Seems like one of my blogs led to a discussion on Angels so I will devote this one entirely to Angels. They were created before the foundation of the earth and existed with God and his first two created beings, Jesus and Lucifer also known as Satan or the Devil, to back this up read the following verse 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Not until verses 14 through 19 did he create the sun , moon and the stars.
I believe the fall of Satan and his angels happened between verse 1 and verse 2 of Genesis along with the first destruction of the earth for God would not create chaos.
Lucifer or Satan was already in the garden when man was created and was very jealous of the creation God had made, because the new creation could create life, the only other being that could do this was God.
The only way that angels could do this was to take possession of man and use the man's physical body to perform the act.
In chapter 6 of Genesis it talks of the "sons of God" which means angels took wives of man and created offspring which became the "giant race" that David would destroy.
This was the serpent seed that Satan created, when God warriors David and his soldiers killed the remnant Satan had to resort to demonic possession which I believe still goes on today.
For Paul said we fight not against flesh and blood [as David did] but against principalities in Eph 6v12 which is evil power from high places, the rulers of darkness.
Fallen angels have to have a physical body to do their demonic deeds.
Angels were the word of God before the written word of Moses came into existence and they relayed what God wanted to tell man, since man lost his relationship with God there had to be a go between.
They came to Abraham, they came to Lot, they destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
In the book of Enoch it goes into detail on what the angels did and what they taught man, this book is accepted as Cannon by the church in Ethiopia and I happen to believe in it myself, it is worth reading.
Angels are mentioned 273 times in 34 biblical books and they are listed as helping man and harming man.
Angels possessed and still possess as much will as man
14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
The reason that Jesus when born of man was create a little lower than the angels was so he could die, die for our sins that is.
Some traits of angels are as follows. They report directly to God-Job1:6 They do not marry-Matt22;30 They were created to live forever Rev 4;8 Some help humans-Heb 1;4 Some harm humans-Mark5;1-5 They are invisible Rom. 1:18-32 They display desire 1 Pet.1:12 They are not omnipresent Dan 10;12 They are not omnipotent Dan.10;13 They are not omniscient Matt 24;36 There are several more, but that will keep you reading for a while.
The angels are part of the Elohim family of heaven with Jehovah as its leader and like in fleshly families the children rebel and leave sometimes, but how happy the Father is when one of his children come home[the prodigal son]
For all of God's children here on earth in the flesh if you have wandered away you can always come home.
Come home before the terrible thunder starts and the lightning hits which will be the Great Tribulation, come the the outstretched arms of the Father who sent his Son to prepare the way.
The door is open, but who knows for how much longer come in before it is finally shut for good.
I do believe in Guardian angels sent to warn people of bad things as I still believe in evil angels who still possess men's physical being that cause the ungodly things they do.
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