Transcript Slide 1

God created two worlds, a physical world
in which we live, and a spiritual realm
which is invisible to us.
Colossians 1:
16. For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created
by him, and for him:
Heavenly Beings
Cherub (Plural - Cherubims)
Cherubim and a flaming sword were placed at the
east of Eden to deny man access to the tree of life Genesis 3:24
There were two gold images of Cherubim on the Ark
of the Covenant - Exodus 25:18-20
Images decorated the ten curtains of the Tabernacle
(Exodus 26:1) and the vail that separated the Holy
Place from the Most Holy Place (Exodus 26:31)
David received a vision of The Lord riding on a
Cherub – II Samuel, Chapter 22 & the 18th. Psalm
Heavenly Beings
Cherub (Plural - Cherubims)
There were two gold images of Cherubims that
stood in the oracle of the Temple that were ten
cubits (approximately 15 feet) tall with a wing span
of ten cubits (I Kings 6:23-28). They were carved
from olive wood and overlaid with gold. There were
also carvings of cherubims on the doors to the
oracle and the temple (I Kings 6:31-35).
Ezekiel saw cherubim in a vision – Ezekiel Chapter 10
Heavenly Beings
Seraph (Plural - Seraphim)
The Hebrew word, seraph, is used four times in the
Old Testament. It means fiery or burning one. It is
used as an adjective most of the time. It is
translated fiery twice in Numbers Chapter 21 to
describe the serpents that God sent to punish the
Israelites. It is also translated fiery in Isaiah 30:6
to describe flying serpents which seem symbolic
of the treachery that came out of the land of Egypt.
But in Isaiah Chapter 6, Seraph is used as a noun
and is translated there as seraphim.
Heavenly Beings
Angel
From the Hebrew word Malak which means
ambassador or messenger and Greek word Aggelos
which means messenger.
Most commonly known of the heavenly beings.
Angels are mentioned at least 109 times in the Old
Testament and 180 times in the New Testament.
Angels
Angels have names.
There is Michael the archangel (Jude, Verse 9 and
Revelation 12:7).
We all remember Gabriel who spoke to Daniel and
who also foretold the birth of John the Baptist to
Zacharius and the birth of Jesus to Mary.
While they probably all have names, they are not
revealed to us. In Judges 13:18, the angel who
announced the birth of Samson to Manoah, would
not divulge his name saying it was a secret.
Where did angels come from?
Misconception – Angels are those who have preceded
us in death.
Angels were, as everything and everyone else
created by God - Colossians 1:16,17;
Psalms 148:
1. Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the
heavens: praise him in the heights.
2. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his
hosts.
3. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye
stars of light.
4. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters
that be above the heavens.
5. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he
commanded, and they were created.
God created angels in spiritual form, they never were
of the flesh –
Psalms 104:
4. Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a
flaming fire:
Angels were with God when he laid the foundations of
the earth. Therefore their creation preceded man's –
Job 38:4-7
4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the
earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou
knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6. Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7. When the morning stars sang together, and all the
sons of God shouted for joy?
The Spiritual Nature of Angels
Misconception - According to Genesis 6:2, angels took
the daughters of men for wives.
Angels are spiritual in nature, not flesh, and they have
no need of marriage –
Luke 20:
35. But they which shall be accounted worthy to
obtain that world, and the resurrection from the
dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
36. 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.
The Spiritual Nature of Angels
Misconception - Jesus was Michael, the archangel,
come down in the flesh (Jehovah's Witnesses
doctrine).
Hebrews 1:
4. Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath
by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than
they.
5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou
art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I
will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6. And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into
the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God
worship him.
13. But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on
my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy
footstool?
What do angels look like?
Misconception
Angels are spiritual beings with spiritual bodies.
They seem to be able to appear as anything they
want, or not be seen at all as in the case of Balaam
in Numbers Chapter 22.
If they are ever referred to as any certain gender, it is
always masculine. They are described as men,
which also would lead you to believe that they
appeared as adults.
There is no record of an angel appearing as a woman
or an infant. Although angels fly, there is no record in
the scriptures of them having wings.
Sometimes, you wouldn't recognize an angel if you
saw one –
Hebrews 13:
2. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so
doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
Other times they were obviously easy to recognize –
Genesis 32:
1. So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God
met him.
2. When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's
host." And he called the name of that place
Mahanaim.
An angel appeared to Moses in a burning bush Exodus 3:2
They sometimes appear as men wearing white
apparel –
Matthew 28:
2. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and
came and rolled back the stone from the door,
and sat on it.
3. His countenance was like lightning, and his
clothing as white as snow.
(Also see John 20:12; Acts 1:9-11)
Sometimes they carried a sword, like the angel
waiting on Balaam (Numbers 22:31), the angel sent by
God to Joshua at Jericho (Joshua 5:13,14), and the
angel sent by God to Jerusalem (I Chronicles 21:16).
Cherubim are very distinctive Ezekiel 10:
8. The cherubim appeared to have the form of a
man's hand under their wings.
14. Each one had four faces: the first face was the
face of a cherub, the second face the face of a
man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth
the face of an eagle.
21. Each one had four faces and each one four
wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man
was under their wings.
Seraphim are very distinctive also Isaiah 6:
1. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord
sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the
train of His robe filled the temple.
2. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings:
with two he covered his face, with two he covered
his feet, and with two he flew.
3. And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy,
holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full
of His glory!“
John had a similar vision and recorded it in
Revelation 4:8-9
What do angels do?
Misconception – We have guardian angels to keep us
from harm.
Jesus was the only man in the scriptures to have a
full time guardian angel Psalm 91:
11. For He shall give His angels charge over you, To
keep you in all your ways.
12. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you
dash your foot against a stone.
(Also Matthew 4:6)
An angel warned Joseph of Herod's plans to kill the
baby Jesus (Matthew 2:13). Angels ministered to
Jesus after his temptation (Matthew 4:11), and as he
prayed on the Mount of Olives (Luke 22:41-44).
Angels are messengers. That's what the word angel
means. The times that God sent angels to give a
message or a sign to His people are too numerous to
cover in this lesson.
These births foretold by angels:
Ishmael - Genesis 16:7-11
Samson - Judges 13
John the Baptist - Luke 1:5-13
Jesus Christ - Luke 1:26-33
Angels announced the birth of Jesus and directed
the shepherds where to find Him (Luke 2:8-18). The
archangel will announce the return of Jesus Christ
(I Thessalonians 4:16).
Sometimes an angel was the bringer of death.
That was purpose of the angel waiting for Balaam in
as he was on his way do to what God had told him
not to do (Numbers Chapter 22).
God sent an Angel to destroy Jerusalem and the
other cities of Israel when David sinned by number
the people (I Chronicles Chapter 21)
Herod was struck dead by an angel in Acts 12:20-23
Sometimes Angels Were God's rescue squad
delivering His people from harm.
Angels led Lot and his family out of Sodom
(Genesis 19:15,16).
An angel saved Hagar and Ishmael from dying of thirst in
the wilderness (Genesis 21:15-19).
It was an angel that stopped Abraham from sacrificing
Issac (Genesis 22:10-13).
An angel protected Shadrach, Meschach, and Abebnego from the fire (Daniel 3:23-28).
An angel protected Daniel from the lions (Daniel 6:22).
An angel led Peter out of prison a couple of times (Acts
5:19,20; 12:7-10).
Angels are God's army.
Lead by Michael, they fought the Devil and his angles
in Heaven (Rev. 12:7-9).
They have chariots (Psalms 68:17).
These chariots stood ready to defend Elisha from the
Syrians (II Kings 6:17).
One angel destroyed the Assyrian army (185,000 men)
to protect Jerusalem (II Kings 19:34,35).
Angels Have Acted As God's Burial Detail
Deuteronomy 34:
5. So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the
land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
6. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab,
over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his
sepulchre unto this day.
Jude
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.
Angels Conduct the spirits of
God's People To Their Final Rest
Ecclesiastes 12
7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:
and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Luke 16:
22. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the
rich man also died, and was buried;
God's Harvesters
Angels will be God's harvesters at the end of time
(Matthew 13:39). They shall gather up the saints
(Matthew 24:31), and take vengeance on all others
(II Thessalonians 1:7,8).
The Relationship Between Angels and Men
Both were created by God – Colossians 1:16
Man was created a little lower than the angels –
Psalms 8:4-5; Hebrew 2:7
Angels are “greater in power and might” than men –
II Peter 2:11
Yet it was man that God gave dominion over the Earth
Hebrews 2:
5. For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection
the world to come, whereof we speak.
Psalm 8:4-8
Angels will be judged by man
I Corinthians 6:
2. Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the
world? and if the world shall be judged by you,
are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3. Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how
much more things that pertain to this life?
Angels, like man, were created to be servants of God
Revelations 19:10
They minister along side the “heirs of salvation” Hebrews 1:
13. But to which of the angels said he at any time,
Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies
thy footstool?
14. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
minister for them who shall be heirs of
salvation?
Men and angels are to obey God's commandments -
Psalm 103:
20. Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in
strength, that do his commandments, hearkening
unto the voice of his word.
Ecclesiastes 12:
13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this
is the whole duty of man.
Angels are not to be worshiped by men.
Colossians 2:
18. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a
voluntary humility and worshipping of angels,
intruding into those things which he hath not
seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Revelation 19:
10. And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said
unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy
fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the
testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Manoah mistook the Lord's angel for the Lord and
was about to offer a sacrifice to him, but the angel
refused - Judges 13:15-19
Some angels have sinned and are under punishment
II Peter 2:
4. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but
cast them down to hell, and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto
judgment;
Jude
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.
But we know of no plan of salvation for the angels.
Yet angels are concerned about the salvation of man I Peter 1:
12. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto
themselves, but unto us they did minister the
things, which are now reported unto you by them
that have preached the gospel unto you with the
Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things
the angels desire to look into.
And there is rejoicing among them when one repents Luke 15:
10. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the
presence of the angels of God over one sinner that
repenteth.