Do Angels Exist? (A miracle and a picture have many asking this question)

All you need to do is change one word and you create a whole new theology...God warns about changing words in His Scripture...

First, I did not change anything. The majority of Bible versions in use today use "an angel" and not "the angel".

Second, whether 'an' or 'the' is used in this verse doesn't change things a bit since this angel does not speak as if he is God as is the case in the many other instances of where "the angel" of the Lord is quoted.

Third, you said that "in all encounters with angels in the scriptures, they all appeared as men", which I proved is not true because the angel in Matthew 28:3 looked like lightening. You can argue over articles all you want, but it doesn't matter if it is "the angel" or "an angel" it is still one of "all" the angels you say appear only as men.

Third, you said that "in all encounters with angels in the scriptures, they all appeared as men", which I proved is not true because the angel in Matthew 28:3 looked like lightening. You can argue over articles all you want, but it doesn't matter if it is "the angel" or "an angel" it is still one of "all" the angels you say appear only as men.

Well of course it matters...The created angels that had contact with men looked like men...They were described as looking like men...

This particular angel is THE angel of the Lord...The men that saw him fainted out of fear...Just like the Apostle John when he saw Him...

Plus, no one saw any wings on this Guy...

Fourteen years ago, I returned from overseas to find my grandfather dying of cancer. He was an atheist and even though we had many discussions about spiritual matters, he never would believe. He lived through the depression and made a very successful living as a professional gambler. He knew the odds on everything he told me numerous times, "It is 50/50. Either you are right or I am right, but I see no evidence you are right. So why should I believe?"

When I went to his bedside the night of my return, I witnessed to him again and told him that the Lord was merciful that he still had time to accept Him as Savior. His exact response to me was, "I wish you d@mn Christians would leave me along and let me die in peace." I honored his request, but never stopped praying for him.

A couple of weeks later, just before he lost his ability to be lucid, he called me late one night and said, "I have good news, I want to join your church!". I told him I would be there the first thing in the morning and when I arrived, I expected to find him in his bed Hospice had set up for him, but he was sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee, reading the paper. When I asked him why he changed his mind, he told me that seven angels had appeared around his bed the night before, and they came back that morning, too! I asked him what they looked like and he said they were very tall... eight to ten feet, and they radiated brilliant light and he felt the love and peace that passes all understanding. He smiled really big and said, "It's not 50/50 anymore, I know you were right!" But he didn't know we had seven churches praying for him. I had the honor of watching my pastor lead him to the Lord, then help him into the baptistery a few days later. He died within a couple weeks in total peace.

All the glory goes to Jesus in this matter.

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