The Origin of the Angels

[Correspondent] E. C. T. (Birmingham) writes:—

I follow the Problems pages in the Testimony with great interest, but I have not yet noticed any question concerning the angels. We know they are God’s messengers, and immortal beings of spirit nature, but where did they come from? So far as I can gather, there can be only three alternatives:—

They were specially created for their particular purpose in God’s economy.They are the immortalised faithful ones of a pre-Adamic creation.They come from another planet.

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Author: P. H. Adams

Keywords: Angels, Judging angels, Lower than the angels, Like unto the angels, Like angels, Made like the angels, What are angels, Who are the angels, Where did angels come from, Can angels eat food, Aggelos, Messengers, Ministering spirits

Bible reference(s): Genesis 16:7, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 22:11, Genesis 22:15, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 31:11, Genesis 32:1, 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 13:20, 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, Job 4:18, Job 33:23, Psalms 34:7, Psalms 35:5, Psalms 35:6, Psalms 78:25, Psalms 78:49, Psalms 91:11, Psalms 103:20, Psalms 148:2, Isaiah 37:36, Isaiah 63:9, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 6:22, Daniel 9:21, 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 3:4, 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 4:6, Matthew 4:11, Matthew 13:39, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 22:30, Matthew 24:31, Matthew 24:36, Matthew 25:31, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 26:53, Matthew 28:2, Matthew 28:5, Mark 1:13, Mark 8:38, Mark 12:25, Mark 13:27, Mark 13:32, Luke 1:11, Luke 1:13, Luke 1:18, Luke 1:19, Luke 1:26, Luke 1:30, Luke 1:34, Luke 1:35, Luke 1:38, Luke 2:9, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:13, Luke 2:15, Luke 2:21, Luke 4:10, Luke 9:26, Luke 12:8, Luke 12:9, Luke 15:10, Luke 16:22, Luke 20:36, Luke 24:23, John 1:51, John 12:29, John 20:12, Acts 5:19, Acts 6:15, Acts 7:30, Acts 7:35, Acts 7:38, Acts 7:53, 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, Romans 8:38, 1 Corinthians 4:9, 1 Corinthians 6:3, 1 Corinthians 11:10, 1 Corinthians 13:1, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Galatians 1:8, Galatians 3:19, Galatians 4:14, Colossians 2:18, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Timothy 5:21, Hebrews 1:4, Hebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:6, Hebrews 1:7, Hebrews 1:13, Hebrews 2:2, Hebrews 2:5, Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9, Hebrews 2:16, Hebrews 12:22, Hebrews 13:2, 1 Peter 1:12, 1 Peter 3:22, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:11, Jude 1:6, Revelation 1:1, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 5:2, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 7:1, Revelation 7:2, Revelation 7:11, Revelation 8:2, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 8:6, 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 9:15, Revelation 10:1, Revelation 10:5, Revelation 10:7, Revelation 10:8, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 12:7, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 14:6, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:10, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:17, Revelation 14:18, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 15:1, Revelation 15:6, Revelation 15:7, Revelation 15:8, Revelation 16:1, Revelation 16:2, Revelation 16:3, Revelation 16:4, Revelation 16:5, Revelation 16:8, Revelation 16:10, Revelation 16:12, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:7, Revelation 18:1, Revelation 18:21, Revelation 19:9, Revelation 19:17, Revelation 20:1, Revelation 21:9, Revelation 21:12, Revelation 21:17, Revelation 22:6, Revelation 22:8, Revelation 22:16, Bel and the Dragon 1:34, Bel and the Dragon 1:36, Bel and the Dragon 1:39, Susanna 1:55, Susanna 1:59, 1 Maccabees 7:41, 2 Maccabees 11:6, 2 Maccabees 15:22, 2 Maccabees 15:23, 3 Maccabees 6:18, 4 Maccabees 4:10, 4 Maccabees 7:11, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 48:21, 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 8:15, Tobit 11:14, Tobit 12:5, Tobit 12:6, Tobit 12:15, Tobit 12:22, Wisdom of Solomon 10:10, Wisdom of Solomon 16:20, 2 Esdras 1:19, 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 6:3, 2 Esdras 7:1, 2 Esdras 7:85, 2 Esdras 7:95, 2 Esdras 8:21, 2 Esdras 10:28, 2 Esdras 10:29, 2 Esdras 12:51, 2 Esdras 16:66

Source: “Difficulties in the Daily Readings,” The Testimony, Vol. 22, No. 261, September 1952, pp. 287-8.

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