The Truth about Angels

The Popularity of Angels and Why a Biblical Study Matters

Several years ago, a friend and a co-worker of mine at the jail was shot to death. It wasn't in the line of duty. He was actually shot in the midst of a domestic dispute. And I won't go into all the details.

But suffice it to say that after the funeral, his girlfriend, his fiancée, posted a note on the bulletin board at work. And she said that she knew that John had become an angel and was now watching over us.

Now, you know, when I wasn't a believer, I think I would have just glossed over that. But I read that, and every time I went by that bulletin board, I'd read it again, and I just wanted to take it down because I knew it was wrong.

But we hear things like that all the time about angels. We hear that, you know, when a child dies, another angel is in heaven. Or just this weekend, there was a college football game, or actually it was last weekend, and they were focusing on him this weekend because it was a big upset, and this player's father had just died.

And he said that during the game where they won, they pulled off this big upset, and he could hear his father talking to him. And he knew that when he made the big catch, his father was helping him. I thought, hmm, I don't know.

I don't think we see anything like that in the Bible. Then a few weeks ago as I was studying 1 Peter, we were talking about things in which angels long to look, talking about the salvation of souls. And it just got me to thinking about angels and some of the things that are said in the Bible about angels.

And I want to look at them from a biblical perspective. And some of you might say, well, why? Well, two reasons. First, they are part of God's creation and God's revelation. And when we look at God's creation, what do we see?

We see the hand of the Creator. When we look at Romans 1, or if we look at Psalm 19, the heavens declare the glory of God. We look at Romans 1 and we see the creation tells us about God. It tells us that he is not only creative, he is also a God of order.

It tells us a good number of things. So when we can look at a topic like angels, we get to see more about God. And also, it's a topic, as we'll see here, that is spread throughout the Bible, throughout God's revelation.

Therefore, we need to look into it. We need to know the Bible. But also, this is kind of, in looking at this, well, let me put it this way. It's kind of an inverted Romans 1 argument because if the unrighteous suppress the truth by holding down what they know about God, then by studying the things that we do know about God and his creation, we are actually bringing out the truth.

We are unsuppressing it, if I could say that. We are elevating the truth. And we rejoice in that. We want to look at what God has to say. Now let me ask you a question, and this is going to be relatively informal, kind of a little bit more like a class than a sermon, because how do you just say, be an angel?

I don't even know what you'd say. I do have a point, though, and we'll get to that. It's good to have a point. Why do you suppose that angels are popular? Why do people like to talk about angels? What's so great about angels, especially from an unbeliever's standpoint?

Brian? They are not condemning. That is an excellent point. Angels are so nice, aren't they? Anybody else? You can make them into so many things. I mean, was that you, Steve, talking about touched by an angel?

Oh, it was Joey. But, see, when we see them portrayed on television and other things, I mean, angels are nice. I mean, who will forget Michael Landon being the angel and helping people out all the time and solving all their problems?

At least Michael Landon allegedly reported to God. But listen to this from this Time magazine many years ago. But listen to this. For those who choke too easily on God and his rules, angels are the handy compromise, all fluff and meringue, kind and nonjudgmental, and they're available to everyone, like aspirin.

And I thought, yep, that's how people view angels. They're nice, and they're everywhere, and they're here to help. Reminds me of what Internal Affairs used to say. We're here, and we're here to help. Sure they are.

Sure. Christianity Today said this about angels. Angels too easily provide a temptation for those who want a fix of spirituality without bothering with God himself. Right on. I want to believe in something I can't see, but don't give me God.

One pastor, who, by the way, his last name was DeAngelo, so I just thought that was kind of funny. Part of his church, they call on angels, and he calls on angels to help people heal the unresolved traumas of life.

And he says, you know, you can't always get through to God because he's like a CEO, chief executive officer, but you can always reach a good executive secretary. An angel is like a good executive secretary.

These are just whacked-out ideas. So I'm going to ask a series of questions, and then we're going to go through the Bible and see what the Bible has to say about these things. I was kind of amazed as I read about angels.

There is absolutely no way I could cover everything. This isn't going to be, and I didn't call it, everything you ever wanted to know about angels because I just couldn't do it. For example, angels are going to be involved in judgment, and I'm not going to specifically talk about that tonight, but there are a lot of different things that we could go through.

Angels as Created Beings in Scripture

But who are angels? It's a baseball team in California, but that's not the point. Who are angels? Well, let me just say this, that it is interesting to me. I mean, these numbers just staggered me because I would not think of this being so frequent.

I mean, to me, angels are rarities in the Bible. But, you know, the Old Testament mentions angels 103 times and the New Testament 165 times. They are mentioned in 34 of the 66 books of the Bible. They're there a lot.

What are they? They are created beings. They have not always existed, nor are they self-sustaining. How do we know that? They have not always existed, nor are they self-sustaining. How do we know that?

Yeah, holy God is. You know, if we said, well, they've always been there, well, then we'd have to say they are God, and they are not. Let's look at Psalm 148. Psalm 148. And I'm going to read verses 2 to 5, and I'm going to do, I would guess, a lot of reading this evening.

Psalm 148, verses 2 to 5. Praise Him, all His angels. Praise Him, all His hosts. Praise Him, sun and moon. Praise Him, all you shining stars. Praise Him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens.

Let them praise the name of the Lord. Why? For He commanded, and they were created. All those things were created. Colossians 1 .16. Passage that should be very familiar, because it talks about the supremacy of Christ.

Colossians 1 .16 says, For by Him, talking about Jesus, all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through Him and for Him.

So in the all things, angels are included, true or false? Absolutely. Visible and invisible. I love it when Paul does things like that, because he wants to make sure that we understand when he says all, he really means all.

Visible and things you can see, things you can't see. Things in front of you, things behind, you know, he goes through the whole thing. Leave nothing out. Angels are like us in some respects, but they're not like us and others.

Let's look at some similarities. First of all, they have intelligence. Most of us have intelligence. Most of us. How do we know that angels have intelligence? Okay, they can choose right or wrong. And how do we know that?

Because some angels fell. They can make choices. What else do they do that we can do? They also praise God, take some intelligence. Also, we could say to praise God. But let's look at Luke 2 .13. Luke 2 .13.

And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased. I mean, we read passages like that all the time, and there are some coming up that I'm telling you I read them, and I'm going, Why didn't I ever notice angels were there?

But, I mean, when you think about that, here we have this great scene where this angel is making this announcement, and the heavenly host, more angels, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest.

They're similar to us in that they were good when they were created. Genesis 1 .31, God looks at creation, and he says it is good. Everything in it was good. There's speculation. I mean, I read a lot of speculation about when the angels were created.

It doesn't really, ultimately, you're kind of reading into it, and it really doesn't matter as long as we understand that they were there, you know, when God created the heavens and the earth. In fact, somebody says that they think when he created the heavens, that's when he created the angels, maybe.

But we don't have anything specific on that. They either had, and this is kind of something that I'm not really clear on. I don't think, but I don't want to land down hard on this. I don't think that angels can still sin.

Maybe they can. I don't know. But it's not clear to me that they can, because everything that's talked about is past tense. Certainly, we don't have any indication that they're still falling. Let's look at Jude 6.

Jude 6. And angels who did not keep their own abode, but abandoned their proper abode, he has kept, God has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day. In other words, they are being held in a kind of prison for judgment on the great day.

They are not omniscient. They don't know everything. Another way that they're like us. We don't know everything. They don't know everything. I talked a few weeks ago about how in 1 Peter, they long to look into some things.

There are some things about salvation they don't get. Well, how about in Matthew 24, verse 36? Jesus says, talking about when he returns, but of that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Angels don't know, can't know. Why? Because God isn't telling them. Now, there are differences between angels and men. Many angels, first they were created to be, they were created at a higher level than men.

Hebrews 2 .7, now this is talking about Jesus, but when it's talking about Jesus, it, well, I'll read Hebrews 2 .7. You have made him for a little while lower than the angels. You have crowned him with glory and honor and have appointed him over the works of your hands.

Well, what did it mean? What does it mean when it says here, you have made him for a little while lower than the angels. How was Jesus lower than the angels? I'm sorry, Louis? Humanity, when he took on humanity, he descended and he took on a position lower than the angels.

Another difference, angels, true or false? Have flesh and blood. False. Hebrews, they are spirit beings. They do not have flesh and blood. Hebrews 1 .13 and 14 says, but to which of the angels has he ever said, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.

What's the answer to that? He never said that to any of the angels. Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? So the resurrected son of God, Jesus, was no longer what?

A little lower than the angels. How do we know that? Because what did it say to which of the angels has he ever said, sit at my right hand? In other words, when Jesus ascended, sat at the right hand, he was no longer in that same place of being lower.

He was no longer in that same place of just humanity or a physical humanity in a fallen world. The word there for spirits, ministering spirits, is pneumata. It just means spirits. They are nonphysical entities.

They do not have bodies. So I don't know what Michael Landon would do about that, but he doesn't he wouldn't have had a body if he was an actual angel. Also note in that verse there that they are here.

Why are why do angels or why do they even exist? Well, one is because God wanted them to exist. But what's their function? The Greek word and also the Hebrew word basically means they're messengers. But they do a lot more than relay messages.

Again, back there in Hebrews 1, 13 and 14, that Greek verb that's translated ministering indicates they are specially commissioned by God to do what? What do they do? They minister. They help people. They help believers specifically.

I mean, read it again. Are they not all ministering spirits talking about angels sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? For the elect. Charles Ryrie says he once saw a church inscription that said this, though God's power be sufficient to govern us.

Yet for man's infirmity, man's weakness. He appointed his angels to watch over us. They minister to us. They help us. One of the more graphic examples. Please turn to Acts chapter 12. And a lot of the places in the New Testament where we see angels actually in action is in the book of Acts.

Now is acts descriptive or prescriptive? In other words, does it tell us what did happen or what should happen? I'm sorry, Pat. Both. Okay. Mostly descriptive. I mean, certainly there is prescription there, but mostly it is descriptive.

It is history. Acts 12 verses 6 to 10. On the very night Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers bound with two chains and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

So this is pretty secure. I mean, I've done some watching of prisoners in my life, and I don't think I've ever seen that where we had one guy attached to two guards with two chains and guards in the front door watching over the.

I mean, he is locked down. Verse seven and behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell and he struck Peter's side and woke him up quickly saying, or woke him up saying, get up quickly.

And his chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him, gird yourself and put on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, wrap your cloak around you and follow me. And he went out and continued to follow.

And he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself.

And they went out and went along one street and immediately the angel departed from him. Now, does this mean that if you know somebody in prison, you should pray for an angel to go set them loose? No, obviously not.

What does this tell us about angels? They have powers. They definitely have powers. They can get things done. And when God sends them to perform a mission, even if it's a jailbreak, they get it done. But again, that's not prescriptive.

We can't know that that's what's going to happen. It does show what angels can do and how God can use them. Now, there is nothing in scripture, again, to indicate that anything along this line is normative.

I mean, there are a lot of different episodes and acts that we could look at where angels did miraculous things. And we're not told to watch or hope for angels in the sense that if we're in a tough spot, we should say, God, would you send me an angel to get me out of this?

What do we read about angels as far as how we should interact with them in the New Testament? What kind of things do we read about them? We are not to worship them. Absolutely not. I think I have that later, but that is absolutely correct.

What else? Don't be afraid. Okay. I'm with you. Steve. Okay. We can trust what they say. Maybe. Let's read Galatians 1 .8. I want to just mention this because, you know, if we expect, and obviously we're not going to, but if we expect messages from angels or if we expect intervention by angels, I think we are opening up the door for deception.

Galatians 1 .8, Paul writes, but even if we or an angel from heaven, now recognizing that he's most likely using hyperbole here, but do such things happen? I think the answer is yes. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel, contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be a curse talking about anyone, including up to the rank of an angel from heaven.

And I'm going to talk about that later in terms of application, things to think about, even as we consider, and the main thrust of my talk tonight is what I want you to get is some information about angels so that when people start talking about angels, you can interact with them.

You can point to them what the Bible really says. And I think it will give you some opportunities to preach the gospel. Number five, what else do angels do? They also ministered to Jesus. Have a quick listing here.

They warned Joseph and Mary to flee to Egypt with Jesus. They told him when to return. Ministered to Jesus after his confrontation with Satan in the wilderness. And one that I just really hadn't really paid attention to before.

Let's look at Luke 22 for a moment. In fact, I'm going to turn there as well. Luke 22 toward the end of the chapter, verse right around verse 43. I'll start at verse 39. And he came out and proceeded as was his custom to the Mount of Olives.

And the disciples also followed him. When he arrived at that place, he said to them, pray that you may not enter into temptation. And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt down and began to pray, saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me, yet not my will, but yours be done.

Very familiar passage. Verse 43. Now an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. And being in agony, he was praying very fervently. And his sweat became like drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

Now that verse, verse 43. I think I must just like rush through that. Now an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. Well, how does an angel strengthen the son of God? How does he do that?

Okay. I think that's a good suggestion. And I would go for it, but I cheated and looked at the Greek word for strengthening. And what it actually means is, it's basically like a, I don't know what, I'm tempted to call this Gatorade.

I mean, he gave him like spiritual angel aid. You know, some kind of, it's an energy boost that he actually gave him. It's a physical strengthening. And the picture here is of Jesus being worn down physically because in his humanity, was he subject to being tired?

Was he subject to all the things that we are subject to? Yes. And so this angel comes along and Jesus is hurting physically. And so he gives him physical energy so he can continue physically to endure what he has to endure.

And I thought that is a pretty interesting insight to what an angel can do. Kind of recharges batteries. After the resurrection of Jesus, angels do what? They roll away the stone. They announced to the women that came to check the tomb that he had been raised from the dead.

And then they are present when he ascends into heaven. When will they also be present? When he comes back. Now, even though they are spirit beings, can they appear to men? Do we ever see them? In the Bible, do they ever appear to anybody?

And the answer is absolutely yes. And I think a lot of the fun stuff here is during the time of Elijah and Elisha. But let's look at 2 Kings 6. 2 Kings 6. I'm going to read verses 8 to 17. Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel.

And he counseled with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. The man of God sent word to the king of Israel. Who's the man of God? Okay, the prophet Elisha. Sent word to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there.

The king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him, so that he guarded himself there more than once or twice. Now the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing.

And he called his servants and said to them, Will you tell me which one of us or which of us is for the king of Israel? What's his question really there? Yeah, who leaked this information? There's a leak in the White House.

I want to know who it is. That's his point. Verse 12. One of his servants said, No, my lord. O king. But Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, Tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.

It's a little unnerving. So he said, Go and see where he is that I may. This is the king speaking. Go and see where he is that I might send and take him. Capture him. Get him out of my way. And it was told to him, Saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, And they came by night and surrounded the city. Bad news for Elisha. He's in trouble. Verse 15. Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, Behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city.

And his servant said to him, Said to Elisha, Alas, my master, what shall we do? Listen, we're surrounded. We're smoked. Verse 16. So he answered, Do not fear. For those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

And you can imagine what the servant's thinking right now. He's thinking, You must be out of your mind. If you look, Go ahead and look over that wall there. We are toast. Then Elisha prayed and said, O Lord, I pray open his eyes that he may see.

And the Lord opened the servant's eyes and he saw. And behold, The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. What were those horses and chariots of fire? An army of angels. So Elisha is like, You don't understand who's really in charge here.

You know, They've got their, Their horses and their swords. And all we've got are the hosts of heaven on our side. I like our chances. Now, You know, I mentioned that I, Among the first Christian books I ever read were a couple of fiction books.

And they take things like this and they present them as normative. I think they're called, This present darkness and piercing the darkness. A couple of books. I mean, They made for okay fiction. But once you understand what the Bible says, You just go, Okay, These are again, These are descriptions of particular people.

Elijah and Elisha were blessed over and over again by miraculous workings of God. We can't expect those to be the normal workings of God, But still, They're there. We don't see them. There is, I don't know what to call it because the Bible doesn't call it anything.

There's another dimension, A spiritual dimension, A realm that we do not see. And yet it surrounds all around us. What else do angels do? Or what else do we know about angels from reading this? They are immortal.

They never die. Created, But they never die. Unlike us, We will die. Jesus talking about angels in Luke 20, Verses 34 to 36 said this. Jesus said to them, The sons of this age, Mary and are given in marriage.

But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age, And the resurrection from the dead, Neither Mary nor are given in marriage, For they cannot even die anymore, Because they are like angels, And are sons of God, Being sons of the resurrection.

In other words, Once you get to heaven, You won't be married. Sorry, All you Mormons out there. Sorry, For anybody else. You Muslims who think you're going to get whatever in paradise. But you will not die, Because then in heaven you will be like angels in this sense, That you cannot die.

So they can never die. Okay. Also, They do not. How else are they different from us? They do not have offspring. They don't procreate. They do not have children. And I know that might raise some issues.

And I'm prepared. I have some trick questions at the end. Then I'll spring on you. Okay. Matthew 22, Verse 30. Jesus, Again, From the resurrection, They neither marry, Nor are given in marriage, But are like angels in heaven.

The picture and purpose of marriage is there. And they're going to be just like. We are going to be just like angels in heaven. Meaning, Angels don't do that now. What else about angels? What else makes them different than us?

Well, They do have great power. Even as we saw there, When an angel did a jailbreak. Jailbreak. I don't know why I like saying that. Psalm 103, Which we read earlier. Gladman read earlier. Psalm 103, Verses 20 and 21.

Bless the Lord, You, His angels, Mighty in strength, Who perform his word, Obeying the voice of the Lord. Bless the Lord, You, His, All you, His hosts, You who serve him, Doing his will. Now, What else do we learn right from there?

That they not only have great power, But they obey perfectly. Why do angels obey perfectly? I alluded to this a few weeks ago. Why is it that they obey perfectly? They're sinless. Okay. What happens to an angel who doesn't obey?

They fall. They can't be redeemed. So, And I was even reminded of the Lord's prayer. Where Jesus says, You know, Pray, We call the Lord's prayer. It's the disciples prayer. What does he say? He says, Pray in this manner.

And he says, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Well, How is his will done in heaven? It's done perfectly by the angels who are there. Okay. So, Those are some of the differences between angels.

I mean, Obviously, We don't have great power. And obviously, We don't obey God. At least not perfectly. Okay. What types of angels are there? Is there a hierarchy? Archangels? And apparently, The answer is yes.

Angelic Hierarchy: the Angel of the Lord, Michael, Gabriel, and Other Orders

Yeah. Ryrie says, It appears inarguable that God has organized the elect angels. And Satan has organized the evil angels or the demons. First of all, There is one completely separate class above everything else.

That would be the angel of the Lord. Just real quickly. I'm going to read Genesis 31 verses 11 to 13. The angel of the Lord. Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, Jacob, And I said, Here I am.

He said, Lift up now your eyes and see that all the male goats, Which are mating are striped, Speckled and modeled. For I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you. I am the God of Bethel, Where you anointed a pillar, Where you made a vow to me.

Now arise, Leave this land and return to the land of your birth. So who is this messenger? Who is this person bringing this message to Jacob? Jesus Christ, Pre-incarnate Christ, Second person of the Trinity.

And it's interesting to note too, Again, As I was reading, We see the angel of the Lord fairly often. When do we not see him? We don't see him anytime after the incarnation. There are zero appearances of the angel of the Lord, The pre-incarnate Christ, After he's incarnate.

That makes sense, Doesn't it? I mean, In the New Testament, We never see the angel of the Lord. Singular, Old Testament, The angel of the Lord. We also have Michael, The archangel. Talking about in ranks here.

So I just went, I went to the top, The angel of the Lord, And then Michael, The archangel. First Thessalonians 4, 16 says, For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, With a shout, With the voice of the archangel, And with the trumpet of God, And the dead in Christ will rise first.

Jude 1, 9 says, But Michael, The archangel, When he disputed with the devil, And argued about the body of Moses, Did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, But said, The Lord rebuke you. So what do we know about Michael, The archangel?

Less than Lucifer. Pretty powerful though. That's right. Let's turn to Daniel, Chapter 10. Daniel chapter 10, Verses 18 to 21. Then this one, With human appearance. Interesting how he describes him there.

This one, With human appearance, Touched me again and strengthened me. He said, O man of high esteem, Talking to Daniel, Do not be afraid. Peace be with you, Take courage and be courageous. Now as soon as he spoke to me, I received strength and said, May my Lord speak, For you have strengthened me.

Again, That idea of strengthening, The same thing that happened to Jesus, In the garden of Gethsemane. Then he said, Do you understand why I came to you? But I shall now return, To fight against the prince of Persia.

So I am going forth, And behold, The prince of Greece is about to come. However, I will tell you what is inscribed, In the writing of truth. Yet there is no one, Who stands firmly with me, Against these forces, Except Michael, Your prince.

Now, Michael wasn't the prince of Daniel. Michael was the prince, Of the forces of God. It's just, It's interesting to read, And also in Daniel 12 .1, It's just interesting to read, There is some kind of spiritual, We talk about spiritual warfare, Being involved in it, And we are, But there's a whole other level, Of struggle, Between the forces of God, And the forces of Satan, That we don't really fully get.

Daniel 12 .1 says, Now at that time, Michael, The great prince who stands guard, Over the sons of your people, Will arise. And there will be a time of distress, Such as never, Such as never occurred, Since there was a nation, Until that time.

And at that time, Your people, Everyone who is found in the book, Will be rescued. Michael, The great prince, Who stands guard, Over the sons of your people. There are angels, In charge of different things, And Michael, The archangel, Is a very powerful angel.

Only one other angel, Is mentioned by name, And that is Gabriel. He announces the birth, Or tells Mary, That she's going to have the baby. There are also, In Daniel chapter 10, There are chief princes.

And again, These are just, It's just talking about a hierarchy, An order. Daniel chapter 10, And I'm going to read, Starting in verse 5. I lifted my eyes, And looked, And behold, There was a certain man, Dressed in linen, Whose waist was girded, With a belt of pure gold, Of euphez.

His body was also, Like a barrel. His face, Had the appearance of lightning. His eyes were like, Flaming torches. His arms and feet, Like the gleam of polished bronze. Who does this sound like? Like Jesus in Revelation, That's exactly right.

Now I, Daniel, Alone, Saw the vision, While the men who were with me, Did not see the vision. Nevertheless, A great dread fell on them, And they ran away, To hide themselves. So I was left alone, And saw this great vision, Yet no strength was left in me, For my natural color, Turned to a deathly pallor, And I retained no strength.

There is definitely, A power, A world, An existence, Outside of us, That we don't, That we're just not, In touch with. That we don't see. Moving on, Further in that, Well, I'll skip over that, But there are some, Chief princes, Described in that passage, And the chief princes, Refer to it, Group of superior angels, Underscoring the fact, Of ranking among the angels.

Of this group of chief princes, Michael, The archangel, Is the foremost. There are apocryphal books, That refer to, Various angels, That name them, But, I mean, That's all speculation. There are governmental rulers, That are talked about, In the bible.

Paul uses this kind of language, Rulers, Or principalities. These words, That are used seven times by Paul, Indicate an order of angels, Both good and evil, Involved in governing the universe. Secondly, There are authorities or powers.

And this emphasizes, The kind of superhuman authority, Of angels and demons, Exercised in relation, To the affairs of the world. There are powers, Places of rule, Thrones or dominions, All these kind of things, That we just don't see.

We don't know exactly, What's going on. What we do know is, That there's a lot of wickedness, In this world, And Satan certainly has, A lot of power, That he exercises, Through evil men. There are also cherubim, And I call them cherubim, Instead of cherubim, Because that's what, I was taught in school.

And besides that, The plural in the Hebrew, I really think should be beam. So if you saw it, You'd probably agree with me. But cherubim is, Another order of angels, Evidently of high rank, Since Satan himself, Was a cherub.

Ezekiel 28 verses 14 to 16, Talking about Satan. You were the anointed cherub, Who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God, You walked in the midst, Of the stones of fire.

You were blameless in your ways, From the day you were created, Until unrighteousness, Was found in you. By the abundance of your trade, You were internally filled, With violence and you sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane, From the mountain of God, And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.