What Would You Teach About Angels?

[rogue06]

I have addressed that.

What about all the pictures and stuff?

[Raphael]

Not really a teaching, but when I was a kid, my evening prayers with my dad always included asking God to surround us with His angels to protect us from attacks from the enemy.

[mossrose]

What about all the pictures and stuff?

My document is not illustrated.

[Cow Poke]

Not really a teaching, but when I was a kid, my evening prayers with my dad always included asking God to surround us with His angels to protect us from attacks from the enemy.

Reminds me of the Matthew thing where "their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven".

Mossy covers that.

[rogue06]

My document is not illustrated.

The prodder of bovines will be very disappointed if there is nothing to use his crayons on.

[mossrose]

The prodder of bovines will be very disappointed if there is nothing to use his crayons on.

I'm sure there are Sunday school colouring pages he can print off and use for that purpose.

[KingsGambit]

I have nothing to add on top of mossy's document!

[mossrose]

I hope it's useful.

[Raphael]

I'm sure there are Sunday school colouring pages he can print off and use for that purpose.

Yup.....

http://www.supercoloring.com/colorin...stianity-bible
https://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/category/bible

[mikewhitney]

I don't think Satan is an angel. He appears to be a creature created when the other beasts were. It just he was more crafty that the beasts of the field ... and probably quite a bit different. The big difference is that Satan doesn't seem to be anything of a typical breathing-eating type creature. He doesn't seem to have a "lifespan" typical of biological creatures.

It does seem that he is a 'person' of a sort ... having a mind and creativity. He might be thought of as being supernatural (at least from our perspective) but he doesn't seem to have angelic qualities.

The purpose of this creature ... save this for another day.

[Thoughtful Monk]

This might be covered in Mossrose's document. Right now I don't have time to read it.

Generally when angels interact with humans, they are bringing a message from God. I think any angel encountered should end with your focus on God.

[Cow Poke]

This might be covered in Mossrose's document. Right now I don't have time to read it.

Generally when angels interact with humans, they are bringing a message from God. I think any angel encountered should end with your focus on God.

And angels appear to be schooled* in such a way that they understand they might scare humans to death, so they often begin with a "fear not" element when their message is non-threatening.


*half kidding

[Thoughtful Monk]

And angels appear to be schooled* in such a way that they understand they might scare humans to death, so they often begin with a "fear not" element when their message is non-threatening.


*half kidding

A great point. It does seem that any encounter recorded in the Bible with the supernatural (God, angel, pre-Incarnate Christ, risen Christ, etc.) does leave the human in fear of their life. It's a good thing for us that angels are trained not to show at full power. (My image of an angel carries a flaming 2x4 that will be applied to the seat of knowledge.)

Also, probably a good thing that today, the Holy Spirit is the main way God communicates with us. He's much gentler.

[mossrose]

Angels in scripture certainly do instill in those who encounter them the proper fear and awe of the Lord.

[NorrinRadd]

Off the top of my head --

-- I'm not aware of female angels anywhere in Scripture.

-- Cherubs don't look like little Cupids. (Assuming cherubs are a variety of angel.)

-- I'm not aware of any place in Scripture where angels sing. (Explicitly, at least; some sources include "singing" as a possible implication of "praising" in Luke 2:13.)

-- Scripture does not explicitly identify satan as an angel. That idea is inferred from a variety of OT and NT passages. And some of those passages are in books whose literary styles make literal interpretations problematic.

-- The Protestant Scriptures cite only one archangel by name: Michael. Gabriel is the only other angel identified by name, and he is not referred to as an "arch" angel.

-- Angels are not always scary. Sometimes they go about incognito. (Heb. 13)