Angels

I AM PASTOR DEB

English - August 26, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.23 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Angels are personal spirit beings created to worship and serve God. We don’t know when angels were created, but Scripture indicates that angels were present when God created the earth, so we do know they existed before mankind.

Psalm 148 lists various created things, and everything, including angels, is commanded to praise the Lord: nThe scripture reads “Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts. . . . Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created”

We know that mankind came from the earth. God scooped up mud and formed Adam’s body, then breathed life into it, and man became a living soul. We are not told what “substance,” if any, God used to create angels or what the process looked like.

In Genesis 1 God merely spoke the entire universe into being; it could be that He also spoke the angels into existence. We could say that angels came from the mind of God and showcase another aspect of His creative brilliance.

What is clear is the character of angels. They praise God (Psalm 148:1-2; Isaiah 6:3). They worship God (Hebrews 1:6; Revelation 5:8-13). They rejoice in what God does (Job 38:6-7). They serve God (Psalm 103:20; Revelation 22:9). They appear before God (Job 1:6; 2:1). They are instruments of God’s judgments (Revelation 7:1; 8:2). They bring answers to prayer (Acts 12:5-10). They aid in winning people to Christ (Acts 8:26; 10:3). They observe Christian order, work, and suffering (1 Corinthians 4:9; 11:10; Ephesians 3:10; 1 Peter 1:12). They encourage in times of danger (Acts 27:23-24). And They care for the righteous at the time of death (Luke 16:22).

A popular notion is that people become angels when they die—at least, the “good” people do. The 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life advance this concept through a fictional character who was a clockmaker when he was alive (293 years previously) but is now an angel trying to earn his wings through good works.

However, there is no biblical basis for the theory that angels are former people. In fact, the Bible clearly indicates that angels are different from us; (Psalm 8:5) tells us human beings were created little lower than the angels.

Human beings do not become angels after they die. Angels will never become and never were, human beings. God created the angels, just as He created humanity.