Angels : Angels Systematic Theology 2
Christian Life College
“angel” or “angels” occur 294 times in Scripture : “angel” or “angels” occur 294 times in Scripture OT
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Angels -12 NT
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Slide 3 : Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?
Hebrews 1:14 NKJ
Word Study “angel” : Word Study “angel” In Hebrew –%a'l.m; (mal'ak)
In Greek –a;ggeloj (aggelos)
“Messenger”
They are God’s messengers, serving Him, obeying His Word, and carrying His messages
Jesus believed in angels. : Jesus believed in angels. " Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 18:10 NKJ
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Angels are not omniscient : Angels are not omniscient " But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Mark 13:32 NKJ
Angels are not omnipresent : Angels are not omnipresent "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, Matthew 13:41 NKJ
Angels do not reproduce : Angels do not reproduce "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. Matthew 22:30 NKJ
Angels do not Die : Angels do not Die "nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. Luke 20:36 NKJ
Paul believed in angels : Paul believed in angels and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
2 Thessalonians 1:7 NKJ
Paul believed in angels : Paul believed in angels Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Colossians 2:18 NKJ
John was forbidden to worship an angel : John was forbidden to worship an angel Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
Then he said to me, "See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."
Revelation 22:8-9 NKJ
Paul believed in angels : Paul believed in angels For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. Colossians 1:16 NKJ
The Writer of Hebrews believed in angels : The Writer of Hebrews believed in angels Angels are spirits
Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?
Hebrews 1:14 NKJ
The Writer of Hebrews believed in angels : The Writer of Hebrews believed in angels Angels are innumerable
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
Hebrews 12:22 NKJ
The Writer of Hebrews believed in angels : The Writer of Hebrews believed in angels Angels sometimes appear as strangers
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
Hebrews 13:2 NKJ
Peter believed in angels : Peter believed in angels whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. 2 Peter 2:11 NKJ
Peter believed in angels : Peter believed in angels For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 2 Peter 2:4 NKJ
Jude believed in angels : Jude believed in angels And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; Jude 1:6 NKJ
Jude believed in angels : Jude believed in angels Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" Jude 1:9 NKJ
Angels in OT : Angels in OT
Angels in OT : Angels in OT Angels have access to heaven
Genesis 28:12 NKJ
Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
Angels in OT : Angels in OT Angels are numberless
Psalm 68:17
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, Even thousands of thousands; The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place.
Angels in OT : Angels in OT Angels offer protection to the faithful
Psalm 91:11
For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
Angels in OT : Angels in OT Angels are spirit beings
Psalm 104:4
Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.
Angels in OT : Angels in OT There are angels who have sinned
Psalm 78:49
He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.
Heavenly ministry of priestly service and worship : Heavenly ministry of priestly service and worship Isaiah 6 Revelation 5:11-12; 8:3-4
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“God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it” : “God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it” They apparently have charge of affairs commonly relegated to nature
Angels are seen guiding believers to seeking sinners : Angels are seen guiding believers to seeking sinners Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert. Acts 8:26 NKJ
Angels are seen guiding seeking sinners to believers : Angels are seen guiding seeking sinners to believers About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius!" Acts 10:3 NKJ
Angels rejoice over Conversions : Angels rejoice over Conversions "Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Luke 15:10 NKJ
Scripture names the following angels: : Scripture names the following angels: Gabriel -special missions for God
Michael -archangel and the head of the heavenly host
Cherubim -defenders of God’s holiness
Seraphim -involved in praising God
Systematic Formulation : Systematic Formulation Scripture does not “prove” the existence of angels.
Scriptures assume their existence.
Systematic Formulation : Systematic Formulation It is possible that angels exist in a ranking or order, beginning with the archangel and continuing down through principalities, powers, dominions, and thrones.
The Colossian Heresy : The Colossian Heresy (1) It was Jewish, in that it stressed the need for observing Old Testament laws and ceremonies;
(2) It was philosophical, in that it laid emphasis on some special or deeper knowledge;
The Colossian Heresy : The Colossian Heresy (3) It involved the worship of angels as mediators to God;
(4) It was exclusivistic, stressing the special privilege and “perfection” of those select few who belonged to this philosophical elite;
(5) It denied the full deity of Christ.
The Message - Colossians 2 : The Message - Colossians 2 18 Don't tolerate people who try to run your life, ordering you to bow and scrape, insisting that you join their obsession with angels and that you seek out visions. They're a lot of hot air, that's all they are.
Genuine humility : Genuine humility But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:6
John was forbidden to worship an angel : John was forbidden to worship an angel Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
Then he said to me, "See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."
Revelation 22:8-9
The Message - Colossians 2 : The Message - Colossians 2 19 They're completely out of touch with the source of life, Christ, who puts us together in one piece, whose very breath and blood flow through us. He is the Head and we are the body. We can grow up healthy in God only as he nourishes us.
Colossians 2:20 : Colossians 2:20 Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations --
stoicei/on (stoicheion) : stoicei/on (stoicheion) any first thing, from which the others belonging to some series or composite whole take their rise, an element, first principal
The Message - Colossians 2 : The Message - Colossians 2 20 So, then, if with Christ you've put all that pretentious and infantile religion behind you, why do you let yourselves be bullied by it?
The Message - Colossians 2 : The Message - Colossians 2 21 "Don't touch this! Don't taste that! Don't go near this!"
22 Do you think things that are here today and gone tomorrow are worth that kind of attention?
23 Such things sound impressive if said in a deep enough voice. They even give the illusion of being pious and humble and ascetic. But they're just another way of showing off, making yourselves look important.