Angels: God's Messengers and Spirit Army

Angels are God’s messengers and His spirit army, and they are very numerous. Make no mistake, angels do exist! They exist to serve “those who will inherit salvation”. But because they are invisible, we tend to forget their role in carrying out God’s purpose and plan. We’ve all heard stories of supernatural intervention—some of them may even be your stories! Many angels have been given the duty of serving our needs, and their responsibilities and assignments may change with circumstances. Let’s take a look in our Bibles and examine some of the interesting and profound verses that give us insight into these servants of God. The Scriptures have much to tell us on the fascinating subject of angels!

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A statue of an angel in a garden
4 minutes
Angels have long been popular in our culture. People hold many ideas about them. But are those ideas accurate? Do they agree with what the Bible...
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A photograph and artist illustration of a planet and starscape.
4 minutes
Where did angels come from? How long have these spirit beings existed? Do they have freedom of choice? Let’s look in the Bible to discover the answers...
7 minutes
How many angels are there? What does it mean when Scripture refers to God as “the Lord of hosts”? Does the Bible tell us how many angels exist?
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A young woman praying in a field.
4 minutes
Sometimes people want to give angels extra credit. It’s as if people want their own angel to lift them from adversity or to do their own bidding in...
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A silhouette of young man.
10 minutes
What do angels look like? Many people think they look like babies or infants, only with wings. But what does God’s Word really say about their...
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A Bible laying on a table.
4 minutes
Some have taught that a set of scriptures in Genesis 6 refers to fallen angels interbreeding with human women to produce half-demon giants. But there...
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Close-up of religious stained-glass window.
4 minutes
People have a number of ideas about angels that do not accurately reflect what we see revealed in Scripture.
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Stained glass close-up of two cherubic angels in the sky
2 minutes
Perhaps one of the oddest depictions of angels is as winged infants, these being referred to as cherubs.
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A Bible opened to the book of Daniel.
9 minutes
The Bible mentions two angels by name—Michael and Gabriel. What the Bible reveals about them tells us a great deal about the unseen spirit world.
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Artist rendition of the Ark of the Covenant.
6 minutes
Sometime after the world was formed, the peaceful harmony in the angelic realm dramatically changed.
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A open Bible.
4 minutes
Of the many Old Testament references to angels of God, there are a few where One called “the Angel of the Lord” is also identified as “the Lord”...
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A Bible laying on a table.
14 minutes
Are all angels alike? Scripture reveals several different kinds of angels, including cherubim, seraphim and several other kinds of spirit beings. What...
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This statue is from the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II in present-day Khorsabad, Iraq.
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The derivation of the Hebrew word cherub (keroob or krub), referring to a kind of angel, is uncertain. Some have proposed that it simply means “figure...
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An artist's rendition of Daniel in the lion's den.
7 minutes
Why did God create the angelic spirit world? What is their purpose? What responsibilities do they hold? Let’s see the answers as revealed in Scripture...
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A person walking on a narrow road with the sun setting in the background.
4 minutes
A common misconception is that when people die (and especially infants), they go to heaven and become angels. Yet angels have existed far longer than...
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A man driving a car in the rain.
10 minutes
Many people have reported experiences that seemed to involve angelic help. Here we relay the personal stories of some who have had angelic encounters.
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A woman turning the pages of a Bible.
2 minutes
Angels are not fable or myth. God created these beings for a specific purpose —a purpose that involves you. The truth is fascinating and encouraging!