Angels

I submit that the Bible teaches that angels are:

One of the most common of the Hebrew words translated ‘God’ is ‘Elohim’, which strictly means ‘mighty ones’. The word can at times refer to the angels who, as God’s ‘mighty ones’, carry this name and can effectively be called ‘God’ because they represent God. Psalms 8:5 speaks of how God created humanity “a little lower than the angels”—the Hebrew elohim is translated aggelous [‘angels’] in the Septuagint; and that’s confirmed by the verse being quoted in Hebrews 2:7 as “angels”. The record of the creation of the world in Genesis 1 tells us that God spoke certain commands concerning creation, “and it was done”. It was the angels who carried out these commands. “Angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His word” (Psalms 103:20). It is therefore reasonable to assume that when we read of ‘God’ creating the world, this work was actually performed by the angels. Job 38:4-7 hints this way too. Man was created on the sixth day. “God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis 1:26). Note that “God” here is not just referring to God Himself in person—“Let us make man” shows that ‘God’ is referring to more than one person. The Hebrew word translated ‘God’ here is ‘Elohim’, meaning ‘Mighty Ones’, with reference to the angels. They are very real beings, sharing the same nature as God.

In the Bible there are two ‘natures’; by the very meaning of the word it is not possible to have both these natures simultaneously.

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Author: Duncan Heaster

Keywords: Satanology, Satan, devil and his angels, devil angels, angel, angels, aggelos, fallen angel

Bible reference(s): Genesis 16:7, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 22:11, Genesis 22:15, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 31:11, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 23:20, Exodus 23:23, Exodus 32:34, Exodus 33:2, Numbers 20:16, Numbers 22:22, Numbers 22:23, Numbers 22:24, Numbers 22:25, Numbers 22:26, Numbers 22:27, Numbers 22:31, Numbers 22:32, Numbers 22:34, Numbers 22:35, Judges 2:1, Judges 2:4, Judges 5:23, Judges 6:11, Judges 6:12, Judges 6:20, Judges 6:21, Judges 6:22, Judges 13:3, Judges 13:6, Judges 13:9, Judges 13:13, Judges 13:15, Judges 13:16, Judges 13:17, Judges 13:18, Judges 13:19, Judges 13:20, Judges 13:21, 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 14:20, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Samuel 24:17, 1 Kings 13:18, 1 Kings 19:5, 1 Kings 19:7, 2 Kings 1:3, 2 Kings 1:15, 2 Kings 19:35, 1 Chronicles 21:12, 1 Chronicles 21:15, 1 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 21:18, 1 Chronicles 21:20, 1 Chronicles 21:27, 1 Chronicles 21:30, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Psalms 34:7, Psalms 35:5, Psalms 35:6, Ecclesiastes 5:6, Isaiah 37:36, Isaiah 63:9, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 6:22, Hosea 12:4, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:11, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 1:13, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 3:3, Zechariah 3:5, Zechariah 3:6, Zechariah 4:1, Zechariah 4:4, Zechariah 4:5, Zechariah 5:5, Zechariah 5:10, Zechariah 6:4, Zechariah 6:5, Zechariah 12:8, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:19, Matthew 28:2, Matthew 28:5, Luke 1:11, Luke 1:13, Luke 1:18, Luke 1:19, Luke 1:26, Luke 1:28, Luke 1:30, Luke 1:34, Luke 1:35, Luke 1:38, Luke 2:9, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:13, Luke 2:21, Luke 22:43, John 5:4, John 12:29, Acts 5:19, Acts 6:15, Acts 7:30, Acts 7:35, Acts 7:38, Acts 8:26, Acts 10:3, Acts 10:7, Acts 10:22, Acts 11:13, Acts 12:7, Acts 12:8, Acts 12:9, Acts 12:10, Acts 12:11, Acts 12:15, Acts 12:23, Acts 23:8, Acts 23:9, Acts 27:23, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Galatians 1:8, Galatians 4:14, Revelation 1:1, Revelation 2:1, Revelation 2:8, Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:18, Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 3:14, Revelation 5:2, Revelation 7:2, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 8:7, Revelation 8:8, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 8:13, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:11, Revelation 9:13, Revelation 9:14, Revelation 10:1, Revelation 10:5, Revelation 10:7, Revelation 10:8, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 11:1, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 14:6, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:17, Revelation 14:18, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 16:3, Revelation 16:4, Revelation 16:5, Revelation 16:8, Revelation 16:10, Revelation 16:12, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 17:7, Revelation 18:1, Revelation 18:21, Revelation 19:17, Revelation 20:1, Revelation 21:17, Revelation 22:6, Revelation 22:8, Revelation 22:16, Tobit 5:4, Tobit 5:6, Tobit 5:16, Tobit 5:21, Tobit 6:3, Tobit 6:4, Tobit 6:5, Tobit 6:6, Tobit 6:10, Tobit 6:13, Tobit 6:15, Tobit 8:3, Tobit 12:5, Tobit 12:22, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 48:21, Baruch 6:7, Song of the Three Young Men 1:26, Susanna 1:55, Susanna 1:59, Bel and the Dragon 1:34, Bel and the Dragon 1:36, Bel and the Dragon 1:39, 1 Maccabees 7:41, 2 Maccabees 11:6, 2 Maccabees 15:22, 2 Maccabees 15:23, 2 Esdras 1:40, 2 Esdras 2:44, 2 Esdras 2:46, 2 Esdras 2:48, 2 Esdras 4:1, 2 Esdras 5:15, 2 Esdras 5:20, 2 Esdras 5:31, 2 Esdras 7:1, 2 Esdras 10:28, 2 Esdras 12:51, Additions to Esther 15:13

Source: “The Real Devil A Biblical Exploration.”

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