Originally posted by NorrinRadd
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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)
-- 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)
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