SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS

SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS

 

1. What kind of beings are the angels? "Are they not all ministering SPIRITS, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation" Heb. 1:14.
(Psa. 148:2 with 5, Luke 20:36a, Mark 12:25, Matt. 28:2-4, Rev. 18:1)

2. What are some other names given to angels in the Bible?
"This matter is by the decree of the WATCHERS, and the demand by the word of the HOLY ONES; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men"—Dan. 4:17a.
(Gen. 32:1-2, Job 1:6, Psa. 89:6, Eph. 3:10, Luke 24:4)

3. How many angels are there?
"And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne . . . and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands"—Rev. 5:11.
(Dan. 7:10, Heb. 12:22)

4. What does the Bible teach about the power of angels?
"Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that EXCEL in STRENGTH, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His Word"—Psa. 103:20.
(2 Pet. 2:11, Acts 12:7, 23, Rev. 7:1, Matt. 28:2 with Mark 16:4, Dan. 9:21)

5. What two kinds of angels are there? "The holy angels"—Mark 8:38. "The angels that sinned"-2 Pet. 2:4.

6. What work in relation to Christ is done by good angels?
"And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord"—Luke 2:10-11.
(Matt. 2:13, 4:11, Luke 22:43, Matt. 28:5-6, Acts 1:10-11, Rev. 5:11-12)

7. What work in relation to God's people is done by good angels? "For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone"—Psa. 91:11-12.
(Heb. 1:14, Acts 12:5-7, 27:23-24, 5:19-20, Luke 18:22, Matt. 18:10, 24:31)

8. What work in relation to the wicked is done by good angels?
"The Son of Man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire"—Matt. 13:41-42.
(Matt. 13:49-60, Acts 12:23, Rev. 16:1, Rev. 20:1-8)