Clarence

“Every time a bell rings an angel gets

his wings”

Do you know the tag line to this scene?

"Highway to Heaven" (1984-1989)

Touched by an Angel (1994-2003)

Fallen (2006)

Pop culture angels have always appeared as beloved characters on screens big and small

The angels were created by God to serve: God and man.

A common misconception about angels is this:That we become one when we die

It makes for a heart warming story, but it is simply not true.

There is nothing in the Bible to suggest that we become angels when we die.

God created angels as beings separate from humans.

The truth is that we become like angels at the resurrection

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.(Mark 12:25)&(Luke 20:36)

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements – surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:4-7 See Also: Psalm 148:1-5; Col. 1:15-17

Before the earth was made, God created

the angels

God Created Angels Good and Bad

The Mention of Angels is Throughout the Bible

These celestial beings are referenced 196 times

103 times in the Old Testament

93 times in the New Testament

Found in 34 Books from Genesis to Revelation

the most commonly used term for celestial beings in the Bible is angel. other terms referring to angels are:

1. cherubim (Ezek. 10:1-3)

2. seraphim (Isa. 6:2)

3. ministering spirits (Heb. 1:13)

An Angel by Any Other Name…

Greek word is angelos

The holy angels are messengers of God, serving Him and doing His bidding.

The fallen angels serve Satan, the god of this world. (II Cor. 4:4)

The Nature of Angels

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.(Revelation 19:10; Col. 2:18; II Kings 17:16)

Angles are not to be worshipped

The conception of ChristMat. 1:20-21; Luke 1:31

The birth of ChristLuke 2:10-12

The resurrection of ChristMat. 28:5-7; Luke 24:23

The ascension and second coming of Christ

Acts 1:11The conception of John the Baptist

Luke 1:13-36

Angels Make Major Announcements

Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will!Psalm 103:20-21

They are mighty in strength and do God’s will and are subject to Him

One angel destroyed 185,000 of the Assyrian army in a night (Isaiah 37:36)

One angel rolled away the stone from

the Tomb of Christ (Matt. 28:2)

One angel shall bind Satan and cast him into the "Bottomless Pit“ Revelation 20:1-3

Mighty in Power

“You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.”

Nehemiah 9:6 ESV

They Praise and Worship God

And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. Luke 16:20-23

They Receive Departed Saints

And to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Hebrews 1:13-14

Angels Minister to God’s People

“The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.”(Psalm 34:7)

“For he will command his angels concerning youto guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.”(Psalm 91:11-12)

They Guard and Protect

“…for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.” Luke 20:36

Angels are Eternal

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalm 8:3-5

Angels are of a Higher Order Than Man…

For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking….(Hebrews 2:5)

You made him for a little while lower than the angels; … Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. (Hebrews 2:7-8)

Angels are of a Higher Order Than Man… Not forever !

“Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands…”

Revelation 5:11

Angels are Innumerable

“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering…”

Hebrews 12:22

Angels are Innumerable

They are always referred to in the male gender…

The Hebrew word for angel is mal`achIs there an exception?

They are always referred to in the male gender…

Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.(Zechariah 5:9)

When Jesus appeared to His disciples and was taken for a ghost, He commanded them to "touch Me and see that a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see Me having.“

(Lk.24:39)

Angels are not “Flesh and Blood"

The word He used (spirit), the Greek pneuma, is the same word used for angels wherever they are deemed “spirits”.

(Heb.1:7 & 14)

Angels are not “Flesh and Blood"

And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.(Genesis 32:24-25)

whenever angels appeared to man it was always in a human form

Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.(Luke 22:3)

“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.(Matthew 12:43-44)

and speak to the people all the words of this Life.” Acts 5:17-18

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go and stand in the temple

“… And his wife was barren and had no children. And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.Judges 13:2-3

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things were created through him and for him.(Colossians 1:16; I Peter 3:22)

Angels Exist in Different Orders

Classes of Angels

Cherubim

Seraphim

Archangels

Cherubim

They seem to be four in number

They have four facesFound at the foot of God’s

throneThey have wings and handsThe guardians of God’s

throne

“…Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim...” (II Kings 19:15)

“...You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.”(Psalm 80:1) “…behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling beryl.(Ezekiel 10:9)

You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.(Ezekiel 28:14-15)

Lucifer

The "Seraphim" have three pair of wingsThey are the attendants of the "Lord of Hosts" Call attention to His holinessIsa. 6:1-8

Seraphim

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”Revelation 4:8

Seraphim

“…I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew…”(Isaiah 6:1-3)

Seraphim

Archangels arch-(rule/ruler) and angel-(angel)

a translation of the Hebrew word sar, meaning prince or chieftain “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people…”Daniel 12:1; 10:13, 21; Jude 1:9; Rev. 12:7

Gabriel is the angel who announced the coming births of: John the Baptist - Luke 1:5-19 Jesus – Luke 26-38He also interpreted Daniels Vision- Daniel 8:15–26

They were brought into existence by the creation of God (Job 1:6; 38:7)

Never spoken of as created in the image of God, they may also be called “sons of God” because they possess personality like God.

Used in Genesis 6:2 which tells us the “sons of God” took wives from among the “daughters

of men.”

Sons of God

“… when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy…”(Job 38:7)

Morning Stars

Angels are referenced 27 times in RevelationEach letter is addressed to, “the angel of the church of…”