Angels

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Angels (Guard People, messengers, announcers, ministering spirits. Announced: Conception, Birth, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, and Second Coming of Christ.)

• He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility-a band of destroying angels. –Psalm 78:49
• [T]hen no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.  For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.  -Psalm 91: 10-12
• But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.  –Hebrews 2:9
• Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.  -2 Peter 2:11
• I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. –Luke 15:7
• Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? -Hebrews 1:14
• Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.  -Hebrews 13:2

Seraphim (Root means “burn.”  Only mentioned once in the Bible, they are said to be Attendants and Guardians before God’s throne.)

• Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.  And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."  At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.  "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."  Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.  With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." -Isaiah 6:2-7

Cherubim (Only in the OT.  Carved them on walls, weaved into tapestry, made out of Gold.  They were guardians of God’s glory on earth.  It is said they are alluded to in Revelation as celestial attendants.  The word Cherub means near ones, familiars, personal servants, bodyguards, courtiers.)

• After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side (Or placed in front) of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.  -Genesis 3:24
• The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.  –Genesis 25:20 (On the Ark of the Covenant) 
• One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits-ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.  -1 Kings 6:24.  (On a temple)
• He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.  He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind. He made darkness his canopy around him- the dark rain clouds of the sky.  Out of the brightness of his presence
• bolts of lightning blazed forth.  -2 Samuel 22: 10-13

Archangel Michael (Chief Angel)

• And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.  –Revelation 12:7
• For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. -1 Thessalonians 4:16

Gabriel (Personal Messenger who comes in the form of a man)

• [W]hile I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.  –Daniel 9:21
• The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."  Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.   –Luke 1:28, 29

     

Others?

• I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved. Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning. As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went. Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around. - Ezekiel 1:4-18
• For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.  –Colossians 1:16
• Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.  -1 Corinthians 15:24

Do NOT Worship Them

• Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions.  –Colossians 2:18
• At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."  -Revelation 19:10