans...
Originally posted by The Prophecy
Do they have rankings?
* there are Seraphims, Cherubims/Cherubs, and others... the Bible only mentions Archangels, which was supposed to be the leader or high-ranking angels...
Originally posted by The Prophecy
Do they have names ? [/B]
* Satan was once an angel, he was a morning star...
"But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, The Lord rebuke you."
Jude 9
* Michael is an archangel and Gabriel is an angel... there are other angels mentioned but it is from Apochrypha so i cannot consider them... 😉
Who are they?Angels are like gods army(not that he needs one),messagers,they praise him ,etc.
What are they capable of?what ever God tell them to do
How powerful are they?great power only angel can destory one if not several countrys
Do they have rankings?Yes,the devil was an high ranking angel,the angel of music.
Do they have names? yes
Re: What and Who are ANGELS????
Originally posted by The Prophecy
[B]Who are they?What are they capable of?
How powerful are they?
Do they have rankings?
Do they have names
? [/B]
Angels are spirits and are referred to as the sons of God. They serve God and minister for those who will inherit salvation.
Angels of God excel in strength and do God's Word. They heed the voice of God's Word and do His pleasure. Angels of God have charge over God's children to keep us in all of our ways.
There are various kinds of angels. One angel referred to himself as Commander of the army of the Lord in the Book of Joshua. Some angels have other angels under them that they command.
There are only three names (that I have discovered) mentioned in the Bible that refer to angels, they are Michael, Gabriel, and Abaddon (or Apollyon).
Some angels have wings and some do not. Seraphim have six wings.
Angels
Types and Names Of Angels:
Angel Of The Lord —Genesis 16:711, 22:11-15; Exodus 3:2; Numbers 22:22-35; Judges 2:1-4, 5:23, 6:11-22, 13:3-21; 2 Samuel 24:16-17; 1 Kings 19:7; 2 Kings 1:3-15, 19:35; 1 Chronicles 21:12-30; 2 Chronicles 32:21; Psalms 34:7; Isaiah 37:36; Zechariah 1:9-13, (12:8); Matthew 1:20, 2:13-19, 28:2
Cherub, Cherubim —Genesis 3:24; Ezekiel 10:1-20, 11:22, 41:18
Seraph, Seraphim —Isaiah 6:2
Living Creatures —Revelation 4:6-9
Michael [An Archangel] —Daniel 10:13, 21, 12:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:16;
Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7
Gabriel —Daniel 8:16, 9:20-27; Luke 1:11-20, 26-38
Abaddon or Apollyon --Revelation 9:11
Ministering spirits —Hebrews 1:14
sons Of God —Genesis 6:4, Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7
Angels Are Spirit Creatures —Psalm 104:4
Angels Obey God’s Word —Psalm 103:20-21; Revelation 19:10, 22:9
Angels Are Sent To Minister For God’s Children —Psalm 34:7, 91:1-16, 103:20; Hebrews 1:14
Angels Look Like Ordinary People --Hebrews 13:2
Some Angels Are Huge, Awesome-Looking Creatures --Revelation 10:1-11
Angels Are Mighty --Psalm 103:20
Angels Are Innumerable --Hebrews 12:22
Angels Carry Out God’s Judgment And Will --Revelation 8:5-
Re: What and Who are ANGELS????
Originally posted by The Prophecy
[B]Who are they?What are they capable of?
How powerful are they?
Do they have rankings?
Do they have names
? [/B]
The LDS [Mormon] view of angels:
AngelsThese are the messengers of the Lord, and are spoken of in the epistle to the Hebrews as “ministering spirits” (Heb. 1: 14). We learn from latter-day revelation that there are two classes of heavenly beings who minister for the Lord: those who are spirits and those who have bodies of flesh and bone. Spirits are those beings who either have not yet obtained a body of flesh and bone (unembodied), or who have once had a mortal body and have died, and are awaiting the resurrection (disembodied). Ordinarily the word angel means those ministering persons who have a body of flesh and bone, being either resurrected from the dead (reembodied), or else translated, as were Enoch, Elijah, etc. (D&C 129).
There are many references to the work of angels in the O.T. In some passages the “angel of the Lord” speaks as the voice of God himself (Gen. 22: 11-12). The word angel is also sometimes used to designate a human messenger, as in JST Gen. 19: 9-15, and may have some application also in Matt. 13: 39-42. There is evidence of nonmortal beings who serve God in heaven (1 Kgs. 22: 19; cf. Alma 36: 22) and also of some who do God’s will and minister to men on the earth (Gen. 28: 12; Gen. 32: 1; 2 Sam. 24: 16; 1 Kgs. 19: 5-7; 2 Kgs. 1: 15; 2 Kgs. 19: 35; Ps. 91: 11.
We find angels mentioned by name in Dan. 8: 16; Dan. 9: 21; Dan. 10: 13, 21; Dan. 12: 1; Luke 1: 19, 26. In latter-day revelation we learn that the angel Michael is Adam, and the angel Gabriel is Noah (HC 3: 386).
In the N.T. there are many references to the ministry of angels, but no clear statement as to their nature or their relation to mankind in general. Angels attended on our Lord throughout his life on earth (Matt. 1: 20; Matt. 2: 13, 19; Matt. 4: 11; Matt. 28: 2-8; Luke 1: 11-20, 26-30; Luke 2: 9-15; Luke 22: 43). Jesus often spoke of angels (Matt. 13: 14-30, 37-41; Matt. 16: 27; Matt. 18: 10; Matt. 22: 30; Matt. 24: 36; Luke 15: 10, etc.). The Sadducees did not believe in supernatural beings, but the Pharisees believed in both angels and spirits which fact Paul used to his advantage when brought before the Sanhedrin (Acts 23: 7-9). Other N.T. references are Acts 7: 53; 1 Cor. 4: 9; 1 Cor. 6: 3; 1 Cor. 11: 10; Gal. 1: 8; Gal. 3: 19; Col. 2: 18 (where we are warned against worship of angels), and throughout the Revelation of John. There are references to fallen angels in 2 Pet. 2: 4 and Jude 1: 6.
The scriptures speak of the devil’s angels. These are those spirits who followed Lucifer and were thrust out in the war in heaven and cast down to the earth. See Rev. 12: 1-9; D&C 19: 36-38; Moses 4: 1-4; Abr. 3: 27-28, and as alluded to by Peter and Jude cited above.
Latter-day revelation contains much about the nature, ministry, and identification of angels. See 2 Ne. 32: 2-3; Alma 12: 28-29; Alma 13: 24-26; Moro. 7: 29-31; D&C 7: 6-7; D&C 13; D&C 37; D&C 76: 21; D&C 110: 11-16; D&C 128: 21; D&C 129; D&C 132: 16-18. Angels do not have wings (HC 3: 392).
The word angel is used in various ways. A person who is a divine messenger is called an angel. Thus Moroni, John the Baptist, Peter, James, John, Moses, Elijah, and Elias all ministered to Joseph Smith as angels. These all shall be exalted and inherit celestial glory. The scriptures also speak of another class of persons who, because of failure to obey the gospel, will not be exalted and will become angels in eternity. These are spoken of as angels in Matt. 22: 29-30 and D&C 132: 16-18. This latter designation should not be confused with the use of the term angels having reference to the heavenly messengers sent forth to minister to the inhabitants of the earth.
Re: Re: What and Who are ANGELS????
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
There are only three names (that I have discovered) mentioned in the Bible that refer to angels, they are Michael, Gabriel, and Abaddon (or Apollyon).
Abaddon is a character in Persian mythology.
Apollyon is Greek...more Pagan roots, huh ?
Kinda like Christianity borrowing Hades and Tarturus
Re: What and Who are ANGELS????
Who are they? God's go between from himself to humans. You can compare them to Hermes, actually.
What are they capable of? Flight, Appearing to only selected humans, taking people places, just to name a few.
How powerful are they? They're immortal for one.
Do they have rankings? Yes
Do they have names? Obviously; Michael, Gabriel etc
Re: Re: What and Who are ANGELS????
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Who are they? God's go between from himself to humans. You can compare them to Hermes, actually
Actually, you can totally compare them to Hermes AND Nike, since they were both humans with wings, a myth which predated the myth of angels, and most likely influenced thier fictional creation.