III. THE FUNCTION OF ANGELS 7 And of the angels He says: Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire. 1. In the Garden Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. k e rûwb, ker-oob ; of uncert. der.; a cherub or imaginary figure: cherub, [plur.] cherubims. 2. Jacob s Ladder Genesis 28:12 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. malʾâk, mal-awk ; from an unused root mean. to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; spec. of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher): ambassador, angel, king, messenger. John 1:51 And He said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man. Genesis 32:1-2 So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, This is God s camp. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Machănayim, makh-an-ah -yim; dual of 4264; double camp; 3. Angel Food Cake
Psalm 78:24-25 Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven. Men ate angels food; (angel food cake!) He sent them food to the full. 4. Psalm 91 Gives His Angels CHARGE Over You shâmar, shaw-mar ; a prim. root; prop. to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; gen. to protect, attend to, etc.: beware, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch (-man). 5. Makes His Angels Winds rûwach, roo -akh; from 7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; fig. life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extens. a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (includ. its expression and functions): air, anger, blast, breath, cool, courage, mind, quarter, side, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, vain, ([whirl-]) wind 6. Angels are Harvesters Matt 13:36-43 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said to them: He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 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, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
7. Coming with Jesus Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. 8. Care for Children Matthew 18:10 10 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. 9. Gather the Elect at the End of the Age Matthew 24:31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 10. Jesus: The Angels Are Part of the Home of Heaven Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. Matthew 25:31 When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. Matthew 26:53 Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels.
TYPES OF ANGELS 1. Christ as the Angel of God or Angel of the Lord. Exodus 3:1-4 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. 3 Then Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn. So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses! 2. Cherubim are known for their power and beauty (Genesis 3:24; Ezekiel 1:5-28; 28:12, 13, 17; 8:1-4; 10:1-22). 3. Seraphim Isaiah 6:1-7 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said: Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory! 4. Living creatures are mentioned in Revelation, worshiping God (Revelation 4:6-5:14; 6:1-8; 7:11; 14:3, 9-11; 15:7; 19:4). 5. Principalities (Arch-angels or chief angels rule kingdoms ) princes 6. Col. 1:15-16 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 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.
archē, ar-khay ; from 756; (prop. abstr.) a commencement, or (concr.) chief (in various applications of order, time, place or rank): beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule 7. Michael is one of the chief princes, the prince of Israel (Daniel 10:13, 21; 11:1; 12:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Jude 9; Revelation 12:7-9). 8. Gabriel stands before God and delivers important messages (Daniel 8:16-19; 9:20-23; 10:8-11:1; Luke 1:19, 26). 9. Angels in Dreams (Matthew 1:20-29) 10. Guardian angels are given charge over us lest we stub our toes (Psalm 91:12). 11. Ministering angels are like the one who cooked a hot meal for Elijah when he was running away from an angry Jezebel (1 Kings 19:5-7, Matt 4:11)