Question:
what do u believe about angels..? x?
2009-07-15 06:50:29 UTC
I have been thinking a lot lately about angels, and what they do and where you can find them. I believe i saw my angel up in the sky when i was watching a beautiful sunset. Do u believe that angels can appear in human form..? have u any personal experience with them...? also do u think it is possible to be an angel but not know it and be used for good in someones life..? xxx thank you, peace and love.
26 answers:
Godspeed
2009-07-17 22:18:54 UTC
BIBLE BACKGROUND ON ANGELS:

Angels are usually viewed as messengers of God, who perform certain tasks assigned to them. God created them holy (Deut. 33:2; Ps. 89:7; Mark 8:38 & Luke 9:26), giving each of them distinct duties and definite domains in which to exercise their delegated authority (Col. 1:16; Eph. 6:12; Hebrews 1:7 & 14; Jude 6).



The Bible is clear that angels came before man in God's creation (Job 38:6-7), and that mankind was originally created with less glory and power than the angels (Ps.8:4-5). Angels are more powerful (2 Thes.1:7 & 2 Peter 2:11), mobile (Gen. 28:12) and knowledgeable (2 Sam.14:20 & Acts 7:53) than humans. It should also be noted that angels are not omniscient (Matt. 24:36), nor omnipotent (Romans 8:38), nor omnipresent (Daniel 10:13) like God is and hence they do not possess infinite power or abilities.



Angels do not grow old, become sick, or become hungry like humans do. Angels are not subject to death (Luke 20:36), nor do they reproduce (Mark 12:25), leading scholars to the conclude that the number of angels has been the same since their original creation. They can enter into human bodies (Luke 8:26-39), and are, for the most part, completely invisible to us, even as they go about their work in our world. They can control the winds (Rev. 7:1-3), create fire (Judges 6:21), and play musical instruments (Ezek. 28:13). Angels have individual personalities, for example, angels are said to have joy in Job 38:4-7 and Luke 15:10; desire in 1 Peter 1:12; and choice in Jude 6. Like humans, angels were originally created to serve and worship God (Ps. 103:20-21; 148:2; Matt. 4:11; Hebrews 1:14; & Rev. 4:8).



Angels are recorded as being present at all the major events in Jesus' life: His birth (Luke 2:13-14), temptation (Matt. 4:11), resurrection (Luke 24:4), ascension (Acts 1:10-11), and return (2 Thes.1:7). They also take interest in the affairs of humans, for example, there is "joy in heaven" over every repentant sinner (Luke 15:10; 12:8-9; & Rev. 3:5) and Hebrews 1:14 says, "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?"



I have never seen an angel, but do believe in them.



Godspeed.
KENNETH D
2009-07-15 11:14:14 UTC
I believe there are angels who are part of the heavenly host. You will find them in heaven unless they are sent to find you. I hope you have seen the angel. Angels often appear in human form per the Bible. I have never seen or met one. You would know if you were an angel.

God bless you.
good tree
2009-07-15 09:12:46 UTC
I believe in angels, they are created beings like humans. They work for God, protecting us on earth, and yes they can take human form, the Bible says we may meet them without knowing it. I don't honestly think that we could be angels and not know it. Fallen angels are known as demons.
Q&A Queen
2009-07-15 07:01:46 UTC
There are ranks among the angels. There are seraphs and cherubs and the regular angels. They are all under the command of Michael, the one archangel. They have different functions. We know they are powerful because there an account that one angel killing 185,000 assyrians in one night. We know they tire because of an account of one angel sent to Daniel. I apologize for not having the actual citations in my head right now. But, I can find them if you need them.



No it's not possible to be an angel and not know it because angels are distinct spirit creatures. You can, of course, be an angel, in that sense of helping someone but not a true angelic creation of God's.



Enjoy your day. :)
Daniele
2009-07-15 10:50:18 UTC
Around the Angels ,

there's often the tendency to

speak so distort about their true origin

and their proper mission .



The (Saint) Angel it's

an Spiritual being as one "soldier" from God .

The apparitions they are extremely rare

because usually their mission

is done so hided , to our eyes .



Hided but really present ...

and I believe on their presence .



I didn't never see one Angel

but this not mean who the Angels

not exist ... because

not only what's we see be exist .
Ernie
2009-07-15 07:12:35 UTC
I'll answer your last question first. No human becomes an angel, they are a different class than us. We are created in God's likeness, and they are not. They were not given a physical body, but angels can manifest in human form. Satan wants to inhabit humans, but he will get in animals as a second choice, so he can manifest in this earth realm. References are below. I have had a personal experience, but I didn't see the angels, just knew I had one on my right, and one on my left, and they were 8 or 9 feet tall.
?
2009-07-15 07:02:50 UTC
Angels always appear in human form, like Tyrael in Blizzard's Diablo. Non Christians have seen them.



It is possible to be an angel. It's a recruitment thing, but you don't get high rank, that's for sure, and you always get send to front line to fight demons.



And you do get kill too, trust me.
italianscotschick
2009-07-15 07:00:29 UTC
i dont know i am scpetical but want ot believe.. it sounds like a nice thing to beleive in so whats the harm



one ting that happened to me was i was just going about my business and a lady came up to me and asked if i knew i had a guardian angel. i thought she was on crack so just said arrr umm and tried to keep walking. She then began to describe my late grandad ( a co-insidence you may say but he had very unusual features) apparently according to this lady he is always behing me making sure im ok.



I nearly died twice in near fatal accidents, nearly drowned and managed to escpae some pretty scary situations. I like ot belive its pops. either that or im just as crazy as the lady.
?
2009-07-15 06:55:35 UTC
yes i believe angels can appear in human form,

no i don't have personal experience

no i don't think you can be an angel without know, because if they appear in human form they have to be sent from heaven.

but i do think you can do something good for others of course.
2009-07-19 06:07:47 UTC
Angels are very active in the Bible and are used by God as messengers, warriors, and servants. The word "angel" comes from the Greek word "angelos" which means "messenger." Angels are spiritual beings without bodies of flesh and bones, though they apparently have the ability to appear in human form (Gen. 19:1-22). Angels had many functions. They praised God (Psalm 103:20), served as messengers to the world (Luke 1:11-20, 26-38; Luke 2:9-14), watched over God's people (Psalm 91:11-12), and were sometimes instruments of God's judgment (Matt. 13:49-50).



The Bible tells us that God created the angels and that at some time in the distant past there was a rebellion in heaven and many of the angels fell. Apparently, it was the elect angels that did not fall (1 Tim. 5:21). The Bible says that angels were created by Christ (Col. 1:16), that they carry out the will of God (Psalm 103:20; Matt. 6:10), they worship God and Christ (Phil. 2:9-11; Heb. 1:6), are wise (2 Sam. 14:20), mighty (Psalm 103:20), holy (Matt. 25:31), and innumerable, (Heb. 12:22). However, angels are not to be worshipped (Col. 2:18; Rev. 19:10; 22:9) since they are creatures.

Are there different kinds of angels?



Apparently, there are different kinds of angels with different characteristics and roles: cherubim, seraphim, and archangels. It may also be that there are "powers" and "principalities" that further describe ranks in the angelic realm, but it is debated. Nevertheless, I'll focus on the three main groups.



1. "Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew," (Isaiah 6:2).

1. They praise God (Isaiah 6:3).

2. The word "seraphim" (singular is seraph) probably a translation of "fiery ones" and probably stems from the fiery imagery often associated with the Presence of God (cf. Ezek. 1:27).1

2. "So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life," (Gen. 3:24). See also Exodus 25:18-22; Heb. 9:5.

1. Cherubim are typically represented with wings, feet, and hands, but are described in different forms as having two faces (Ezek. 41:18) and even four faces (Ezek. 10:21).

2. Cherubim were considered to be angels that guarded sacred things. In Gen. 3:24, they guarded the tree of life. They were over the Ark of the Covenant on the Mercy Seat (1 Sam. 4:4). See also Psalm 80:1; 99:1

3. Figures of Cherubs were embroidered on the temple veil (Exodus 26:31; 2 Chron. 3:7) and lavished Solomon's temple (1 Kings 6:26ff).

3. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first," (1 Thess. 4:16).

1. The word "archangel" is not found in the Old Testament. References to Michael the archangel appear only in 1 Thess. 4:16 and Jude 9. However, Gabriel, who is considered an archangel, appears in both the OT and NT. In the OT he is found in Dan. 8:15-26 and 9:21-27. In the NT he is mentioned in Luke 1:11-20, 26-38. He seems to be a messenger angel.

2. On the other hand, Michael the archangel seems to be a warrior angel (Rev. 12:7) who does battle (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1 ).

3. An interesting note is that in Rom. 8:38, Eph. 1:21, and Col. 1:16, the word "principalities" is used. In Greek the word has the prefix of "arche," suggesting archangel. Some think this means there is a hierarchy of angels as is suggested in 1 Pet. 3:22: "who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him" (NASB).



What does the Bible say about fallen angels?



Of course, there are fallen angels as well. Lucifer, another archangel, rebelled against God and became the devil. Following are verses often quoted in reference to the evil one.



"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! 13 "But you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:12-14).



Most scholars agree that one third of the angels fell into sin and became demons.



"And another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.4 And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth . . . " (Rev. 12:3-4).



In the future, there will be a judgment upon the fallen angels:



* "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels," (Matt. 25:41)
?
2009-07-15 07:15:42 UTC
Angels are "ministering spirits" which God

has dispatched to care for His elect in the earth.



"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth

TO MINISTER FOR THEM WHO SHALL BE

HEIRS OF SALVATION?"

-Hebrews 1:14



"And IF YE BE CHRIST'S, then are ye Abraham's seed,

and HEIRS according to the promise."

-Galatians 3:29



"To an INHERITANCE incorruptible, and undefiled,

and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you,

WHO ARE KEPT by the power of God through faith

UNTO SALVATION ready to be revealed in the last time."

-1 Peter 1:4-5





Also, the Bible tells us that we may encounter

angels without even being aware of it:



"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby

SOME HAVE ENTERTAINED ANGELS UNAWARES."

-Hebrews 13:2
i love gesu
2009-07-15 13:16:21 UTC
ciao

in islam angels are real but u cant see them.

impossible to be angel

no one has personal experience except prophets and messangers.

yes they can appear in human forms as it was with gabriel with mohammed prophet.
veysel_peru
2009-07-15 07:03:46 UTC
I believe in angels.

I know that they are not female.

I think that they are all male (but I am not sure about this, they may also be genderless).

Prophets saw the angels, talked to them, but we cannot.

Every human has two angels (kiramen katiban) that writes down his good and bad deeds.

Angels are superior to Satan(Iblis) But Adam is superior to angels.



I hope this helps.

Veysel Peru
LP S
2009-07-15 07:04:22 UTC
The word angel means messenger.

Angels are people that die in the flesh and gone to Heaven. there are good angels and bad ones.



Angels are not to be worshiped because they are like us in the spirit.



The angel talking to Paul:

Rev 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.
?
2009-07-15 06:54:59 UTC
I believe I stuck a few too many dollars in her g-string
2009-07-15 06:56:31 UTC
Angels are real, but you can't see them the way you described.
askandyoumightreceive
2009-07-15 06:55:08 UTC
I have a cat named Azrael. They're good for naming cats.
2009-07-15 10:28:54 UTC
Do you believe in fairies and Father Christmas also ?
HC
2009-07-15 06:53:42 UTC
I have made no observations that indicate the existence of angels.
kelly_chating
2009-07-15 07:02:59 UTC
never saw one, just heard from people. people like to day dream.
Tomo
2009-07-15 07:00:39 UTC
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Tired Guy
2009-07-15 06:54:16 UTC
They got wiings
2009-07-15 09:13:44 UTC
They are not to be worshipped. They guard.
TEH TYME KITTEH ~pantheist~ ®
2009-07-15 06:58:09 UTC
They dont exist
2009-07-15 06:53:47 UTC
I believe they are imaginary.
2009-07-15 07:00:11 UTC
FYI...



The Priestly clan of Jewish Bible writers who invented the Creation story and the “God” that goes along with it are saying that during the “creation week” when God created “Heaven” with all the angels, 1/3 of them, including Lucifer* (*”Light Bearer,” the most beautiful and intelligent angel ever created) were not one bit impressed with God’s “beauty and holiness.” They made full use of their free will, and rebelled against God on the spot! They became known as DEMONS, and SATAN! Christians today are sweet talked into totally ignoring this, and any other story in the Bible that is detrimental to their faith. The Bible God had this drama planned BEFORE the “foundation of the world.” God created angels with the capacity to become Demons and Satan, almost immediately! They were ready to compete with God on the best way to manipulate the people that God “loves” so much. Satan was ready to tempt Eve as soon as she was put together, in a messy operation using one of Adam’s spare ribs!



The Priestly Bible writers made up the story of a sadistic God the Father planning to send God the Son Jesus Christ to Earth to be sacrificed on a Cross so the human race can be forgiven, only if they believe the original “sin” idea and the need for a Savior! The Bible God solution was to have Jesus beaten to a pulp, totally tenderized, heavily marinated in Roman soldiers’ spit, and nailed by the hands to a Holy Cross especially designed for the occasion! The original Jewish Bible writers provided enough stories for the creation of 2 of the major religions in the world, Christianity and Islam, later on. Some Bible writers discovered a few incoherent stories in the OT that they used to come up with the Christian religion, while Islam was put together on a tangent of their own. There is no record outside of the Bible that Jesus ever existed, or that the Romans ever crucified anybody to any cross in Jerusalem. Our body is too heavy to hang placidly in there from a couple of nails! The Romans were known to impale their victims driving a pole into their rectum and making them stand up into the air until the pole would eventually pierce the heart or lung killing the victim. The thicker the pole, the longer it took for the victim to die. In some cases, the victim would die of severe internal bleeding. Jesus died a sissy man’s death hardly shedding any blood while hanging from the cross. If he were to be impaled, there would be a lot of blood mixed with feces gushing out of his anal cavity when the pole is removed (not a nice “blood shedding” event, for most religious purposes). The Romans had plenty of poles available for free. They never had to manufacture any cross, or even a NAIL! Nails were not that easy to make in those days! The horizontal beam of any “crucifying” cross has to be very carefully designed and built to stay firmly in place, and not to come loose jeopardizing the safety of the victim nailed to it! You don’t need to be scientifically oriented to figure that much! The Christian idea of a cross comes from some odd ball Heathen source! In the real world that we live in, it is very doubtful that the Romans would have spent so much taxpayer’s money, and effort to nail common thieves to such elaborate crosses that needed to be dramatically carried back and forth to the execution site! The Romans were not that stupid!



Deuteronomy 21:23 (KJV) His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; for he that is hanged* (*plain hanging by the neck, spiritually speaking!) is accursed of God; that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.



The NT writers used this ONLY “clue” in the Bible to come up with the Holy Cross idea, and the same day burial! God turned out to be an Indian giver because the “land” of Judea was in Roman possession all that time, and the Jews NEVER had it until 1948. They are still fighting for it, too, in spite that “Jesus” was hanging “upon the tree,” and was buried on the same day! The JWs claim that Jesus was nailed to a pole with his hands above his head held by only one nail! You need to be much more gullible to qualify as a “JW” because all CHRISTIANS KNOW “BY FAITH” THAT JESUS WAS NAILED TO A HOLY CROSS! Anytime you see a stick laying around in a Kingdom Hall, it may be a religious symbol! Any JW into sadomasochistic pleasures would feel a mind blowing experience to be thrashed with a religious symbol, in the closet, of course!



1 Peter 1:19-20 (KJV) But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot* (*but full of Roman soldiers’ spit!): who verily was foreordained before* (*please Christian, read again! “WHO VERILY WAS FOREORDAINED BEFORE”) THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD!



Hebrews 10:7 (KJV) Then said I* (*Jesus Christ!), Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me, to do thy will, O God.* (*Jesus is following the script in a HOLY BOOK! That is why the NT Bible writers always claimed that he did this and that so that any “prophecy” about him may be fulfilled – e.g. Mat 4:14! This is the best way to fulfill any Bible “prophecy,” especially the ones that DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL, and need to be “spiritualized!”)



The Bible writers claim that God got so upset at all the dissenting angels that he didn’t provide them with a Savior, instead he created a sulfuric fire burning HelI in the depth of this Earth during the original “Creation Week” to punish them someday for ever and ever along with all the unbelieving Jews, and the rest of the world!



Matthew 25:41 (KJV) Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:



God is still in desperate need of all the help that he can get from the Demons and Satan, to make life miserable to everybody, especially Christians! RIGHT NOW, all the Demons and Satan are freely commuting back and forth to Earth until the “end of the world.” The Bible God and Satan are not much different from any of the Heathen Gods of that time! The preachers are hiding all these statements in the Bible from the public, and very seldom, if ever they are discussed in open Church sessions! It takes an honest atheist to tell the world that Christianity is a cruel joke on all of us!



Revelation 12:9-10 (KJV) And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent* (*that tempted Eve… this statement ought to shake the Hell out of religious people!), called the Devil, and Satan, which DECEIVETH the whole world he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven* (*Heaven is full of sound effects like in any Greek theater of that time!), Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN IS CAST DOWN, WHICH ACCUSED THEM BEFORE OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT.



The whole Bible story is like a classical Greek theatrical show. The Bible writers insist that the Devil and his angels are DAY AND NIGHT EXTREMELY BUSY IN HEAVEN! You can tell that the Bible Heaven is run by a whole bunch of low IQ Ayatollah morons. The “Holy Throne” of the Bible God is infested with all sorts of Demons blowing the whistle on any misbehaving Christian! God never gets tired to listen to their reports DAY AND NIGHT! He is on record that he destroyed Sodom based on their report (Gen 18:20-21)! This primitive Bible God also heard reports that the world was living in full harmony, had a common language, and that people were united in an effort to build a tower of TAR AND CLAY to reach Heaven! God became so paranoiac that he had the whole Trinity team come down to EARTH to investigate the reports, like if this humongous and billions of light years wide universe was not even there! The Bible writers claim that in punishment for their novel experiment in a tar and clay application God confused for ever the common language spoken on the Earth. That is why we have so many languages today! The Bible God is the “Chief Author of Confusion” to this day (Gen 11:5-7)! And some naive men of science still want to dialogue with creationists about an “Intelligent Designer” Bible God!



According to the Bible writers, Satan is very much respected in Heaven! No human or angelical being has the power to hurt or offend Satan. The elite Archangel Saint Michael, and Satan had a fetish tearing apart the dead body of Moses. They did it with due respect for each other (Jude 1:9)! At times, Satan is much more powerful than God! (1 Thes 2:8, Judges 1:19) The Bible say that God lost to Satan ALL the kingdoms in the world (Mat 4)! God must have been a terrible poker player! 2,000 Years ago Satan dragged God the Son Jesus Christ like a queer guy to a spot in a secluded rest area on top of the highest mountain so Jesus could see ALL the kingdoms on this flat Earth. Then when nobody was watching, Satan was ready to hand them over to him, only if Jesus would discreetly KNEEL DOWN and worship him guy to guy (Mat 4:9)!



The Bible writers insist that without gullibility, aka “faith” it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God (Heb 11:6)! Atheists can relate to that 100%! Jesus clarifies that a person has to have the gullibility of a child to follow him! The Bible stories are NO different from any story of Heathen origin that Christians today still deep throat like a charm, spiritually speaking, of course!


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