If we’re going to be genuine followers of Christ, then we have to believe everything that Jesus tells us. One of the things that He tells us about is that angels are real. In scripture, God commands His armies to watch over His people, protect His people, and even serve His people. For those in Christ, God is always and in every way taking care of business and employing His massive resources, which includes armies of angels. If you ever saw an angel in its natural form, you'd probably fall to the ground in shock. Here is what you need to know about angels:
1. Angels
are always in contact with God-Even when they are paying attention to us, they are
glorifying God and receiving whatever God wants them to know. Since they are
beings outside of space, they can be present to more than one thing at any moment.
This means that they operate on earth without ever leaving Heaven.
2. Angels
are beautiful-Because they
are more like God than we are, they are more beautiful, because God is Beauty.
Artists try and capture the beauty of angels, but they will always fall
drastically short because there is nothing in this world that can describe or
show such beauty.
3.
Angels are very
smart- Angels were never people.
People will never be
angels. Angels are God's servants and only carry out His will. People are
created by God. In Heaven they will have glorified bodies that don't have any
defects and never get hurt or get tired.Angels don’t think like humans do. We
use logic to get from one thought to the next. Angels just know that God loves
everyone instantaneously. They don’t take any intermediate steps. Angels just
reach that conclusion. They have insights constantly, and because of this they
are constantly contemplating things such as humans, other angels, and God.
4.
Angels can
assume bodily form-If you’re like
me, then you may think that angels have halos and wings, or are infants or women, but always as tough male warriors. Both cases are
incorrect. Angels are pure spirits that are presented in bodily form as tough male warriors in the Bible. The assumption of a body is sort of like how we dress up for
Halloween. Two angels in the Bible are Gabriel and Michael. The third
is Lucifer. Satan was an angel before he rebelled against God.
5. Angels can change themselves-As every single
angel is unique, different, and can change their form from any other angel, so
that each angel could be considered a different species. This means that every
angel has their very own, very different personality. Hebrews 13:2 (ERV) says
to, “Always remember to help people by welcoming them into
your home. Some people have done that and have helped angels without knowing
it.
6.
Angels can’t get
bored-Because
they are outside of our space-time, angels have no chronological time, which
means that they never wait, and they can’t get bored because they are part of
the immaterial world. Not only that, but guardian angels are never bored
because humans are the subject of their attention, and humans don’t end, they
just keep going.
7.
Angels don’t
have a gender-Gender
is biological; it has nothing to do with the personality or spirit. Masculinity
and femininity, on the other hand, transcend biology. This means that some
angels may have more feminine personalities or more masculine personalities,
but that doesn’t mean that they are male or female. All angels that appear in
the Bible appear masculine, most
likely because in the culture back then, males were the authoritative figures.
The tasks that the angels performed (guarding and delivering messages) were
those of the male back then as well. Angels are solely intuitive beings, so
they might be on the same sort of mental wavelength as the female populace.
8. Angels
love us-It naturally
follows that love follows knowledge. Because angels have the power to think
(they are conscious) and the power to choose (they have free will); angels will
the good of us, which is the precise definition of love. They have no other
motive except to see us in Heaven, where we belong.
9.
Angels
should not be prayed to-Prayer is an act of worship and we
only worship God. Also, Jesus was very clear about how to pray. He said to pray
like this, "Our Father…." No angel will ever be your father. Pray to
your Father like Jesus did.
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