Angels

Angels appear almost 200 times in the Bible so the entries in this section deal with those references that relate to appearances in the sky, vehicles, and close encounters.

            Angels are the messengers and most physically present of the spiritual beings in the eternal world of the Elohiym.  The word used in the Old Testament is mal'ak, Pron. mal-awk' and means to dispatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God.  They serve the Elohiym, though obviously not in absolute perfection, as conveyors of thought and action.  They are protectors of the Elohiym and men.  They are not described as having wings, halos, or having the appearance of the orthodox portrayal as commonly seen in paintings and other representations.  Angels can appear in flying vehicles or on terra firma and are often in some form of brilliant uniform.  There are at least 2 ranks of angels with the archangels being superior in rank.  Satan was of course an angel and apparently of very high rank though in earlier times attempted to take over the throne of the Elohiym.   
            The concept that man was made "a little lower than the angels" as stated in Psalms 8:4 is based on a mistranslation.  The word angel is taken from the same word as Elohiym.  Therefore this is properly rendered " a little lower than the Gods".  This is repeated in Hebrews 2:5 and in this case, 'angels', is properly translated.  However, a statement that shows the angels were not given the high level of responsibility bestowed upon man prefaces this.  This puts the ranking of angels in limbo until the true nature of man is clearly stated by Yhovah in Psalms 82: 6, I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.  Jesus quotes himself in emphasizing this fact in John 10:34, Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?"  In Luke 20: 36  he speaks on the nature of man after his spiritual change, " Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."  1 Corinthians 6:3 Paul states, " Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?"  It seems that the angels rank at least equal to man but are not the children of God and will be judged by men after a spiritual change.  This of course is up to the opinion of the reader.  An interesting perspective on this can be found in Hebrews, chapters 1 and 2.  

GENESIS

AN ANGEL CALLS FROM THE SKY
             21:17  And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
            An angel is calling to Hagar from the sky. 

            22:11  And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
            An angel is calling to Hagar from the sky.

            22:15  And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time.
           An angel is calling to Hagar from the sky. 
 
ANGELS ON JACOB'S LADDER
            28:12   And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 
            This is  known as Jacob's Ladder. Angels are  ascending and descending from the sky. Ladder = staircase.  "on it" was added.  

EXODUS

AN ANGEL IN THE BURNING BUSH
            3:2  And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.  See   VEHICLES

JUDGES

ANGEL BEAMING UP
            13:20  For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar.
            A gleam of light beams up into the sky and an angel ascends in the beam. Flame comes from the word ' lahab ' meaning to gleam like a sword.

1 CHRONICLES

HOVERING ANGEL           
            21:16  And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
            An angel is floating in the sky. 

PSALMS

THOUSANDS OF  ANGELS
            68:17  The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 
            
EVIL ANGELS             
            78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

ANGELIC POWER
            103:20  Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

DANIEL

THE ANGEL GABRIEL FLIES SWIFTLY
            9: 21  Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the  vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
            The angel Gabriel flies swiftly.  Luke clarifies his standing: Luke 1:19. And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
 

Angels are never described with wings, halos, or harps.
They are not gods.
 

MATTHEW  

ANGELIC DESERT RESCUE 
            4:11  Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
            The angels tend to Jesus but where did they come from?  See  Luke 22:43

PROTECTING ANGELS
            18:10  Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

ANGELS IN THE SKY
            22:30  For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
            Angels are in the sky and do not marry.  

ANGELS WITH GREAT SOUNDS
            24:31  And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
            Jesus will send his angels to pick up his selected people from the four corners of the Earth from the extremities of the sky.

JESUS COMING WITH ALL THE ANGELS
            25:31  When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
            Jesus will come in splendor and all the angels with him and he will sit on his throne. 

72,000 ANGELS
            26:53  Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
            The word legion is a regiment of the Roman army. It originally consisted of three thousand men, but in the time of Christ consisted of six thousand.  

A GLARING WHITE ANGEL DESCENDS
            28:2  And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.  3  His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:    4  And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
            A great angel descends from the sky dressed in pure white clothing and shining.  

MARK

JESUS SENDS HIS ANGELS
            13:26  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.  27  And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
            Jesus will be seen come in the clouds. Jesus will send his angels to pick up his selected people from the four corners of the Earth from the extremities of the sky.

LUKE

ANGEL AND BRIGHT LIGHTS
            2:8  And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.   9  And,   lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the  Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.  
            An angel of Yhovah comes over shepherds in the field and the area around them became brightly illuminated.

ANGELS GO INTO THE SKY
            2:15  And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
            The angels with the shepherds rise into the sky.

AN ANGEL FROM THE SKY
            22:43  And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
            As following the forty-day desert fast an angel comes out of the sky and gives him aid.   See  Matthew 4:11

ACTS

AN ANGEL IN A BUSH 
            7:30  And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
            This is referring to the first recorded encounter of Moses with the Elohiym.

1 CORINTHIANS

ANGELIC LANGUAGE
            13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

GALATIANS 

AN ANGEL FROM THE SKY
            1:8  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
            Angels come from the sky.

2 THESSALONIANS  

JESUS WILL COME FROM THE SKY WITH POWERFUL ANGELS
            1:7  And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 
            Jesus will be revealed in the sky.  

JUDE
 
ANGELS LEFT FIRST HOME
            1:6  And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
            There were angels who left their first home.

MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
            1:9  Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
            The word archangel is taken from archaggelos, pronounced ar-khang'-el-os; a chief angel. The only other reference to archangel is 1 Thessalonians 4:16. 

REVELATIONS

MILLIONS OF ANGELS
            5:11  And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
            Ten thousand = myriads.  Thousands = one thousand.   See  Psalms 68:17

A BRILLIANT ANGEL DESCENDS FROM THE SKY
            10:1  And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
            An angel descends from heaven standing on a fiery platform.  Pillar = base.

AN ANGEL FLYING IN THE SKY
          14:6  And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
            An angel is seen flying in the sky.

AN ANGEL COMES FROM THE TEMPLE IN THE SKY
            14:17  And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
            
AN ANGEL FROM THE SKY SHINES RAYS OF LIGHT ON THE GROUND
            18:1  And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.            
            An angel descending from the sky projects beams or rays of light to the ground.

AN ANGEL AT THE LAST GREAT BATTLE 
            19:17  And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 
            An angel is heard calling for the birds to feed on the bones.

AN ANGEL DESCENDS FROM THE SKY
            20:1   And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
            An angel descends from the sky.

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