Hiarchy of angels
Hiarchy of angelsHiarchy of angels
"Angels are spirits," proclaimed St.Augustine! St. Thomas Aquinas believed that
angels were pure spirit, having no matter or mass, and taking up no space; but Thomas believed
angels could assume bodies at will. The purpose of angels is the same as mankind: to love and
serve the Lord. However, being that angels are not material beings, and possibly from a different
dimension, they can serve the Lord in many different ways. Angels have far greater will and
intellect than we have. Whereas mankind must sift through and experiment with natural laws,
angels can grasp all natural laws with a single thought. Eventually we find that angels cannot
work miracles, but they can perform many special effects that appear miraculous, such as
protecting Daniel from the lions in Daniel 6. When angels appear to man, they usually appear
with wings, but the wings are not the method of locomotion. The angels seem to slip in and out
of the fourth dimension; thus travel is more or less instantaneous.
The primary general duty of angels is as messengers of God. (The word "angel" means
messenger in Greek.) But angels can do God's chores, such as busting Peter out of jail in Acts 5,
or destroying Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19. But some angels obey only the devil, and
those angels are known as "demons", as is Satan himself. Satan had been an angel, but decided
to do his own thing. Angels can see all aspects of a situation instantly, since they are so very
wise.
Angels, and the dimensions they live in, were apparently created before our visible
world and universe. (The Bible tells us inGenesis ch.1-2 that mankind was created (or evolved)
last.) The number of angels are countless. One reason they are countless is that the Bible holds
that each person who is or has lived, in the universe, has a guardian angel (Matthew 18:10).
Additionally, some people who have died may have been transformed into lower angels.
Many people witness "small miracles", and attribute them...
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