Angelos 1

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2021 08 29

The story so far

  • The Creation

    Genesis 1:1 (NKJV)  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    John 1:1-5 (NKJV) 1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2  He was in the beginning with God. 3  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

  • The Fall of Man
    • Disobedience and deception

      Genesis 2:15-17 (NKJV) 15  Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17  but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

      Genesis 3:6 (NKJV)  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

    • The Flood Judgment

      Genesis 6:5-8 (NKJV) 5  Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6  And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7  So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

      2 Peter 2:5 (NKJV)  and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;

    • The scattering after the Tower

      Genesis 11:1-9 (NKJV) 1  Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2  And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3  Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4  And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” 5  But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6  And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7  Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8  So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. 9  Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

      Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (NLT2) 8  When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court.
      9  “For the people of Israel belong to the LORD; Jacob is his special possession.

    • Fire and brimstone Judgment

      Genesis 19:24 (NKJV)  Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.

      Jude 1:7 (NKJV)  as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

  • The Promise

    Isaiah 53:3-5 (NKJV) 3  He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4  Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5  But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

    Joel 2:28-32 (NKJV) 28  “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 29  And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 30  “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31  The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. 32  And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.

  • The Redemption

    John 1:14 (NKJV)  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

    John 17:3 (NKJV)  And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

    Galatians 3:13-14 (NKJV) 13  Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14  that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    Ephesians 4:30 (NKJV)  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

    Hebrews 9:15 (NKJV)  And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

  • The Restoration

    2 Peter 3:12 (NKJV)  looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

    2 Peter 3:7 (NKJV)  But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

    Revelation 21:1 (NKJV)  Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

Introduction to Angels

  • The Bible is the only book in the world that gives insight into the heavenly and infernal worlds. The scriptures are full of the supernatural, and there are hundreds of scriptures revealing to man all that he needs to know of the spirit world.

    Galatians 3:13-14 (NKJV) 13  Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14  that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    Romans 8:14 (NKJV)14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

  • We mean by the spirit world the various spirit beings that inhabit the material worlds around us. For the purpose of this study, we have included the majority of these under the general heading of angels.
  • The words angel and angels are used 297 times in the King James Version of Scripture. Coming from a root meaning “to dispatch as a deputy,”
  • The Hebrew word mal’ak means messenger or ambassador, specifically of God. A related word, mal’akuwth, is translated “message” in Haggai 1:13,

    Haggai 1:13 (NKJV)  Then Haggai, the LORD’S messenger, spoke the LORD’S message to the people, saying, “I am with you, says the LORD.”

  • The name Malachi, which means “My messenger,” also derives from mal’ak.
  • Our English word angel comes from the Greek angelos which also means messenger.
  • Only Four Angels Are Named in Scripture
  • Michael

    Daniel 10:13 (NKJV)  But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.
    Daniel 10:21 (NKJV)  But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.
    Daniel 12:1 (NKJV)  “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book.
    Jude 1:9 (NKJV)  Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
    Revelation 12:7 (NKJV)  And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,

  • Gabriel

    Daniel 8:16 (NKJV)  And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
    Daniel 9:21 (NKJV)  yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering.
    Luke 1:19 (NKJV)  And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.
    Luke 1:26 (NKJV)  Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

  • Lucifer

    Isaiah 14:12-14 (NKJV) 12  “How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13  For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; 14  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’
    Ezekiel 28:11-17 (NKJV) 11  Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12  “Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13  You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created. 14  “You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. 15  You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you. 16  “By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones. 17  “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.

  • Abbadon or Apollyon

    Revelation 9:11 (NKJV)  And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

The Reality of Angels

  • The reality of angels is plainly evident in Scripture, as they are mentioned throughout the Bible. Jacob’s dream in Genesis 28 gives us a glimpse of their ongoing activity:

    Genesis 28:12 (NKJV)  Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
    Genesis 28:16-17 (NKJV) 16  Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.”
    17  And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”

  • Likewise, the book of Job reveals the presence of angels in heaven.
  • Referring to them as “sons of God,” Job states that “there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them”

    Job 1:6 (NKJV)  Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

  • Job describes another such day in the first verse of the second chapter.
  • In the midst of God’s questioning of Job we learn that these same sons of God were present at creation:

    Job 38:4-7 (NKJV) 4  “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5  Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6  To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7  When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  • In short, if one accepts the authority of the Bible, one must likewise accept the reality of angels.
  • They are attested to throughout Scripture.

Angels Are Innumerable

  • Daniel described the scene around the throne of the Ancient of Days, saying that “thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him”

    Daniel 7:10 (NKJV)  A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, And the books were opened.

  • John also says in Revelation 5:11, “And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.”

    Revelation 5:11 (NKJV)  Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,

  • Luke simply states that “a multitude of the heavenly host” appeared to the shepherds on the night of Christ’s birth ().

    Luke 2:13 (NKJV)  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

  • Paul also mentions “an innumerable company of angels”.

    Hebrews 12:22 (NKJV)  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,

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