Questions tagged [angels]
They are spiritual beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Old Testament and New Testament. There are also fallen angels, who chose to follow Satan.
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What is the Biblical basis for saying Lucifer is an angel?
Where in the Bible does it say that Lucifer was one of the angels or an archangel?
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What is the origin of the idea that Michael is Jesus?
I recently came across the idea of identifying the angel Michael as Jesus. I'm surprised I hadn't heard it before. Wikipedia documents it as common to Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses. I'...
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What Bible verses suggest that humans can become angels? [closed]
There a number of biblical passages (such as 1 Corinthians 4:9) that are worded as such indicating angels were created separately from and and are different from humans.
For it seems to me that God ...
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How do Jehovah's Witnesses understand Hebrews 1?
Hebrews 1:4–14 contrasts Jesus with the angels. How do groups like Jehovah's Witnesses, who see him as an angel, understand these verses?
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What is the source of the belief that the deceased become angels?
An associate wrote an open letter (email) of condolence to a friend who'd lost a child. The letter stated that that deceased was now an angel in heaven with wings. What is the ultimate source of this ...
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Do angels have free will? [closed]
I believe we have free will and that God has free will. It would seem Lucifer also had free will. Do all angels have free will as we do?
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Can fallen angels be redeemed? [closed]
We know from the Bible that devils are fallen angels, once created good but who chose to join Lucifer's rebel uprising and consequently lost their place in heaven.
Can those angels ever be saved? Can ...
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What is the biblical basis for humans becoming angels after they die?
Many Christians, and many people living in predominantly Christian cultures, believe that people who die become angels.
This belief is reflected in numerous popular novels and movies, such as the ...
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What is the support for the idea that the "angel of the Lord" is actually God?
For many years, I've held the idea that every place where the phrase "an angel of the Lord" (as opposed to just a plain angel) appears, the angel is actually God taking the form of an angel. Is there ...
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Where did angels get their wings?
The Bible does not record angels having wings at any point, but this is a popular depiction of angels. Do any Christian groups teach that angels do have wings, in extra-biblical materials? Where does ...
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When did Satan get cast out of heaven? Or is that yet to come?
This answer explains that it happened after Jesus ascended, and might even be something that will happen in the "End Times", but this answer says that it happened before Adam and Eve sinned.
What ...
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Who do mainline Protestants believe an "archangel" (such as Michael) to be?
Some sects including Jehovah's Witnesses believe the archangel Michael to be one in the same with Christ. The basic premise of this claim seems to stem from the unique usage of the role archangel ...
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Why is Christianity considered a monotheistic religion?
One of the commandments states "place no other gods before me". Does this mean God is implying the existence of other gods, or why is this explicitly stated?
The Biblical universe also includes a ...
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What does the Bible say about the appearance of angels? [closed]
In Christian art, angels are often depicted as winged human-like creatures. However, I'm curious if there is any justification for this in the Bible? I've sometimes heard that there isn't, so that's ...
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What are the differences between cherubim and seraphim? [closed]
I was reading a post regarding the appearance of angels: What does the Bible say about the appearance of angels?
And I am curious as to the general differences between cherubim and seraphim.
Do they ...
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Do angels sing?
In Job 38 angels "shouted for joy", Luke 2 has angels "praising God and saying". I've heard that angels are never definitively described as singing in the Bible - that although some translations use ...
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What's the proof for the existence of Angels as well as angelic hierarchy?
It's said that most influential medieval work on angelic order was written by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. How much authority do his works still hold and what's the metaphysical foundation and ...
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When were the angels created? [closed]
I was preparing a lesson for Sunday school and came across this passage in the teaching material:
Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, who set ...
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Do angels pray for us? [closed]
I was reading about henotheism and it hinted at the fact that some Christians believe that angels are intercessors.
Quite simply, do angels pray for us? Can we ask angels for intercession?
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Is there biblical evidence of seraphims being angels?
I have heard angels and seraphim being used interchangeably. is there any biblical evidence that they are different or the same? The only verse I know off the top of my head is Isaiah 6:2
Isaiah 6:...
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Did God create man to replace the fallen Angels? [closed]
As near as I can determine from Scripture; Creation and ejection of the rebellious angels, both happened at about the same period.
That led me to begin to wonder, since it seems logical to me that ...
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Do angels possess 1) a body, soul and spirit, 2) a soul and spirit or 3) just a spirit?
My personal understanding is that plants have a body, animals have both a body and a soul, and mankind has a body, a soul and a spirit. However, angels, as I understand, do not have a body that is ...
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What is a guardian angel?
I have always heard of guardian angels and have probably even prayed to them, but never really knew anything about them. What is the purpose of guardian angels and where does the belief in them come ...
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We will judge angels? But we are lower than the angels
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 1 Cor 6:3 (KJV)
This verse says that we will judge angels, but this verse
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How many are there of God's angels?
According to Revelation 5:11, there are many:
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering
thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They
encircled the ...
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How do deniers of Jesus' divinity explain that the angel at Revelation 22:9 did not include Jesus in the list of beings that can be worshipped?
Note: this is an adaptation of a question asked on Hermenutics.SE. Check it out if interested in answers from different viewpoints.
When John fell down to worship the angel that had just showed him ...
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Why would angels climb a stairway if they have wings?
I was just reading about Jacob's Dream at Bethel and I had a question:
Why would angels be ascending and descending a stairway (or a ladder, in other versions of the Christian Bible) from Earth to ...
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According to Catholicism, why did God create men as men rather than as angels?
There is some discussion about why God created man here. The answers go something like "God wanted to love us, share his perfection/happiness/life with us. Therefore, he created us."
Yet, God also ...
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How do we understand that the law was given by angels
This scriptures shows us that the Law was given by ministrations of angels and by Moses.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. Acts 5:53
For if the word spoken ...
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Can Angels die? [closed]
In Daniel, there is an angel who has to fight for nearly three weeks in order to deliver his message, and isn't able to overcome until Michael intervenes. If there was a battle this hard, it makes me ...
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Is there one guardian angel for each person?
A Roman Catholic friend of mine told me that each person has a guardian angel. He told me it is based on this verse:
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That ...
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Are Angels more accessible than Jesus?
Why would one choose to pray to an Angel or a Guardian Angel over Jesus at times?
Some people notice that their prayers are answered on some occasions more readily from an Angel or Guardian Angel. ...
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How are angels and humans different? [closed]
It might sound like a stupid question at first, because obviously humans and angels are quite different in many ways... but bear with me a moment.
In one of the answers to my question What does "...
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Are angels spirits?
John 4:24 (KJV)
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth.
The Gospel of John tells us that God is a Spirit. What about the angels? According to the ...
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How do Catholics speak with their Guardian angels?
According to Catholic teachings, how are Catholics to speak with their guardian angels? With their voice? In their minds? Does the Church provide any guidance or description?
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What biblical passage(s) reveal(s) what God says was the fallen angels' sin?
From this question: Does the Bible provide any passages that might help in understanding how Satan became sinful?, answers have attempted to find from a biblical-basis, how Satan became sinful.
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Does God intend to replace the fallen angels with humans?
Fr. Chad Ripperger, FSSP, says (@3:19ff. of this video) that humans were created to replace the fallen angels. Is this an official teaching of Catholic Church?
Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich also ...
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Are Seraphim and Cherubim angels?
When considering if angels really have wings, I have decided to read some comments on Christianity SE and came across lots of users assuming that cherubim and seraphim are angels:
• Lesley:
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What purpose do angels serve (Protestant)?
If God is omnipotent and can help His children in any situation and in any place, why does He have angels do His will? As I recall, angels are spirit like God.
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Can angels speak to us? [closed]
This is perhaps slightly related to this question, and specifically this answer which points out that "the worship of angels [is] false doctrine ... praying to angels arguably may not be worship, [but]...
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Is Satan's name Lucifer, Satanail, or Samuel? [closed]
In a few different English versions of the Bible, Isaiah 14:12 begins with something like:
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! (KJV)
I thought, however, that Jesus was ...
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In reference to humans becoming Angels? [closed]
How can humans become Angels if (Ecclesiastes 12:7) says "and dust returns to the ground it came from, and the Spirit returns to God who gave it" and (Ecclesiastes 3:20) "All go to the same place; ...
