So many Bible teachers have taught for som many years that angel means "messenger," and my friend Dr. Boys has just grabbed up the way that has gotten into the theology books----many angels do indeed carry out the function of a messenger, but the meaning of the word goes far deeper than that.
Angels are not sexless. EVERY angel in the Scriptures is seen as a male, and there is no Scriptural reason to think that any are otherwise.
If you have a ping list for these articles, please add me to that. Looking forward to the next essay. Have always wondered if Angels appear vastly larger than human form at times, as in a huge Angel protecting the Israeli soldiers during the six days war.
A good read...Thanks...
Angels, Part 2
Angels, Part 1
Angels Among Us Today
God Created the Angels as Individual, Immortal Spirits with Intelligence and Free Will
The Angels in Sacred Scripture
Angels in the History of the Church
Angels - in Heaven, on Earth and in Hell
Catholic Q&A: Angels and Demons (Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer)
GOD AND THE ANGELS
Question: “Are there really such things as guardian angels?”
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You wrote...
“Angels are not sexless. EVERY angel in the Scriptures is seen as a male, and there is no Scriptural reason to think that any are otherwise,”
...and that is true but I believe it is because in angelic form they are both male and female. “There is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” [Galatians 3:28] And....
Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
Also, in the OP it was written....
“After all, since angels don’t sin, have never been redeemed, do not possess the Holy Spirit, and are not children of God (creatures, not children), what do they have to sing about?”
Angels do sin..angels did sin and shall again.
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