Notes on Angels

Appearance

Distinctive

• Judges 13:6
• Daniel 10:5-6
• Matthew 28:2-4
• Luke 24:4

Human Form

• Genesis 18:1-12
• Daniel 10:18
• Zechariah 2:1-3
• Luke 24:4

Male

• Daniel 10:18
• Luke 24:4

Imperfect

• Job 4:18
• Ezekiel 28:12-16
• I Corinthians 6:3
• Galatians 1:8
• II Peter 2:4
• Jude 6
• Revelation 12:7-9

Judgment

• I Corinthians 6:3

Power

• Psalm 103:20
• II Thessalonians 1:7
• II Peter 2:11

Intelligent

• II Samuel 14:17
• II Samuel 14:20

Not Omniscient

• Matthew 24:36
• I Peter 1:12

Purpose

To God

• Psalm 103:20

To Saints

• Psalm 9:11
• Psalm 34:7
• Matthew 18:10
• Acts 12:15
• Hebrews 1:14

Names

Declining to Give a Name

• Genesis 32:29
• Judges 13:18

Gabriel

• Daniel 8:6
• Daniel 9:21
• Luke 1:19
• Luke 1:26

Michael

• Daniel 10:13
• Daniel 10:21
• Daniel 12:1
• Jude 9
• Revelation12:7

Status

Equality to Rewarded Saints

• Luke 20:36

Inferior to God

• Psalm 103:20
• Psalm 148:5
• Hebrews 1:4
• Hebrews 1:6
• Hebrews 1:13-14
• I Peter 3:22

Superior to Humans

• Job 4:18-19
• Hebrews 2:5
• Hebrews 2:7
• Hebrews 2:9
• II Peter 2:11

Rank Exists Among Angels

• I Timothy 5:21

Unique Qualities

Flight

• Daniel 9:21
• Revelation 14:6
• Revelation 18:13

Food

• Psalm 78:25

Language

• I Corinthians 13:1

Immortality

• Luke 20:36

Measurements

• Revelation 21:7

Prehistoric

• Job 38:4-7

Unmarried

• Matthew 22:30

Worship of Forbidden

• Colossians 2:16
• Revelation 22:8-9