So, you attended Sarah Yang's session during YaYA Camp about Angels. You think you felt something, or maybe you didn't - you're not sure. You haven't seen anything, or have you? What do angels look like? What are they supposed to do? Do they get squashed when we walk into them?
Whether you've been Googling to find answers to your burning questions about angels, reading Scripture after Scripture, book after book, or simply brushing your questions to the back of your mind after Camp - read the following FAQ about Angels to find out more.
Q: What do angels look like?
A: They are Spirit bodies with limbs, eyes, voices, wings etc. [Revelations 4:8]
Q: Can someone who looks like a human being be an angel?
A: Yes.
- 'Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it' [Hebrews 13:2]
Q: Do angels get married?
A: No.
- 'When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven' [Mark 12:25]
Q: How do angels speak to people?
A: There are many ways which angels speak to people - appearing to them in human form (strangers), appearing to them in their angelic form, or appearing to them in dreams. [Matthew 1:20; John 20:12]
Q: Are human beings of higher authority than angels?
A: Angels are subject to God, and are of a lower status than human beings. Therefore, we should not worship angels.
- 'Áre not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?' [Hebrews 1:14]
- 'At this [John] fell at his feet to worship [the angel]. But he said to [John], "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!"' [Revelations 19:10]
Q: How many angels are there?
A: Countless (though, of course, God knows how many).
- 'Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand...' [Revelations 5:11] [also, Luke 2:13; Hebrews 12:22]
Q: What are the roles of the various archangels (highest rank of angels)?
A: Michael is the warrior angel, and Gabriel is the messenger angel.
- 'And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back' [Revelation 12:7]
- 'Then Michael, one of the chief princes came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia' [Daniel 10:13]
- 'while [Daniel] was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice' [Daniel 9:21]
- 'In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph...' [Luke 1:26-27]
Q: What are angels like?
A: Intelligent, meek, joyful, modest, holy, glorious, immortal. [2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Peter 2:11; Luke 15:7; Luke 20:36]
I hope this has answered some of your questions, please respond using the chatbox on the right column; if you want more, or have questions, don't be too shy to put them there too.
Whether you've been Googling to find answers to your burning questions about angels, reading Scripture after Scripture, book after book, or simply brushing your questions to the back of your mind after Camp - read the following FAQ about Angels to find out more.
Q: What do angels look like?
A: They are Spirit bodies with limbs, eyes, voices, wings etc. [Revelations 4:8]
Q: Can someone who looks like a human being be an angel?
A: Yes.
- 'Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it' [Hebrews 13:2]
Q: Do angels get married?
A: No.
- 'When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven' [Mark 12:25]
Q: How do angels speak to people?
A: There are many ways which angels speak to people - appearing to them in human form (strangers), appearing to them in their angelic form, or appearing to them in dreams. [Matthew 1:20; John 20:12]
Q: Are human beings of higher authority than angels?
A: Angels are subject to God, and are of a lower status than human beings. Therefore, we should not worship angels.
- 'Áre not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?' [Hebrews 1:14]
- 'At this [John] fell at his feet to worship [the angel]. But he said to [John], "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!"' [Revelations 19:10]
Q: How many angels are there?
A: Countless (though, of course, God knows how many).
- 'Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand...' [Revelations 5:11] [also, Luke 2:13; Hebrews 12:22]
Q: What are the roles of the various archangels (highest rank of angels)?
A: Michael is the warrior angel, and Gabriel is the messenger angel.
- 'And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back' [Revelation 12:7]
- 'Then Michael, one of the chief princes came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia' [Daniel 10:13]
- 'while [Daniel] was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice' [Daniel 9:21]
- 'In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph...' [Luke 1:26-27]
Q: What are angels like?
A: Intelligent, meek, joyful, modest, holy, glorious, immortal. [2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Peter 2:11; Luke 15:7; Luke 20:36]
I hope this has answered some of your questions, please respond using the chatbox on the right column; if you want more, or have questions, don't be too shy to put them there too.
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