In his cunning, he disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Cor.

As Peter followed the angel they walked right passed the guards but none of them seemed to see them pass by. These stories teach us that angels are everywhere and are always watching over us. 9:6; Ps. Watchers: “Watchers” is an Aramaic word which means, “vigilant, waking, watchful.” Verse 17 may infer this is a special type of angel (if a special class is intended). In Relation to New Epochs: Ryrie points out that angels appear to be unusually active when God institutes a new epoch in the sweep of history and then outlines this for us: A. 45 Lewis Sperry Chafer, Lewis Sperry Chafer Systematic Theology, Vol.
19:1ff. The angel appeared in the form of a cloud during the day and as a pillar of fire at night, never leaving the people. Angels who are divine attendants.

2 Chron. They sinned without remedy, and there is no atonement for them (II Peter 2:4; Jude 6). As suggested by the fellowship that can be observed in the Trinity between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God’s very being necessitated that He bring forth creatures for fellowship, but He did not create these creatures as robots who have no choice. (2) For human messengers bearing a divine message (Hag. 3:2; Judg. Nevertheless, the believer recognizes that it is the Lord who does these things whether directly through using angels (notice Peter’s testimony that the Lord delivered him from the prison though God actually used an angel to accomplish it, Acts 12:7-10 compared with vv. It is also true when it comes to promoting good. 2. Here the seriousness of disobedience (vs. 22), which is essentially defined as rebellion (vs. 23), is underscored by the comparisons made to divination and idolatry.

In the apocryphal writings of 1 Enoch, it also gives names for a number of angels and demons, including naming additional archangels such as Rafael (also recognized by the Catholic Church), Uriel and Phanuel. 2:25). Ryrie writes: The Scriptures speak of the “assembly” and “council” of the angels (Ps.


The book of Job gives us a good illustration of his defaming accusations against believers and how, at the same time, he seeks to malign the character of God. Then this disease will stop killing the people. In the NASB translation these celestial beings are referred to 196 times, 103 times in the Old Testament and 93 times in the New Testament. At seeing the birth of Christ, the angels rejoiced in praise to God (Luke 2:13-14) and they witnessed the entirety of Jesus’ life on earth (1 Tim. As an angelic being, Satan, along with his demon-like angels, is supernaturally powerfully and brilliant, and uses all his powers against humanity. Who was King David in the Bible? Have faith that God’s timing is perfect. 8:29; 2 Cor. 27 Then the Lord commanded the angel to put the sword away.[f]. 14:12) means “shining one” or “star of the morning.” He may have been the wisest and most beautiful of all God’s created beings who was originally placed in a position of authority over the cherubim surrounding the throne of God. David flees into the wilderness, where he gathers a band of followers and becomes the champion of the oppressed while evading the pursuit of Saul. 2 Charles C. Ryrie, Basic Theology, Victor Books, Wheaton, IL, 1987, chapter 17, electronic media. It could refer to a guardian angel over these churches or to those men who function in the capacity of teachers of the Word, like the human pastors or elders. 14:20), yet it is limited (Matt. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back” (Revelation 12:7).

Today believers are experientially lower than the angels, yet positionally higher because of their union in Christ (cf.

Though the doctrine of angels holds an important place in the Word of God, it is often viewed as a difficult subject because, while there is abundant mention of angels in the Bible, the nature of this revelation is without the same kind of explicit description we often find with other subjects developed in the Bible: Every reference to angels is incidental to some other topic. David is one of the most referenced people in the Bible with sixty-six chapters dedicated to him. Michael is one of two angels named in the Bible.

A highly organized hierarchy of angelic beings is referred to with the word “thrones” (qronoi), “powers” (kuriothtes), “rulers” (arcai), and “authorities” (exousiai). On the other hand, it seems that the holy angels, being faced with the same ethical choice and possessing the same God-given ability to choose, remained and are confirmed in their state of holiness.