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2622	dbpedia	0	59	https://braverangels.org/our-mission/	en	Our Mission	https://braverangels.org…-11.56.22-AM.jpg	https://braverangels.org…-11.56.22-AM.jpg	[ "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1593383650758809&ev=PageView&noscript=1", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Braver-Angels_Logo-2023-01-250x41.png", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Braver-Angels_Logo-2023-01-250x41.png", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-10-at-11.56.22-AM.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-31-at-10.17.11-PM.png", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Braver-Angels_Logo-2023-01-250x41.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2023-04-06T19:04:34+00:00	Our Mission Building a House United PEW RESEARCH CENTER, JUNE 2022 The Challenge We Face As we separate into groups that increasingly do not even know, or	en	https://braverangels.org…3-01-150x150.png	Braver Angels	https://braverangels.org/our-mission/	Building a House United PEW RESEARCH CENTER, JUNE 2022 The Challenge We Face As we separate into groups that increasingly do not even know, or interact with, people of differing opinions, we lose trust in our institutions, eroding the ability to govern ourselves and lowering the caliber of citizenship. This growing trend coarsens public debate, produces policy gridlock, shrinks our capacity for goodwill, and harms our family and personal relationships. Effective self government depends precisely on what this type of polarization destroys. We believe the American Experiment can survive and thrive for every American who contributes to the effort. Where we go from here is up to us. This is the driving force that fuels our mission. Our Mission Bring Americans together to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic. Our Vision We envision an America with respectful embrace of political disagreements, where civic friendship flourishes and competing perspectives strengthen our nation. Embracing values of respect, humility, honesty, and responsible citizenship, our goal is not to change people’s views of issues, but to change their views of each other. Our Approach As individuals, we try to understand the other side's point of view, even if we do not agree with it. In our communities, we engage those we disagree with, looking for common ground and ways to work together. In politics, we support principles that bring us together rather than divide us. The Braver Angels Rule We’re guided by the rule that Red and Blue leaders are equally represented at every level of organizational guidance. Our members range from working class to affluent and come from many backgrounds. Our constant striving is to be an organization reflective of the country we seek to serve. Previous slide Next slide The Braver Angels Way We state our views freely and fully, without fear. We treat people who disagree with us with honesty, dignity and respect. We welcome opportunities to engage those with whom we disagree. We believe all of us have blind spots and none of us are not worth talking to. We seek to disagree accurately, avoiding exaggeration and stereotypes. We look for common ground where it exists and, if possible, find ways to work together. We believe that, in disagreements, both sides share and learn. In Braver Angels, neither side is teaching the other or giving feedback on how to think or say things differently. Igniting a Civic Renewal Movement America’s polarization crisis has been building for decades and is now deeply rooted in our major institutions. Turning the tide is an enormous task; it requires repair in citizen-to-citizen relationships in a nation of 260 million adults, as well as meaningful changes in the rules and practices of many of our major institutions. No single organization, no matter how successful, will be powerful enough on its own to heal the divide. If our aim is truly to strengthen our democratic republic, our only practical strategy is to help ignite and shape what scholars and others call a social movement, and what we call a Civic Renewal Movement.
2622	dbpedia	2	40	http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/the-blood-of-angels-by-johanna-sinisalo/	en	The Blood of Angels by Johanna Sinisalo By Nina Allan	http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0720610044.LZZZZZZZ.jpg	http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0720610044.LZZZZZZZ.jpg	[ "http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/strangehorizons/images/sh-logo.jpg", "https://i0.wp.com/images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0720610044.LZZZZZZZ.jpg?resize=139%2C210" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Nina Allan", "Alicia Hilton", "Sonya Taaffe", "Jamie M. Boyd", "Aigner Loren Wilson", "Gautam Bhatia", "Abigail Nussbaum", "M. L. Clark", "Vivian Wagner", "Christopher Morgan" ]	2014-11-10T20:00:00+00:00	At a time when much of science fiction has been criticized for being bland, uncommitted or retrospective, Johanna Sinisalo's The Blood of Angels is a raw, gritty, angry book that is actually about …	en	http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/strangehorizons/images/icons/apple-icon-57x57.png	Strange Horizons	http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/the-blood-of-angels-by-johanna-sinisalo/	Orvo is the owner of a funeral director's business called Port of Departure. He is also a passionate apiarist, faithfully tending the beehives bequeathed to him by his grandfather, whom he called Pupa. His father, Ari, absent in America through most of Orvo's childhood, returns to Finland on Pupa's death to take over the family abattoir and butchery business, Hopevale Meats. Orvo's son, Eero, is an animal rights activist who lives in violent opposition to everything his grandfather stands for. The novel opens in the near future, where Colony Collapse Disorder, a phenomenon of disputable origin that causes bees to abandon their hives, has precipitated the collapse of the US food industry and caused widespread and increasing shortages. The catastrophe has not yet reached Finland, but when Orvo discovers that several of his hives are suddenly empty, he fears that what has happened in the USA will soon devastate European agriculture in similar fashion. Meanwhile, Eero has embarked on a course of action that is soon to result in a personal tragedy, almost literally on Orvo's back doorstep. Do the bees know something we don't? Orvo thinks they do, and he is determined to prove it. Either way, the world as we all know it is about to change. At a time when much of science fiction has been criticized for being bland, uncommitted or retrospective, Johanna Sinisalo's The Blood of Angels is a raw, gritty, angry book that is actually about something. As with Karen Joy Fowler's recent (and brilliant) novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, which similarly explores the destructive dominance of the human species upon our planet, we cannot fail to intuit how much the subject of this book matters to its author. The Blood of Angels feels like a novel Sinisalo desperately wanted to write—a fact that by itself would make her novel worthy of notice. Whether being worthy of notice makes a book more specifically remarkable in the literary sense is of course open to argument. Luckily for the reader, The Blood of Angels is both. In a recent interview, Sinisalo spoke about her personal approach to the fantastic as being heavily grounded in logical reality: I think that I never write anything fully inexplicable; it's just a different version of the universe, a world with (hopefully) impeccable inner logic, but it just isn't exactly our world. In Sinisalo's version of the future, Orvo discovers evidence that the disappearing colonies of honeybees are not dying, but taking themselves off to an alternate universe. This universe is a pristine version of our own. There are no pesticides here, no factory farms. On the Other Side, bees are free to recapture their natural rhythms and ways of being, without interference from or exploitation by human beings. True to her own statement about inner logic, Sinisalo extrapolates directly from legends and ancient stories about the "wisdom of bees" to explain how bees may have been harboring the secret of quantum travel from the beginning: In the Middle Ages it was generally believed—and is still believed in some countries—that if bees are not told of their keeper's death, they'll go to heaven to look for him. In the southern USA beehives are sometimes covered in black cloth after their keeper's death so that the bees won’t leave . . . In Greece it was believed that bees had a close connection with spirits of the dead, or even that the dead lived on in bees. The ravines and caves where bees lived were roads to the Other Side . . . Humans have looked at the world, pried ever deeper into the secrets of the cosmos and come up with bold theories on the nature of time and space—how there are an untold number of possible worlds, all of them overlapping, or side by side, or twisted around each other like snakes in winter. To people, these are just theories. But not to bees. (pp. 90, 92) Sinisalo handles these transitions between the factual and the fantastical beautifully. Her end note contains a bibliography of primary sources, together with an assertion that material within the novel relating to colony collapse disorder is authentic and accurate. The novel's rigorous grounding in fact lends considerable power to its forays into the speculative, and Sinisalo's empathic grasp of her subject matter is nowhere more apparent than when she is writing about the world from a bee's eye view: Bees can sense light and colour in a much broader spectrum than we can. Their eyes don't just receive and interpret colours, light conditions and the position of the sun—they also have hairs that sense the strength and direction of the wind. They contain a compass and gyroscope as well as a GPS locator and radar to detect food sources. Their compound eyes are made up of thousands of component eyes with which they sense structures in their environment from optic currents and then use the data received to measure the exact distance of nectar-bearing plants from the hive. And bees don't rely solely on their amazing visual acuity; their antennae are constantly sensing the world of fragrance. Each antenna functions independently so that the bee can perceive scents in three dimensions; they smell in stereo. (p. 193) But The Blood of Angels functions as more than a forthright polemic about our decaying ecosystems. Shorn of its fantastical elements and environmental concerns, the novel can equally be read as a family drama, a Strindbergian tragedy of the generations, where sons first resent and then turn against their fathers with devastating results. Orvo is so estranged from his own father that he cannot call him father, referring to him always by his first name of Ari. Orvo's mother dies in childbirth. Ari, apparently grief-stricken, takes off for the USA, leaving his baby son (named for his mother) in the care of his grandparents. After a brief, youthful period of hero-worship, Orvo ultimately rejects Ari—for leaving, for returning, for his apparent ease in his own skin, and of course for the ultimate tragedy that befalls the family. If Orvo's son Eero rejects Orvo, rather than for anything he has done it is for his perceived inaction—in the face of Ari's complacency and wrongdoing, in the face of the world around him, in the face of his own alienation. Orvo recognizes evil, but his temperament is to endure rather than to act. Even from a young age, the more emotional Eero has little patience with stoicism: I took a deep breath and had a sudden sense of what Eero had just experienced. The permeating, coppery smell of blood. The spattered tile walls, the rusty patina on the concrete floor, the vats full of slimy organs like grotesque deep-sea creatures. The whine of the bone saws. The carcasses on hooks, their chest cavities ripped open to the spine, moving past on an indifferent conveyor towards the door behind which began—noisily—the decisive, crashing dismantling of the bodies. I looked at Eero. There was a little tight line around his mouth that I had learned to recognise, and his eyes avoided mine. His hand was still in Ari's like a loose, forgotten tether. (p. 59) This first revelation of what actually goes on at the family abattoir is ultimately to determine the direction of Eero's life. He becomes an animal rights activist, disseminating his views online and then through involvement with an extremist group, the Animalist Revolutionary Army, who are not above resorting to violence in furthering their aims. Orvo has an inner awareness of what Ari is doing but—ever passive—he prefers to ignore it: Eero never was on any overnight camping trips at Kintulampi. He was up to something entirely different. And I had sensed all this of course, like any parent does. You smell something rotten, but you hope that time will take care of it if you put off interfering long enough. Eero was . . . Just say it. A terrorist. Putting an eco prefix on it won't justify anything. (p. 73) Speaking about his family history in one of his blog entries, Eero himself is quick to deny any outside accusations that his decisions are in any way the fault of an "unloving" father. More than the complacently pragmatic Ari or the existentially challenged Orvo, Eero is prepared to accept responsibility for the state of his life and for his actions. The thing he cannot condone is Orvo's passivity: I want to stress that my father was a wonderful parent, and I have no cause for complaint about my upbringing. But there's some part of me that's a bit peeved that he didn't do anything to fight all this and let somebody else do his dirty work. (p. 163) And there are aspects of Orvo's personality that edge beyond the passively alienated towards the judgmental and prejudiced. His wantonly dismissive attitude to certain of his employees, for example, is distinctly repellent: Salme no longer suited the style of Port of Departure. She was somewhere between forty and sixty—it hardly mattered. She dressed in pearl grey blazers over a rotating selection of pale-blue and lavender-pink blouses, and she knew the stoneworks sales rep and the coffin wholesaler by their first names. Salme was just the kind of pious "Olga Golgotha" people might unconsciously want to meet when they went to a funeral directors. That was part of what made me want to get rid of her . . . Of course, you need to know how to honour grief, too, and not go overboard with overly casual language. That's why Teemu was let go. . . . I found a well-built, quiet army veteran to replace him. I think being pleasant to look at is not at all a bad thing for a person working in a funeral director's. And I never would have guessed that a young man who had been in the army would be so much better at the job than one who hadn't. (pp. 57-8) Orvo's contradictory and problematical nature is illustrated most clearly through his casual misogyny. One of the ways The Blood of Angels is remarkable in the literal sense of that word is in its blanket maleness. Women where they do exist are either portrayed as negative influences, or they are absent. Orvo describes his grandfather, Pupa, as being "there when my memories began" (p. 24) and remembers him with evident fondness, but makes no mention whatsoever of his grandmother. About the death of his mother, Orvokki, he remarks only that she "died almost immediately after I was born of complications the nature of which remained vague to me and about which I never asked" (p. 34). Similarly, Orvo has told us a great deal about his son Eero before he mentions even the name of Eero's mother, his ex-wife Marja-Terttu who has committed no crime this reader could discern other than desiring from her husband the most normal kinds of emotional and physical intimacy. Even the man she eventually leaves him for is described by Orvo as "so clearly right for her, so ordinary and trustworthy that he must have been that way since early childhood" (p. 153). Yet the only way Orvo is able to interpret Marja-Terttu's actions is as a fear of sexual redundancy, directly equitable with the behavior of bees within a hive: Marja-Terttu was, it seemed to me, shifting from the status of queen to that of worker. . . . She had transformed from a desirable virgin queen to a respected, life-giving queen bee to a middle-aged woman invisible to men as a sexual being. . . . A woman who has become neuter has to do poorly paid work as a teacher, a cleaner, a care-giver, a social worker, sitting behind a counter, turning old people over in their beds, maintaining the culture by providing audiences for the theatre and diligently reading literary fiction, buying useless goods at charity sales or making useless goods for charity sales . . . Marja-Terttu had in her hands her last moments to be a queen. That's why she did what she did. (p. 157) And there's a lot more where that came from. Orvo sees himself as ruthlessly honest, the still center. His love for the natural world and for his son are commendable, yet his morally conservative attitudes and his emotional stuntedness consistently undermine our sympathy for him, especially since he seems so wholly unaware of his personal failings. Are we meant to infer that Sinisalo is making a larger point? That she wants us to equate the absence of women in the lives of these men—all three of them, for their various reasons, inadequate—with the disastrous absence of bees from their world, with the dying queens who are themselves the magical "password" to the Other Side? It is a possibility, and an interesting one, though it is by no means clear. I passionately admire this book. I admire its conviction and the articulacy that serves it. What I mainly felt whilst reading it was an overwhelming sense of gratitude, that sensation of thank God someone is writing this stuff down that inevitably accompanies any reading of a piece of polemic with which one agrees. As polemic, I want everyone to read this novel. I want people to get angry and change their lifestyle because of it. As a novel though, I found The Blood of Angels more problematic, not because it’s not well written—in its taciturnity and stubbornness, its cranky refusal to compromise it's a stunner—but because even now I remain unsure of what we as readers are supposed to make of its passive "hero" and his sometimes reprehensible attitudes. But then, perhaps that's a good thing, the kind of willful ambiguity that raises a work of art beyond the ambitions of mere propaganda and towards becoming the intellectually challenging and oftentimes insoluble puzzle that any worthwhile novel should aspire to be.
2622	dbpedia	2	17	https://thecove.org/blog/angels-are-looking-out-for-you/	en	Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove	https://static.billygrah…plash-scaled.jpg	https://static.billygrah…plash-scaled.jpg	[ "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/2017/09/08191124/BGTC-Logo.png", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/2017/09/08191124/BGTC-Logo.png", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2021/11/rodrigo-rodriguez-pmiJFEPHihk-unsplash-960x640.jpg", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2024/05/icon-fb.svg", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2024/05/icon-x.svg", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2024/05/icon-yt.svg", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2024/05/icon-ig.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "BGEA Staff" ]	2021-11-29T16:12:43+00:00	“For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone” (Psalm 91:11-12, NLT). When I was about 17 years old, I took a job as a life-guard and swimming teacher at the YMCA. It was about 20 minutes away from home. I had this old, little, bright yellow, beat-up Subaru. It reminded me of a yellow submarine. It was summertime, and as I drove to work that morning, I could hear a rattling noise with the car. I thought something must be wrong. As soon as I got to the pool, I called my Uncle Louie, who told me after work to bring it to...	en	https://static.billygrah…-12.54.25-PM.png	Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove	https://thecove.org/blog/angels-are-looking-out-for-you/	Angels are Looking Out for You “For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.” Psalm 91:11-12, NLT When I was about 17 years old, I took a job as a life-guard and swimming teacher at the YMCA. It was about 20 minutes away from home. I had this old, little, bright yellow, beat-up Subaru. It reminded me of a yellow submarine. It was summertime, and as I drove to work that morning, I could hear a rattling noise with the car. I thought something must be wrong. As soon as I got to the pool, I called my Uncle Louie, who told me after work to bring it to the mechanic shop he worked at. He would take a look at it. That afternoon, as I drove on a very busy highway, the car clunked out. Stopped. Working. My heart raced and I quickly veered the car to the side, off the shoulder of the highway. I still had about 10 miles to go. I didn’t have a cell phone and wondered, what should I do? Finally, I decided to start walking. I was scared. I didn’t want anyone to approach me and kept praying, “God, please help me. Please let me get there and be safe.” I’ll never forget what happened. A tiny red car with an elderly couple pulled over. My heart began racing as I kept thinking, “Oh no, please don’t talk to me, don’t stop me.” The man was driving and there was a lady in the front seat. She began to talk to me. “Can we help you?” She said. “Oh no,” I curtly replied. “Thank you. I’m ok.” But she persisted and persisted. I remember her saying, “We have a daughter and we would want her to be safe on the road. Please, let us help you.” I got in the car and I remembered seeing a cross dangling on the rear view mirror. The couple graciously took me to where my Uncle Louie worked. The whole time, they were so loving, so encouraging. But here’s the weird thing. Once I got there and got out of the car, as I turned around to say thank you, there was no one there. It was like they vanished out of thin air. I kept thinking, “What just happened and where did they go?” It was impossible for them to be gone that quick. Even my uncle said, “How did you get here?” Hebrews 13:2, “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing so some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” I can’t explain it, but I believe God ordered angels to help and protect me. I was so grateful. As we continue to look at Psalm 91, let’s look at verses 11-12. “For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.” Psalm 91:11-12, NLT God has commanded angels to guard you. God has given angels, not your circumstance, not your situation, the authority to act on your behalf. God is your refuge and strength. He is your protection and he has commanded angels to come to your aid. Maybe, you too, had a situation like I described that you can’t explain. Be encouraged! As you pray and read Psalm 91 today, proclaim God’s promise that He will send His angels to guard and protect you – to minister to all your needs. Prayer: Father, thank You for Your mighty protection. Thank You that whenever we are in danger, we are not alone. Thank You for sending Your angels to help us when we need it most. We trust in You Lord. Thank You for being with us, for guiding us. You are faithful. Help us Lord, to lean on You. Help us to trust in You more, in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen. Praying for you today that God will strengthen and encourage you through this Psalm!
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2622	dbpedia	2	83	https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/north-rim.htm	en	Grand Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park Service)	https://www.nps.gov/grca…50e-Panorama.jpg	https://www.nps.gov/grca…50e-Panorama.jpg	[ "https://www.nps.gov/theme/assets/dist/images/branding/logo.png", "https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/images/BAP5150e-Panorama.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false", "https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/images/nr-lodge001.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false", "https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/images/NR-VC_0111.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false", "https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/images/North-Rim-VC-pair01.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false", "https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/images/North-Rim-VC-pair02.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false", "https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/images/nr-pocket-map-24.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false", "https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/images/North-Rim-VC-pair03.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false", "https://www.nps.gov/common/commonspot/templates/assets/images/branding/nps_logo-bw.gif", "https://www.nps.gov/common/commonspot/templates/assets/images/app-promo/footer-app-promo.png", "https://www.nps.gov/common/commonspot/templates/assets/images/app-promo/app-store-badge.svg", "https://www.nps.gov/common/commonspot/templates/assets/images/app-promo/google-play-badge.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2020-10-14T00:00:00	There is something about the North Rim of Grand Canyon that invokes a sense of solitude and serenity. This is a place that invites you to slow down, to ponder, to feel your own innate creativity, and to fall in love with landscape.	en	/common/commonspot/templates/images/icons/favicon.ico		https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/north-rim.htm	Additional North Rim Services Backcountry Information Center Hours 8 am to noon and 1 to 5 pm daily The backcountry information center is located in the NPS administration building. Here you will find maps, trail information, and helpful park rangers ready to answer your questions, issue backcountry permits, and help you plan your trip. Gas Station 24 hour pay at the pump (only accepting credit and debit cards). The North Rim Service Station is located on the entrance road into the Campground. Gasoline and diesel fuel is available here. Note: Although the park is exploring options for installation of Electric Vehicle Charging infrastructure, the charging of Electric Vehicles can not be accommodated at this time. The nearest electric charging stations to North Rim are located in Kanab, UT. Garage Services The Service Station inside the park does not provide any repair services, only gasoline and diesel fuel. Unleaded fuel, propane, diesel, tire repair, and some auto supplies are available at the North Rim Country Store (by Kaibab Lodge) 18.5 miles/ 30 km north. Open from May 15 to Oct. 15, 2023, seven days a week. The service station at Jacob Lake 45 miles/ 75 km north, provides emergency repairs such as tires, belts, batteries, fuses, hoses, etc. Diesel fuel is also available at Jacob Lake. (928) 643-7232 Open all year. Guest Laundry and Showers (Coin Operated) Hours: 7 am to 7 pm (staffed) - 7 pm to 10 pm (unstaffed) daily Located on the access road leading to the North Rim Campground. Post Office Hours: 8 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm (weekdays) Located in the Grand Canyon Lodge complex. Medical Emergency services are provided by park rangers on duty. Dial 911 from your phone. Lost and Found For information about lost and found property contact the visitor center information desk or the Grand Canyon Lodge front desk, or call (928) 638-261 Mail: Lost and Found, North Rim Lodge, Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, Arizona 86052 Book and Gift Shops Grand Canyon Conservancy Park Store in the Visitor Center Building: Hours: 8 am to 6 pm daily Grand Canyon Lodge Gift Shop: Hours: 8 am to 9 pm daily North Rim General Store by the Campground: Hours: 7 am to 9 pm General Store, groceries, coffee bar, souvenirs, camping supplies. Camping Equipment Camping, hiking, and backpacking equipment may be purchased at the General Store at the entrance to the North Rim Campground. North Rim Mule Trips Visit Grand Canyon Trail Rides' website or call 435-679-8665 for more information and to book a trip —Rides are offered between May 15 and October 15, 2023. Religious Services Religious services may be offered on the North Rim of the park. The National Park Service does not endorse any group or message. See the bulletin board in the lodge for the schedule of services.
2622	dbpedia	0	35	https://teddybearmalinois.com/tbears-on-the-side-of-angels/	en	TBears On The Side of Angels	https://teddybearmalinoi…/2023/02/cas.jpg	https://teddybearmalinoi…/2023/02/cas.jpg	[ "https://teddybearmalinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cas.jpg?w=1024", "https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png", "https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2023-02-09T15:39:31+00:00	AKC Maj Ptd, BH / BH-VT, BN, RI, RN, TKA, CGC "Cas" Co Owned with Wesley Tyers Pedigree Health Clearences (OFA)	en	https://s1.wp.com/i/favicon.ico	Teddy Bear Malinois	https://teddybearmalinois.com/tbears-on-the-side-of-angels/	AKC Maj Ptd, BH / BH-VT, BN, RI, RN, TKA, CGC “Cas” Co Owned with Wesley Tyers Pedigree Health Clearences (OFA)
2622	dbpedia	3	3	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island	en	Fantasy Island	https://upload.wikimedia…title_screen.jpg	https://upload.wikimedia…title_screen.jpg	[ "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png", "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg", "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/Fantasy_Island_title_screen.jpg/220px-Fantasy_Island_title_screen.jpg", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ricardo_Montalban_Herve_Villechaize_Fantasy_Island_1977.JPG/170px-Ricardo_Montalban_Herve_Villechaize_Fantasy_Island_1977.JPG", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Queen_Anne_House_Los_Angeles.JPG/220px-Queen_Anne_House_Los_Angeles.JPG", "https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1", "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg", "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/footer/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Contributors to Wikimedia projects" ]	2004-02-03T09:38:35+00:00		en	/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island	American fantasy drama television series (1977–1984) This article is about the American television series that debuted in 1977. For other uses, see Fantasy Island (disambiguation). Fantasy IslandGenreCreated byGene LevittStarringCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons7No. of episodes152, plus 2 TV movies (list of episodes)ProductionRunning time45–48 minutesProduction companiesSpelling-Goldberg Productions Columbia Pictures TelevisionOriginal releaseNetworkABCReleaseJanuary 14, 1977 ( ) – May 19, 1984 (1984-05-19) Fantasy Island is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt. It aired on ABC from 1977 to 1984. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo. Guests were granted so-called "fantasies" on the island for a price. A one-season revival of the series aired 14 years later in 1998 while a horror-themed prequel film was released on February 14, 2020. That same year, it was announced that a sequel of the series was being produced at Fox;[1] it premiered on August 10, 2021.[2] Background [edit] Before it became a television series, Fantasy Island was introduced to viewers in 1977 and 1978 through two made-for-television films. Airing from 1978 to 1984, the original series starred Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke, the enigmatic overseer of a mysterious island somewhere near Devil's Island, French Guiana in the Atlantic Ocean, where people from all walks of life could come and live out their fantasies, albeit for a price. Roarke was known for his white suit and cultured demeanor, and he was initially accompanied by an energetic sidekick, Tattoo, played by Hervé Villechaize. Tattoo would run up the main bell tower to ring the bell and shout "De plane! De plane!" to announce the arrival of a new set of guests at the beginning of each episode. This line, shown at the beginning of the series' credits, became a catchphrase because of Villechaize's spirited delivery and French accent. In later seasons, he would arrive in his personal go-kart, sized for him, and recklessly drive to join Roarke for the visitor reception while the staff scrambled to get out of his way. From 1981 to 1982, Wendy Schaal joined the cast as a beautiful brown-eyed blonde assistant named Julie; in the season five story "The Case Against Mr. Roarke", Roarke stated that Julie was his god-daughter. The producers dismissed Villechaize from the series before the 1983–1984 season, which ended up being its last, and Tattoo was replaced by a more sedate butler type named Lawrence, played by Christopher Hewett, who pressed an electronic button to ring the bell rather than climb the tower. A Grumman Widgeon aircraft was used for the series.[3] Just prior to the guests alighting from the plane, Mr. Roarke would address his assembling employees with the phrase "Smiles, everyone! Smiles!" As each visitor disembarked, Roarke would describe to Tattoo (or another assistant) the nature of their fantasy, usually with a cryptic comment, suggesting the person's fantasy will not turn out as they expected. Roarke would then welcome his guests by lifting his glass and saying: "My dear guests, I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to Fantasy Island." This toast was usually followed with a warm smile, but sometimes — depending on the nature of a guest or their fantasy — his eyes would show concern or worry for a guest's safety. Mr. Roarke's actual age is never made clear. In the pilot film, he comments how the guests who come to his island are "so mortal" and there are hints throughout the series that suggest Roarke may be immortal. In "Elizabeth", a woman from Roarke's past appears, but it is revealed that she died over 300 years ago. Other episodes suggest that he was friends with Helen of Troy and Cleopatra. Roarke is also shown to know many seemingly immortal beings over his time on Earth, including ghosts ("The Ghost's Story"), a genie ("A Genie Named Joe"), the mermaid Princess Nyah ("The Mermaid", "The Mermaid Returns", "The Mermaid and the Matchmaker"), the goddess Aphrodite ("Aphrodite"), and Uriel the Angel of Death ("The Angel's Triangle"). In "The Devil and Mandy Breem" and "The Devil and Mr. Roarke", Roarke even faces the devil (played by Roddy McDowall) who has come to the island to challenge him for either a guest's immortal soul or his. It is mentioned this is not the first time that they have confronted each other and Mr. Roarke has always been the winner. In the second story, the devil was one of the island's guests, claiming that he was only there to relax and had no interest in Roarke's soul at the time. However, this turned out to be yet another ruse. Roarke had a strong moral code, and he was always merciful. He usually tried to teach his guests important life lessons through the medium of their fantasies, frequently in a manner that exposes the errors of their ways, and on occasions when the island hosted terminally ill guests he would allow them to live out one last wish. Roarke's fantasies were not without peril, but the greatest danger usually came from the guests themselves. In some cases, people were killed due to their own negligence, aggression or arrogance. When necessary, Roarke would directly intervene when the fantasy became dangerous to the guest: In one episode when Tattoo was given his own fantasy as a birthday gift, which ended up with him being chased by hostile natives in canoes, Mr. Roarke suddenly appeared in a motorboat, snared Tattoo's canoe with a grappling hook and towed it away at high speed to help him escape. In the 1979 episode "The Mermaid; The Victim", a female guest seeking to fall in love with her dream man ends up as one of his sex slaves. When she and her fellow slaves manage to get free, they are saved by Mr. Roarke and Tattoo who have arrived with the police who then arrest the two men responsible. In the 1980 episode "With Affection, Jack the Ripper; Gigolo", a female guest intent on researching Jack the Ripper's crimes was sent back in time to 1888 London, and would have become one of the Ripper's victims had Mr. Roarke not physically intervened. With only a few exceptions, Roarke always made it quite clear that he was powerless to stop a fantasy once it had begun and that the guests must play them out to their conclusion. In later seasons, there were often supernatural overtones. Roarke also seemed to have his own supernatural powers of some sort (called the "Gift of the McNabs" in "Delphine"), although it was never explained how this came to be. In the episodes "Reprisal" and "The Power" he temporarily gave the guest psychokinetic abilities and in "Terrors of the Mind" the power to see into the future. In one episode, when a guest says "Thank God things worked out well", Roarke and Tattoo share an odd look and Roarke says in a cryptic way "Thank God, indeed." In the same episode, Roarke uses some mysterious powers to help Tattoo with his magic act. Ricardo Montalbán would claim in interviews that he had a definite opinion in mind regarding the mystery of Mr. Roarke, and how he accomplished his fantasies, but he would never publicly state what it was. Years after the series was off the air, in an interview with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Montalbán finally revealed that his motivation was imagining Roarke as a fallen angel whose sin was pride and that Fantasy Island was Purgatory. Each episode would alternate between two or three independent storylines as the guests experienced their fantasies and interacted with Roarke. When reruns of the series went into syndication, a half-hour version was offered, in which each hour-long original show was split to two separate half-hour shows in which only one guest's story was told in each half-hour episode. This made it obvious that the original episodes had been planned in such a way that each guest or family got off the plane separately, did not interact with the other guest or family, and was given almost exactly half the time of the original episode. The typical episodes on the series' regular timeslot focus on adult guests with fantasies geared for them. However, there were two episodes aired in Season 2 that were broadcast on early Sunday night called, Fantasy Island Sunday Special. In these variant episodes, kids arrive at the island on a hot-air balloon to have fantasies provided by Mr. Roarke that are designed for their age. Often the fantasies would turn out to be morality lessons for the guests, sometimes to the point of (apparently) putting their lives at risk, only to have Roarke step in at the last minute and reveal the deception. For example, one episode featured a couple who clamored for the "good old days" being taken back to the Salem witch trials. It is mentioned a few times that a condition of visiting Fantasy Island is that guests never reveal what goes on there. A small number of guests decided to make the irrevocable choice to stay permanently, living out their fantasy until death; one such person was an actor who had been in a Tarzan-type television series called "Jungle Man" in the 1960s. Aside from a clip show ("Remember...When?") the only episode with a single storyline was "The Wedding", in which terminally ill Helena Marsh (Samantha Eggar) returned to Fantasy Island to spend her last days as Roarke's wife. Another episode, "Nurses' Night Out" (from the show's seventh season) was the only episode where all of the fantasies, while separate, were linked by one thread. In this case, a mysterious and wealthy guest (Peter Graves) inviting three nurses to live out each of their fantasies on the island. The fantasy [edit] Cost [edit] In the first film, Fantasy Island (1977), it was noted that each guest had paid $50,000 (about $196,000 in 2023 dollars) in advance for the fulfillment of their fantasies and that Fantasy Island was a business. In the second film, Return to Fantasy Island (1978), Roarke told Tattoo that he sometimes dropped the price when a guest could not afford the usual fee because he believed that everyone should be given a chance to have their fantasies fulfilled. Afterwards, it became clear that the price a guest paid was substantial to him or her, and for one little girl whose father was one of Roarke's guests, she had emptied her piggy bank (which contained less than $10) to have her fantasy with her father fulfilled. On numerous occasions, a guest had not paid for the trip at all, but instead won it as a result of a contest. Those who came by winning contests were usually the unknowing beneficiaries of rigged contests in order to disguise to them and others the real reason for their coming as part of someone else's fantasy. Nature [edit] The nature of a fantasy varied from story to story and was typically very personal to each guest on some level. They could be as harmless as wanting to be reunited with a lost love to something more dangerous like tracking down a cold-blooded killer who murdered someone close to the guest. Usually, the fantasy would take an unexpected turn and proceed down a quite different path than the guest expected. Some resolve in "The Monkey's Paw" style. He or she would then leave with some new revelation or renewed interest about themselves or someone close to them. Many times, Roarke would reveal in the end that someone they met during the course of their fantasy was another guest living a fantasy of their own. Both guests often left the island together. However, in one episode, one guest had no particular fantasy and was simply there to relax and enjoy himself. In another episode, the fantasy of one guest (played by Don Knotts) was to play the part of a private investigator. At the end of the episode, he discovers that his "suspects" were actually a company of actors who had asked Mr. Roarke to act out their whodunnit play in a realistic setting. Although some fantasies were rooted in the real world, many others involved supernatural (such as ghosts, demons, or witchcraft) or mythological (mermaids, genies, goddesses) elements. Time travel was often a required element, if not a specific request, to fulfill one's fantasy. Risk [edit] Roarke often preceded particularly risky fantasies with a stern warning, a word of caution, or even a suggestion that the guest select another fantasy, instead. He would then inform his guests that he was powerless to stop a fantasy once it had begun and that they must allow the fantasy to play out until its ultimate conclusion. Despite this, on rare occasions, Roarke would appear halfway through a fantasy to offer a guest one more opportunity to terminate his/her fantasy, warning that continuing the current fantasy might lead to serious consequences, possibly even death. However, at that point, the guest would decide on their own to see the fantasy to its end, either for selfless reasons (regarding someone he/she had met during the fantasy) or naïveté of what is in store for them. In the most serious cases, however, Roarke would invariably intervene and ensure his guests' safety. Occasionally, some of the fantasies would take place on adjoining islands or parts of Fantasy Island that, according to Roarke, he had no jurisdiction over, thereby heightening the risk factor for the guests. Even then, when Roarke intervened in these cases, he often revealed that he had close connections with the local officials or prominent figures on those islands, who would grant him permission to rescue his guests. Episodes [edit] Production notes [edit] Executive producer Aaron Spelling admitted the original pitch was a joke. Spelling said he and production partner Leonard Goldberg were pitching ideas to ABC executive Brandon Stoddard. After the executive rejected all of their plans, at least six in all, Spelling blurted out: "What do you want? An island that people can go to and all of their sexual fantasies will be realized?" Stoddard loved the idea.[7] The network wanted Orson Welles for Mr. Roarke, but Spelling rejected him, knowing of his irritable nature on sets.[7] He also rejected the idea of a sexy female sidekick to join Roarke and Tattoo.[7] The show was broadcast every Saturday night on ABC at 10:00 p.m., after The Love Boat, which was also produced by Aaron Spelling. Like several other series of the era, such as The Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote, Fantasy Island employed many celebrity guest stars, often bringing them back repeatedly for different roles. Filming locations [edit] The series was filmed primarily in Burbank, California, with the opening scenes of the enchanting island coastline being that of Kauai, Hawaii (both the Na Pali coast as well as Wailua Falls). The house with the bell tower, where Tattoo rings the bell, is the Queen Anne Cottage, located in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia. The plane, "arriving" with the guests, was filmed in the lagoon behind the Queen Anne Cottage. Sometimes, outdoor scenes were filmed at the Arboretum. Interior sets were filmed on Stages 26 and 17 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.[8] At some point, the production of exterior scenes moved to the Warner Ranch a short distance away from Warner's main lot. B-roll was taken from the Coco Palms Resort in Kauai. Music [edit] The Fantasy Island theme music was composed by Laurence Rosenthal.[9] Other projects [edit] 1998 revival series [edit] In 1998, ABC revived the series in a Saturday time slot. The role of Mr. Roarke was played by Malcolm McDowell in the revival, and in contrast to the first series the supernatural aspect of his character and of Fantasy Island itself was emphasized from the start, along with a dose of dark humor.[10] Director Barry Sonnenfeld, known for his work on The Addams Family movies, was a chief creative force on the new series. Another difference was that the new series was filmed in Hawaii instead of California. The remake followed the fantasies of at least two of Roarke's guests with an additional subplot involving members of his staff — usually Cal and Harry. Whereas the original series featured a separate writer and title for each subplot, the new series was written as several stories, but featuring a unified theme and title. 2020 horror prequel film adaptation [edit] Main article: Fantasy Island (film) A horror-themed prequel film adaptation of the television series starring Michael Peña as Mr. Roarke was released by Sony Pictures and produced by Blumhouse Productions. Director and screenwriter Jeff Wadlow directed the adaptation from a script by Wadlow, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs.[11] The film was released on February 14, 2020, to overwhelmingly negative reviews.[12] 2021 Fox sequel series [edit] A series was greenlit in December 2020 as a sequel to and maintains continuity with the original 1977 series, slated for a mid 2021 release on Fox. The series was a co-production between Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment.[1] In April 2021, it was announced that Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriguez were cast, as part of the main cast of the series.[13] That same month, it was announced that Roselyn Sánchez joined the cast of the series as Elena Roarke, a descendant of Mr. Roarke.[14] The series premiered on August 10, 2021 and aired for two seasons.[15] Syndication [edit] Selected episodes from the first, second and third seasons are available free at Hulu. Selected Minisodes from seasons one, three, four, five, and six are available free at Sony Crackle, along with complete episodes from seasons one, two, and three. Digital multicast television network Cozi TV announced the series would be airing on the network beginning fall 2013. Episodes of the original series were seen on Fridays on sister cable network Universal HD, until July 2017, when the network changed to the Olympic Channel. In Canada, the entire series with all seven seasons is available for streaming on the CTV App, with the first five seasons remastered in High Definition, the first three seasons have been enhanced to 1.78:1 aspect ratio. In May 2021, it was added to the streaming service Tubi, with all seven seasons.[16] In August 2021, it started airing on digital multicast television network getTV on Saturday and Sunday nights (4:00 AM ET).[17] Home media [edit] In 1988, Star Classics released the pilot episode of the series on VHS in the United States and Canada. In 2005, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released season one of the original series on DVD in regions 1, 2 & 4. The release included the 1977 pilot Fantasy Island and 1978's Return to Fantasy Island. However, due to poor sales, no further seasons were released. In February 2012, it was announced that Shout! Factory had acquired the rights to the series in Region 1; they subsequently released the second season on DVD on May 8, 2012.[18] Season 3 was released on October 23, 2012.[19] In 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment announced they had obtained the rights to re-release the previous season sets of Fantasy Island on DVD. DVD Name Ep # Release Date Region 1 Region 2 (UK & Ireland) Region 4 The Complete First Season 16 November 15, 2005 December 10, 2007[20] December 2, 2015[21] The Complete Second Season 25 May 8, 2012 TBA TBA The Complete Third Season 23 October 23, 2012 TBA TBA Notes [edit] References [edit]
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us.	en	https://www.goodcatholic.com/wp-content/themes/goodcatholic/images/icons/favicon.ico	Good Catholic	https://www.goodcatholic.com/can-we-name-our-guardian-angel/	There is a persistent error among many Catholics when it comes to their Guardian Angels: trying to discover their name or identity, or assigning a name to them. It’s easy to understand why this mistake is common. After all, when human beings form a relationship, learning each other’s name is the first step. Is it wrong to name our angels or to ask them to reveal their names? Here is the answer. The Role of Your Guardian Angel One of the beautiful and consoling teachings of the Catholic Church is that God has given each one of us a guardian angel to lead us on the path to salvation. Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life. St. Basil the Great Angels are pure spirits. They do not have physical bodies. They have an intellect and will, and operate in specific ways to guide, protect, and even to influence us for good in accordance with our free will. They respect us and never force us to do anything. 4 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Name Your Angel It is an excellent and commendable practice to invoke our angels and learn how to recognize their promptings. However, there is a distinction that must be acknowledged if we are to behave appropriately in respect to our guardian angels. Among other human beings, we are equals; but that is not the case with us and the mighty Heavenly Host. In fact, trying to find out the name of, or give a name to, our Guardian Angel is a bad idea for four big reasons. 1. Angels in the Bible declined to give their names when asked. God created a multitude of angels—more than we can count—yet He has given mankind the names of only three angels in Sacred Scripture: St. Gabriel, St. Michael, and St. Raphael. Since this is all that God has chosen to reveal to us about the identity of specific angels, we have no reason to insist on knowing the names of guardian angels. In fact, Sacred Scripture offers accounts of human beings trying to learn the names of angels to no avail. Yes, we have the names of three archangels, but God chose to reveal the names of Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael—they were not asked for by human beings. In the Book of Genesis, the patriarch Jacob was unsuccessful in obtaining the name of the mysterious being who wrestled with him in the desert. Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” The angel answered, “Why do you ask for my name?” (Genesis 32:24-29). Jacob received no answer but a gentle rebuke in the form of a question. When an angel appeared to Samson’s mother as recorded in the Book of Judges, she told her husband, “A man of God came to me; he had the appearance of an angel of God, fearsome indeed. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name. But he said to me, ‘You will conceive and bear a son…’” When the angel returned, Samson’s father asked him, “What is your name, that we may honor you when your words come true?” But the angel would not tell him: And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?” Judges 13:18 These angelic rebukes tell us to respect the hiddenness of the names these spirits have received from God. In heaven, we will likely know their names—something to look forward to! 2. To name something is to claim authority over it—and we have no authority over angels. The act of naming carries great significance. To name something is to claim authority over it. In the Garden of Eden, God gave Adam dominion over the animals. As an exercise of Adam’s authority, God brought the animals to Adam so that he could give them a suitable name. However, God only brought Adam the creatures that were of a lower nature than humans (or of the same nature, as in the case of Eve). God did not bring Adam creatures that were of a higher nature than humans, that is, the bodiless spirits. Therefore, it is not within our authority to give names to, or find out the names of, creatures that are of a higher created order than us. To know an angel’s name is to discover much more about their identity than is the case with human beings. Because angels are simple spirits, to know their name is to know their essence, the very core of their being and the purpose of their creation. This knowledge is for God alone, and those in heaven with whom He shares this knowledge. 3. Fallen angels can interfere in our attempt to learn the names of guardian angels. When we attempt to discover the name of our guardian angel, we immediately start looking for signals that our angel is trying to answer us with a specific name. Or we say, “The name ‘Fred’ popped into my head, so I knew it was my angel’s name!” Both of these examples are unwise. We can mistake many things for “signals” that are nothing of the sort, and in the end, we are only deluding ourselves. In the same way, just because a name pops into our head doesn’t mean it belongs to our angel. Our brains are active and full of imagination and stream of consciousness. There is no guarantee that an idea is inspired by your guardian angel. Furthermore, as Fr. Matthew Kauth reminds us in the video below, demons are fully capable of interfering in such attempts. They are present, just as your angel is. You may indeed receive a name—and it may be a misleading one. And that is why the Church advises against the desire to know one’s angel’s name, as we see in the next point… 4. The Church told us not to. There is one final reason why we should not name our angels: the Church warns against this practice. According to the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy from the Holy See’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments: “The practice of assigning names to the Holy Angels should be discouraged, except in the cases of Gabriel, Raphael and Michael whose names are contained in Holy Scripture.” Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy from the Holy See, 2001 The Church discourages this practice for our own protection. We have to remember that, just as we are always in the company of angels, so too we are in the company of demons. If a demon sees that we are trying to discover the name of our guardian angel, and knows the kinds of things we will mistake as signs (they are brilliant deceivers), they can masquerade as angels of light and send us false signals. If they observe that we are following their deception, they can lead us far astray. This is the reason why the saints divulged the supernatural occurrences in their lives to a confessor or spiritual director, to serve as a protection against demonic deception. As with all ill-advised attempts to inappropriately communicate with the spirit world, doing so can open us up to demonic influence. We Can Stay Close to Our Angels Without Knowing Their Names In summary, because mankind has been made lower than the angels, it is not for us to assume a higher place by attempting to name or find out the name of the angels who are assigned to serve and guide us. For this and all the reasons mentioned above, it is clear that it is not our rightful place to know more about our angels than God has revealed to us. But that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t become acquainted with them. Seek the guidance of your guardian angel daily through prayer, learn how to love him and follow his lead, but don’t insist on naming him! Your angel does have a name, but it is mysterious and holy. There is a reason why God chooses not to let individuals know their angel’s name. It might seem odd to us, but we don’t need to worry—all we need to know is that we have the amazing gift of a guardian angel who is always there for us. “So What Do I Call Him?” When you address your angel, all you have to say is, “My guardian angel,” or “My angel,” and he knows exactly who you’re speaking to. He doesn’t need you to know his name in order to do his job—indeed, our angels are more attentive to us than we can ever be to them! Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke them. St. John Vianney Someday, in heaven, you will know your angel’s most holy name. It’s just one more thing to look forward to!
2622	dbpedia	2	57	https://www.islam.org.uk/beliefs-overview/angels/duties-of-angels/	en	Duties of Angels	https://www.islam.org.uk…avicon-32x32.png	https://www.islam.org.uk…avicon-32x32.png	[]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en	/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png		https://www.islam.org.uk/beliefs-overview/angels/duties-of-angels/	Angels have various duties, with each having a well defined role. The Qur’an says: “And there is not any among us, except that has a known position. And we are indeed the ones who glorify Allah.” (Qur’an 37:164-166) Angels thus teach us the benefits of specialization. So, in the Islamic society, some members must specialize in the Qur’an and its sciences, others in medicine, still others in agriculture and so on and so forth, so that the Muslim community becomes efficient and well balanced. Similarly, in the home, the responsibilities are divided. While the man is responsible primarily for supporting the family financially, the woman has an important role in the upbringing of the children, although she is by no means confined to only this task. Only Allah knows all the details and roles of all the angels: “…And none know the hosts of your Lord except He…” (Qur’an 74:31) Nevertheless, He has told us about some of these angels through the Qur’an and the Sunnah. The Names and Roles of Some Angels Only a few angels are mentioned in the Qur’an and the Sunnah, Others are mentioned either by specific names or by role or their general nature of serving and worshipping Allah. Among those mentioned are: Jibreel – This is the most distinguished of the angels, and is entrusted with carrying revelation to the Prophets. This includes bringing the Qur’an to Prophet Muhammed (saws), which is referred to in the following: “And it is surely the revelation of the Lord of the worlds. The trusted Spirit has brought it down to your heart, in order that you might be one of the warners, in clear Arabic speech.” (Qur’an: 26:192-195) Angel Jibreel (as) is also called ‘the Holy Spirit’, as mentioned in the Qur’an: “And we gave Isa, son of Maryam, clear proofs, and supported him with Ruh-al-Qudus (holy spirit ie. Jibreel).” (Qur’an 2:253) Mika’el – The one entrusted with the sustenance of creatures, and is also one of the most prominent angels. The Recorders – These are two angels who accompany every human being and record his deeds. One of them stays on the right side and he records only good deeds. The other stays on the left side and records only bad deeds. The one on the right (the generous one – He records good deeds and is so named because each good deed is rewarded ten times over or even more. “And indeed, there are over you scribes, generous and recording. They know what you do.” (Qur’an: 82:10-12) These angels record our deeds, words, and thoughts. Allah says regarding mankind: “He utters not any word except that there is with him an observer, ready.” (Qur’an: 50:18) The system of recording of deeds is detailed in Hadith Qudsi. Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas in which he narrates from his Lord: “Indeed, Allah has defined the good and the evil deeds, and then explained them. So, whoever had the thought to do a good deed, but did not do it, Allah writes it for him as a complete good deed, while if he actually did it. Allah writes it for him as ten good deeds, or up to seven hundred fold, or even many times more. And, if he had a thought to do an evil deed, but dispelled the thought and did not do it. Allah writes it for him as a complete good deed, while if he entertained the thought and acted on it, Allah writes it as a single evil deed.” (Bukhari and Muslim) The one on the left – The recorder of evil deeds: He is simply called the recorder, because each evil deed counts as only one act. The Gaurdians – They are angels who protect us from whatever evil Allah wills to save us from. “For each (person) there are angels in succession in front of him and behind him, who guard him by Allah’s command.” (Qur’an 13:11) The succession of angels referred to is clarified in a Hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim, which tells us that the angels of the day and the angels of the night succeed one another, meaning that they perform their duties in shifts. At the time of Fajr (dawn) and Asr prayers, both the angels of the night and the angels of the day are present. Then, the angels of the night ascend, and their Lord asks them, although he is the All-Knowing. “How did you leave my servants ?” They say, “We came to them while they were praying, and when we left while they were praying,.” The Fajr prayer, then, is of special blessing, and we should take great care to perform it on time, and to recite long portions of the Qur’an for: “Indeed, the recitation of Fajr is witnessed” (Qur’an 17:78) ie. The angels of the night and day witness it. The protecting angels only leave us when we have the call of nature and when we are have sexual relations with our spouses, and so we should recite the appropriate supplications from the Sunnah prior to performing these acts. Also, it must be noted that angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or pictures (of animals and Humans). Related by Bukhari and Muslim. The Angel of Death – He is entrusted with taking the souls of all creatures in the universe. “Say: The Angel of Death, who is set over you, will take your souls, then you shall be brought to your lord.” (Qur’an: 32:11) There are angels with him who torture the wrongdoers at the time of death: “If only you could see, when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieve, the angels are beating their faces and their backs.” (Qur’an l 8:50) Munkar and Nakeer – They are the two angels in charge of questioning people in their graves about their faith. ** Ridwan and Malik – They watch over Heaven and Hell. The custodian of Heaven is called Ridwan, while that of Hell is named Malik. Hell has nineteen angels who watch over it. “Over it (Hell) are nineteen (angels)” (Qur’an 74:30) There are angels who welcome the believers into heaven, greeting them with peace: “And angels shall enter unto them from every gate saying: “salaam alaykum” (peace be upon you for that you persevered in patience! Excellent indeed is the final home.” (Qur’an 13:23-24) Eight angels will carry the Arsh, which is Allah’s greatest creation, on the Day of Judgment: “And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will that Day, bear the throne of your Lord above them.” (Qur’an 69:17) Gabriel (PBUH): The Archangel (A.S) Gabriel (A.S) is one of the four greatest angels. He is appointed to convey revelations to the prophets by Allah. In three places of the Qur’an, His name is Jibril. Besides, He is mentioned in verses as the spirit, rasulun karim, ruh al-Amin and ruh al-qudus”. In addition to these, in one of the hadiths, he is called “an-namus”. The Angel of Soor (The Trumpet): Hz. Israfel (A.S) The angel that will blow the trumpet is called Israfel. His name is mentioned among the four great angels in the hadiths. Israfel will blow two times, in the first one, the Doomsday will occur and in the second blowing, the resurrection will occur. Because of this duty of him, He is called the angel of Soor (the Trumpet). When the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was asked about the nature of the trumpet, he answered: “A horn that is blown” (Ahmad b. Hanbal, II, 196). The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that “Israfel is awaiting the order of blowing while He grasps the trumpet”. (Tabari Jami-ul Bayan, VII, 211; Ibn Kathir, Tafsiru’l-Qur’an-il Azim, Egypt, n.d. II, 276) The Angel of Death: Hz. Azrael (A.S) His duty is to grasp the souls of people whose death times have come. He is called as “Malak-ul Mawt”, that is, the angel of death. Say: “The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly) take your souls: then shall ye be brought back to your Lord.” (Surah as-Sajda) The Angel that controls the events in this realm: Hz. Mikail (A.S) (Michael) He is one of the greatest angels of four and He is responsible for the pouring of rain, the blowing of the wind, natural events such as the ordering of seasons and the management of supplications of the created beings. He is only mentioned in one place of the Qur’an. Hz. Mikail is the angel that manages the divine work of arts that are planted on the field of earth with the power of Allah and His order. The angels of Kiraman Katibin It is the names of the angels who are attendant on the right and left of humans. The angel on the right is responsible for recording the good deeds and manners; the angel on the left is responsible for recording the bad deeds and manners. “The angels who are also called Hafaza will attend as witnesses of the deeds of humans in the Day of Judgment during reckoning. The Angels of Muqarrabun The angels who are known asIlliyyun and Karubbiyyun are responsible for glorifying Allah, are very close to Him and have an exalted place before Allah. “Those who sustain the Throne (of Allah) and those around it sing Glory and Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implore forgiveness for those who believe.” (Surah Ghafir, 7) Munkar – Nakir Angels: They are the angels that question man after he dies in the grave. The words of “Munkar” and “Nakir” means unknown, unrecognized and unaccustomed. They are called by this way because they come to the dead in a way that he/she has not seen before. These two angels question the dead by questions as follows and treat them according to the answers that they receive: Who is your lord? Who is your prophet? What is your book? There are more angels than mentioned here. In hadiths, there are angels who inspires man the right and truth, descend on the earth when the Qur’an is recited, who are spiritual herders of animals on earth, who manage clouds, make the sound of thunder and so on…
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Angels on Your Side: When You Are Feeling Scared is a Picture Books book.	en	https://cdn11.bigcommerc…png?t=1520940887	New Growth Press	https://newgrowthpress.com/children-books/picture-books/angels-on-your-side-when-you-are-feeling-scared/	Angels on Your Side by best-selling children's author Marty Machowski helps fearful children by reassuring them with biblical stories about God's army of angels complete with 3D imagery. When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can you remind them of God's protection and love? When a storm keeps Logan up one night at Grandpa's house, Grandpa comforts him with stories about angels in the Bible who are ever at the Lord's command. When an incredibly powerful angel is on your side, there's no reason to be scared or worried! Logan's Grandpa teaches him that not only are angels real, but God uses his mighty warriors to guard him. Logan learns that God's angels are an invincible army fighting on our behalf in the strength of the Lord. Young readers will learn along with Logan that angels are watching over us and are always on our side. Uses 3D illustrations by Rommel Ruiz to depict the spiritual realm. Two sets of 3D glasses come with each book. Will become a favorite bedtime story, helping children ages 4–7 remember the best way to combat our fears is to take them to God. AUTHOR Marty Machowski is a Family Life Pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church in Glen Mills, PA, where he has served on the pastoral staff for over thirty years. He is the author of a number of family devotionals, curricula (including the Gospel Story for Kids), children's books, and parenting titles. His latest releases include Darkest Night Brightest Day, The Light Before Christmas, The Treasure, and Angels on Your Side. He and his wife, Lois, have six children and several grandchildren, and reside in West Chester, PA. ILLUSTRATOR Rommel Ruiz was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and moved to sunny Southern California to pursue his passion for creative expression and storytelling. An accomplished designer and illustrator, he incorporates influences from theater, film, animation, and mid-century design. His work includes animated visuals for Cartoon Network and the award-winning Luther documentary, as well as illustrations for books including Golly's Folly, The Gospel in Color, Why Do We Say Good Night, Angels on Your Side, and more. He is also the cofounder and art director of Patrol. He and his wife, Anny, live with their two joyful girls in Vancouver, WA. "A sweet little book, uniquely illustrated. This is one parents will return to again and again and one that children will want to hear over and over. I especially appreciate how Marty moves the story from angels to Jesus and his cross and resurrection." Donald S. Whitney, Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY; author of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Praying the Bible, and Family Worship "Marty's talent for exceptional storytelling never ceases to amaze me. Angels on Your Side will usher into the hearts of fearful children a calm reassurance of God's protection. A must-read for every child who struggles with fear and anxiety." Ginger Hubbard, Author of Sam and the Sticky Situation: A Children's Book About Whining and Chloe and the Closet of Secrets: A Children's Book about Lying; cohost, Parenting with Ginger Hubbard podcast "Angels on Your Side is more than just a great book to read to an anxious child during a thunderstorm—it's a celebration of God's sovereign care for his people through angels, ending with a powerful presentation of the gospel. Add in 3D glasses and bold illustrations, and this book is bound to be a hit with kids." Kate Hox, Author of Who Is Jesus? 40 Pictures to Share with Your Family "We all want our children to know the 'breadth and length and height and depth' of God's love for them. Angels On Your Side: When You're Feeling Scared makes the scope of God's care and protection come alive in all its dimensions! This latest children's book by best-selling author Marty Machowski paints a theology of angels using the brilliant 3D designs of master illustrator Rommel Ruiz. Dazzle your kids with the gospel truth and the beauty of God's protecting love." Champ Thornton, Author of The Radical Book for Kids, The Serpent Slayer and the Scroll of Riddles,and Why Do We Say Good Night? "'I'll have to see it to believe it.' That's the philosophy of so many in our world. But the Bible reminds us that much of the real world God created is beyond our sight. Though invisible to us, God's messengers relay prayers to his throne, ministering spirits guard young children, and great battles are fought with evil dragons thrown down in defeat. In Angels on Your Side, Marty Machowski and Rommel Ruiz use clear prose, engaging illustrations, and 3D glasses (!!) to introduce children to God's sovereignty, his providential care, and the spiritual realm where God's army is invisibly but powerfully deployed. What a fun and important book!" Jared Kennedy, Editor, The Gospel Coalition; author of The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible and Keeping Your Children's Ministry on Mission
2622	dbpedia	2	77	https://biblehub.com/revelation/7-2.htm	en	Revelation 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the	https://biblehub.com/vis…66_Rev_07_02.jpg	https://biblehub.com/vis…66_Rev_07_02.jpg	[ "https://biblehub.com/left.png", "https://biblehub.com/right.png", "https://biblehub.com/botleft.png", "https://biblehub.com/botright.png" ]	[ "https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=1408" ]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:			Bible Hub	https://biblehub.com/revelation/7-2.htm	New International Version Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:New Living Translation And I saw another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given power to harm land and sea,English Standard Version Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,Berean Standard Bible And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:Berean Literal Bible And I saw another angel, having ascended from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God. And he cried in a loud voice to the four angels to whom it had been given to them to harm the earth and the sea,King James Bible And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,New King James Version Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,New American Standard Bible And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, holding the seal of the living God; and he called out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,NASB 1995 And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,NASB 1977 And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,Legacy Standard Bible Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,Amplified Bible Then I saw another angel coming up from the rising of the sun, holding the seal of the living God; and with a loud voice he called out to the four angels to whom it was granted [to have authority and power] to harm the earth and the sea,Christian Standard Bible Then I saw another angel rising up from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were allowed to harm the earth and the sea,Holman Christian Standard Bible Then I saw another angel, who had the seal of the living God rise up from the east. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were empowered to harm the earth and the sea: “American Standard Version And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I saw another Angel ascending from the dawning of the Sun and having the seal of THE LIVING GOD, and he cried with a loud voice to the four Angels to whom it was given to harm The Earth and the Sea,Douay-Rheims Bible And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the sign of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, English Revised Version And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,GOD'S WORD® Translation I saw another angel coming from the east with the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been allowed to harm the land and sea,Good News Translation And I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels to whom God had given the power to damage the earth and the sea. International Standard Version I saw another angel coming from the east having the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been permitted to harm the land and sea, Literal Standard Version and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he cried with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying,Majority Standard Bible And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:New American Bible Then I saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea,NET Bible Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea:New Revised Standard Version I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea,New Heart English Bible I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He called out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,Webster's Bible Translation And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,Weymouth New Testament And I saw another angel coming from the east and carrying a seal belonging to the ever-living God. He called in a loud voice to the four angels whose work it was to injure the earth and the sea.World English Bible I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea, Young's Literal Translation and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he did cry with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying,Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context 144,000 Sealed 1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. 2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 3“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”… Cross References Isaiah 41:2 Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.Ezekiel 9:4 "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem," said the LORD, "and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there."Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."Revelation 7:3 "Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God."Revelation 8:3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.Revelation 9:4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.Revelation 9:14 saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." Treasury of Scripture And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, And I. Revelation 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Revelation 10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. having. Revelation 7:3-8 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads… Revelation 5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? Revelation 10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. living. Deuteronomy 5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 1 Samuel 17:26,36 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? … 2 Kings 19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. to whom. Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Revelation 8:7-12 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up… Jump to Previous Angel Angels Ascend Ascending Belonging Carrying Cried Earth East Ever-Living Four Harm Hurt Loud Power Rising Sea Seal Sunrise Voice Jump to Next Angel Angels Ascend Ascending Belonging Carrying Cried Earth East Ever-Living Four Harm Hurt Loud Power Rising Sea Seal Sunrise Voice Revelation 7 1. An angel seals the servants of God in their foreheads. 4. The number of those who were sealed of the tribes of Israel: 144,000. 9. Of all the other nations an innumerable multitude, which stand before the throne. 14. Their robes were washed in the blood of the Lamb. (2) And I saw another angel . . .--Translate, And I saw another angel going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he was crying with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to injure the earth and the sea, saying, Injure ye not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads. The angels appear as carrying out the purposes of God. This angel rises into view from the door of the dawn. In the midst of the dark symptoms of coming storm and judgment there springs up a light for the righteous and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted: they need not be afraid of evil tidings whose hearts stand fast believing in the Lord. This angel carries a seal of the living God. The seal is the emblem of security. The seal was placed on our Lord's sepulchre to keep the tomb safe from invasion; the king's seal was, in the same way, placed on the stone which was laid at the mouth of the den in which Daniel was imprisoned: "the king sealed it with his own signet" (Daniel 6:17). The intrusting of the seal into the hands of others was the token that royal authority had been for the time delegated to man. So Jezebel "wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal" (1Kings 21:8). Esther obtained the use of the king's seal to protect her countrymen from the mischief devised by Haman: "for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse" (Esther 8:8). There is also a seal of the living God. St. Paul tells us that this seal bears two legends. "The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, 'The Lord knoweth them that are his,' and, ' Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity'" (2Timothy 2:19). On the one side, it is dependence on and communion with God; on the other side, it is holiness of life. The sealed are found in Christ, not having their own righteousness, but the righteousness which is of God by faith (Philippians 3:9). For this is the righteousness which will endure to the end, and which is found in them who are "sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance" (Ephesians 1:13-14). God's image and superscription is impressed on such; just as afterwards we are told of all the servants of God, "His name shall be in their foreheads" (Revelation 22:4). This token is a true safe-guard and talisman; as the sprinkled blood on the lintel protected the house from the destroying angel at the first Passover. It is a token also of those who have not conformed to the evil world; they are like those whom Ezekiel saw in Jerusalem, when the Lord sent the man with the inkhorn "to set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done" (Ezekiel 9:4). There has been much misapprehension respecting this act of sealing. It has been said that it implies security, and assures God's servants of protection in the coming judgments: this is, in a sense, true; but the sealing, as will have been seen by the passages quoted above, is that sealing of the Spirit, that root of heavenly life in the soul, which is the pledge of the soul's union with God; and the terms of the charter of their protection are, Who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? In the Bible idea, sin, or moral defilement, is the only real evil: all other things work together for good. The breastplate which turns aside the fiery darts is the breastplate of righteousness: those who, escaping the corruptions which are in the world through lust, become partakers of the divine nature are in consequence victorious over all the evil. They are not exempt from the vicissitudes and tribulation of life: the winds are let loose to blow, but they are sealed, and they cannot be shaken; for what and who can separate them from the love of Christ? They are sealed by the Holy Spirit; they have an earnest of that Spirit in their hearts (Ephesians 4:30, and 2Corinthians 1:22), and the pledge of His power in their lives. St. John gives the same two-fold test as St. Paul (2Timothy 2:9): (1) "Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit" (1John 4:13); and (2) "Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments" (1John 2:3). The sealing is on the forehead: it is God's mark, but it is where all may see it. "By their fruits ye shall know them." The cry of the angel is, Injure not the sea nor the trees. Doubtless the sea and trees are mentioned as these are the objects which would be most disturbed and injured by a storm of wind. Trees are used as emblems of real and of pretended religionism. The true-hearted in faith are described as trees planted by the waterside, whose fruit does not wither; and it is singular that St. Jude, who pictures the Antinomian teachers of his day under the image of autumn trees (not trees whose fruit withereth, as in English version) without fruit, immediately adds an expression which almost suggests the sudden uprising of a testing storm: the fruitless trees are "plucked up by the roots" (Jude 1:12). . . . Verse 2. - And I saw another angel ascending from the east; from the rising of the sun. Again no individual angel is particularized, though an archangel may be intended, as he has authority over the first four. He proceeds from that quarter whence comes light; and, like the Sun of Righteousness, he rises with healing in his wings; for his mission is to render secure the servants of God. Wordsworth thinks Christ, or a messenger from Christ, is meant - a view shared by Hengstenberg; Vitringa says the Holy Ghost; Victorinus, the Prophet Elijah. That this angel was of like nature with the first four appears probable from the words in ver. 3, "till we have sealed the servants of our God." Having the seal of the living God. The sealing instrument with which they seal God's servants. Of its nature we are told nothing beyond what is contained in ver. 3. He is specially referred to as "the living God," since, by this sealing, life is imparted. We have here the shorter expression, "the living God," not, as in all ether places of the Apocalypse, "him that liveth forever and ever" (see Revelation 4:9; Revelation 5:14; Revelation 10:6; Revelation 15:7). And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels (cf. Revelation 1:10; Revelation 5:2; Revelation 6:10) to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea; that is, by letting loose the winds, as shown by vers. 1 and 3. Bengel and Rinck, looking only at the immediate context, thought that the hurt was done by preventing the winds from blowing on the earth and cooling it in the scorching plagues which follow (Revelation 8:7). The trees are not mentioned, being included in the earth; and this appears to indicate that the expression, "the earth, the sea, and the trees" (vers. 1 and 3), signifies the world in general, without being intended to represent individual parts, as the great men, etc. (see on Revelation 5:1). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek And καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. I saw εἶδον (eidon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. another ἄλλον (allon) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different. angel ἄγγελον (angelon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. ascending ἀναβαίνοντα (anabainonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 305: To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. [the] east, ἀνατολῆς (anatolēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 395: From anatello; a rising of light, i.e. Dawn; by implication, the east. with ἔχοντα (echonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. [the] seal σφραγῖδα (sphragida) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 4973: Probably strengthened from phrasso; a signet; by implication, the stamp impressed, literally or figuratively. of [the] living ζῶντος (zōntos) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live. God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. he called out ἔκραξεν (ekraxen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2896: To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to 'croak' or scream, i.e. to call aloud. in a loud μεγάλῃ (megalē) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. voice φωνῇ (phōnē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language. to the τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. four τέσσαρσιν (tessarsin) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 5064: Four. Or neuter tessara a plural number; four. angels ἀγγέλοις (angelois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. who οἷς (hois) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. had been given [power] ἐδόθη (edothē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. to harm ἀδικῆσαι (adikēsai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 91: To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. land γῆν (gēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sea: θάλασσαν (thalassan) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2281: Probably prolonged from hals; the sea. Links Revelation 7:2 NIV Revelation 7:2 NLT Revelation 7:2 ESV Revelation 7:2 NASB Revelation 7:2 KJVRevelation 7:2 BibleApps.com Revelation 7:2 Biblia Paralela Revelation 7:2 Chinese Bible Revelation 7:2 French Bible Revelation 7:2 Catholic BibleNT Prophecy: Revelation 7:2 I saw another angel ascend (Rev. Re Apocalypse)
2622	dbpedia	2	20	https://crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/2023/06/30/angels-before-man-a-good-angel-book-at-last/	en	Angels Before Man: A good angel book at last?	https://crowdefeatsbooks…/06/62877213.jpg	https://crowdefeatsbooks…/06/62877213.jpg	[ "https://crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-img_20220811_184100_755-removebg-preview.png?w=270", "https://crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/62877213.jpg?w=344&h=500&crop=1", "https://crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lookokay.png?w=1024", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9781419760860-931019973.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1063534-352x500-971454876.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/uglies.png?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/9781782275572-1-768x1220-630x1000-3455211054.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/nnoinoin.png?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/unwindrow.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/maxridebits.png?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/62877213.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/43275562.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://i0.wp.com/crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/419koi1luul.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1", "https://crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-dallc2b7e-2022-08-10-22.43.33-pixel-art-detailed-large-of-a-crow-reading-a-book..png?w=50", "https://crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-dallc2b7e-2022-08-10-22.43.33-pixel-art-detailed-large-of-a-crow-reading-a-book..png?w=50", "https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2023-06-30T00:00:00	There is a rule in headlines, and joke that is hard to forget: if a headline ends in a question, the answer to that question is almost certainly 'no'. Is this the next big thing? No. Can this one trick save your life? No. Did he really say this? No. So, is Angels Before Man…	en	https://crowdefeatsbooks…a-book..png?w=32	Crow Defeats Books	https://crowdefeatsbooks.wordpress.com/2023/06/30/angels-before-man-a-good-angel-book-at-last/	There is a rule in headlines, and joke that is hard to forget: if a headline ends in a question, the answer to that question is almost certainly ‘no’. Is this the next big thing? No. Can this one trick save your life? No. Did he really say this? No. So, is Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás a quality angel book, the kind I a certified Angel Champ, can love? Well. It’s not no, but it’s not yes. It’s sort of a strange something else, and we’ll see where I land as I strangle these thoughts out. I should note, I got this book for free to review. I should also note I actually bought the book a few weeks before I received it. Does this mean my review is at all impacted? I don’t know, but it’s fittingly in between, fittingly funny for this odd book. …because the angels had only known goodness to be obedience, they did as told. pg 307 The Premise and the Writing The story of Angels Before Man is evident right in the title- Angels, Before Man. It is the story of Lucifer and his fall from grace according to the Bible. With that in mind, there is not much to the story to spoil beyond its different take on the tale: it is primarily from the perspective of Lucifer, from birth to fall, and also centers on a love story between him and Archangel Michael. The book itself is split into two halves, with one being a gentle and sunny coming of age- Lucifer born, living in the society of Heaven and learning about himself as he grows close to Michael. The second half is very different, so much so the introduction to the book warns it is not necessary. I wonder how many people can stand to read only the first half of a book they have open before them, but the warning is sufficient: by the end, the paradise of the first half fully transforms into a bloody hellscape of violence and chaos. This is fitting, but it is a sharp contrast, and the two warring halves are where much of my conflict about the book lays. You see, Angels Before Man is a great angel book, but I’m not sure it’s a good book book. The pacing is extremely slow and the story increasingly muddled. Part of this is the writing: it is extremely poetic to the degree I fear it is too poetic, with every scene bloated by rambling musings and fractured thoughts. By the end the writing resembles the broken mental state of Lucifer, and following what is going on is increasingly a chore. Yes, it reflects the emotions and some of the words are lovely, but no, it does not deliver the story particularly well. Much of the book is lost beneath this endless tide of vibes and stray thoughts, stretching out every scene and action. I don’t know if I am describing it well, which is the issue. I understand this kind of poetry/prose mix is simply not my cup of tea, but even for fans of the style I suspect the book lays it on too thick. It’s like wading through honey, to copy some of the poetic language: everything is slow and sweet, but hard to push through, and after a while it begins to all sound the same. Especially when all that fancy language is built around scenes where characters talk or action happens- it’s extremely easy to not know what is actually happening in scenes because everyone is so lost in thought. Words like this were made to be quoted in short form, but this is a full length novel, and the honey flow never stops. Let’s see if I can find an example: “But will you do as I say?” ‘Gabriel, the eternally youthful angel. He is too full of optimisn – spends all his time laying over the clouds with the wonder of someone who has just met the sky.’ Raphael remebered all those million times he’d awoken over his desk, having fainted from exaustion, with a blanket curiously draped over his shoulders. Gabriel had never admitted it was him, but Raphael caught him once, slipping out of the room after tucking a pillow beneath Raphael’s head. “Hm?” ‘He is the kindest angel, and one can’t be too kind, right? Perhaps he is correct. All will be well again. There is nothing to worry about.’ pg 275 This segment is squashed between the viewpoint of Lucifer, and that in itself is one of the largest issues. While the majority of the time the story is from Lucifer’s third person perspective, in later chapters it begins to freely hop about to various other characters, often in the middle of chapters. At points this is used to great effect to draw contrast between two conflicting scenes, but very often it will only be a for a paragraph or two then move on. There’s no scene break differentiating the jumps, making it sometimes unclear who we are following and what is happening. Worsening that, the book is full of- increasingly- thoughts. The thoughts are all written in single quote marks, often directly after double quotation mark dialogue. All of it then leads to many paragraphs where the writing feels like a slurry in a bad way rather than an artistic haze. At plenty of points the prose is mighty fine though. There’s lots of lovely metaphors and flowey language, plenty of imagry in particular around fruit and flowers that lead to Heaven feeling as lush and grand as it is meant to. It can be a bit tiring if you aren’t wild about nonstop vivid prose, but usually it’s pretty and fitting. Heaven feels like the sort of place that justifies endless flittering prose, and we are in Heaven. Let’s talk about that more. Plot This book is set in Heaven, where time has no meaning and nothing quite exists. Eden is God’s private garden where he sits upon his throne, and Earth is newly made and full of dinosaurs. There are thousands of angels who live happily in Heaven, filling endless days with anything at all: they discover what they are the angel of and do it, creating art, games, and music, harvesting food and brewing wine, playing games in the colousseum of relaxing in the bathhouse. Some go down to Earth on God’s order, or visit Eden to sing him praise, while others place stars across the sky. It is a true paradise, where everyone is happy and thankful to have been made and given such a life. Lucifer is the newest born angel and he is beautiful. All angels clamour to just gaze upon him, which makes him frettfully shy. He is called the angel of beauty but knows this is not his true purpose, especially because he finds himself almost ashamed of his stunning appearence. He lives with Rosier, the angel of fruit, and befriends Asmodeus, the angel of friendship. All of Heaven is eager to get to know Lucifer, as this is before bad feelings properly have been invented. Lucifer’s coming of age, as it were, is the center of the first half of the novel: very little happens otherwise. It’s a slow, fluffy, slice of life in Heaven. While I found myself at times a bit miffed by the slowness, this part of the book is great. It’s everything, really: I love angels, I’m the chief and champ of loving angels, and this is what I wanted. Books about angels and angel society from the viewpoint of angels, people who aren’t people acting as people. You know? Does that make sense? The characters are not wholly distinct at points, but all very sweet, and all of Heaven feels warm and serene. It fits and it works, and it’s good. Lucifer sees Archangel Michael one day and is immediatly fixated on him, wanting to get to know him. When Lucifer eventually embraces music and performance, leading all of Heaven in a song of worship, Michael notices him. The two meet and immediatly bond: Lucifer becomes the angel of worship, soon called to visit God every day, and Michael his closest friend. That closeness is a near obsession, but really more the first sparks within Lucifer of desire. Romance and sex do not yet exist, but Lucifer wants Michael in ways he can’t figure out and has no word for. The book does though. I should note, and it’s fine, it is, but man: this is the horniest writing I’ve ever read. Boy. This book writes about fruit like it is sex, and in general brims with like. Wet, sloppy homoeroticism. Which is part of the point, but gee. The same seraph held in his hand a new fruit, denser, crisp and gleaming beneath the relentless radiance of God. When he brought it to the cherub’s mouth, he anticipated the same motions as before. Instead, he found the newborn opening his mouth wantonly, willingly, blind, at the mere brush of fruit against his lips, still dadded with the juice of the previous one. There was no need for coaxing this time; the cherub closed his mouth around a bite and swallowed it whole. pg 13 The primary story of the first half of the book is just Lucifer and then Michael, and their start of a sort of romance. It doesn’t look or feel much like romance in many ways, but then it is the first ever love story. So we can’t complain much. There is little that happens and little sign of trouble, and by the end it is a sweet novella with a cozy atmostphere. But then we have the second part. It gets strange. It’s hard to really, again, draw out a direct plot and it takes a while for there to definitely be one. Lucifer begins to have troubling dreams of a monstrous beast and attacks his friend Rosier when waking up one day. He goes to pray, and God tells him he is the Beast and rips him apart. Lucifer is rendered mute and traumatized by the event, still growing closer to Michael. There begins to be signs of trouble and doubt within Lucifer, but it’s a slow burn. Lucifer’s shyness melted away thanks to Michael’s support, but he begins to instead become vain, staring at his reflection for hours and realizing how it gives him control over other angels. Lucifer’s relationship with Michael continues to deepen, including kissing, though it is still an ill defined thing. Lucifer has been lacking in his once exobrient worship of God, who calls him to Eden. While there, Lucifer is still slightly defiant rather than full of love, and God berates him and then rapes him. Yes, it is not seen but a rather clear plot point which happens. Lucifer is left deeply traumatized and begins to self mutilate, in general now on a sharp mental decline. He is extremely codependent on Michael and their relationship as he continues to show erring behaviour. At a party, he teaches one young angel to steal and begins thinking that is he so perfect he may be better than God. He steals a bird from Eden and gathers a number of angels, ordering them to kill it and feel that power. He begins to fully realize how much power he has in his beauty and how much control it gives him over others. He continues to invent sin, and various sins, at another party gathering his followers and teaching them about sex, which turns then into an orgy. Most everyone is worried about Lucifer’s behaviour, but no angel has ever been like this, so no one quite knows what to do. Michael adores Lucifer, but feels rather torn as he grows more erratic. Asmodeus runs from the orgy and attempts to rape Rosier, who accidentally tears him into bloody pieces. Lucifer gathers his followers and calls for revolution and that God is not a fair one and an angel as king would be better. He is pleased when his followers all agree he would make the best king, and he orders them to tear apart Heaven. Heaven descends into a mess of chaos and destruction and sin as a third of all angels follow Lucifer’s orders. What the majority do is unclear, as the rebels run rampent, but perhaps it is a case that they do nothing as violence has never existed before and they do not understand what is meant to be done about it. Lucifer finds Michael and asks he join him, wanting Michael by his side forever, but Michael can’t believe what is happening and rejects him. Lucifer and his followers gather the archangels and continue to do wild violence. Night is over Heaven for the first time and it seems like God has abandoned them, but then it begins to rain blood. The rebels prepare weapons and to seize the throne of God. Lucifer lies that Michael has accepted his new reign, and hopes Michael will eventually come around once God is dead. Lucifer and the rebels storm the throne of Heaven. It doesn’t go particularly well, especially when Michael appears to fight Lucifer. Michael cries, but does what he is told, cutting off Lucifer’s wings and throwing him down so that God can cast him away. The other rebels stand by and ask to fall and join Lucifer. God declares that with this rebellion, Heaven as they knew it is over. He says he now plans to make humanity, and as punishment the angels will have to serve humans and never have Heaven again. On Earth, the fallen angels now lurk about. The End. You can see the sharp contrast even in this pretty blurry summary of events. One is a daydream, one is a nightmare, though it takes a long time for the second part to properly devolve even into that. Unlike a lot of books, I don’t feel like the brutal violence was childish- often it feels like that, like an author wanting to bash out some teenage angst into acts of atrocity. But it still didn’t quite work for me either. As much as I wanted it to be a tragedy, the cast was warm but interchangable, and Lucifer was not a character I really mourned. It’s his journey in the end, and there’s sadness in that he once was so innocent and cute, but it was hard to feel fully connected to the characters through the haze of the thick prose. So I didn’t want bad things to happen to them, but when Phanuel’s face was being skinned, I couldn’t exactly cry over it. The gore, violence, and rape are viseral and well suited for the heavy metaphors used around them, but a certain amount of it does feel more like shock value than any other value. I suppose because I could never get invested in the cast enough for it to be a tragedy, shock is the only thing that is left. Overall, and I think this is obvious, I feel very mixed about the second half of the book. Extremely mixed, and super lacking in the right words to sum it up. It happened, but much of it was formless. Lucifer and Michael’s relationship had many fine words in and around it, but in the end it felt static and lost to lyricism around it. Lucifer’s descent into sin was gradual, but still suddenly spurrned from nothing and at latter points used the very-hated trope of ‘voices in his head’ as his three other cherub faces apparently whispered evil thoughts. It took a long time to get to the climax, and though it was bloody it was also over fast and had surprisingly little to say at the end. I don’t really know about Angels Before Man. Part of me thinks the notion of it being two seperate parts should go further: two seperate books. One is the one I would recommend, which explores Angels, Before Man. The other I just wouldn’t, not because of the triggers but because it simply doesn’t work for me. I was excited and enjoyed reading a book like this, doing something new and doing it about angels, but the writing couldn’t deliver the story it wanted to tell, or a clear story in general. It’s a very pretty bunch of words though. Much of it may be better in small, quotable chunks. PASSING ANGEL THOUGHTS +Props for the snake in Eden and his little legs. Hehe. Basic detail but I loved him. +Cherubim have two sets of wings in the book of Ezekiel and in some places, but usually are placed in the highest sphere and have three sets. It just mildly bothered me because they are pretty much always three sets of wings and Lucifer has two. It’s not wrong! But! +I can’t help but hehehe at Good Angel parallels. They are such extremely different books but hey. Purple winged beauty angel has a coming of age with the first half being a slow slice of life and the second a faster and more violent tone shift.
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2622	dbpedia	0	97	https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-studies/topical-bible-studies/angels-good-evil/	en	Angels – Good and Evil	https://www.neverthirsty…nd-evil-icon.jpg	https://www.neverthirsty…nd-evil-icon.jpg	[ "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/angels-are-good-and-evil.jpg 540w, https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/angels-are-good-and-evil-300x193.jpg 300w", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/angels-are-good-and-evil.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/atrists-view-of-angels-450x301.jpg 540w, https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/atrists-view-of-angels-450x301-300x200.jpg 300w", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/atrists-view-of-angels-450x301.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/personality-of-angels.png 1191w, https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/personality-of-angels-300x240.png 300w, https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/personality-of-angels-1030x824.png 1030w, https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/personality-of-angels-768x615.png 768w, https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/personality-of-angels-705x564.png 705w", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/personality-of-angels.png", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240331-searching-for-god-sidebar.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240331-searching-for-god-sidebar.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/wolf-and-lamb-isaiah-11-6-sidebar.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/wolf-and-lamb-isaiah-11-6-sidebar.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/neverthirsty-purpose.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/neverthirsty-purpose.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240523-life-of-christ-sidebar.jpg", "https://www.neverthirsty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240523-life-of-christ-sidebar.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2005-08-26T17:00:53+00:00	Discover the various types of angels found in the Bible. These include cherubim, seraphim, archangels, which are both good and evil angels.	en	https://www.neverthirsty…icon-1-32x32.png	NeverThirsty	https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-studies/topical-bible-studies/angels-good-evil/	Angelic beings are a mystery to us. Many of us are fascinated by angels – both real and images. We can purchase angel figurines and products in both secular and Christian stores. We imagine that angels are soft, winged creatures with pink and white clothes. Some believe that they have halos and fly. Artists usually present angels as being female, even though scripture assigns them male names such as Michael and Gabriel. It is common to see images of little baby angels too, but scripture always presents angels as adults. Many books have been written about angels in recent years. One Christian book store had over 368 books related to angels with titles such as “Darien, Guardian Angel of Jesus” and “A Tree Full of Angels.” Some people worship angels because they revere them very highly. Yet, God warns us against worshiping angels. Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels . . . Colossians 2:18 (NASB) But who are angels? What do they do? How did angels come into existence? What are their abilities? What is their purpose or job? What is their future?” The purpose of this study is to explore the answers to these questions as well as others. Angels Are Created Creatures. Heaven is not a place where angels sit on fluffy clouds playing harps. Revelation 4 gives us a glimpse of the throne room of heaven where four angels, Cherubim, reside along with twenty-four elders and four lamps. The floor of the throne room appears to be like a sea of crystal. Heaven is not a place angels sitting on. 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 tells us that there are three heavens. According to Jewish custom the first heaven was our atmosphere, the second heaven was outer space, and the third one was where God dwells. The third heaven is what we commonly call heaven. God dwells there. God created everything that is in these heavens. He created everything that is visible and invisible. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible . . . Colossians 1:16 (NASB) See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18:10 (NASB) These two passages clearly tell us that God created everything, including the angels in heaven. Angels are not divine beings nor are they glorified humans who were once dead. Nor are angels humans who are on probation because of their conduct in a former life. Angels Are Spirits. So what are angels? First, angels are invisible spiritual beings who are spirits. That is the message of Hebrews. And of the angels He says, “WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS, AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE . . . Are they not all ministering spirits . . . Hebrews 1:7, 14 (NASB) On occasions they can become visible to us. The following passage reveals that the prophet Balaam did not initially see an angel. God had allowed the donkey to see the angel in the beginning, but Balaam was not allowed to see the angel until later. When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick . . . Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground. And the angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Numbers 22:27, 31-32 (NASB) When angels do become visible, they appear similar to a human being. Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God . . . Judges 13:6 (NASB) It is possible that some of us may have unknowingly talked with or seen an angel. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2 (NASB) The virgin Mary was surprised by one that apparently came through a wall and suddenly appeared in her room (Luke 1:28). This implies that angels as spirits can move through walls and go anywhere they desire. Angels Were Created Before the World. When did God create these invisible creatures? He created them before He created us. We learn this from a conversation that He had with Job. Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, Who set its measurements, since you know? Or who stretched the line on it? On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? Job 38:4-7 (NASB) In this passage the “sons of God” are angels (see Job 1:6-7) and in Daniel 4:13 they are also called “watchers.” We do not know if any angels are male or female. It does not appear they are, but scripture never actually says. All that scripture says is that they do not get married and have children or little “cherubs.” For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven . . Mark 12:25 (NASB) How many angels did God make? He made so many that we cannot count them according to Hebrews 12:22 and Revelation 5:11, . . . and to myriads of angels Hebrews 12:22 (NASB) . . . many angels around the throne . . . the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands . . . Revelation 5:11 (NASB) Types of Angels God created different types of angels. We do not know how many different types of angels there are because we are not sure that scripture has revealed all of them to us. Scripture only says that two types of angels have wings: cherubim, and seraphim. We usually think of angels as having two wings, but cherubim appear to have four wings and seraphim appear to have six wings. Cherubim Angels Cherubim appear more often in scripture than any other type of angel. They appear throughout the entire Bible beginning in the book of Genesis and ending in the book of Revelation. They are first mentioned as guardians of the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden. So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every direction, to guard the way to the tree of life. Genesis 3:24 (NASB) God put them there to keep Adam and Eve out of the garden. God directed Moses to have gold figurines of cherubim created and placed over the mercy seat in the ark of the covenant which was located in the tabernacle and then later in the temple in Jerusalem (Ex. 25:20). Apparently, God did this because cherubim are present in the throne room. The cherubim described in Ezekiel 1:1-15; 10:8-10, 20-21 do not look like the typical paintings and sculptures found in museums and stores. These passages reveal that these angels have human form, legs, hands, and faces, but they also have wings. . . . they had human form. Each of them had four faces and four wings. And their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward. As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man, all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies. Ezekiel 1:5-11 (NASB) In the book of Ezekiel we discover that these angels can fly or move through space, and hover in one place. And the cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings . . . When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD’S house. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. Ezekiel 10:8, 19 (NASB) Ezekiel 28:11-16 and Isaiah 14:13-14 suggest that one of the cherubim was the most beautiful creature in heaven. He was called the “anointed cherub” (note that cherubim is the plural form of cherub). He later rebelled against God and brought evil into the universe. Seraphim Angels Another special type of angels are the seraphim. These angels are only found in the book of Isaiah. They have six wings. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew . . . Then one of the seraphim flew to me, with a burning coal in his hand which he had taken from the altar with tongs. Isaiah 6:2, 6 (NASB) Seraphim appear to render worship to God continually. Their names means “burning ones.” Other Types of Angels There may be other types of angels, but scripture does not reveal that any others exist. Rank and Order of Angels God tells us that there is an authority structure among these angels. Jude 9 tells us that the angel is an archangel and Daniel 10:13 says that he is a “chief prince.” Revelation 12:7 says “Michael and his angels waging war” in heaven sometime in the future. This means that Michael is like a general leading a host of angels. The Apostle Paul also reveals that there is rank and order among the angels when he writes, For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 (NASB) This reveals that there is a command structure among the angels. Evil And Good Angels Some of the angels are good and some are evil. That means, for example, some of the cherubim are good and some are evil. In modern times, evil angels have been usually called demons, spirits, or ghosts, but the holy angels are usually called “angels.” Evil Angels Evil angels came into existence when one unique cherub sinned by wanting to be like God. The other evil angels, maybe cherubim and seraphim, became evil angels when they decided to rebel against God too! The Anointed Cherub — The Fallen Angel There was one special cherub which God called His anointed cherub. His name is Lucifer, Satan, or the Devil. 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. Ezekiel 28:14 (NASB) This cherub must have been astonishingly beautiful. . . . You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created . . . You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created, Until unrighteousness was found in you. Ezekiel 28:12-13, 15 (NASB) But this anointed cherub is no longer perfect and blameless because he sinned. You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created, Until unrighteousness was found in you . . . . . . Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty . . . Ezekiel 28:15, 17 (NASB) . . . you said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. Isaiah 14:13-14 (NASB) His name was also Son of the Morning. How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground . . . Isaiah 14:12 (NKJV) Evil Angels Are Demons When Satan sinned in heaven by wanting to be like God, he motivated one-third of the angels in heaven to follow him and rebel against God. But Satan was cast out of heaven and they were thrown out too. . . . swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Revelation 12:4 (NASB) Today, Satan is the leader of this army of evil or fallen angels. They are called demons. But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.” Matthew 12:24 (NASB) Fallen angels are organized. Each one has a function. In Daniel 10:13-21 a holy angel was sent from God to Daniel. This passage gives us a surprising view into spiritual warfare. He reveals that Satan has an organization and some of his demons are called princes. The demons oversee the different nations of the world. The holy angel also reveals to Daniel that he needed help from Michael, an archangel (Jude 9), in order to come to Daniel. This means the angels also differ in power. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. Daniel 10:13 (NASB) Ephesians 6:12 calls evil angels “rulers of darkness.” What a title! They are in control of this age, since Satan himself is said to be the “spirit of the world” (1 Corinthians 2:12) and “the god of this world” (2 Corinthians 4:4). Yet, all angels are in submission to God (Luke 8:29-31). They are not completely free to do as they want. Yet God has allowed them freedom to perform evil acts, just as God is allowing man to do evil. We are in a spiritual war zone with Satan and his demons (Ephesians 6:12). Satan and his army pretend to be messengers of truth or angels of light. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14 (NASB) The doctrines of demons are unknowingly taught in some churches as truth according to 1 Timothy 4:1. One of the most common errors is the reinterpretation of scripture to accommodate each culture’s view of right and wrong. You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes . . . Deuteronomy 12:8 (NASB) Some teach that scripture is not completely accurate. They believe the Bible has errors about science and history. Consequently, they say the Bible only contains the Word of God. It is not the Word of God. They seek “spiritual uplifting” but not from God. Some years ago, I visited a church in the San Francisco area. The pastor preached a wonderful, “biblically solid” sermon. Later we discovered in conversation that he did not believe in the virgin birth of Jesus or that Jesus is God. He was a great speaker and seemed very warm and compassionate, but he was a tool of Satan. How can we recognize the teachings of demons? Many would say when they deny Jesus Christ, but that is not the only evidence. Listen to Paul, But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods, which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. 1 Timothy 4:1-3 (NASB) Demons know the Bible too. Satan even quoted the Bible to Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11). But they want to teach you the opposite of truth. They are attacking the Word of Truth. They do not want us to know truth. They want us to believe error. Scripture says the difference between the world’s religions and the Truth is a difference not in religious philosophy, but in demonic teaching. Religious beliefs and thoughts not taught in the Bible. They are the teachings of fallen or evil angels. God is not open minded. There is one and only one truth – period! Everything else is from evil angels. And served their idols, Which became a snare to them. They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons . . . Psalm 106:36-37 (NASB) They want to keep us from knowing Jesus as our God and Savior (Matthew 13:19; Acts 26:18). If they fail there, they will work to teach Christians lies (2 Corinthians 11:14; Galatians 1:8). If they fail there, another target is to make us ineffective for Jesus’ Kingdom or eventually to destroy us if God will permit them. Their goal is to create doctrinal confusion, cause division within churches, motivate Christians to sin, or produce Christians with hearts that are cold towards others. Demons also work to motivate us to sin (Luke 22:3) in a variety of ways. Sexual sin (1 Corinthians 7:5), lying (John 8:44), pride , greed, and food are just several examples of sin that the demons want us to indulge in (Matthew 4:1-11). Evil Angels In Prison These angels, including Satan, will be judged by God at the end of time (Revelation 20:10). While these evil angels follow Satan, there appears to be another group of even more wicked angels who are in a supernatural prison – an abyss – awaiting future judgment. It appears they sinned back at the time of Noah. From Jude 6-7 we learn they cohabitated with women in some way. They violated God’s boundaries (Jude 6). For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment . . . 2 Peter 2:4 (NASB) Their special prison sounds bottomless (Rev. 9:2). One demon during Jesus’ ministry on earth referred to this prison in a conversation with Jesus. And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him. And they were entreating Him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now there was a herd of many swine feeding there on the mountain; and the demons entreated Him to permit them to enter the swine. And He gave them permission. Luke 8:30-32 (NASB) None of these demons on Satan’s staff can be rescued from their sin of rebellion. Why? God does not give us the answer. For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. Hebrews 2:16 (NASB) Demons Are Ministers Satan and his followers are ministers of God even though they are evil. God uses them to discipline Christians and to keep Christians from sinning (Job 1-2; 2 Corinthians 12:7). Some churches today practice church discipline. That is a God honoring practice. In Paul’s day church discipline was routine. 1 Corinthians 5 deals with a brother who had sex with his step mother. The man did not repent, so Paul did the following, I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 1 Corinthians 5:5 (NASB) This was church discipline, and Satan was allowed at this individual. Paul had to do the same thing to some other Christians (1 Timothy 1:20). God even used demons to prevent Paul from sinning with pride (2 Corinthians 12:7). Good Angels The holy angels are organized too according to Ephesians 3:10. . . . so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. Ephesians 3:10 (NASB) We know the names of only two of the holy angels: Michael and Gabriel. Michael first appeared in the book of Daniel, then in Jude and finally in Revelation. Gabriel is the other holy angel frequently mentioned in scripture. He occurs in the book of Daniel in connection with Daniel’s dreams (Daniel 8:16; 9:21) and in Luke 1:19, 26 when he speaks to Zacharias and Mary. When he tells Zacharias that his wife, Elizabeth, will give birth to John the Baptist, Gabriel says, I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. Luke 1:19. (NASB) What a statement! He is the one who stands in the presence of God. This implies a special position. Holy Angels Are Ministers Holy angels are servants of God – ministers for Him. They have ministered to humans by delivering messages from God, communicating the Word of God, and protecting us. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? Hebrews 1:14 (NASB) They have ministered as messengers to the prophet Elijah (2 Kings 1:3), Daniel (Daniel 10:10-13), Mary (Luke 1:26), and Joseph (Matthew 1:20), for example. They also ministered to Jesus in some way after His being tempted by Satan. And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him. Mark 1:13 (NASB) They can be gracious to us when it is God’s desire (Zechariah 1:13). Angels participated in the giving of the Mosaic Law. We do not fully understand how they did this, but scripture says, . . . you who received the law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it. Acts 7:53 (NASB) Some holy angels are responsible for protecting us. See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their angels in heaven continually behold the face of My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18:10 (NASB) Good angels had the responsibility to protect Jesus (Psalm 91:11-12). A missionary in China, before communism ruled, related a story about a time when the Chinese army went through the country side killing foreign missionaries. News had come to the missionary compound that the army was near. So the missionaries prayed for God’s protection. The missionaries could hear the soldiers nearby. When morning came the compound was untouched. Later a missionary saw one of the soldiers and asked why the soldiers never came in. The soldier replied, “Because of the army on your roof and on the grounds. There were too many.” The missionary was surprised because there was no human army at the headquarters. It appears that God had sent an army of angels to protect the missionaries. Angels can minister to us in many ways, but they do not replace the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit puts us into the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13), seals us (Ephesians 1:13), indwells us (James 4:5), helps us pray (Romans 8:26), teaches us (1 Corinthians 2:12-14), and fills us (Ephesians 5:17-18). Angels do not do these things. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is directly within us while angels minister to us externally. Characteristics of Angels Both evil and holy angels are intelligent, but they do not know everything. In 1 Peter we find that the prophets did not understand the scripture they wrote when they were under the influence of the Holy Spirit, but neither did the angels. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven–things into which angels long to look. 1 Peter 1:12 (NASB) Angels can influence for good or evil. Demons want us to sin, especially Satan (Acts 5:3). Demons work to motivate us to action by changing our circumstances (Job 1-2). Angels also have emotional feelings. Jesus told us that they are happy when a person repents over his or her sins and turns to God. In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:10 (NASB) So they have emotions, a will (Satan sinned), and physical movement. They can be invisible or visible. They are not omniscient, omnipotent, nor are they omnipresent. But they are intelligent, powerful, and they can move fast. Angels are very powerful creatures. God can use just one of them to destroy an entire city. And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it . . . 1 Chronicles 21:15 (NASB) God used an army of angels to kill the first-born in the nation of Egypt. He sent upon them His burning anger, fury, and indignation, and trouble, A band of destroying angels. Psalm 78:49 (NASB) Some day Jesus will return with an army of angels from heaven to destroy the world. And to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire . . . 2 Thessalonians 1:7 (NASB) But angels are not all powerful, as we saw in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire . . . 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. Ezekiel 28:14, 16 (NASB) In fact some day Christians will judge the evil angels (1 Corinthians 6:3). Now that is unbelievable, and it shows that God controls them. They are not in control (Hebrews 2:5). They are only God’s servants. But temporarily He has allowed some angels the freedom to do as they want – within limits. Conclusion Angels are God’s ministers to do His work, but they are not in submission to us. Yes, they minister to us (Hebrews 1:14), but we cannot tell them what to do. God did not intend for them to obey us and take direction from us. Some people are too interested in angels and almost worship angels. Angels are not God. We must pray not to them but to God. God wants our praise and our thanks. We should not share God’s praise with His creatures. Men and women who pursue angels to gain a spiritual or material blessing are asking for trouble. The angel you think is a minister for God may turn out to be a member of Satan’s team. It is important to remember that Satan and his followers appear as angels of light. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14 (NASB) Scripture never anywhere encourages us to seek anything from angels. Anyone who teaches otherwise fits the Apostle Peter’s description of a false teacher. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties, whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord. But these . . . reviling where they have no knowledge . . .They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you, having eyes full of adultery and that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed . . . 2 Peter 2:10-14 (NASB) This is a sign of a false teacher – an arrogant one – one who apparently has a light-hearted attitude towards angels and a selfish heart for himself or herself, one who feels in control and confident, one who does not understand scripture or what he is really dealing with. We are warned to resist Satan and his demons (James 4:7). Some day we will see Jesus and be in heaven along with God’s holy angels. We will join the seraphim, cherubim, archangels and the innumerable host of heaven. But best of all we will see Jesus Christ and understand the wonders of a God in three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. What a wonderful experience we will have for eternity as we spend time together and worship Jesus, And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME.” Revelation 4:8 (NASB)
2622	dbpedia	0	4	https://leann-rimes.fandom.com/wiki/On_the_Side_of_Angels	en	On the Side of Angels	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leann-rimes/images/e/e6/Site-logo.png/revision/latest?cb=20210719162516	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leann-rimes/images/e/e6/Site-logo.png/revision/latest?cb=20210719162516	[ "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leann-rimes/images/e/e6/Site-logo.png/revision/latest?cb=20210719162516", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leann-rimes/images/4/4a/LeAnn_Rimes_-_On_the_Side_of_Angels.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130829221850", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leann-rimes/images/b/be/LeAnn_Rimes_-_On_The_Side_Of_Angels/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20150608212053", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6a181c72-e8bf-419b-b4db-18fd56a0eb60", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6c42ce6a-b205-41f5-82c6-5011721932e7", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/464fc70a-5090-490b-b47e-0759e89c263f", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f7bb9d33-4f9a-4faa-88fe-2a0bd8138668" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Contributors to LeAnn Rimes Wiki" ]	2024-07-29T22:27:06+00:00	"On the Side of Angels" is the title of a song written by Gary Burr and Gerry House, and recorded by American country music artist LeAnn Rimes. It was released in October 1997 as the second and final single from her album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs. It was also featured on her...	en	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leann-rimes/images/4/4a/Site-favicon.ico/revision/latest?cb=20210719162517	LeAnn Rimes Wiki	https://leann-rimes.fandom.com/wiki/On_the_Side_of_Angels	"On the Side of Angels" is the title of a song written by Gary Burr and Gerry House, and recorded by American country music artist LeAnn Rimes. It was released in October 1997 as the second and final single from her album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs. It was also featured on her Greatest Hits (2003) album and her All-Time Greatest Hits (2015) album. "Holiday in Your Heart" Promotion[] "On the Side of Angels" was featured in the 1997 TV movie Holiday in Your Heart, which starred Rimes herself. Being in the movie caused the song to gain unexpected success and acknowledgement, which caused some to consider the song as an "unofficial/promotional single". The live performance of the song from the movie has been misinterpreted on YouTube, often circulating around with the label "music video". Musical style[] "On the Side of Angels" is a Christian love song. It is a slow ballad with very strong vocals and a powerful meaning. Lyrics[] Lyrics taken from Metrolyrics.[1] I've never been so certain I've never been sure We're on the side of angels If we believe this love is pure Is it so hard to trust it 'Cause we've been wrong before? There comes a time in every life We find the heart we're waiting for After all the 'Might-have-beens' The close and distant calls After all the 'Try-agains' Don't be afraid to fall We're on the side of angels after all Every time you touch me Don't you feel it too? The gentle hand that's guiding us You to me, me to you After all the 'Might-have-beens' The close and distant calls After all the 'Try-agains' Don't be afraid to fall We're on the side of angels after all Heaven only knows Why this took so long But only Heaven knows A love is right or wrong After all the 'Might-have-beens' The close and distant calls After all the 'Try-agains' Don't be afraid to fall We're on the side of angels On the side of angels On the side of angels, after all Ooh, yeah On the side of angels Ooh Charts[] Weekly charts[] Chart (1997-1998) Peak position Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 9 US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 4 Year-end charts[] Chart (1998) Position US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 65 References[]
2622	dbpedia	0	54	https://www.newagehipster.co/blog/2015/04/12/guardian-angels	en	Guardian Angels — New Age Hipster	https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a51238e4b0c900390bbac0/2a1fea64-8fc3-46b4-bd6a-0b9cbec43422/favicon.ico?format=100w	https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a51238e4b0c900390bbac0/2a1fea64-8fc3-46b4-bd6a-0b9cbec43422/favicon.ico?format=100w	[ "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1111450405610940&ev=PageView&noscript=1", "http://static1.squarespace.com/static/55a51238e4b0c900390bbac0/55bb8914e4b088d8cae0ae40/55bb8cd9e4b088d8cae11abb/1438354649320/www.newagehipster.co-2-683x1024.png?format=original" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Vix x" ]	2015-04-12T00:00:00	It seems like everyone is talking about Guardian Angels right now. I think I've had more conversations about them in the last week than I have all year! I think that when something comes into your awareness this crazy obviously it’s kind of a sign. So here I am, sharing my thoughts about Guardian	en	https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a51238e4b0c900390bbac0/2a1fea64-8fc3-46b4-bd6a-0b9cbec43422/favicon.ico?format=100w	New Age Hipster	https://www.newagehipster.co/blog/2015/04/12/guardian-angels	It seems like everyone is talking about Guardian Angels right now. I think I've had more conversations about them in the last week than I have all year! I think that when something comes into your awareness this crazy obviously it’s kind of a sign. So here I am, sharing my thoughts about Guardian Angels! What are Guardian Angels? You have your Guardian Angel from the moment you are born, I think even before! This is an angel that stays with you for your entire life. Other angels and guides may come and go depending on what you you need and what energies you could most benefit from working with, but your Guardian Angel is with you all the way. They know you better than anyone, I mean imagine how close you are with your friends from school who you've known for years and years, now times that by a billion because your angel hasn't only known you for your whole life, they have no ego and have never bitched about you to someone or dated your high school crush or gone to a concert without you. Even if you don’t talk to them regularly, or at all, this angel has your back 100%. However, they respect your free will so they can’t intervene with your life unless a) you are about to die before your time, or b) you ask them to. You have at least one Guardian Angel, but you can totally have more. I really don’t think it matters how many you have, or why some people have more than one. There are so many other angels you can call on to build your Angelic team so if you think you want to have like at least four with you at all times, you can make that happen - but more about other angels later! Sensing Guardian Angels Your Guardian Angel stands at your right shoulder (I wonder if they stand on your left if you’re a leftie?). See if you feel anything at your shoulder right now while you are reading this. I’m feeling just like really aware of that side of my body, almost like that feeling you get when someone is standing behind you, but not in a creepy way! Someone you actually like! You might feel shivers or goosebumps when you connect with your Angel. You might get really hot or really cold. Whatever you feel should feel good in some way and should make you feel like your vibe is getting higher. Angels are a high vibe helpful love energy and wouldn’t want to scare you. If you get freaked out just stop for now. You can always try to connect again when you feel more in the angel zone. How to connect with your Angels So we've focused on our shoulder to see what we feel, now we’re going to talk to our Angel! It’s so easy, all you have to do is say - “Hi, Guardian Angel? Do you wanna hang out?” or your version of this! You can do this anywhere at anytime, after all, they are always with you! But ideally you’ll find a nice quiet place to chat to them the first time. Maybe after a meditation, before bed, any quiet time you can find. You might want to light some candles or even listen to some Angelic harp music to help set the mood! All sorts of things may happen next. You might hear a voice - and you might hear this as your own inner voice, so don’t be surprised if it comes from within you rather than a booming outside voice. You might feel tingly or even feel a breeze, you may get the sensation of angel wings surrounding you and giving you a hug! You might just burst into tears. Or you might feel nothing. If you feel nothing don’t give up! There are things you can do to make the connection clearer. <3 burn oils - frankincense, lavender, whatever you have on hand. <3 burn incense - you can get some specifically for connecting to your Guardian Angel and I really think it help! <3 use crystals - hold a celestite or angelite crystal, or even a clear quartz would do! <3 get a deck of angel oracle cards and give those a go! Your Guardian Angel’s name Once you've established some kind of connection you can go ahead and ask your angel for it’s name. Whatever you hear or feel is the right name. Don’t be disappointed if your angel ends up being called Sarah or John. They give you whatever name is going to be best for you to use to call on them. It’s not actually even important what you call them, giving them a name is simply like getting their phone number. Instead of calling the Guardian Angel receptionist you can call their direct line by using their name. If you don’t hear or get a name, don’t worry. Start paying attention to signs and names that seem to come up all the time. For example you might meet three people in one day called Simon and then walk past a sign for something something Simon. You might hear a song on the radio and the name Amanda suddenly pops out to you. A sign is a only a sign if it grabs your attention and makes you feel something, pay attention to them! How can you work with your Guardian Angel? Some people like to talk to their Angel about every little thing and become serious besties. Other people call on them a couple times a day - usually when they need help or are worried about stuff. The thing is though, once you’ve connected you can talk to them any time. Now you have them on speed dial you can chat away when you are in the car, the shower, in your head while you’re at work or in the bathroom! Anytime, anywhere and about anything. I call on my Guardian Angels every morning in the shower. I thank them for being with me and I ask them to keep me safe. If there is something I’m worried or anxious about I’ll tell them. Guys, I’m anxious today about finding my way to this new place I have to go to. Please help me get there OK. Angels, I’m really worried about this job interview, please guide me through it. I have to do this presentation this afternoon, please stand behind me and give me a boost of confidence, let me know you are there... Get it? They are also great to call on when you are having a complete melt down. Ever been dumped? Had something really terrible happen? It might be the last thing you want to do to call on an Angel, I mean how did they let this happen to you?! But it can be good just to know they are there and you're not alone. You can totally yell at them too. They don’t mind that. Your angel has no ego and so won’t hold it against you. They can see you are hurting and will hold the space for you to scream, shout, hurt and heal. Angel energy is very peaceful so you will find it will help calm you in very stressful situations. Think of your Guardian Angel like the best friend who never gets tired of hearing about your crap and doesn’t have anything else to do except answer the phone. They just want you to tell them once in a while that you are grateful and thank them for their help. It’s their job to look after you, but they also want you to raise your vibe by speaking more positively about yourself and your life! This is just the tip of the Guardian Angel iceberg, and when you start talking to them and working with them you will go on your own amazing journey, safely supported and guided by these amazing Angelic beings who want nothing more than for us to have an awesome, safe, happy and productive time here! It would be awesome to chat with you in the comments or on social media about your own experiences with your Guardian Angels! I'd love to know your stories! <3 Love, light and Angelic good vibes <3 Vix x
2622	dbpedia	0	15	https://martymachowski.com/book/angels-on-your-side-when-youre-feeling-scared/	en	Angels on Your Side: When You’re Feeling Scared	https://martymachowski.c…de_3D-cover.jpeg	https://martymachowski.c…de_3D-cover.jpeg	[ "https://martymachowski.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Angels-on-Your-Side_3D-cover-360x570.jpeg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2023-09-11T19:23:01+00:00	When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can you remind them of God’s protection and love? When a storm keeps Logan up one night at Grandpa’s house, Grandpa comforts him with stories about angels in the Bible who are ever at the Lord’s	en	https://martymachowski.com/wp-content/themes/author-pro/images/favicon.ico	Marty Machowski - Family Pastor & Author	https://martymachowski.com/book/angels-on-your-side-when-youre-feeling-scared/	When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can you remind them of God’s protection and love? When a storm keeps Logan up one night at Grandpa’s house, Grandpa comforts him with stories about angels in the Bible who are ever at the Lord’s command. Using 3D illustrations to depict the spiritual realm, children learn along with Logan that these angels are watching over us and always on our side. Angels on Your Side by best-selling children’s author Marty Machowski dives into a biblical exploration of God’s army of angels. Logan’s Grandpa teaches him that not only are angels real, but God uses his mighty warriors to guard him. Logan learns that God’s angels are an invincible army fighting on our behalf in the strength of the Lord. Fear and worry are emotions all children experience—especially at night. But when an incredibly powerful angel is on your side, there’s no reason to be scared or worried. Learning God is in control and has sent his angels to protect us can help children keep their fears in check and not be conquered by them. Through Rommel Ruiz’s beautiful 3D illustrations and gospel truth, Machowski guides children ages four to seven to understand that God is always with them. Accompanied by two sets of 3D glasses, Angels on Your Side will become a favorite bedtime story to help children remember the best way to combat our fears is to take them to God.
2622	dbpedia	2	6	https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/50615/genesis-18-speaks-of-the-lord-and-two-angels-or-the-lord-as-three-men	en	Genesis 18 speaks of the Lord and two angels or the Lord as three men?	https://cdn.sstatic.net/…g?v=6de89cf74b61	https://cdn.sstatic.net/…g?v=6de89cf74b61	[ "https://i.sstatic.net/HqPdF.jpg?s=64", "https://i.sstatic.net/8seda.jpg", "https://i.sstatic.net/JQXi1.jpg", "https://i.sstatic.net/4uEpc.jpg", "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c19ab5620e377f32f74a35e912fc43f4?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG&f=y&so-version=2", "https://i.sstatic.net/hZCu1.jpg?s=64", "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fXltT_k3VK0/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/ACHi3rflzYq_ZVvt5bBE4OIe7c-gbgqJIg/photo.jpg?sz=64", "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e21f027670e2ee210bd2541d8258acf?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG&f=y&so-version=2", "https://i.sstatic.net/Jkool.jpg", "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e0577670184ca64d7fe2ae60cdc88824?s=64&d=identicon&r=PG", "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0HLXjMjEBlw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAD4/5mscvPwWRC8/photo.jpg?sz=64", "https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/posts/50615/ivc/599a?prg=ebdd8b83-37f8-412d-aa42-1eb66341a8cf" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Nihil Sine Deo" ]	2020-09-13T05:04:38	I would prefer an answer from the Hebrew for reasons that will become obvious I hope. Reading through BH I come across the interpretation that Abraham saw the Lord and two angels in Gen18. My	en	https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/hermeneutics/Img/favicon.ico?v=e5b520c917d6	Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange	https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/50615/genesis-18-speaks-of-the-lord-and-two-angels-or-the-lord-as-three-men	According to Benjamin D. Sommer, the three men who appeared in Abraham could be Yahweh himself manifesting in three bodies. He argued that this concept is congruent with Ancient Near East and biblical worldview. Below is the entire excerpt of Sommer discussing the Hebrew texts of Genesis 18 and explaining that the three men could be Yahweh himself manifesting to people. Source: The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel, by Benjamin D. Sommer. (Page 40-41) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. (The whole book can be accessed for free at https://archive.org/details/TheBodiesOfGodAndTheWorldOfAncientIsrael/page/n57/mode/1up) Note Benjamin D. Sommer is Professor in the Department of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Benjamin D. Sommer is Professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The following is what you stated: "Reading through BH I come across the interpretation that Abraham saw the Lord and two angels in Gen18. My understanding of the text is that the three men were the Lord. I personally see no issue with God taking the form of one man, two or 100 men simultaneously." To be "blunt" your understanding is seriously flawed. That is "the three men were the Lord." The Bible is explicit in teaching that there is only one God who manifest Himself in three distinct persons. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The one God does not take the form of more than one man. Let me "biblically" explain why. It's clear from Genesis 18:1 that the Lord appeared to Abraham, that's a given because that is what the text states. It is also clear that two men appeared with the Lord so there were three men who appeared to Abraham in the form of men. When we get to Genesis 18:33 the Lord departs from Abraham. At Genesis 19:1 two of the men are clearly identified as angels. The Hebrew word for "messenger" is "malak." Angels, and I mean actual angels like Gabriel or Michael are messengers. Men are identified as "angels" from the word "malak" as well. Just read Malachi 3:1. Now, paraphrasing Genesis 19 we read (verse 4) "the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house of Lot. Verse 5, they called out to Lot and ask him where are the men who came to you? At verse 9 the men pressed hard against Lot's door. At verse 10, "But the men/angels reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house. Verse 11, "And they/the men/the angels struck the men who were trying to break into Lot's house with blindness, both small and great." At verse 12-13 the men said to Lot to gather his relatives and get out of this place. Why? Verse 13, "for we are about to destroy this place because their outcry is great before THE Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it. Notice verse 15, "And when morning dawned the ANGELS urged Lot to get out of Dodge. It is inconceivable for these other two men who are clearly identified as angels to be two other Lords as you stated. Also notice at verse 13, "their outcry has become so great before the LORD/singular Lord, that the singular Lord has sent us to destroy it." If you continue reading the rest of Genesis 19 you come to verse 24. "The the Lord (singular) rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord (singular) out of heaven. And at verse 29, "Thus it came about, when God/singular destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived." Just because the text may not use the word "angels" in Genesis 18 and uses the word "men" does not mean that two of the men are actual angels and one of the men is actually the Lord God in the person of the angel of the Lord, the preincarnate Jesus Christ. Look at it from Abraham's point of view. To him there were three men. At Genesis 16 to Hagar it was a man who appeared to her and she concluded that it was the Lord God. Also saying she remained alive after seeing Him. (Genesis 16:13). The Question contains a preference for "an answer from the Hebrew". Let's examine, then, the relevant points of the Hebrew text of Genesis 18. I will provide the Hebrew of the relevant verses, followed by a word-from-word English translation (from right to left, like the Hebrew). וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ \| אֵׄלָ֔ׄיׄוׄ\| אַיֵּ֖ה\| שָׂרָ֣ה\| אִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ\| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר\| הִנֵּ֥ה\| בָאֹֽהֶל׃ 9 in the tent\|here \|and he said\|your wife[?]\|Sarah\|where [is]\|to him\|And they said Notice that וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ ("And they said") is plural, and referred to all the "three men". But, in the immediately following verse we read (I will only quote the initial part of the verse): 10 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר\| שׁ֣וֹב\| אָשׁ֤וּב I will return \|surely \|And He said Notice that וַיֹּ֗אמֶר ("And He said") is singular, and referred to only One of the "three men". In verses 11-12, it is said that Sarah, at the thought that, in her old age, she will conceive and bear child, laughs. In verses 13-14-15 יְהוָ֖ה (the LORD) repeatedly is named, always with the verb in the singular. Then we have the critical verse 22: 22 וַיִּפְנ֤וּ\| מִשָּׁם֙\| הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים\| וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ\| סְדֹ֑מָה\| וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔ם\| עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ\| עֹמֵ֖ד\| לִפְנֵ֥י \|יְהוָֽה׃ LORD\|before\|stood\|still\|but Abraham\|to Sodom\|and went\|the men\|from there\|And turned away Verse 22 does not specify how many are the "men" that "turned away and went to Sodom", but we are told that Abraham remained with the LORD. This is in agreement with the fact that, at Genesis 19:1, two angels "came to Sodom". Conclusion From the analysis of the relevant verses in Hebrew, it is confirmed that the "three men" of Gen 18:2 are the LORD and two angels (מַּלְאָכִ֤ים) that accompany the LORD and then go to Sodom.
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2622	dbpedia	2	50	https://www.hisgloryinourstory.com/the-gospels-english/lesson-10-luke-15-25-of-angels-and-kings-and-holy-dreams-luke	en	Story 10: Of Angels and Kings and Holy Dreams — His Glory In Our Story	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/5e7e49c0abb56b3bf6b90217/5e7be5974e88b00b6dc60fbb/1602941306270/story+10.jpg?format=1500w	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/5e7e49c0abb56b3bf6b90217/5e7be5974e88b00b6dc60fbb/1602941306270/story+10.jpg?format=1500w	[ "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1611257066956-ZNPTSGSR9C6Q652IZZ5J/HGIOS%40500.png", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1611257066956-ZNPTSGSR9C6Q652IZZ5J/HGIOS%40500.png", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585178673143-PH3RLLS41MWKEOC1I4UT/angel-proclaiming.jpg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585934416167-5XXW3CURMJ4ZHJGAQ2FQ/image-asset.jpeg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585939472987-QVJE9SI4G65HJT4CJ4E4/image-asset.jpeg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585934541013-YBXZEGI50IW37AHQKSQD/image-asset.jpeg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585935510212-0N9MTI43Y9NKFK1Y1T41/image-asset.jpeg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585939143903-ZUF1H4OF113RCCKDXAZD/image-asset.jpeg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585939227028-7TSJKZEJYTBZM807L2OV/image-asset.jpeg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585939301865-KSJOM5IHQFLZYZ78SQSR/image-asset.jpeg", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7bc94129201869adcc15c5/1585939385519-AY9UABZ3KPYEKSABIO0D/image-asset.jpeg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Jennifer Jagerson" ]	2020-10-17T06:28:01-07:00	The book of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament. Many believe that when the early Church was deciding which of the Gospels should be first in the New Testament, they chose Matthew because he did such a good job showing the bridge between the New Testament and the Old Testament.	en	https://assets.squarespace.com/universal/default-favicon.ico	His Glory In Our Story	https://www.hisgloryinourstory.com/the-gospels-english/lesson-10-luke-15-25-of-angels-and-kings-and-holy-dreams-luke	The book of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament. Many believe that when the early Church was deciding which of the Gospels should be first in the New Testament, they chose Matthew because he did such a good job showing the bridge between the New Testament and the Old Testament. The genealogies paved the way (see here and here). Matthew was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples. He wrote down the story of Jesus’ life to show the Jewish people that He truly was their Messiah. For centuries, the prophets had told of the coming King, and Matthew wanted to show how the Lord fulfilled those prophecies through His birth, His life, and through His death and resurrection. The book of Luke is the third book in the New Testament. It also tells us the story of Jesus’ life and death and resurrection. But Luke was different from Matthew. He didn’t know Jesus when He walked the earth. Luke heard about Jesus after Christ ascended into Heaven. He put his faith in the Lord Jesus because faithful men proclaimed the story of Jesus to him. Luke was so passionate about the gift of salvation that he traveled all over with the men who were telling the world that Jesus had come. He spent years journeying with the Apostle Paul as he proclaimed the Good News to the people of his time. He even stayed with Paul when he was locked up in prison. At some point, he decided to research the stories of Jesus’ life and write them down. He wanted his friend Theophilus and other new believers to understand who Jesus was and what He had done for them. Luke was a doctor and a very careful writer. He made sure to record important historical facts that would help the reader understand the timing of when things had happened. He often interviewed the people that were a part of each story. When we read Luke’s stories, we often learn about the character’s thoughts and feelings because they shared them with Luke! Through his writing, we hear their ancient words. Even though Luke worked hard to write his stories well, it was still God who worked through the power of the Holy Spirit to give Luke the words to say. We can trust that the words of Luke, just like Matthew and all the other books of the Bible, are the very words of God. While Matthew wrote his book to show the Jews that Jesus was their Messiah, Luke was written to show that Jesus had come to bring salvation to all nations. Matthew teaches about how Jesus was the Son of David, the great King, and the Messiah of the Old Testament promises. But the Old Testament also told about a Suffering Servant through the prophecies of Isaiah. This person would bring hope for the poor and would heal the sick. He would lay His own life down as a sacrifice, and somehow, through His wounds, He would pay a ransom price for others. Somehow, He would set the captives free. (See Isaiah 48:1-13 and Isaiah 52-53 ). Luke wanted to show through his stories that this beautiful, mysterious character from the Old Testament was our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.Our story begins in the time of King Herod, probably somewhere around 7 B.C. Herod was not a king that God had anointed to lead His holy people. He was not a descendant of the great King David. In fact, it was the powerful, oppressive Roman Empire that made Herod king. The Romans ruled over the nation of Israel and controlled their government and their lives. Sometimes they even worked to control their faith and obedience to God. The Romans made Herod king over the Jews to keep that control over them. They knew Herod would be loyal to their empire. In the eyes of the Jewish people, Herod was a traitor. In truth, he was a murderous, cruel man who cared nothing about the ways of the Most High God. He had his own family members killed just to protect his position of power. The people of Israel had good reason to fear what he might do next. Imagine how much they must have despised this pretender to the throne!In those days, there was a man named Zechariah who lived in Judea. He was a descendent of Aaron, the brother of Moses, which meant that he had the high and holy honor of serving as one of God’s priests for the people of Israel. His wife Elizabeth was also a descendent of Aaron. When Luke told this story, he wanted to make sure we understood that Zechariah and Elizabeth were a very noble couple. He wrote, “Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations blamelessly.” It’s a pretty high complement when an author of the Word of God itself says that about someone. You can be sure that it is true. And yet, in spite of their goodness, there was a great sadness for Zechariah and Elizabeth. They had never had any children. Elizabeth was barren. Everyone in their society would see this as a great disgrace for her. She had never provided a son for Zechariah! Who would carry on his name? For how many years did Elizabeth hope and pray for a child, but now she was old, and it seemed impossible. How grieved she must have felt to have never held a child of her own in her arms. How saddened to know that her husband carried the loss with her. How painful it must have been to see other women whose homes were filled with the chatter and bustle of many children. In spite of this great heartbreak, Elizabeth and Zechariah honored God with their lives. And little did they know it, but God was going to honor them by working out His grand, historic plan for the whole world through the desires of their hearts! Elizabeth’s barrenness and suffering would become a part of God’s glorious salvation story! Her mourning would become a part of the greatest dance of all! As a priest of Israel, Zechariah was called by God to serve the people of Israel in a special, sacred way. The job of a priest was to act as a mediator between the Most High God and His beloved people. The Lord loved His nation, they were His treasured possession, but they were also sinful. They contaminated themselves with the pollution of their sin, and this evil offended the bright, pure, perfection of God’s holiness. So God made a way for the people to bring sacrifices to His holy Temple. Somehow, in the mysterious beauty of God’s plan, these sacrifices gave the people a way to atone for their sin. They purified the people so they could live in His holy presence. It was the job of the priests to take the sacrifices for sin and the offerings of praise from the people and bring them to the Lord. They stood between God and His people and reconciled them to each other. What a breathtakingly responsibility and a tremendous privilege. The time came when Zechariah and the division of priests he belonged to were called to serve in the great Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. This was a very high honor, but there was an even higher honor to decide. They had to choose one priest to go into the Holy Place and offer burning incense at the golden altar. This golden altar was built by the craftsmen of Moses at the foot of Mount Sinai. Next to the altar hung a thick blue curtain. On the other side of that curtain sat the Ark of the Covenant. It held the Ten Commandments. The lid of the Ark was called the Mercy Seat, and it was declared by God to be His throne on earth. It was an image of God’s exalted Throne in Heaven. Wow. Which priest would be given the unimaginable honor of entering the inner chamber of the Temple to burn incense before the presence of the Most High God? The priests cast lots. This was a way the Jewish people asked God to show them His will. When the lots were thrown, Zechariah was chosen. God was working out His special plan in a very special way. He had a special announcement for Zechariah, and He was going to give it to him in the most sacred, holy place on earth. Zechariah would have to go through rituals of preparation and cleansing just to enter that room, but God was preparing the way for something far greater. As Zechariah went into the Holy Place to perform the priestly ritual, worshippers gathered outside and prayed. Nobody was expecting what happened next. As he stood at the incense altar, a mighty angel of the Lord appeared to him on the other side of the altar. Zechariah was shocked to see this glorious being. He began to tremble and shake with fear! Angels are heavenly creatures that God made before He created the world. In fact, they watched and shouted for joy as God created the universe! They are magnificent beings who live in Heaven with Him and serve His every word with perfect obedience. Imagine how you would feel if one appeared right before your eyes! This angel came with a message. What a mighty moment, and what an important message it would be! He said: “‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayers have been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth. Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.’” Luke 1:13-17 As Zechariah listened to the angel, he was still filled with doubt. He asked, “‘How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.’” The angel answered him, and what a fascinating answer it was! He said, “‘I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and tell you this good news.’” Wow! This glorious being before Zechariah was one of the highest angels of all. He had come as a messenger from the throne room of Heaven itself! But Zechariah, the priest, did not have faith to believe him! That was rather a disrespectful way to treat an angel. So Gabriel went on, “‘And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true in their proper time.’” As Gabriel spoke to Zechariah, the worshippers outside began to wonder what had happened to him. Why was he taking so long? When Zechariah walked out to them, he must have looked stunned. He couldn’t talk! He made signs, trying to explain to them what happened. They realized that he must have seen some kind of vision in the Temple.
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Find out more about these angelic intermediaries for God.	en	//cdn.hswstatic.com/en-us/hsw/img/icons/favicon.svg	HowStuffWorks	https://people.howstuffworks.com/9-types-of-angels.htm	We may be able to speak directly to God through prayer, but according to the Bible, he reaches us through a variety of angels, each with distinct duties. There are nine types or choirs of angels within three major groups. These groupings were established by a fifth-century Catholic monk commonly known as Pseudo-Dionysius. Regardless of where they are on the hierarchy, angels, like us, are individuals. Unlike us, because they are able to see far beyond a mortal timeline, they are extremely patient and forgiving. They are aware of our personal life goals and are assigned to assist us, but never interfere with our free will. Here are nine types of angels to know. Advertisement 1. Seraphim Seraphim means "the fiery ones." It is the plural of the word "seraph." These angels are mentioned in the Bible as having faces, hands and feet. Each seraph has six wings, four of which they used to cover themselves in the presence of God as a sign of humility; they use the other two to fly. They cry out "holy, holy, holy" and appear to worship God continuously. They are often depicted in religious art. These are the angels who are closest to God. They encircle his throne and emit an intense, fiery light representing his love. Seraphim are considered "fiery serpents," and not even the other divine beings may look at them. There are only four of them, and each has four faces. When they come to Earth, they leave their serpent appearance behind, preferring tall, thin, clean-cut human embodiments. Advertisement 2. Cherubim (Plural of Cherub) These angels are the keepers of celestial records and hold the knowledge of God. They are sent to Earth with great tasks, such as expelling humankind from the Garden of Eden. Ancient art depicts cherubim as sphinx-like, winged creatures with human faces, not the fat babies with wings that now grace greeting cards and book covers. Ophaniel, Rikbiel and Zophiel are cherubim, as was Satan before his fall to evil. Advertisement 3. Thrones Thrones' appearance is perhaps the most bizarre of the first grouping. They are said to look like great glowing wheels covered with many eyes. They serve as God's chariot and dispense his judgment in order to carry out his desires for us. Advertisement 4. Dominions or Dominations The angels in the second group can exist in a state of transition between the celestial and human worlds. They are considered heavenly governors, attempting to strike a balance between matter and spirit, good and bad. Think of dominions as middle management. They receive orders from seraphim and cherubim, then dish out duties to the "worker bee" angels of the lower orders. Their main purpose is to make sure that the cosmos remains in order by sending down power to heads of government and other authority figures. Zadkiel (sometimes called Hashmal) is the chief of this order. Advertisement 5. Virtues Shaped like sparks of light, virtues are in charge of maintaining the natural world, and they inspire living things in areas such as science. They also take orders from the angels above and convert them into miracles for the deserving. When they make themselves known to us in their earthly forms, they are musicians, artists, healers and scientists who work with the power of love, as well as physics. The two angels at the ascension of Jesus are believed to have been virtues. Advertisement 6. Powers In their celestial forms, powers appear like brightly colored, hazy fumes. Powers are border patrol agents between heaven and Earth. They are the angels of birth and death. Some believe that they also preside over demons who wish to overthrow the world, while others, namely St. Paul, thought the powers themselves were the evil ones. In any case, powers are a group of experts who serve as advisers in terms of religion, theology and ideology. Advertisement 7. Principalities The third group of angels is the one ordinary humans will have the most interaction with. First in this group are the principalities. These angelic beings are shaped like rays of light. Just like a principal in school, the principalities oversee everything. They guide our entire world — nations, cities and towns. What's more, they are in charge of religion and politics. As if their plate isn't full enough, they are also in charge of managing the earthly duties of the angels below them. Advertisement 8. Archangels These, along with the angels, are guardians of people and all things physical. But don't call on them to help you personally; archangels respond best when dealing with matters involving all humankind, such as justice. This order is most commonly known because some are mentioned by name in the Bible — Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. Archangels engage in spiritual warfare by fighting against demons (e.g., Michael) or bring messages from God, such as when Gabriel came to Mary to tell her that she was going to be the mother of Jesus. It is believed there are only seven archangels. Advertisement 9. Angels These might just be called "regular angels." They are guardians of people and all things physical and are the most common type of angels. These angels are sent as messengers to humanity. Personal guardian angels come from this category. Angels may protect and warn humans, as well as act as warriors on behalf of God. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Helen Davies, Marjorie Dorfman, Mary Fons, Deborah Hawkins, Martin Hintz, Linnea Lundgren, David Priess, Julia Clark Robinson, Paul Seaburn, Heidi Stevens, and Steve Theunissen Advertisement Types of Angels FAQ Who is the most powerful angel? As mentioned in Isaiah 6:1-7, Seraphim is the most powerful class of angels. They are the caretakers of the Almighty's throne and are known to continuously shout and shower praises over Him. How many types of angels are there? From what we know there are nine types of angels, each with specific characteristics and virtues. What are the names of the archangels? According to the Bible and other religious history, the seven archangels are Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, Saraqael, Raguel and Remiel. Each of these angels have a role assigned to them by God. Who is the biggest angel in Islam? As per Islamic scripture and the Koran, Israfil is the angel closest and nearest to God. He is said to have four wings and closely communicates with God and the other archangels. What are the functions of angels? Each of the archangels have different roles, which include communicating the revelations and word of God to the prophets, glorifying God and taking the soul of a person at the time of death, among others. Cite This! Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks.com article:
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I’m sure that is true. And when we keep our covenants, they are doing so much more.	en	/apple-touch-icon.png	LDS Living	https://www.ldsliving.com/sister-wendy-nelson-how-angels-can-help-us-more-in-our-lives/s/81465	One of our hymns teaches us that “angels above us are silent notes taking” of each one of our actions. I’m sure that is true. And when we keep our covenants, they are doing so much more. The Prophet Joseph Smith declared that if we “live up to [our] privilege,” the angels will not be able to be restrained from being our associates. Our “privilege” includes our covenants. Our covenants are a privilege. Therefore, as we live up to our covenants, the angels will not be able to be restrained from being our associates. We could also say it this way: As we keep our covenants, we can ask for angels to help us. Literally! It was during Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s April 2010 general conference address that I first learned this truth. Elder Holland was giving counsel on how to guard against temptation. The one question I most needed to have answered at that time in my life, and which I took to that general conference, was not related to that subject, but part of Elder Holland’s prescription for success was exactly what I needed to hear. He said, “Ask for angels to help you.” He said it with such clarity, and yet he said it in a manner that implied this was something we all knew! But for me, it was an entirely new principle. I wanted to call out, “Wait! Wait! What? You mean I could have been asking for angels to help me all this time?” Without intending to sound too dramatic, I can say with all candor that Elder Holland’s six words changed my life: “Ask for angels to help you.” That counsel changed my prayers. It changed my understanding of the very real help from heaven that is always available to us as we keep our covenants. I started to ask for assistance from those on the other side of the veil from that moment on! Now, I’m not talking about praying to fantasy angels with wings to magically fairy-dust our problems away. I’m not talking about praying to angels. I’m talking about praying to our Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, for those on the other side to be “dispatched” (Elder Holland’s word) to assist us. Perhaps a departed loved one could be sent to help you with whatever you need. Can you imagine the effort it took those angels who pushed from the rear of handcarts as they helped pioneers over the steep, snowy, windy, freezing, jagged terrain of Rocky Ridge? If angels can manage that, they can certainly help you and me over our present-day Rocky Ridges! For an uplifting video on angels helping us, check out this 5-Minute Fireside from Mercy River One faithful covenant-keeping woman learned how real angels are and how ready they are to help when we are in despair. Her life had been turned upside down and her heart broken. She had recently learned that her husband had for many years chosen to betray her and break his covenants with God and with her. One night all alone with her thoughts, she sank into deep despair. She was without hope and could see no way to move ahead with her life. Darkness and dead ends were all she could see. Thoughts of ending her life seized hold of her mind. After several hours of seriously contemplating her death, she suddenly felt prompted to walk to her basement. As she passed a bookshelf, her eyes were drawn to something she hadn’t seen in decades, something that had been missing for years: her favorite photograph of herself as a young mother with her children. Seeing their trusting, loving faces looking up to her for guidance brought her to her sense. She knew in that instant that she could never take her own life. She could never leave her children—who were now grown up with children of their own—in that manner. She marveled at how the Lord knew exactly the photograph that would help her in an instant to choose to live. She was amazed at the precise timing when the Lord sent His angels to find the framed, formerly lost photograph and place it exactly where she would see it. Exactly when she needed to see it. We know the Lord gets His work done with the help of His angels! And who are His angels? President Joseph F. Smith declared: “When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred [and] friends . . . . In like manner, our fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters, and friends who have passed away from this earth, having been faithful, and worthy to enjoy these rights and privileges, may have a mission given them to visit their relatives and friends upon the earth again, bringing from the divine Presence messages of love, of warning, of reproof and instruction to those whom they had learned to love in the flesh.”
2622	dbpedia	2	1	https://martymachowski.com/book/angels-on-your-side-when-youre-feeling-scared/	en	Angels on Your Side: When You’re Feeling Scared	https://martymachowski.c…de_3D-cover.jpeg	https://martymachowski.c…de_3D-cover.jpeg	[ "https://martymachowski.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Angels-on-Your-Side_3D-cover-360x570.jpeg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2023-09-11T19:23:01+00:00	When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can you remind them of God’s protection and love? When a storm keeps Logan up one night at Grandpa’s house, Grandpa comforts him with stories about angels in the Bible who are ever at the Lord’s	en	https://martymachowski.com/wp-content/themes/author-pro/images/favicon.ico	Marty Machowski - Family Pastor & Author	https://martymachowski.com/book/angels-on-your-side-when-youre-feeling-scared/	When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can you remind them of God’s protection and love? When a storm keeps Logan up one night at Grandpa’s house, Grandpa comforts him with stories about angels in the Bible who are ever at the Lord’s command. Using 3D illustrations to depict the spiritual realm, children learn along with Logan that these angels are watching over us and always on our side. Angels on Your Side by best-selling children’s author Marty Machowski dives into a biblical exploration of God’s army of angels. Logan’s Grandpa teaches him that not only are angels real, but God uses his mighty warriors to guard him. Logan learns that God’s angels are an invincible army fighting on our behalf in the strength of the Lord. Fear and worry are emotions all children experience—especially at night. But when an incredibly powerful angel is on your side, there’s no reason to be scared or worried. Learning God is in control and has sent his angels to protect us can help children keep their fears in check and not be conquered by them. Through Rommel Ruiz’s beautiful 3D illustrations and gospel truth, Machowski guides children ages four to seven to understand that God is always with them. Accompanied by two sets of 3D glasses, Angels on Your Side will become a favorite bedtime story to help children remember the best way to combat our fears is to take them to God.
2622	dbpedia	0	45	https://www.islam.org.uk/beliefs-overview/angels/duties-of-angels/	en	Duties of Angels	https://www.islam.org.uk…avicon-32x32.png	https://www.islam.org.uk…avicon-32x32.png	[]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en	/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png		https://www.islam.org.uk/beliefs-overview/angels/duties-of-angels/	Angels have various duties, with each having a well defined role. The Qur’an says: “And there is not any among us, except that has a known position. And we are indeed the ones who glorify Allah.” (Qur’an 37:164-166) Angels thus teach us the benefits of specialization. So, in the Islamic society, some members must specialize in the Qur’an and its sciences, others in medicine, still others in agriculture and so on and so forth, so that the Muslim community becomes efficient and well balanced. Similarly, in the home, the responsibilities are divided. While the man is responsible primarily for supporting the family financially, the woman has an important role in the upbringing of the children, although she is by no means confined to only this task. Only Allah knows all the details and roles of all the angels: “…And none know the hosts of your Lord except He…” (Qur’an 74:31) Nevertheless, He has told us about some of these angels through the Qur’an and the Sunnah. The Names and Roles of Some Angels Only a few angels are mentioned in the Qur’an and the Sunnah, Others are mentioned either by specific names or by role or their general nature of serving and worshipping Allah. Among those mentioned are: Jibreel – This is the most distinguished of the angels, and is entrusted with carrying revelation to the Prophets. This includes bringing the Qur’an to Prophet Muhammed (saws), which is referred to in the following: “And it is surely the revelation of the Lord of the worlds. The trusted Spirit has brought it down to your heart, in order that you might be one of the warners, in clear Arabic speech.” (Qur’an: 26:192-195) Angel Jibreel (as) is also called ‘the Holy Spirit’, as mentioned in the Qur’an: “And we gave Isa, son of Maryam, clear proofs, and supported him with Ruh-al-Qudus (holy spirit ie. Jibreel).” (Qur’an 2:253) Mika’el – The one entrusted with the sustenance of creatures, and is also one of the most prominent angels. The Recorders – These are two angels who accompany every human being and record his deeds. One of them stays on the right side and he records only good deeds. The other stays on the left side and records only bad deeds. The one on the right (the generous one – He records good deeds and is so named because each good deed is rewarded ten times over or even more. “And indeed, there are over you scribes, generous and recording. They know what you do.” (Qur’an: 82:10-12) These angels record our deeds, words, and thoughts. Allah says regarding mankind: “He utters not any word except that there is with him an observer, ready.” (Qur’an: 50:18) The system of recording of deeds is detailed in Hadith Qudsi. Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas in which he narrates from his Lord: “Indeed, Allah has defined the good and the evil deeds, and then explained them. So, whoever had the thought to do a good deed, but did not do it, Allah writes it for him as a complete good deed, while if he actually did it. Allah writes it for him as ten good deeds, or up to seven hundred fold, or even many times more. And, if he had a thought to do an evil deed, but dispelled the thought and did not do it. Allah writes it for him as a complete good deed, while if he entertained the thought and acted on it, Allah writes it as a single evil deed.” (Bukhari and Muslim) The one on the left – The recorder of evil deeds: He is simply called the recorder, because each evil deed counts as only one act. The Gaurdians – They are angels who protect us from whatever evil Allah wills to save us from. “For each (person) there are angels in succession in front of him and behind him, who guard him by Allah’s command.” (Qur’an 13:11) The succession of angels referred to is clarified in a Hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim, which tells us that the angels of the day and the angels of the night succeed one another, meaning that they perform their duties in shifts. At the time of Fajr (dawn) and Asr prayers, both the angels of the night and the angels of the day are present. Then, the angels of the night ascend, and their Lord asks them, although he is the All-Knowing. “How did you leave my servants ?” They say, “We came to them while they were praying, and when we left while they were praying,.” The Fajr prayer, then, is of special blessing, and we should take great care to perform it on time, and to recite long portions of the Qur’an for: “Indeed, the recitation of Fajr is witnessed” (Qur’an 17:78) ie. The angels of the night and day witness it. The protecting angels only leave us when we have the call of nature and when we are have sexual relations with our spouses, and so we should recite the appropriate supplications from the Sunnah prior to performing these acts. Also, it must be noted that angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or pictures (of animals and Humans). Related by Bukhari and Muslim. The Angel of Death – He is entrusted with taking the souls of all creatures in the universe. “Say: The Angel of Death, who is set over you, will take your souls, then you shall be brought to your lord.” (Qur’an: 32:11) There are angels with him who torture the wrongdoers at the time of death: “If only you could see, when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieve, the angels are beating their faces and their backs.” (Qur’an l 8:50) Munkar and Nakeer – They are the two angels in charge of questioning people in their graves about their faith. ** Ridwan and Malik – They watch over Heaven and Hell. The custodian of Heaven is called Ridwan, while that of Hell is named Malik. Hell has nineteen angels who watch over it. “Over it (Hell) are nineteen (angels)” (Qur’an 74:30) There are angels who welcome the believers into heaven, greeting them with peace: “And angels shall enter unto them from every gate saying: “salaam alaykum” (peace be upon you for that you persevered in patience! Excellent indeed is the final home.” (Qur’an 13:23-24) Eight angels will carry the Arsh, which is Allah’s greatest creation, on the Day of Judgment: “And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will that Day, bear the throne of your Lord above them.” (Qur’an 69:17) Gabriel (PBUH): The Archangel (A.S) Gabriel (A.S) is one of the four greatest angels. He is appointed to convey revelations to the prophets by Allah. In three places of the Qur’an, His name is Jibril. Besides, He is mentioned in verses as the spirit, rasulun karim, ruh al-Amin and ruh al-qudus”. In addition to these, in one of the hadiths, he is called “an-namus”. The Angel of Soor (The Trumpet): Hz. Israfel (A.S) The angel that will blow the trumpet is called Israfel. His name is mentioned among the four great angels in the hadiths. Israfel will blow two times, in the first one, the Doomsday will occur and in the second blowing, the resurrection will occur. Because of this duty of him, He is called the angel of Soor (the Trumpet). When the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was asked about the nature of the trumpet, he answered: “A horn that is blown” (Ahmad b. Hanbal, II, 196). The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that “Israfel is awaiting the order of blowing while He grasps the trumpet”. (Tabari Jami-ul Bayan, VII, 211; Ibn Kathir, Tafsiru’l-Qur’an-il Azim, Egypt, n.d. II, 276) The Angel of Death: Hz. Azrael (A.S) His duty is to grasp the souls of people whose death times have come. He is called as “Malak-ul Mawt”, that is, the angel of death. Say: “The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly) take your souls: then shall ye be brought back to your Lord.” (Surah as-Sajda) The Angel that controls the events in this realm: Hz. Mikail (A.S) (Michael) He is one of the greatest angels of four and He is responsible for the pouring of rain, the blowing of the wind, natural events such as the ordering of seasons and the management of supplications of the created beings. He is only mentioned in one place of the Qur’an. Hz. Mikail is the angel that manages the divine work of arts that are planted on the field of earth with the power of Allah and His order. The angels of Kiraman Katibin It is the names of the angels who are attendant on the right and left of humans. The angel on the right is responsible for recording the good deeds and manners; the angel on the left is responsible for recording the bad deeds and manners. “The angels who are also called Hafaza will attend as witnesses of the deeds of humans in the Day of Judgment during reckoning. The Angels of Muqarrabun The angels who are known asIlliyyun and Karubbiyyun are responsible for glorifying Allah, are very close to Him and have an exalted place before Allah. “Those who sustain the Throne (of Allah) and those around it sing Glory and Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implore forgiveness for those who believe.” (Surah Ghafir, 7) Munkar – Nakir Angels: They are the angels that question man after he dies in the grave. The words of “Munkar” and “Nakir” means unknown, unrecognized and unaccustomed. They are called by this way because they come to the dead in a way that he/she has not seen before. These two angels question the dead by questions as follows and treat them according to the answers that they receive: Who is your lord? Who is your prophet? What is your book? There are more angels than mentioned here. In hadiths, there are angels who inspires man the right and truth, descend on the earth when the Qur’an is recited, who are spiritual herders of animals on earth, who manage clouds, make the sound of thunder and so on…
2622	dbpedia	0	53	https://thecove.org/blog/angels-are-looking-out-for-you/	en	Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove	https://static.billygrah…plash-scaled.jpg	https://static.billygrah…plash-scaled.jpg	[ "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/2017/09/08191124/BGTC-Logo.png", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/2017/09/08191124/BGTC-Logo.png", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2021/11/rodrigo-rodriguez-pmiJFEPHihk-unsplash-960x640.jpg", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2024/05/icon-fb.svg", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2024/05/icon-x.svg", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2024/05/icon-yt.svg", "https://static.billygraham.org/sites/thecove.org/uploads/prod/2024/05/icon-ig.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "BGEA Staff" ]	2021-11-29T16:12:43+00:00	“For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone” (Psalm 91:11-12, NLT). When I was about 17 years old, I took a job as a life-guard and swimming teacher at the YMCA. It was about 20 minutes away from home. I had this old, little, bright yellow, beat-up Subaru. It reminded me of a yellow submarine. It was summertime, and as I drove to work that morning, I could hear a rattling noise with the car. I thought something must be wrong. As soon as I got to the pool, I called my Uncle Louie, who told me after work to bring it to...	en	https://static.billygrah…-12.54.25-PM.png	Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove	https://thecove.org/blog/angels-are-looking-out-for-you/	Angels are Looking Out for You “For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.” Psalm 91:11-12, NLT When I was about 17 years old, I took a job as a life-guard and swimming teacher at the YMCA. It was about 20 minutes away from home. I had this old, little, bright yellow, beat-up Subaru. It reminded me of a yellow submarine. It was summertime, and as I drove to work that morning, I could hear a rattling noise with the car. I thought something must be wrong. As soon as I got to the pool, I called my Uncle Louie, who told me after work to bring it to the mechanic shop he worked at. He would take a look at it. That afternoon, as I drove on a very busy highway, the car clunked out. Stopped. Working. My heart raced and I quickly veered the car to the side, off the shoulder of the highway. I still had about 10 miles to go. I didn’t have a cell phone and wondered, what should I do? Finally, I decided to start walking. I was scared. I didn’t want anyone to approach me and kept praying, “God, please help me. Please let me get there and be safe.” I’ll never forget what happened. A tiny red car with an elderly couple pulled over. My heart began racing as I kept thinking, “Oh no, please don’t talk to me, don’t stop me.” The man was driving and there was a lady in the front seat. She began to talk to me. “Can we help you?” She said. “Oh no,” I curtly replied. “Thank you. I’m ok.” But she persisted and persisted. I remember her saying, “We have a daughter and we would want her to be safe on the road. Please, let us help you.” I got in the car and I remembered seeing a cross dangling on the rear view mirror. The couple graciously took me to where my Uncle Louie worked. The whole time, they were so loving, so encouraging. But here’s the weird thing. Once I got there and got out of the car, as I turned around to say thank you, there was no one there. It was like they vanished out of thin air. I kept thinking, “What just happened and where did they go?” It was impossible for them to be gone that quick. Even my uncle said, “How did you get here?” Hebrews 13:2, “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing so some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” I can’t explain it, but I believe God ordered angels to help and protect me. I was so grateful. As we continue to look at Psalm 91, let’s look at verses 11-12. “For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.” Psalm 91:11-12, NLT God has commanded angels to guard you. God has given angels, not your circumstance, not your situation, the authority to act on your behalf. God is your refuge and strength. He is your protection and he has commanded angels to come to your aid. Maybe, you too, had a situation like I described that you can’t explain. Be encouraged! As you pray and read Psalm 91 today, proclaim God’s promise that He will send His angels to guard and protect you – to minister to all your needs. Prayer: Father, thank You for Your mighty protection. Thank You that whenever we are in danger, we are not alone. Thank You for sending Your angels to help us when we need it most. We trust in You Lord. Thank You for being with us, for guiding us. You are faithful. Help us Lord, to lean on You. Help us to trust in You more, in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen. Praying for you today that God will strengthen and encourage you through this Psalm!
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Sung by Lucinda Drayton, of Bliss. (Lucinda Drayton (vocals) and Andrew Blisset (Keyboards), are: 'Bliss'). I'd recently lost someone and was in a place of numb anguish and hand wringing, heart breaking, continual pain, but to outsiders I looked perfectly fine. …	en	https://thecobweboriumem…d-c-for.jpg?w=32	The Art of Cobwebs	https://thecobweboriumemporium.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/theres-a-hundred-thousand-angels-by-your-side/	Author: The Art of Cobwebs - aka:- thecobweboriumemporium Hello. I'm 'Cobwebs'. I live in a wee little cottage in the South of England, aptly called Cobweb Cottage. This little dwelling really is a cobweb factory. Not inside (well, occasionally) - but outside - flipping heck! This information should give you a clue as to why my blog is called The Art of Cobwebs aka: The Cobweborium Emporium. I've been arty and crafty from a very young age, and although my crafts have sometimes turned a corner and taken me in another direction, I've always crafted in some way, shape or form. One day, in the blink of an eye, life changed somewhat for me and the consequences were many. I had to find a new way of being 'artistic'. Card making; scrap-booking; producing ATC's and ACEO's; needle felting; Polymer clay; painting- but in a more relaxed style than I had before, and sewing, - are all things which I visit, as and when life allows. I've fairy recently become a Textile Artist and am enjoying this new creative outlet very much as it offers me so much scope for letting my imagination run through a grassy field and feel the wind in my hair - (mentally, of course). I love to create. To make things. I truthfully believe that the best gifts in the world are those in which you've given your time, rather than your cash. Thank you so much for visiting. 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We’ve republished it to coincide with the Under the Bridge finale. When filmmaker Quinn Shephard met author Rebecca Godfrey for the first time, she didn’t know Godfrey was running out of time. It was 2020, and Tara Duncan, the head of Disney’s Onyx Collective, had asked Shephard to pitch a limited-series adaptation of Godfrey’s 2005 book, Under the Bridge, a blunt, revealing look at the 1997 murder of teenager Reena Virk by seven of her peers, after Duncan read an unmade pilot Shephard wrote for FX. Not long after COVID lockdown began, Shephard moved near Godfrey’s Red Hook home in upstate New York so the two could meet regularly in person. Godfrey soon revealed her stage-four lung-cancer diagnosis to Shephard, and for the next two and a half years, the pair operated under the unspoken mantra, “Get as far as we can while we can,” Shephard says. Building a creative alliance rooted in exploring the heightened emotions and complicated rivalries that often boil over during adolescence, Shephard and Godfrey discussed the horrible circumstances surrounding the death of Virk, a 14-year-old desperate to fit in with her peers and whose death came to symbolize the pervasiveness of teen bullying in Canada, especially among young girls. Shephard knew she wanted to make Godfrey a character in the show (played by Riley Keough), and the two unpacked the particulars of Godfrey’s rebellious childhood growing up in Victoria and how that perspective informed her exhaustive interviews with the suspects in the Virk case that would form the backbone of Godfrey’s book. Keough’s Rebecca is mostly fictionalized, from her romance with childhood friend and cop Cam, a character invented in the series and played by Lily Gladstone, to Rebecca’s decision to feed intel from her teen sources to law enforcement. Rebecca and the real-life Godfrey do share one tragedy, however: Godfrey’s older brother drowned when they were just teenagers, a trauma Godfrey and her onscreen counterpart carry with them while reporting on the case. Despite the raw subject matter, there was a levity to their work, Shephard says. “When there was a new Chanel runway show, we’d be like, ‘We should wear this one to the Emmys,’” she says with a laugh. She recalls sneaking Champagne into a theater to see a movie made by one of Godfrey’s friends: “We were always doing a little bit of mischief.” Godfrey died on October 3, 2022, at the age of 54, little more than a week after Hulu announced it green-lit Under the Bridge to series. Even though she didn’t live to see production begin, as Shephard tells it, Godfrey’s influence and spirit are all over it. Do you remember when you met Rebecca? I read the book in December of 2019 and started talking to Rebecca on the phone in March 2020. It was really a crazy time. I stayed at my parents’ house for a couple weeks, and I remember sitting in my childhood bedroom, being on the phone with her for four hours. I moved to upstate New York, 15 minutes away from her, and we spent a tremendous amount of time together over the next three years. Because it was the pandemic, I really only saw my partner at the time, my friend who moved upstate, and her. We would do these long picnics with farmers’-market food and sit outside talking for hours. She read a lot of drafts of the pilot. She showed me all this research and her old family photos. She gave me all her diaries. She had everything from when she researched the crime — the entire police file, all the recordings, transcripts of every interview she did — in eight or nine file boxes. What kinds of things did you ask her? We talked about who she was in high school and middle school and her childhood. Obviously she had a very traumatic loss. That’s a big part of the show. I didn’t ask her about that in our first interview. I wanted to give her at least one conversation before I went right for the hardest stuff. I think who she was as a kid was so influential in how she wrote the story. She was really involved in the punk scene in Victoria from the time she was 13 and really acted out as a kid and got into a lot of trouble. The music she listened to, the way she dressed — I liked how that echoed through her as a woman in her 20s when she was writing the book. The ending scene of the pilot is based on the first moment she met the kids in real life. She had gone to the juvie center for research for her first novel. She was walking down the hallway, and there were all these girls in cells banging on the glass and yelling at her. One of the girls was crying as she looked through the window. The guard was like, “Yeah, we just arrested all these girls for murder.” Rebecca was so struck by how young they were. She felt they were almost calling her, like they wanted her to tell their story. Did you go into your conversations with Rebecca knowing she would be a character in the show, or was that something you were still trying to figure out? I really wanted to make her a character. She had done a few interviews where she talked about the way she dove into the world of these teenagers to write this. This woman in her 20s went and did what no journalist, no cop, and no lawyer was able to do, which is get the real truth of what happened. It was a big priority for Hulu that the show have an adult perspective, and she felt like an obvious place to start. Then we would have an opportunity to comment on the nature of true crime and what it does to somebody who immerses themselves in that. Was she onboard with being a character in the series? I was so scared because the ask was quite personal. In an interview I read before I met her, she talked about her trauma from childhood. I knew we were going to need to delve into that if she was going to be a character in the show. She was really open to it. She knew she was terminally ill from the time that I met her; she told me a handful of months into knowing her. I think there was an element of knowing she was at the end of her life. She was very ready to allow me to go to her most personal places and put that on the screen. Every time I turned in an episode outline to her, I’d be spinning out on the other side, like, Oh God, this is so fucking personal, and then she would send back her notes and they would just be about a line Josephine says. She never seemed to feel a real pressure to want the character to be hyper-lovable or sanitized. She taught a course on anti-heroines, so when I was like, “Hey, sometimes she’s gonna be more of an anti-hero,” she was like, “I love that.” The character Rebecca’s feelings about her brother are an important part of the show and one of the reasons she’s able to relate to these kids so much, especially Warren, the only boy accused in the crime. Was that something Rebecca was feeling at the time and just didn’t put it in the book because she wasn’t a character herself? I think Rebecca was processing some of that during our development. In the first conversation we had about how directly the show was linked to her loss of her brother, she said that a lot of people in her life had suggested that Warren must have reminded her of her brother because she lost her brother when he was the exact same age. The final conversations I had with her right before she passed were about the fact that in the end, she realized that it was more about what she saw of herself in him than anything else. She felt that so much of his way of moving through the world would be shaped forever by guilt. I think her quest to make people understand how someone can do a bad thing came from a place of feeling like she had been capable of bad things when she was a kid. Cam was written as a completely new character. Was she a composite of any cops Rebecca dealt with or a complete invention? There was only one female cop in the real case, so a lot of stuff in Cam was largely based on men. It was quite a white-male-dominated perspective, and in the show, we wanted to have an in-depth counterpoint to Rebecca, somebody who was going to see the crime from a different personal nature than she did. Cam’s backstory, her adoption, being an Indigenous woman — those were elements added for the show. There’s a scene in episode three when Reena’s mom identifies her body and sees a cigarette burn that looks like a bindi. That happened in real life, and it seems like that would open the door for Reena’s death to be charged as a hate crime. But it never was. Were their conversations about whether her murder was racially motivated in the actual case? It’s really strange that she was burned with a cigarette at the center of her forehead. I think it would be impossible to deny that indicates, if not racial motivation in her murder, a racial mocking of her. But a lot of reports and even the way it’s described in the book Under the Bridge just said she was burned with a cigarette on her forehead. There aren’t any references to a bindi. It was something that almost went overlooked. But because we had access to all the research files in the writers’ room, you sometimes stumble upon one out of 30 articles where a reporter says, “This is obviously referencing a bindi.” The more we dug into the case, the more it was clear that there had been a conversation within the police of, “Hey, do we think the crime is racially motivated?” The reason it was dismissed as a potential motive was that not all of the kids who attacked Reena were white. In the late ’90s, there was a lack of understanding of the nuance. That was all stuff we wanted to see play out in the show. To ignore racial motivation in the attack would be to ignore a massive part of the story. Well, as we start to see in the third episode, her death is mostly the fault of Kelly, the most aggressive girl within that friend group. She was the only person in real life who we couldn’t find any evidence of remorse from. With every single other character, you could trace a level of humanity to them. With her, you can’t find it. She’s very famous in Canada for a reason. In episode three, we learn there are romantic feelings between Cam and Rebecca. How did that evolve as you worked on this? We kept the idea of a romance between them because they are such polar opposites. They’re often really at odds. We knew the most interesting conversations about the morals of the crime would come out of those perspectives being forced to be together, so it gave us an opportunity to have these very personal discussions about the crime. Can you remember the conversation you had with Rebecca after finding out the series got picked up? Our relationship always had a lot of beauty and a lot of sadness in it. A lot of those conversations had both. I knew she wanted it to get made more than anything, and I wanted it to get made for her sake more than anything. I also know that when we would have conversations about milestones, there was sometimes a fear from her that she wouldn’t be around to see it happen. We would celebrate together, but there would also be this thing in the air: “Get as far as we can while we can.” That was hard. She was literally reading the scripts in hospice and calling me and having her daughter read the scripts to her. How did you get the news that she had died? We were in prep in Vancouver building sets, but we hadn’t started filming yet. Her husband texted me. Was it difficult to go forward without her? It was weird processing such an immense loss while I was in production meetings talking about what her bedroom should look like. There would be questions I realized I should have asked: “Fuck, I don’t know what color her bedroom walls were when she was a kid.” That would make me spin out. But it was also really sweet sometimes. I would be really sad that I couldn’t show her the set, but I would also feel spiritually close to her because something we talked about in such detail was now coming to life. It was constantly a conversation of, “Is this honoring the things she said she was okay with before she passed?” It’s a question we always had to ask about the whole show with everyone in the show: Are we staying true to who they were? When we’re fictionalizing, is it responsible? Is it something that could be upsetting? Is this honoring who this person really was?
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I can't help feeling, however, that she was robbed of it in 1995, when she wasn't even shortlisted for The Blue Flower, which many consider to…	en	https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/e7bf3913bf81e7b362ac7d43f74abbe07a8b4f0b642bc415d42841cd32a2481e?s=32	findingtimetowrite	https://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2020/10/07/penelope-fitzgerald-the-gate-of-angels/	Shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize, including with this novel from 1990, The Gate of Angels, Fitzgerald did win the Prize in 1979 with Offshore (unlike Beryl Bainbridge). I can’t help feeling, however, that she was robbed of it in 1995, when she wasn’t even shortlisted for The Blue Flower, which many consider to be her masterpiece. Fizgerald was remarkably prolific for someone who started publishing novels quite late in life. Her work can be divided into two distinct periods: the earlier novels are based on her real-life experiences (she had a rather sad life, which prevented her from writing earlier), while the later ones are historical fiction. The Gate of Angels is set in 1912, so it falls in the latter category. At first I barely noticed the 1912 timeline, because there is a timeless quality to the story – the age-old tension between town and gown, between the ivory tower and real life, between heart and mind, between youthful ideals and middle-aged ‘settling’. But then the period references start creeping in: the Suffragette movement, the revolution in physics about to kick off (and being violently opposed still in many quarters), the Cambridge colleges which are still not open to married fellows or to women. Plus, there is added poignancy to this love story when you realise that very soon all the young men will head off to war. Yet, despite its serious subtext and accurate historical references, this book wears its research and knowledge very lightly. I spent most of the time chuckling my way through it. It is a novel of ideas, but it also utterly joyous and deeply humorous. We first see things through the eyes of Fred Fairly, a physicist and junior fellow at the all-male, rather stuffy (fictional) St Angelicus College in Cambridge. He is a naive, inexperienced young man, from a comfortable but not over-privileged background as a vicar’s son. Fitzgerald delights in joking about the discomfort of draughty vicarages throughout the book: here are just two separate instances: The college had bever been thoroughly heated or dried out since its foundation, but Fred, who had been brought up in a rectory… saw no reason to complain. The Rectory had been built with a solid dignity which, for the last twenty years or so, had been letting in the water everywhere. By way of contrast, we then see life through the eyes of Daisy Saunders, who grew up in real poverty in south London, ‘where Stockwell turns into Brixton’. She is kind-hearted and resourceful, fearless and unsentimental, and is training as a probationer nurse at Blackfriars Hospital. However, her desire to help others gets her into trouble, she is kicked out of the hospital and makes her way to Cambridge to try and find a position in the hospital there. Fred and Daisy’s lives collide – literally – in a road accident. They lose consciousness and come round in a farcical manner, in the same bed, wearing very little, in the house of the Wrayburn family. Mr Wrayburn is ‘the true voice of scholarly Cambridge’ and his reaction when he finds these two unknown people in his house results in one of the funniest paragraphs I’ve read in a long time: ‘Venetia, there are two total strangers in the nursery. One is a man, who has lost his clothes. The other is a woman, who, I think, has also lost her clothes… This is my house, as it happens. You mustn’t think me unwelcoming. My name is Wrayburn.’ It was clear that he had never been allowed to worry. That was not his work, worrying was done for him. The person who does the worrying is quite possibly my favourite character in the book, the ‘exuberant charitable Mrs Wrayburn’, who studied for four years at Newnham, was the organising secretary of the debating society, and the Treasurer of the Women’s Social and Political Union, but of course could not get a degree at the time and made the fatal mistake of marrying a university lecturer without a fellowship – which means luncheon at home for her husband every day of the week. That tragi-comic paragraph listing all of the household items which need to be washed and dried, and how Mrs Wrayburn cannot find any maid to help her, because they live a little too far outside Cambridge is a real tour de force. There are Dickensian traits to several of the other secondary characters too – so sharply and wittily observed, that they seem almost like caricatures. Holcombe is an acquaintance that Fred doesn’t particularly like but whom he just can’t shake off, who gives his unsolicited opinion pretty much all the time either in person or via letter. He has no qualms gatecrashing the Disobligers’ Society meeting (although he has only paid a term’s subscription, several years ago) merely to continue what he was saying to Fred in a note. Dr Matthews, the Provost of St James, is looked down upon by other scholars for writing ghost stories in his spare time (I later found out that Fitzgerald based him upon M.R. James). When he reads one of his stories to the Junior Dean at his college, the latter believes there is a hint of sex in it. ‘I hope there is nothing of the kind… Sex is tiresome enough in novels. In a ghost story, I should have no patience with it.’ ‘Surely if one doesn’t find sex tiresome in life, it won’t be tiresome in fiction.’ ‘I do find it tiresome in life. Or rather, I find other people’s concern with it tiresome. One is told about it and told and told.’ I am particularly fond of Professor Flowerdew, who seems to get all the best lines. He is Fred’s mentor and decidedly against all the new-fangled particle physics, after all ‘an atom is not a reality, it is just a provisional idea’. He then goes on to give a pretty accurate description of the way research in physics will progress throughout much of the 20th century (‘elementary particles which are too strange to have anything but curious names, and anti-matter which ought to be there, but isn’t’, even chaos theory). Although Fred was initially excited by the perspective of working with Rutherford in this new revolutionary side of physics, he finds the perspective of gaining an elusive Junior Fellowship too enticing, so he follows common-sense rather than his heart. But when he meets Daisy, he finally allows his heart to take over. So where are the ‘angels’ of the title? Well, it’s not just a reference to the name of the college. There are two instances where the supernatural seems to intervene: a ghost story which seems to appear out of nowhere in the middle of the book (a fanciful imagining by Dr Matthews which has real-life consequences) and the ending, when a gate mysteriously opens at just the right time. This may feel out of place in a novel that has been satirical and realistic in equal measure, with a wonderful eye for detail. I wasn’t entirely sure about this aspect, but I am guessing the author’s intention was to turn the story into a parable. I read this together with a group of Twitter friends, and we enjoyed sharing quotes and references over the past week. I would really like to read more Fitzgerald this month and have borrowed another of her historical novels from the library, The Beginning of Spring.
2622	dbpedia	2	70	https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/132.2769	en	The Great Controversy	https://media4.egwwritin…covers/132_r.jpg	https://media4.egwwritin…covers/132_r.jpg	[ "https://m.egwwritings.org/images/logo.svg", "https://m.egwwritings.org/images/play_btn1.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null			/images/favicon.ico		null	Chapter 39—The Time of Trouble “At that time shall Michael stand up, the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book.” Daniel 12:1. GC 613.1 When the third angel's message closes, mercy no longer pleads for the guilty inhabitants of the earth. The people of God have accomplished their work. They have received “the latter rain,” “the refreshing from the presence of the Lord,” and they are prepared for the trying hour before them. Angels are hastening to and fro in heaven. An angel returning from the earth announces that his work is done; the final test has been brought upon the world, and all who have proved themselves loyal to the divine precepts have received “the seal of the living God.” Then Jesus ceases His intercession in the sanctuary above. He lifts His hands and with a loud voice says, “It is done;” and all the angelic host lay off their crowns as He makes the solemn announcement: “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.” Revelation 22:11. Every case has been decided for life or death. Christ has made the atonement for His people and blotted out their sins. The number of His subjects is made up; “the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven,” is about to be given to the heirs of salvation, and Jesus is to reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. GC 613.2 When He leaves the sanctuary, darkness covers the inhabitants of the earth. In that fearful time the righteous must live in the sight of a holy God without an intercessor. The restraint which has been upon the wicked is removed, and Satan has entire control of the finally impenitent. God's long-suffering has ended. The world has rejected His mercy, despised His love, and trampled upon His law. The wicked have passed the boundary of their probation; the Spirit of God, persistently resisted, has been at last withdrawn. Unsheltered by divine grace, they have no protection from the wicked one. Satan will then plunge the inhabitants of the earth into one great, final trouble. As the angels of God cease to hold in check the fierce winds of human passion, all the elements of strife will be let loose. The whole world will be involved in ruin more terrible than that which came upon Jerusalem of old. GC 614.1 A single angel destroyed all the first-born of the Egyptians and filled the land with mourning. When David offended against God by numbering the people, one angel caused that terrible destruction by which his sin was punished. The same destructive power exercised by holy angels when God commands, will be exercised by evil angels when He permits. There are forces now ready, and only waiting the divine permission, to spread desolation everywhere. GC 614.2 Those who honor the law of God have been accused of bringing judgments upon the world, and they will be regarded as the cause of the fearful convulsions of nature and the strife and bloodshed among men that are filling the earth with woe. The power attending the last warning has enraged the wicked; their anger is kindled against all who have received the message, and Satan will excite to still greater intensity the spirit of hatred and persecution. GC 614.3 When God's presence was finally withdrawn from the Jewish nation, priests and people knew it not. Though under the control of Satan, and swayed by the most horrible and malignant passions, they still regarded themselves as the chosen of God. The ministration in the temple continued; sacrifices were offered upon its polluted altars, and daily the divine blessing was invoked upon a people guilty of the blood of God's dear Son and seeking to slay His ministers and apostles. So when the irrevocable decision of the sanctuary has been pronounced and the destiny of the world has been forever fixed, the inhabitants of the earth will know it not. The forms of religion will be continued by a people from whom the Spirit of God has been finally withdrawn; and the satanic zeal with which the prince of evil will inspire them for the accomplishment of his malignant designs, will bear the semblance of zeal for God. GC 615.1 As the Sabbath has become the special point of controversy throughout Christendom, and religious and secular authorities have combined to enforce the observance of the Sunday, the persistent refusal of a small minority to yield to the popular demand will make them objects of universal execration. It will be urged that the few who stand in opposition to an institution of the church and a law of the state ought not to be tolerated; that it is better for them to suffer than for whole nations to be thrown into confusion and lawlessness. The same argument many centuries ago was brought against Christ by the “rulers of the people.” “It is expedient for us,” said the wily Caiaphas, “that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.” John 11:50. This argument will appear conclusive; and a decree will finally be issued against those who hallow the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, denouncing them as deserving of the severest punishment and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death. Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts. GC 615.2 The people of God will then be plunged into those scenes of affliction and distress described by the prophet as the time of Jacob's trouble. “Thus saith the Lord: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.... All faces are turned into paleness. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.” Jeremiah 30:5-7. GC 616.1 Jacob's night of anguish, when he wrestled in prayer for deliverance from the hand of Esau (Genesis 32:24-30), represents the experience of God's people in the time of trouble. Because of the deception practiced to secure his father's blessing, intended for Esau, Jacob had fled for his life, alarmed by his brother's deadly threats. After remaining for many years an exile, he had set out, at God's command, to return with his wives and children, his flocks and herds, to his native country. On reaching the borders of the land, he was filled with terror by the tidings of Esau's approach at the head of a band of warriors, doubtless bent upon revenge. Jacob's company, unarmed and defenseless, seemed about to fall helpless victims of violence and slaughter. And to the burden of anxiety and fear was added the crushing weight of self-reproach, for it was his own sin that had brought this danger. His only hope was in the mercy of God; his only defense must be prayer. Yet he leaves nothing undone on his own part to atone for the wrong to his brother and to avert the threatened danger. So should the followers of Christ, as they approach the time of trouble, make every exertion to place themselves in a proper light before the people, to disarm prejudice, and to avert the danger which threatens liberty of conscience. GC 616.2 Having sent his family away, that they may not witness his distress, Jacob remains alone to intercede with God. He confesses his sin and gratefully acknowledges the mercy of God toward him while with deep humiliation he pleads the covenant made with his fathers and the promises to himself in the night vision at Bethel and in the land of his exile. The crisis in his life has come; everything is at stake. In the darkness and solitude he continues praying and humbling himself before God. Suddenly a hand is laid upon his shoulder. He thinks that an enemy is seeking his life, and with all the energy of despair he wrestles with his assailant. As the day begins to break, the stranger puts forth his superhuman power; at his touch the strong man seems paralyzed, and he falls, a helpless, weeping suppliant, upon the neck of his mysterious antagonist. Jacob knows now that it is the Angel of the covenant with whom he has been in conflict. Though disabled and suffering the keenest pain, he does not relinquish his purpose. Long has he endured perplexity, remorse, and trouble for his sin; now he must have the assurance that it is pardoned. The divine visitant seems about to depart; but Jacob clings to Him, pleading for a blessing. The Angel urges, “Let Me go, for the day breaketh;” but the patriarch exclaims, “I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me.” What confidence, what firmness and perseverance, are here displayed! Had this been a boastful, presumptuous claim, Jacob would have been instantly destroyed; but his was the assurance of one who confesses his weakness and unworthiness, yet trusts the mercy of a covenant-keeping God. GC 616.3 “He had power over the Angel, and prevailed.” Hosea 12:4. Through humiliation, repentance, and self-surrender, this sinful, erring mortal prevailed with the Majesty of heaven. He had fastened his trembling grasp upon the promises of God, and the heart of Infinite Love could not turn away the sinner's plea. As an evidence of his triumph and an encouragement to others to imitate his example, his name was changed from one which was a reminder of his sin, to one that commemorated his victory. And the fact that Jacob had prevailed with God was an assurance that he would prevail with men. He no longer feared to encounter his brother's anger, for the Lord was his defense. GC 617.1 Satan had accused Jacob before the angels of God, claiming the right to destroy him because of his sin; he had moved upon Esau to march against him; and during the patriarch's long night of wrestling, Satan endeavored to force upon him a sense of his guilt in order to discourage him and break his hold upon God. Jacob was driven almost to despair; but he knew that without help from heaven he must perish. He had sincerely repented of his great sin, and he appealed to the mercy of God. He would not be turned from his purpose, but held fast the Angel and urged his petition with earnest, agonizing cries until he prevailed. GC 618.1 As Satan influenced Esau to march against Jacob, so he will stir up the wicked to destroy God's people in the time of trouble. And as he accused Jacob, he will urge his accusations against the people of God. He numbers the world as his subjects; but the little company who keep the commandments of God are resisting his supremacy. If he could blot them from the earth, his triumph would be complete. He sees that holy angels are guarding them, and he infers that their sins have been pardoned; but he does not know that their cases have been decided in the sanctuary above. He has an accurate knowledge of the sins which he has tempted them to commit, and he presents these before God in the most exaggerated light, representing this people to be just as deserving as himself of exclusion from the favor of God. He declares that the Lord cannot in justice forgive their sins and yet destroy him and his angels. He claims them as his prey and demands that they be given into his hands to destroy. GC 618.2 As Satan accuses the people of God on account of their sins, the Lord permits him to try them to the uttermost. Their confidence in God, their faith and firmness, will be severely tested. As they review the past, their hopes sink; for in their whole lives they can see little good. They are fully conscious of their weakness and unworthiness. Satan endeavors to terrify them with the thought that their cases are hopeless, that the stain of their defilement will never be washed away. He hopes so to destroy their faith that they will yield to his temptations and turn from their allegiance to God. GC 618.3 Though God's people will be surrounded by enemies who are bent upon their destruction, yet the anguish which they suffer is not a dread of persecution for the truth's sake; they fear that every sin has not been repented of, and that through some fault in themselves they will fail to realize the fulfillment of the Saviour's promise: I “will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world.” Revelation 3:10. If they could have the assurance of pardon they would not shrink from torture or death; but should they prove unworthy, and lose their lives because of their own defects of character, then God's holy name would be reproached. GC 619.1 On every hand they hear the plottings of treason and see the active working of rebellion; and there is aroused within them an intense desire, an earnest yearning of soul, that this great apostasy may be terminated and the wickedness of the wicked may come to an end. But while they plead with God to stay the work of rebellion, it is with a keen sense of self-reproach that they themselves have no more power to resist and urge back the mighty tide of evil. They feel that had they always employed all their ability in the service of Christ, going forward from strength to strength, Satan's forces would have less power to prevail against them. GC 619.2 They afflict their souls before God, pointing to their past repentance of their many sins, and pleading the Saviour's promise: “Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.” Isaiah 27:5. Their faith does not fail because their prayers are not immediately answered. Though suffering the keenest anxiety, terror, and distress, they do not cease their intercessions. They lay hold of the strength of God as Jacob laid hold of the Angel; and the language of their souls is: “I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me.” GC 619.3 Had not Jacob previously repented of his sin in obtaining the birthright by fraud, God would not have heard his prayer and mercifully preserved his life. So, in the time of trouble, if the people of God had unconfessed sins to appear before them while tortured with fear and anguish, they would be overwhelmed; despair would cut off their faith, and they could not have confidence to plead with God for deliverance. But while they have a deep sense of their unworthiness, they have no concealed wrongs to reveal. Their sins have gone beforehand to judgment and have been blotted out, and they cannot bring them to remembrance. GC 620.1 Satan leads many to believe that God will overlook their unfaithfulness in the minor affairs of life; but the Lord shows in His dealings with Jacob that He will in no wise sanction or tolerate evil. All who endeavor to excuse or conceal their sins, and permit them to remain upon the books of heaven, unconfessed and unforgiven, will be overcome by Satan. The more exalted their profession and the more honorable the position which they hold, the more grievous is their course in the sight of God and the more sure the triumph of their great adversary. Those who delay a preparation for the day of God cannot obtain it in the time of trouble or at any subsequent time. The case of all such is hopeless. GC 620.2 Those professed Christians who come up to that last fearful conflict unprepared will, in their despair, confess their sins in words of burning anguish, while the wicked exult over their distress. These confessions are of the same character as was that of Esau or of Judas. Those who make them, lament the result of transgression, but not its guilt. They feel no true contrition, no abhorrence of evil. They acknowledge their sin, through fear of punishment; but, like Pharaoh of old, they would return to their defiance of Heaven should the judgments be removed. GC 620.3 Jacob's history is also an assurance that God will not cast off those who have been deceived and tempted and betrayed into sin, but who have returned unto Him with true repentance. While Satan seeks to destroy this class, God will send His angels to comfort and protect them in the time of peril. The assaults of Satan are fierce and determined, his delusions are terrible; but the Lord's eye is upon His people, and His ear listens to their cries. Their affliction is great, the flames of the furnace seem about to consume them; but the Refiner will bring them forth as gold tried in the fire. God's love for His children during the period of their severest trial is as strong and tender as in the days of their sunniest prosperity; but it is needful for them to be placed in the furnace of fire; their earthliness must be consumed, that the image of Christ may be perfectly reflected. GC 621.1 The season of distress and anguish before us will require a faith that can endure weariness, delay, and hunger—a faith that will not faint though severely tried. The period of probation is granted to all to prepare for that time. Jacob prevailed because he was persevering and determined. His victory is an evidence of the power of importunate prayer. All who will lay hold of God's promises, as he did, and be as earnest and persevering as he was, will succeed as he succeeded. Those who are unwilling to deny self, to agonize before God, to pray long and earnestly for His blessing, will not obtain it. Wrestling with God—how few know what it is! How few have ever had their souls drawn out after God with intensity of desire until every power is on the stretch. When waves of despair which no language can express sweep over the suppliant, how few cling with unyielding faith to the promises of God. GC 621.2 Those who exercise but little faith now, are in the greatest danger of falling under the power of satanic delusions and the decree to compel the conscience. And even if they endure the test they will be plunged into deeper distress and anguish in the time of trouble, because they have never made it a habit to trust in God. The lessons of faith which they have neglected they will be forced to learn under a terrible pressure of discouragement. GC 622.1 We should now acquaint ourselves with God by proving His promises. Angels record every prayer that is earnest and sincere. We should rather dispense with selfish gratifications than neglect communion with God. The deepest poverty, the greatest self-denial, with His approval, is better than riches, honors, ease, and friendship without it. We must take time to pray. If we allow our minds to be absorbed by worldly interests, the Lord may give us time by removing from us our idols of gold, of houses, or of fertile lands. GC 622.2 The young would not be seduced into sin if they would refuse to enter any path save that upon which they could ask God's blessing. If the messengers who bear the last solemn warning to the world would pray for the blessing of God, not in a cold, listless, lazy manner, but fervently and in faith, as did Jacob, they would find many places where they could say: “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” Genesis 32:30. They would be accounted of heaven as princes, having power to prevail with God and with men. GC 622.3 The “time of trouble, such as never was,” is soon to open upon us; and we shall need an experience which we do not now possess and which many are too indolent to obtain. It is often the case that trouble is greater in anticipation than in reality; but this is not true of the crisis before us. The most vivid presentation cannot reach the magnitude of the ordeal. In that time of trial, every soul must stand for himself before God. “Though Noah, Daniel, and Job” were in the land, “as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.” Ezekiel 14:20. GC 622.4 Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself: “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.” John 14:30. Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had kept His Father's commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble. GC 623.1 It is in this life that we are to separate sin from us, through faith in the atoning blood of Christ. Our precious Saviour invites us to join ourselves to Him, to unite our weakness to His strength, our ignorance to His wisdom, our unworthiness to His merits. God's providence is the school in which we are to learn the meekness and lowliness of Jesus. The Lord is ever setting before us, not the way we would choose, which seems easier and pleasanter to us, but the true aims of life. It rests with us to co-operate with the agencies which Heaven employs in the work of conforming our characters to the divine model. None can neglect or defer this work but at the most fearful peril to their souls. GC 623.2 The apostle John in vision heard a loud voice in heaven exclaiming: “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Revelation 12:12. Fearful are the scenes which call forth this exclamation from the heavenly voice. The wrath of Satan increases as his time grows short, and his work of deceit and destruction will reach its culmination in the time of trouble. GC 623.3 Fearful sights of a supernatural character will soon be revealed in the heavens, in token of the power of miracle-working demons. The spirits of devils will go forth to the kings of the earth and to the whole world, to fasten them in deception, and urge them on to unite with Satan in his last struggle against the government of heaven. By these agencies, rulers and subjects will be alike deceived. Persons will arise pretending to be Christ Himself, and claiming the title and worship which belong to the world's Redeemer. They will perform wonderful miracles of healing and will profess to have revelations from heaven contradicting the testimony of the Scriptures. GC 624.1 As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Saviour's advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. Revelation 1:13-15. The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld. The shout of triumph rings out upon the air: “Christ has come! Christ has come!” The people prostrate themselves in adoration before him, while he lifts up his hands and pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ blessed His disciples when He was upon the earth. His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody. In gentle, compassionate tones he presents some of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the Saviour uttered; he heals the diseases of the people, and then, in his assumed character of Christ, he claims to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday, and commands all to hallow the day which he has blessed. He declares that those who persist in keeping holy the seventh day are blaspheming his name by refusing to listen to his angels sent to them with light and truth. This is the strong, almost overmastering delusion. Like the Samaritans who were deceived by Simon Magus, the multitudes, from the least to the greatest, give heed to these sorceries, saying: This is “the great power of God.” Acts 8:10. GC 624.2 But the people of God will not be misled. The teachings of this false Christ are not in accordance with the Scriptures. His blessing is pronounced upon the worshipers of the beast and his image, the very class upon whom the Bible declares that God's unmingled wrath shall be poured out. GC 625.1 And, furthermore, Satan is not permitted to counterfeit the manner of Christ's advent. The Saviour has warned His people against deception upon this point, and has clearly foretold the manner of His second coming. “There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.... Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not forth; behold, He is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:24-27, 31; 25:31; Revelation 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17. This coming there is no possibility of counterfeiting. It will be universally known—witnessed by the whole world. GC 625.2 Only those who have been diligent students of the Scriptures and who have received the love of the truth will be shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world captive. By the Bible testimony these will detect the deceiver in his disguise. To all the testing time will come. By the sifting of temptation the genuine Christian will be revealed. Are the people of God now so firmly established upon His word that they would not yield to the evidence of their senses? Would they, in such a crisis, cling to the Bible and the Bible only? Satan will, if possible, prevent them from obtaining a preparation to stand in that day. He will so arrange affairs as to hedge up their way, entangle them with earthly treasures, cause them to carry a heavy, wearisome burden, that their hearts may be overcharged with the cares of this life and the day of trial may come upon them as a thief. GC 625.3 As the decree issued by the various rulers of Christendom against commandment keepers shall withdraw the protection of government and abandon them to those who desire their destruction, the people of God will flee from the cities and villages and associate together in companies, dwelling in the most desolate and solitary places. Many will find refuge in the strongholds of the mountains. Like the Christians of the Piedmont valleys, they will make the high places of the earth their sanctuaries and will thank God for “the munitions of rocks.” Isaiah 33:16. But many of all nations and of all classes, high and low, rich and poor, black and white, will be cast into the most unjust and cruel bondage. The beloved of God pass weary days, bound in chains, shut in by prison bars, sentenced to be slain, some apparently left to die of starvation in dark and loathsome dungeons. No human ear is open to hear their moans; no human hand is ready to lend them help. GC 626.1 Will the Lord forget His people in this trying hour? Did He forget faithful Noah when judgments were visited upon the antediluvian world? Did He forget Lot when the fire came down from heaven to consume the cities of the plain? Did He forget Joseph surrounded by idolaters in Egypt? Did He forget Elijah when the oath of Jezebel threatened him with the fate of the prophets of Baal? Did He forget Jeremiah in the dark and dismal pit of his prison house? Did He forget the three worthies in the fiery furnace? or Daniel in the den of lions? GC 626.2 “Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands.” Isaiah 49:14-16. The Lord of hosts has said: “He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of His eye.” Zechariah 2:8. GC 626.3 Though enemies may thrust them into prison, yet dungeon walls cannot cut off the communication between their souls and Christ. One who sees their every weakness, who is acquainted with every trial, is above all earthly powers; and angels will come to them in lonely cells, bringing light and peace from heaven. The prison will be as a palace; for the rich in faith dwell there, and the gloomy walls will be lighted up with heavenly light as when Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises at midnight in the Philippian dungeon. GC 627.1 God's judgments will be visited upon those who are seeking to oppress and destroy His people. His long forbearance with the wicked emboldens men in transgression, but their punishment is nonetheless certain and terrible because it is long delayed. “The Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, He shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that He may do His work, His strange work; and bring to pass His act, His strange act.” Isaiah 28:21. To our merciful God the act of punishment is a strange act. “As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked.” Ezekiel 33:11. The Lord is “merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, ... forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.” Yet He will “by no means clear the guilty.” “The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked.” Exodus 34:6, 7; Nahum 1:3. By terrible things in righteousness He will vindicate the authority of His downtrodden law. The severity of the retribution awaiting the transgressor may be judged by the Lord's reluctance to execute justice. The nation with which He bears long, and which He will not smite until it has filled up the measure of its iniquity in God's account, will finally drink the cup of wrath unmixed with mercy. GC 627.2 When Christ ceases His intercession in the sanctuary, the unmingled wrath threatened against those who worship the beast and his image and receive his mark (Revelation 14:9, 10), will be poured out. The plagues upon Egypt when God was about to deliver Israel were similar in character to those more terrible and extensive judgments which are to fall upon the world just before the final deliverance of God's people. Says the revelator, in describing those terrific scourges: “There fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image.” The sea “became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.” And “the rivers and fountains of waters ... became blood.” Terrible as these inflictions are, God's justice stands fully vindicated. The angel of God declares: “Thou art righteous, O Lord, ... because Thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.” Revelation 16:2-6. By condemning the people of God to death, they have as truly incurred the guilt of their blood as if it had been shed by their hands. In like manner Christ declared the Jews of His time guilty of all the blood of holy men which had been shed since the days of Abel; for they possessed the same spirit and were seeking to do the same work with these murderers of the prophets. GC 627.3 In the plague that follows, power is given to the sun “to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat.” Verses 8, 9. The prophets thus describe the condition of the earth at this fearful time: “The land mourneth; ... because the harvest of the field is perished.... All the trees of the field are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.” “The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate.... How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture.... The rivers of water are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.” “The songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.” Joel 1:10-12, 17-20; Amos 8:3. GC 628.1 These plagues are not universal, or the inhabitants of the earth would be wholly cut off. Yet they will be the most awful scourges that have ever been known to mortals. All the judgments upon men, prior to the close of probation, have been mingled with mercy. The pleading blood of Christ has shielded the sinner from receiving the full measure of his guilt; but in the final judgment, wrath is poured out unmixed with mercy. GC 628.2 In that day, multitudes will desire the shelter of God's mercy which they have so long despised. “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.” Amos 8:11, 12. GC 629.1 The people of God will not be free from suffering; but while persecuted and distressed, while they endure privation and suffer for want of food they will not be left to perish. That God who cared for Elijah will not pass by one of His self-sacrificing children. He who numbers the hairs of their head will care for them, and in time of famine they shall be satisfied. While the wicked are dying from hunger and pestilence, angels will shield the righteous and supply their wants. To him that “walketh righteously” is the promise: “Bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” “When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.” Isaiah 33:15, 16; 41:17. GC 629.2 “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls;” yet shall they that fear Him “rejoice in the Lord” and joy in the God of their salvation. Habakkuk 3:17, 18. GC 629.3 “The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul.” “He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust: His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.”Psalm 121:5-7; 91:3-10. GC 629.4 Yet to human sight it will appear that the people of God must soon seal their testimony with their blood as did the martyrs before them. They themselves begin to fear that the Lord has left them to fall by the hand of their enemies. It is a time of fearful agony. Day and night they cry unto God for deliverance. The wicked exult, and the jeering cry is heard: “Where now is your faith? Why does not God deliver you out of our hands if you are indeed His people?” But the waiting ones remember Jesus dying upon Calvary's cross and the chief priests and rulers shouting in mockery: “He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.” Matthew 27:42. Like Jacob, all are wrestling with God. Their countenances express their internal struggle. Paleness sits upon every face. Yet they cease not their earnest intercession. GC 630.1 Could men see with heavenly vision, they would behold companies of angels that excel in strength stationed about those who have kept the word of Christ's patience. With sympathizing tenderness, angels have witnessed their distress and have heard their prayers. They are waiting the word of their Commander to snatch them from their peril. But they must wait yet a little longer. The people of God must drink of the cup and be baptized with the baptism. The very delay, so painful to them, is the best answer to their petitions. As they endeavor to wait trustingly for the Lord to work they are led to exercise faith, hope, and patience, which have been too little exercised during their religious experience. Yet for the elect's sake the time of trouble will be shortened. “Shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him? ... I tell you that He will avenge them speedily.” Luke 18:7, 8. The end will come more quickly than men expect. The wheat will be gathered and bound in sheaves for the garner of God; the tares will be bound as fagots for the fires of destruction. GC 630.2 The heavenly sentinels, faithful to their trust, continue their watch. Though a general decree has fixed the time when commandment keepers may be put to death, their enemies will in some cases anticipate the decree, and before the time specified, will endeavor to take their lives. But none can pass the mighty guardians stationed about every faithful soul. Some are assailed in their flight from the cities and villages; but the swords raised against them break and fall powerless as a straw. Others are defended by angels in the form of men of war. GC 631.1 In all ages, God has wrought through holy angels for the succor and deliverance of His people. Celestial beings have taken an active part in the affairs of men. They have appeared clothed in garments that shone as the lightning; they have come as men in the garb of wayfarers. Angels have appeared in human form to men of God. They have rested, as if weary, under the oaks at noon. They have accepted the hospitalities of human homes. They have acted as guides to benighted travelers. They have, with their own hands, kindled the fires at the altar. They have opened prison doors and set free the servants of the Lord. Clothed with the panoply of heaven, they came to roll away the stone from the Saviour's tomb. GC 631.2 In the form of men, angels are often in the assemblies of the righteous; and they visit the assemblies of the wicked, as they went to Sodom, to make a record of their deeds, to determine whether they have passed the boundary of God's forbearance. The Lord delights in mercy; and for the sake of a few who really serve Him, He restrains calamities and prolongs the tranquillity of multitudes. Little do sinners against God realize that they are indebted for their own lives to the faithful few whom they delight to ridicule and oppress. GC 631.3 Though the rulers of this world know it not, yet often in their councils angels have been spokesmen. Human eyes have looked upon them; human ears have listened to their appeals; human lips have opposed their suggestions and ridiculed their counsels; human hands have met them with insult and abuse. In the council hall and the court of justice these heavenly messengers have shown an intimate acquaintance with human history; they have proved themselves better able to plead the cause of the oppressed than were their ablest and most eloquent defenders. They have defeated purposes and arrested evils that would have greatly retarded the work of God and would have caused great suffering to His people. In the hour of peril and distress “the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.” Psalm 34:7. GC 632.1 With earnest longing, God's people await the tokens of their coming King. As the watchmen are accosted, “What of the night?” the answer is given unfalteringly, “‘The morning cometh, and also the night.’ Isaiah 21:11, 12. Light is gleaming upon the clouds above the mountaintops. Soon there will be a revealing of His glory. The Sun of Righteousness is about to shine forth. The morning and the night are both at hand—the opening of endless day to the righteous, the settling down of eternal night to the wicked.” GC 632.2 As the wrestling ones urge their petitions before God, the veil separating them from the unseen seems almost withdrawn. The heavens glow with the dawning of eternal day, and like the melody of angel songs the words fall upon the ear: “Stand fast to your allegiance. Help is coming.” Christ, the almighty Victor, holds out to His weary soldiers a crown of immortal glory; and His voice comes from the gates ajar: “Lo, I am with you. Be not afraid. I am acquainted with all your sorrows; I have borne your griefs. You are not warring against untried enemies. I have fought the battle in your behalf, and in My name you are more than conquerors.” GC 632.3 The precious Saviour will send help just when we need it. The way to heaven is consecrated by His footprints. Every thorn that wounds our feet has wounded His. Every cross that we are called to bear He has borne before us. The Lord permits conflicts, to prepare the soul for peace. The time of trouble is a fearful ordeal for God's people; but it is the time for every true believer to look up, and by faith he may see the bow of promise encircling him. GC 633.1 “The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. I, even I, am He that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy Maker; ... and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is His name. And I have put My words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of Mine hand.” Isaiah 51:11-16. GC 633.2 “Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of His people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of My fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: but I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.” Verses 21-23. GC 633.3
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You never imagined it exists and then suddenly bam, it's right there in your hand. Maybe that book sets you off on a new quest, or lightens your weighted heart, or snaps on a mental light switch. You're never quite the same afterwards.	en	https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/cf91936a8ebda7c69bfe54d38c06606e92367da98ac5b77236853aea776c1620?s=32	Laura Grace Weldon	https://lauragraceweldon.com/2017/03/27/library-angels/	“Coincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and pulleys.” ~Emma Bull Sometimes the book you need just appears. You never imagined it exists and then suddenly bam, it’s right there in your hand. Maybe that book sets you off on a new quest, or lightens your weighted heart, or snaps on a mental light switch. You’re never quite the same afterwards. This happens to me pretty often. Most commonly, the book I need drops from the shelf or persistently gets in my way when I’m looking for another book at the library. This occurred more frequently back in those golden-hued days when my favorite library was tightly packed with tall stacks of books. It required some wandering and often some teetering on a wooden stool to find a particular book. That gave a book that needed to find me a chance to fling itself in my direction. The right book for me also once appeared in a used book inside the wrong dust cover and another time was left on a dirty seat next to me in a muffler repair shop. Such delightful happenstance isn’t confined to books. Utterly necessary articles, quotes, interviews, and poems appear as if by magic in my life as well. In The Roots of Coincidence, Arthur Koestler calls this literary synchronicity the work of “library angels.” British author Rebecca West told Koestler about her experience with a library angel back in 1972. She had been researching a specific episode of the Nuremberg war crimes trials. I looked up the trials in the library and was horrified to find they are published in a form almost useless to the researcher. They are abstracts, and are cataloged under arbitrary headings. After hours of search I went along the line of shelves to an assistant librarian and said, “I can’t find it, there’s no clue, it may be in any of these volumes.” I put my hand on one volume and took it out and carelessly looked at it, and it was not only the right volume, but I had opened it at the right page. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn writes about another such strange coincidence in The Gulag Archipelago. While he was incarcerated in Leningrad, a new prisoner was brought in. The man was a renown physicist who happened to be obsessed with working through a technical problem, but it required certain mathematical tables. There was no chance of getting those tables, since the only books permitted in the prison were works of Party propaganda distributed to the cells at random. One week a library worker came around and passed out the very book the physicist needed. The scientist memorized the necessary tables before the mistake was noticed and the book confiscated. My library angel experiences aren’t as gobsmackingly surreal as these two examples by any means, but I’ll take all the positive coincidences I can even if I don’t know what mysterious force to credit. Library angels? A benevolent God who speaks to the bookish among us on our own wavelength? The universal consciousness at work? (They’re all names for Mystery well beyond our understanding anyway…) It doesn’t matter, when a book shows up unexpectedly I have learned to pay attention. I’d love to hear your stories of coincidence, word-related or otherwise.
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"" ]	null	[ "THR Staff" ]	2016-02-24T07:45:00+00:00	What topped the list? THR asked its entertainment industry readers to vote on the most memorable quote from every movie ever made.	en	https://www.hollywoodrep…cons/favicon.png	The Hollywood Reporter	https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-movie-quotes-hollywoods-top-867142/	"Love means never having to say you're sorry." One of the most parodied movie lines in cinema — even Ryan O’Neal himself poked fun at it in Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy What's Up, Doc?. When Barbra Streisand quotes it, he retorts, "That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard." "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" The only way Paramount pictures would fund Mel Gibson's passion project about the 13th century Scottish noble was if he agreed to star in it as well as direct. "They call me Mister Tibbs!" Poitier did not want to shoot the film in Mississippi because he had been harassed by the Ku Klux Klan when he had visited there with Harry Belafonte at the height of the civil rights movement in 1964, so most of it was filmed in Sparta, Illinois. Filmmakers even changed the name of the fictional Mississippi town in the movie to Sparta so they wouldn’t have to pay to have the town’s water tower repainted. "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." Writer Nora Ephron’s first draft didn’t have Sally and Harry ending up together because she considered a breakup to be a more realistic ending. So when it came time to film the revised happy ending, Billy Crystal ad-libbed much of his dialogue with Meg Ryan, including this most remembered line of the picture. "If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you." True to his word, Liam Neeson kills 35 men in 93 minutes in the first film, scores more in the second and third, and who knows how many in the planned TV prequel. "You complete me." "It was one of those lines that came so easily, it felt almost too easy," remembers writer-director Cameron Crowe. "When I first gave the script to Tom Cruise, and we were reading through it, I said, 'I'm going to change that line.' He said, 'Uh, I love that line. Why don't you give me a crack at it.' I left it in, and on the night of filming — it was 4 a.m., on a Friday, and everybody was dropping from exhaustion — Tom says the line. By the end of his speech, everybody was in tears. Across the room, Renee was a wreck. Tom had delivered the line so powerfully, and so directly to her, she was still getting over it. Later he told me, 'I had always wanted to say 'I love you' like that in a movie.'" "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this li Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott didn’t quite see eye to eye on the screenplay, and on this line in particular. He routinely strayed from the script — by John Logan and William Nicholson — trying to improvise a bunch of alternatives, until Scott forced him to read the line as written. It went over like gangbusters, even though Crowe still hated it: "It was shit. But I'm the greatest actor in the world and I can make even shit sound good." The "shit" script would get nominated for best original screenplay at the 2001 Oscars and Crowe would win best actor. "I drink your milkshake!" A variation of the line was uttered by Sen. Albert Fall of New Mexico during congressional hearings in 1924 on the Teapot Dome scandal, which also involved oil tycoon Edward Doheny, who was the basis for Daniel Day-Lewis’ character: "Sir, if you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake, and my straw reaches across the room, I’ll end up drinking your milkshake." "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" The secret behind Charlton Heston’s hoarse, gravelly delivery? Great acting, sure, but also Heston had the flu through much of the production. "You make me want to be a better man." Though Jack Nicholson worried that his character was so unlikeable people would flee theaters, he ended up winning an Oscar for it, along with co-star Helen Hunt. "As if!" "I am always compiling slang words," says Clueless writer-director Amy Heckerling about the line’s origins. “In the early to mid-'90s 'as if' was floating around in the gay community, and I heard it and thought it was a multipurpose phrase. Some of the people I knew were already beyond 'as if' and they were just going, 'zif!'" "Chewie, we're home." Harrison Ford considers director J.J. Abrams a "communications genius" for his decision to use the line in the movie's trailer. "'Chewie, we're home' was kind of the key in the door. Familiarity was unlocked at that moment," said Ford. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Even though Nicholson and director Roman Polanski fought endlessly during the making of the movie, when the actor saw the rough cut he told producer Robert Evans, "We got a hot one. Get those checks ready — we’re on our way!" "These go to eleven." Amp maker Marshall liked the publicity surrounding this line so much, they made Christopher Guest a special set of speakers whose highest setting is infinity. "I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" Dustin Hoffman’s line was ad-libbed, and the scene was shot guerilla style because they didn’t have enough money to shut down a New York street. The cab "almost hit us," Hoffman once recalled. "I guess the brain works so quickly, I said, in a split of a second, 'Don’t go out of character …' So I said, 'I'm walking here.' Director John Schlesinger started laughing. He clapped his hands and said, 'We must have that, we must have that,' and redid it two or three times, because he loved it." "It was Beauty killed the Beast." When producer Merian C. Cooper pitched the role to Fay Wray, he told her, "You’ll have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood." Wray was sure she’d be acting with Cary Grant. "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" The misquote of the line — "We don’t need no stinking badges!" — started with Micky Dolenz in a 1967 episode of The Monkees TV series, but Mel Brooks got it wrong, too, in 1974's Blazing Saddles. "I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight." The National Science Teachers Association encourages biology and life sciences teachers to use this line to start a conversation about body image, nutrition and digestion among teenagers. "They call it a Royale with cheese." If John Travolta’s character had been hiding out in Italy rather than France, the line would have been "They call it a McRoyal DeLuxe." If he’d been in Japan, he might have skipped the beef and tried the "Filet-O-Shrimp Burger." "They're here!" Actress Heather O’Rourke, who was just 6 when she made Poltergeist, tragically died at age 12, in 1988, from complications of a bowel obstruction. "Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" Snow White was the only major character then-18-year-old Adriana Caselotti ever voiced. "Walt Disney thought it would spoil the illusion if you knew who the people were who provided the voices in the film," she revealed in a 1987 interview, about the strict contract that kept her from other parts. (She died in 1997 at age 80.) "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." Mario Puzo’s literary estate, which contained 20 different versions of the Godfather III script written between 1978 and 1989, recently sold at auction to a private collector for $625,000. "Nobody's perfect." The film’s closing line was never supposed to make it into the final cut. The writers — I.A.L Diamond and director Billy Wilder — put it into the script as a placeholder, until they came up with something better. "Yo, Adrian!" Sylvester Stallone utters this line too many times to count in the first five Rocky films (six in the original alone) but the only time anyone ever remembers is at the end of Rocky II, when he holds the championship belt he has just won from Apollo Creed. "Wax on, wax off." "I never imagined the 'wax on, wax off' would amount to anything," says screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. "The crane at the end was the one. I wanted that to be the big moment. If I thought anyone remembered anything they'd remember that." "You ain't heard nothin' yet!" Al Jolson was so excited about his rendition of "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" that he spontaneously uttered the line before segueing into "Toot, Toot, Tootsie." The line was going to be cut but Sam Warner insisted it stay. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!" When Stanley Kubrick sat down with Peter George to adapt George’s novel Red Alert, the director struggled with treating the material as a straight drama, as he initially intended. "My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the screenplay," Kubrick said after the film’s release. "I found that in trying to put meat on the bones and to imagine the scenes fully, one had to keep leaving out of it things which were either absurd or paradoxical, in order to keep it from being funny; and these things seemed to be close to the heart of the scenes in question." "I don't want to survive. I want to live." This line comes right from Solomon Northup’s 1853 book. Writer John Ridley has said he tried to remain true to the original. "To modify the man, no matter how sincere the desire, would have ultimately been dishonest. Solomon's story begs for honesty. As the voice of his own history, what he wrote deserved fidelity." "Elementary, my dear Watson." Sherlock Holmes never utters this line in any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories. It was invented entirely for the movies. "That'll do, pig. That'll do." Although James Cromwell would get more screen time in George Miller's talking pig tale than in any of his previous films, he had only 171 words of dialogue. These are his best five. "I wish I knew how to quit you." Screenwriter Diana Ossana got this gem directly from the New Yorker short story that inspired the film, co-written by Larry McMurtry. "The film has become a part of the popular culture," says Ossana. "We have a Google Alert for the film, and in the 10 years since it came out there hasn't been a day that there wasn't something, somewhere in the news about Brokeback Mountain." "Good morning, Vietnam!" The real-life Adrian Cronauer says he came up with the drawn out "goooood moooorning" sign-on because he was often shuffling papers to start the show and needed to stall for time. "My precious." Want your own? You don't have to battle orcs and dragons — you just have to shop online. A platinum version, complete with Elvish script, retails for $3,100. "Argo f— yourself." Screenwriter Chris Terrio actually found this memorable piece of dialogue in the real, declassified CIA report that agent Tony Melendez (played by Ben Affleck) wrote about the Iran Hostage Crisis rescue mission. "It's alive! It's alive!" Censors cut Dr. Frankenstein’s original line — "It's alive! It's alive! In the name of God! Now I know what it's like to be God!" "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." This line was originally delivered onstage by Jessica Tandy, who played Blanche on Broadway, and was almost delivered in the movie by Olivia de Havilland (she was offered the role but wanted too much money). Vivian Leigh took it for $100,000, making her the highest-paid English actress of the time, but there may have been moments she regretted it; she and co-star Marlon Brando initially hated each other. "Go ahead, make my day." In Kenya the mispronunciation of "make my day" is "makmende," which is slang for someone who tries to be a hero and was the name creators chose for the country’s first locally created superhero, described by CNN as "one part Shaft, one part Superman." "I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you?" The "funny how" bit was heavily based on an incident Joe Pesci experienced as a young waiter when he complimented a mobster on his sense of humor. Needless to say, the man didn’t take it too well. Martin Scorsese heard the story during rehearsal and liked it so much that he let Pesci and Ray Liotta incorporate it by improvising their dialogue. The other actors in the scene weren’t given advanced notice because Scorsese wanted their genuine, unrehearsed reactions, and he shot it with only medium takes and no close-ups in order to capture their surprise. "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." Soon after the film came out in 1977, Sir Alec Guinness told the BBC that fans sought him out for Obi-Wan-like wisdom. "I’ve been getting some pretty strange letters: 'My wife and I have got problems, could you come over and live with us.'" "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." The racy double entendre wasn’t penned by the credited screenwriters — that’d be Jules Furthman and William Faulkner — but by producer Howard Hawks, who came up with the line at Lauren Bacall’s test screening. She was so good at it, Hawks asked Faulkner to pencil it into the shooting script. "You is kind. You is smart. You is important." "One of the weirdest places I've seen the line pop up," says writer-director Tate Taylor, "was in a gift shop in Mississippi. It was crocheted toilet-seat cover that said, 'You is kind, you is smart, you is important.' I guess they thought it would be a beautiful place to those words every day." "After all, tomorrow is another day!" Though the screenplay, which went through numerous revisions, has four credited writers, this line is lifted directly from the book, where it is the closing line of the novel. "Stella! Hey, Stella!" Since 1997, the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival has held a Stanley and Stella shouting contest. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" L. Frank Baum, the author of the novel on which the film is based, reportedly thought up the name "Oz" when looking at his filing cabinets, which were organized from A to N and O to Z. "I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." No surprise that one of the ultimate rom-com lines of all time also had the biggest disparity between male and female voters. Women had it at No. 28. Men just No. 100. "The Dude abides." The inspiration for Jeff Bridges' character was Jeff Dowd, legendary publicist and former head of the Seattle Film Festival. At Sundance in 2009, the real Dude famously got into a fistfight with Variety film critic John Anderson over a disagreement over a documentary titled Dirt! The Movie. "Hasta la vista, baby." "Sayonara, baby" was used in the Spanish-language version of the film since hasta la vista wouldn’t have been funny to Spanish-speaking audiences. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" Judy Garland became so attached to the little black Cairn Terrier who played Toto that she tried to adopt the pooch after filming ended. (His owner said no.) The dog, whose real name was Terry, was compensated well for his work: He got more than twice what the Munchkins received. "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" Blame Woody Allen and his 1972 comedy, Play it Again, Sam, for making this the all-time most misquoted movie line in film history. "I'm having an old friend for dinner." With lines as good as this one, Anthony Hopkins only needed about 16 minutes of screen time to win a best actor Oscar, among the shortest performances ever to earn someone an Academy Award in the category. "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way." The line was voiced before any part of Roger Rabbit had been illustrated, so to get Bob Hoskins in the mood, director Robert Zemeckis told the late actor to simply imagine his ideal sexual fantasy. "If you build it, he will come." Another misquote! Nobody in Field of Dreams ever says, "If you build it, they will come." "Just keep swimming." This line — voiced by talk show host Ellen DeGeneres — was so popular, it’s earned her sidekick fish character, Dory, her own Nemo sequel, Finding Dory, coming this summer. "Mama says, 'Stupid is as stupid does.'" Forrest Gump may have popularized the phrase, but it’s actually a variant of the old adage, "Handsome is as handsome does,” which appears in, among other places, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Herman Melville's Billy Budd. "I'm the king of the world!" Director James Cameron admitted "making a fool of" himself by repeating the line as he accepted the movie's best picture Oscar. "Shaken, not stirred." The line is uttered onscreen for the first time by Dr. No, the villain in the first Bond movie. Bond himself doesn’t say it until Goldfinger, the third movie. "What we've got here is a failure to communicate." Screenwriter Frank Pierson thought the line seemed too refined to be uttered by Strother Martin’s prison warden, so he wrote an elaborate backstory for the character that involved criminology courses that improved his vocabulary. "I am big! It's the pictures that got small." Numerous retired silent film stars were considered for the role of Norma Desmond — Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Pola Negri — but, of course, the part ultimately went to Gloria Swanson, who stayed in character throughout the entire shoot. "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." There are 42 rings heard during the movie, meaning, if Clarence (Henry Travers) is right, 42 new angels. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." Although this line is variously attributed to Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and an Arabian proverb, this specific phrasing came straight from the pens of screenwriters Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." The line actually comes from 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire’s poetry collection Paris Spleen. In French it is, “La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas." "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Network screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky originally envisioned Paul Newman in the the role that won Peter Finch an Oscar — the first to be given posthumously (the second went to Heath Ledger). Two months before the Academy Awards, Finch suffered a heart attack in the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel while waiting for a meeting with director Sidney Lumet. "You don't understand! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." Rod Steiger's reaction to this line was filmed without Brando present. Brando’s deal with the studio allowed him to leave at 4:00 every day to attend therapy to deal with the recent death of his mother. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." Despite holding the record for the most Academy Award nominations for a single film (14, tied with Titanic) and making nearly every list of the top 100 movies of all time, this is one of the most misquoted lines in movie history. Most say, “…It’s going to be a bumpy RIDE. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." In the 37 years since the movie was released, this line has been parodied more than 50 times in other TV shows and movies, including Lizzie Maguire ("I love the smell of pop quizzes in the morning!") and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie ("I love the smell of destruction in the evening!"). "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?" Another misquote. Contrary to popular belief, Clint Eastwood never says, "Do you feel lucky, punk?" "Say hello to my little friend!" Al Pacino's M203 grenade launcher — which was custom-made for the film and later appeared in Predator — sold at an auction in November for $54,400. "Show me the money!" "The most surreal part of hearing the line reappear in the culture," writer-director Cameron Crowe tells THR about Cuba Gooding Jr.'s signature phrase, "was when George W. Bush and then Barack Obama both quoted it in their State of the Union speeches. When Obama said it, my mom called immediately: 'OK, you did it,' she said, 'you got Bush and Obama to agree about something.'" "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." Richard Castellano, who played Clemenza, ad-libbed "take the cannoli," riffing on an earlier scene where his character's wife asks him to pick up the dessert on his way home. "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys." "I have a pair of pants from a company called Carpe Denim," screenwriter Tom Schulman tells THR. "I didn't realize when I bought them, but when they were folded in a certain way I saw it on the inside of the waistband. The 'Denim' is pretty much the funniest thing I've seen with that line." "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?" In Mike Nichols' movie, Mrs. Robinson is supposed to be 25 years older than recent college grad Ben Braddock. But in reality, 35-year-old Anne Bancroft was only six years older than 29-year-old Dustin Hoffman. "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley." "I think people remember the line because of Leslie Nielsen’s delivery," Jeff Zucker (who co-wrote the script with his brother David and Jim Abrahamson) tells THR. "The way he said it was exactly what we were going for. We told the actors to pretend they didn’t know they were in a comedy." "Here's Johnny!" All the script called for was for Jack Nicholson’s deranged writer, Jack Torrance, to break down the door to get to his cowering wife. But Nicholson added a little something to cut the tension — the production went through dozens of doors before director Stanley Kubrick was satisfied — and his improvised "Here’s Johnny!" made the cut. "There's no crying in baseball!" "If somebody put a gun to my head and said 'What would be sort of the defining line from A League of Their Own, I would pick a line much later in the movie," says screenwriter Babaloo Mandel. "Geena Davis is quitting and she's trying to tell him, 'It just got too hard,' and Tom Hanks says to her, 'It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. The "hard" is what makes it great.' I would pick that." "You had me at hello." "It was a straight-up tip of the hat to Billy Wilder and the last line of The Apartment," says writer-director Cameron Crowe. "I always loved it when Shirley MacLaine said to Jack Lemmon, 'Shut up and deal.' It was the favorite last line to any movie in my family growing up. We loved it. So for Jerry Maguire, I wanted Renee to just cut him off and say it. The actual full line is, 'Shut up — you had me at hello.' It's pretty much a rule of thumb for every screenwriter: Billy Wilder will never steer you wrong." "Houston, we have a problem." Hollywood doing a little historical revisionism: In real life, astronaut Jim Lovell said, "Houston, we've had a problem." "To infinity and beyond!" Buzz Lightyear's catchphrase is actually a variation of the line "Beyond the infinite," which appears as a title card in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. The phrase later served as the title of Karen Paik's book recounting the history of Pixar — and as a lyric in Beyonce's 2008 hit, "Single Ladies." "Yippie-ki-yay, motherf—er!" "I wrote 'Yippe-ki-yay, asshole,'" says screenwriter Steven E. de Souza. "But Bruce, on his final take, ad-libbed the 'motherf—er,' much to the amusement of the crew. The studio nervously left it in for the first test screening and the reaction made it permanent. But you don't always know.” "E.T. phone home." Director Steven Spielberg voiced E.T. during shooting — standing just to the side of the camera and interacting with the child actors. Then sound designer Ben Burtt recorded actress Pat Welsh, whose raspy smoker’s voice he overheard one day at a camera store, and mixed it with animal sounds to get the friendly alien’s voice just right. "You can't handle the truth!" It took an entire day to shoot the climatic courtroom scene where Nicholson utters this line. When it came time to shoot coverage — filming reaction shots from others in the scene — director Rob Reiner told Nicholson he would get someone else to read his lines off-camera, but Nicholson insisted on reading them himself, doing the speech about 50 times. Why? "I just love to act," he told Reiner. "I'll be back." Schwarzenegger wanted to change the line to "I will be back" because it sounded more machine-like and he had trouble pronouncing "I'll." He said director James Cameron "looked at me like I'd lost my mind." "I see dead people." As Haley Joel Osment says this line, the camera pans over Bruce Willis' face. That worried producer Frank Marshall, who thought it might give away the movie's twist. Test audience, though, didn't have a clue. "Bond. James Bond." Ian Fleming named his superspy by looking for the most boring moniker he could find on his bookshelves — it turned out to be the author of a bird-watching guide. "By God, [that] is the dullest name I've ever heard," Fleming recalled of his eureka moment. "We'll always have Paris." In an oral history for the Writers Guild, screenwriter Julius Epstein recalled, "I wrote a note to [producer] Hal Wallis telling him how terrible [the script for Casablanca] was. He put it in a drawer. Thereafter, any time we had an argument about anything, he would open the drawer, pull out that note and hand it to [me] to read." "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." The original draft of the screenplay ended with Claude Rains, not Bogart, saying "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," and Bogart replying, "Yes, but don't forget you still owe me 10,000 francs." "I'll have what she's having." According to Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan was so self-conscious about faking an orgasm, director Rob Reiner faked "an orgasm that King Kong would be jealous of" to make her relax. "Why so serious?" Heath Ledger's brilliantly twisted delivery may account for why this line finished No. 1 among 20- to 29-year-old voters. "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Mandy Patinkin has said that this line — by far the most famous he's ever uttered — gets repeated back to him by fans at least two or three times a day. "I am your father." One of the most misquoted lines in movie history, right up there with "Play it again, Sam." The real line has no "Luke" in it. "The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club." Edward Norton and Brad Pitt took their preparation for Fight Club seriously. Both took lessons in boxing, tae kwon do, grappling and studied hours of UFC programming. Pitt even visited a dentist to have his front tooth chipped. They also almost didn’t get the roles: Matt Damon and Sean Penn were considered for The Narrator, but David Fincher wanted Norton, as he was impressed with his performance in The People vs. Larry Flynt. One producer has his eye on Russell Crowe for Tyler Durden, but another producer overruled him. "There's no place like home." The film adaption took a lot of liberties with L. Frank Baum's 1900 fantasy novel. The filmmakers did, however, take this jewel straight from the book. "You talkin' to me?" Robert De Niro improvised the line. The script simply said, "Travis speaks to himself in the mirror." Writer Paul Schrader told the actor his character was just "a little kid playing with guns and acting tough." "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." Casablanca has the most quotes in the top 100. In addition to this one there are Casablanca lines at Nos. 2, 15, 16 and 52. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." Some variation of this line appears in all three Godfather movies. Screenwriter Mario Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola were on opposite coasts when they were co-writing the script for the first film — Puzo in New York City, Coppola in San Francisco — and they literally mailed drafts back and forth to each other. "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Since Dorothy first uttered it 77 years ago, this line has popped up in countless TV shows and movies, from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids to Avatar, from Grey’s Anatomy to Gilmore Girls. Not to mention Jo Dee Messina’s 1996 hit “You’re Not in Kansas Anymore.” "May the Force be with you." Several characters say this line in the original movie, but surprisingly not Obi-Wan Kenobi, who doesn't utter it until 2002's Episode II: Attack of the Clones. "You're gonna need a bigger boat." "[Richard] Zanuck and [David] Brown were very stingy producers and everyone kept telling them 'You're gonna need a bigger boat,'" recalls Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb (who moved in with director Steven Spielberg for four months to work on the shooting script). "It became a catchphrase for anytime anything went wrong — whether lunch was late or if the swells were rocking the camera." "Here's looking at you, kid." The Japanese version of the line — "Kimi no hitomi ni kanpai'' — literally translates as, "Cheers to your eyes." Manako Ihaya of the American Translators Association calls it "a classic example of a good movie script translation" for its ability to capture the nuance of the English for the Japanese audience. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Two months before the movie’s release, censors demanded that "damn" be dropped. The producers came up with 22 variations of the line, including "Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a whoop," before the censors relented and allowed the "damn" to stay. Read more here. Click here to see the 10 lines that just missed making the list.
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with the good news that God is always present and has sent his angels to protect us.	en	https://blog.newgrowthpr…Square-32x32.png	New Growth Press Blog	https://blog.newgrowthpress.com/gods-army-of-angels-is-always-on-your-side/	When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can parents remind them of God’s protection and love? In Angels on Your Side: When You’re Feeling Scared best-selling children’s author Marty Machowski addresses children’s fears and anxieties with a simple, relatable story, reassuring them with the good news that God is always present and has sent his angels to protect us. In this interview, we talk to Marty about some of the things that make this book very special. Q: Being afraid of the dark is a common childhood fear. What inspired you to write a book for children who are scared of the dark? During Christmas time, families will put an elf on the shelf who is watching over the behavior of the children leading up to Christmas. We all know, of course, that this fun tradition has no basis in reality. But God is watching over us, and he sends his angels as his agents in that endeavor. Few children know what the Bible teaches about angels. So, I decided to write a book to teach them about God’s ministering spirits. Q: Were you or any of your kids afraid of the dark when they were young? I’m sure you have some stories to share. Most children go through a time where they are afraid of the dark. I can remember my kids asking, “Can you leave a light on?” There is something about the dark that is scary. Conversely, there is something about the light that is reassuring. The Bible teaches that darkness hides evil while light exposes evil. When it comes to being alone, nobody likes the dark, where evil lurks. Q: There is something very special about Angels on Your Side. What makes it unique from any other book you have written? Rommel Ruiz, the illustrator, used a 3-D format to highlight the supernatural side of the angels he depicted in the story. That makes this book different from any other I’ve written in the past. Q: Introduce us to the story told in Angels on Your Side. Logan goes to spend the night at his grandparents’ home when a thunderstorm blows in. The thunder and lightning scare Logan who calls out for his Grandpa. Grandpa comes in and comforts Logan with the truth that we don’t need to be afraid because God controls the storms and sends his angels to watch over us. But Logan doesn’t think angels are real. When Grandpa tells Logan that the Bible is full of stories about angels, Logan seizes the opportunity to ask Grandpa for a story and keep Grandpa close till the storm passes. It is in these Bible stories, retold by Grandpa, that Logan learns about God’s angels. Q: What stories from the Bible does Grandpa tell Logan? How is the last story that Grandpa tells different from the others? Grandpa tells three stories about God’s angel army. The first is the story of Elisha and the angels that appeared on the hills when King Aram came to attack (2 Kings 6). The second story is the day God’s angel army appeared to the shepherds to announce the birth of Christ (Luke 2). But the third story is about the day when God did not send his angels (Matthew 26). That of course, is the crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus could have called down God’s angel army in his defense. But he did not call them, and God the Father did not send them. Why didn’t Jesus call for help? He went to the cross willingly for our salvation. Jesus refused the angels so that he could take our punishment, and we could be saved. Q: What are some misconceptions kids (and even adults) have about angels? What does the Bible say about angels? When people think about angels, they often think of cupid-like creatures with bows and arrows that live on the clouds or they might picture women with wings. But God’s angels are mighty and are all depicted as men in Scripture. Angels are powerful messengers that can appear as glorious creatures with wings or appear as humans that seem like you or me. In fact, the Bible tells us that we should look for opportunities to show hospitality for some have welcomed angels as guests without even knowing (Hebrews 13:2). Q: Do you believe angels take a present and active part in our lives today? There is no reason to think that God has retired his angel army. God’s angels are at work continually praising him in heaven, and they are on assignment to watch over and protect his children, just as they have from days of old. Q: What special connection do you have to Logan in the story? Shortly after I wrote the book my son, Noah, and his wife, Emilee, had their first son and named him Logan. I chose a different name originally, but the editors liked the name, Logan, and changed the character’s name right about the time I learned that was my new grandson’s name. This August, I was able to read Angels on Your Side to my grandson, Logan, who is soon to be three years old. It was fun to share the story. He loved that he and Grandpa are both characters in the book!
2622	dbpedia	2	67	https://stevehadden.com/book/the-dark-side-of-angels/	en	The Dark Side of Angels – Steve Hadden			[ "https://stevehadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fb.png", "https://stevehadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/g.png", "https://stevehadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/itw.png", "https://stevehadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Dark-Side-of-Angels.jpg", "https://stevehadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Dark-Side-of-Angels.jpg", "https://stevehadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fb.png", "https://stevehadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/g.png", "https://stevehadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/itw.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en			https://stevehadden.com/book/the-dark-side-of-angels/	The Dark Side of Angels Author’s Note of Introduction While this is a work of fiction, immortality is a scientific fact. Turritopsis dohrnii, a jellyfish first discovered off the coast of Italy in 1988, is the only known immortal animal on Earth, able to go from stem cell to full adult medusa and back again. Work is underway to decode its genome and understand its remarkable transformation at a cellular level. In addition, thanks to recent scientific breakthroughs, including a new gene-editing tool called CRISPR, molecular biologists can now identify and modify any gene in any living organism, including those in humans. The technology will revolutionize medicine and the biosphere we all share. The process was discovered while investigating a gene-editing defense mechanism that bacteria use to destroy attacking viruses. Since its discovery, scientists using CRISPR have created goats with longer hair, dehorned cows, virus-resistant pigs and a host of other genetically modified crops and animals. They’ve corrected mutations that cause cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy in living human cells in the lab. It’s being used to develop treatments against deadly viruses. And recently, a rogue scientist in China created two HIV-resistant human babies. The question is: Can we take this remarkable journey to cure diseases that have plagued humans since the beginning of our existence, perhaps even controlling our own evolution, while avoiding the dark side of genetic modification? The answer lies ahead of us on a journey we will all take together … hopefully with science on the side of the angels. CHAPTER 1 Kayla Covington had been here before, but this time she was determined no one would die. She examined the prefilled syringe in its refrigerated case and admired her life’s work. Ten years after her twelve-year-old son died, she’d have another chance to regain her family. And this was the key. She picked up her son’s picture from the corner of her desk and let the flood of love and guilt engulf her. She couldn’t feel one without the other. But it was a tradeoff she’d always accepted. It had been her decision. One any mother would have made for a chance to save her son. Even if it only gave them a few more months together. If she’d only had this technology back then, things might be different now. She looked up and scanned the lab through the plate-glass window. After assembling the prefilled syringes for the first human trials, her team had stayed late to celebrate. Dressed in pale blue lab coats, they stood at their workstations in full personal protective equipment among the microscopes, computer stations and sparkling glassware and toasted the most remarkable breakthrough in the history of medicine. Despite the public’s concerns, she knew it would work. The primate trials had gone perfectly and soon the world would have a gene-editing therapy that would save millions and change the destiny of the human species. But this dose was for patient number one. The only person who’d supported her all along. She’d snatch her father from the relentless grip of Parkinson’s disease, and maybe, just maybe, her daughter would finally forgive her. Startled by a thud, she looked up from the case containing the syringe. Then the window to the lab exploded. Glass shards sliced into her face and the blast slammed her into the wall behind her. When she awoke, her skin felt on fire. Her ears rang and throbbed with pain. She wanted to rip them from her head. She thought her eyes were open, but she saw nothing but bright white light. The smell of tar mixed with the thick blanket of burning aromatics choked her. She pressed to a seated position and her sight returned slowly, as if she were peering through an evaporating fog. Then she spotted them. They looked like aliens, with elongated snouts and large round eyes, roaming through the smoke and flames. She started to stand but dropped back to the floor when she saw the automatic rifles and recognized the gas masks and fire suits. The attackers systematically crept through the lab. The first attacker stopped, took aim at one of her team members on the floor and fired once, then grabbed their laptop computer from the debris. The others repeated the process equidistantly spread out across the flaming lab. An acidic bomb exploded in her stomach when she realized they were exterminating her crippled team. She searched for her desk phone and found the shattered device against the back wall. She lunged for handset, pressed the talk button, and put it to her ear. Nothing. Tossing it aside, she glanced back toward the attackers who were still executing the last of her team. Catalyzed by the need to stop them and the panic detonating in her body, she stood and yelled, “Leave them alone! I’m right here!” Now the killers all headed directly for her. Knowing they’d be on her in seconds, she forced her rebooting body to respond and scrambled onto her hands and knees, sweeping the floor ahead with both hands. Fighting off the numbing shock, she implored her stunned limbs to work faster as she searched under the debris for the only remaining scrap of her life’s work. As the curtain of thick, acrid smoke filled her office, her right hand hit something, and she skittered her fingers atop the syringe. It felt intact. She snatched it up. While she crawled toward the shattered window leading outside, she moved her left hand back and forth along the floor hoping to snag her backpack, which held her phone and wallet. Her pinky hooked the strap and she shrugged it onto her shoulder. Squatting behind her desk, she checked the lab one last time. The smoke screened her view and burned her eyes. She listened for her team, but all she heard was breaking glass and the growl of the fire. She sprang up and leapt through the shattered window. She hit the gravel hard but kept her grip on the syringe. She picked herself up and sprinted away from the building. Her mind raced. Who were these people? Why were they killing her team and destroying her work? When would help arrive? Cover around the building was sparse, other than the late January darkness, so she dashed around the side of the building and across the parking lot. They’d spot her quickly and have a clear shot. She expected a bullet to pierce her skull at any moment. She checked over her shoulder and saw the smoke billowing out of the broken windows of the lab. As she neared Torrey Pines Drive, she glanced back again and saw two figures facing the front entrance of the building. When she read the yellow letters on their jackets, she skidded to a stop behind the trunk of a thick eucalyptus tree. FBI. Were they responding? They turned and targeted her with their rifles. As she caught her breath, her body vibrated with terror and disbelief. She’d battled the government to get the trial approved and tolerated their restrictions and security requirements, but she’d complied. Now they were trying to kill her. The crack of two slugs hitting the tree trunk jolted her. She ducked and bolted across the empty northbound lanes and hurdled the guardrail in the median. Another shot rang out against the guardrail. She realized she’d never heard the rifles fire. Just like the killers inside the lab, they were using suppressors. She wanted to look back but she didn’t have time. Ahead, she saw the dim security lights on the corner of the maintenance building for Torrey Pines Golf Course. Stuffing the syringe into her front pants pocket, she jumped and clung to the chain-link fence. She scrambled over it, but her backpack snagged on the rough ends atop the fence and pinned her body against it. Another shot buzzed past her head and she could see the two FBI agents advancing, still targeting her with their rifles. She yanked herself out of the straps of the pack just as a pair of headlights appeared in the southbound lanes. She heard sirens in the distance and raced around the corner of the building. In an instant, Kayla was into the thick darkness of the golf course. Guided by the feel of concrete under her feet, she followed the cart path until it ended. Then she entered the prickly brush marking the start of Torrey Pines State Reserve. The din of the city had faded, and she could hear the ocean clawing against the shoreline. The smell of coastal sagebrush was strong, and she stopped and listened. Other than the noise from a passing car, she heard nothing. They’d either given up due to the first responders’ arrival or they were far better at concealment than she was. She worked her way down the arroyo to the shoreline cliff and sat on a sandstone rock at its edge. Her heart raced as she caught her breath. The pain began to rise. Her entire body ached, and her face burned from the cuts. Her thoughts began to emerge from the fog of panic. She had to get somewhere safe. But with the authorities possibly involved, she’d have to rely on someone she could trust. The attackers clearly wanted her dead. And something inside said they wouldn’t give up easily. With no money and no phone, her options were limited. While it was usually called out as a liability, she thanked God for her obsession with staying in shape. Tonight, it had saved her life. But only for tonight. She needed a plan, and that plan would require a five-mile run and the mercy of someone she’d shown little mercy the last time they’d been together. Her lab had been destroyed and all the other prefilled syringes that contained the synthetic vectors outfitted with CRISPR components had been stolen. The genetic instructions they carried unlocked the secret of Turritopsis, the only immortal animal in the world, and translated it to work in the human genome. The prefilled syringes that stopped the process before it went too far were gone as well. She pulled the syringe from her jeans. It was the last sample on Earth, and it wouldn’t last the night without refrigeration. Her life’s work would be lost, along with the only chance to regain her family. As she looked out across the ocean glimmering in the moonlight and thought about the millions of people her work would save, she knew what she had to do. She pulled down her jeans and uncovered the needle. Stretching the flesh taut on her thigh, she pressed the needle into it and pushed the plunger. She felt the sting and watched the syringe empty. The Cas9 protein and the guide RNA entered her bloodstream, and soon the CRISPR process would cut out sections of her DNA and paste the modified DNA letters in exactly the right order. The process she’d called RGR—rapid genetic reversal—would begin, and her body would grow younger. Her cells would store the genetic code—but without the injection that stopped the process, she’d die in less than a week. To survive, she had to stop the process now operating in every cell in her body. She looked back up the hill into the darkness and saw no indication they were coming for her. She almost wished they were. She’d been so close, and now her path seemed hopeless. Death, not her redemption, had come—and two words echoed in her head. Not again. CHAPTER 2 Neville Lewis knew in his heart these killings would help him. He hated that part of himself. He absorbed the warmth of his five-year-old son, Darrin, asleep against his side, as if the boy were recharging his soul with innocence. He knew he’d need it. His eyes scoured every word of the breaking news as it appeared on the crawler on the muted flat-screen TV. An explosion has destroyed a building just outside San Diego. The unedited film from the scene looked horrific. Fire crews poured water into the flaming building and police cars and ambulances hovered around the perimeter. Empty stretchers were slowly placed into the waiting ambulances whose drivers were in no hurry to leave. Many unconfirmed casualties feared. The collateral damage was far worse than he’d hoped. But he’d done the calculation and the loss of life was worth it. There would probably be more, but eventually they’d all be revered as heroes by generations to come. Still, this act went against everything he’d stood for. He’d saved lives, millions of them. His foundation was one of the most successful philanthropic organizations in the world. He’d battled malaria, HIV, cholera and starvation. He’d delivered clean water to more people than the largest utilities in the country. His goal was to be counted among the world greatest philanthropists, like Carnegie, Mellon and Gates. But now, one of the world’s greatest philanthropists had embraced killing for the greater good. Darrin snuggled closer and Neville shielded him from the truth with his hug. Neville heard his wife’s footfalls from the darkness of their expansive kitchen. Without looking away from the TV, he felt around the soft sofa for the remote and changed the channel. Lying to Charlotte was never an option. Her short, thick brown hair was tousled, and her eyes foretold that her own bedtime was imminent. Her appearance was the result of her nighttime ritual for Penelope: pajamas, toothbrushing and bedtime story, softly told while sharing a pillow with her Merrythought teddy bear, Chester. Charlotte stopped between Neville and the TV. “You ready for me to take him up?” “You mind?” Charlotte leaned in and extended both hands. “Not at all. I’ve been reviewing the team’s work on the robotic application of SZENSOR. We’re close, but I’m wiped out. I’ll take Darrin to bed with me.” SZENSOR had made them rich beyond all definition of the word through an exclusive deal with the US government that kept the technology out of the hands of the public and in the hands of the US intelligence agencies. It was also the reason he never lied to Charlotte. The technology used behavioral biomarkers to read people’s minds. Minute shifts in facial muscles, changes in tone and word choice, length of smiles or frowns and fluctuations in the eyes all gave away humans’ closest secrets. It was more accurate than a lie detector but still considered inadmissible in court. Offshoots of the technology were available in hundreds of other applications, ranging from attraction ratings in dating apps to helping robots assess humans’ dispositions. She was the behavioral scientist who’d helped him design the algorithms. They’d met after a lecture he’d given on the UW campus. She was a smart and attractive Chinese American professor there. Her mother and father were from Beijing but had homes in Seattle and Vancouver. Her father ran an import/export business with offices in Seattle, Vancouver and Shanghai. Neville was immediately smitten. They were married the same year. Neville scooped up Darrin. He swore he weighed twice as much when he was asleep. He slipped Darrin into her arms and she cradled him against her body with his head draped over her shoulder. “See you up there.” Charlotte shuffled quietly across the cherrywood floor to the staircase and disappeared into the shadows. He turned off the TV and walked down the long hallway and across the covered footbridge to his office. He stood at the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking across Lake Sammamish toward Mount Baker. From a thousand feet above the lake, the reflected light danced on the water like fireflies. A knock on the door leading to the private entrance to his office interrupted his momentary meditation. Max Wagner, head of his security team, entered. “I have some information.” “Okay. But we have to be careful. I don’t want to know the details.” Wagner’s silence and raised thick eyebrows said otherwise. Neville suspected it was a tactic he’d learned working in the intelligence community. He’d been with Neville since the second venture round, when Neville’s net worth surpassed the one-billion-dollar mark. Recommended by one of the venture capitalists, his résumé was short: thirty years with the Central Intelligence Agency. Nothing else. But judgment and discretion were paramount for Neville. Neville had to ask for more details since they’d both previously agreed on maintaining Neville’s plausible deniability in all sensitive matters due to SZENSOR. “What is it?” “They missed her.” “What? How in the hell could that happen? It looks like they blew up the building and killed everyone inside.” Wagner deadpanned. “She got out through a window.” “If she’s still out there, she can make it again.” Wagner narrowed his eyes on Neville. “The word I get is that the FBI had an agent in there. She’ll be gone by tomorrow.” “You’re pretty certain.” Neville knew that the longer Kayla Covington was out there, the greater the risk that she’d re-create this threat to mankind. “Did you at least get the new data?” “Got all of it yesterday. On the lab computers, in the cloud, all of it.” “When will we have it?” “Soon.” “Let me know as soon as it’s secured.” Wagner nodded in agreement and moved back to the door. “Hang on,” Neville said. “You and I need to talk about the problem in Equatorial Guinea.” “Now?” Neville just waited for Wagner to catch up. “Right. We can’t lie to her,” Wagner said. They headed to the side chairs overlooking the Cascades and talked about the logistics and security problems with the new water system going in at Malabo. Then Wagner left Neville alone. Neville walked to the hand-carved mantel above the fireplace across from the windows. He gently placed his hand against the side of the gold urn. He turned and walked to the doorway to the footbridge. As he turned off the light, he softly said, “Good night, Mother.”
2622	dbpedia	0	2	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Side_of_Angels	en	On the Side of Angels	https://upload.wikimedia…nrimes217620.jpg	https://upload.wikimedia…nrimes217620.jpg	[ "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png", "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg", "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Leannrimes217620.jpg/220px-Leannrimes217620.jpg", "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Musical_notes.svg/30px-Musical_notes.svg.png", "https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1", "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg", "https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/footer/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Contributors to Wikimedia projects" ]	2007-08-14T23:35:59+00:00		en	/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Side_of_Angels	1997 single by LeAnn Rimes "On the Side of Angels" is a song written by Gary Burr and Gerry House, and recorded by American country music artist LeAnn Rimes. It was released in October 1997 as the second and final single from her album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs. It was also later featured on her Greatest Hits (2003) album. "On the Side of Angels" was featured in the 1997 TV movie Holiday in Your Heart, which starred Rimes herself. Being in the movie caused the song to gain unexpected success and acknowledgement, which caused some to consider the song as an "unofficial/promotional single". The live performance of the song from the movie has been misinterpreted on YouTube, often circulating around with the label "music video". "On the Side of Angels" is a Christian love song. It is a slow ballad with very strong vocals and a powerful meaning. Chart (1997-1998) Peak position Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[1] 9 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 4
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Kisker" ]	2022-08-23T06:01:00-04:00	“Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” We are living through an era of mounting conflict. The rhetoric, if you listen to either the left-leaning or right-leaning pundits, is almost identical. The other side wants to destroy freedom. They want to take away your right	en	https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8f0a50ea1914768acbc668/1586451581763-7QLXSM6G0QVMVYX6EER9/favicon.ico?format=100w	Firebrand Magazine	https://firebrandmag.com/articles/spiritual-warfare-and-the-side-of-the-blessed-angels	“Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” We are living through an era of mounting conflict. The rhetoric, if you listen to either the left-leaning or right-leaning pundits, is almost identical. The other side wants to destroy freedom. They want to take away your rights. They are corrupt. They are liars. Each side’s evidence is different, carefully curated to make their point, but the message is the same. Those on the other side are evil. Of course, forces of good and evil exist in the world, and they are waging a battle for every soul on the planet. But whose “side” they are on, in any given conflict, is often very difficult to discern. We invariably assume that whatever side we are on, it is the side of the blessed angels. Our opponents are thus necessarily in a pact with demonic powers set against God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and all that is wholesome in the world. But is that scriptural? Is that “the truth that is in Jesus” (Eph 4:21)? I was reflecting recently on the prophet Elisha. He lived in a time when one should have been able to pick out which earthly communities were “on the Lord’s side.” One side was God’s chosen nation that was rescued from slavery and given the promised land. The other sides were nations who worshiped false gods, like Baal, and waged war on God’s people. Easy, right? And yet Elisha, like Paul, was “a minister … to the Gentiles” (Rom 15:16), the enemies of Israel. Through Elisha, God blessed Naaman, who led the armies of Aram that subjugated Israel, who captured and enslaved Israel’s people. When Naaman submitted to the Word of God through Elisha, he was healed of leprosy and became a follower of the God of Israel, while still commander of Aram (2 Ki 5:1-19). That should encourage all of us. If God were willing to heal and bring to faith that guy because God “so loved the world” (Jn 3:16), then He so loves us too. He is willing to heal us as we submit to Him. And yet, after Naaman was healed, the armies of Aram, of whom Naaman was commander, continued harassing the people of God. In the next chapter we read, “The king of Aram was at war with Israel” (2 Ki 6:8). God’s people were still under attack again by a King who worshiped in the “temple of Rimmon” where Baal reigned. Though God converted the commander of Aram’s armies, Baal and his servants—demonic spirits and those they control—still had power to harass, even oppress the people of God. And God still worked to save. God spoke to Elisha, and he “sent word to the king of Israel…. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard” (2 Ki 6:9-10). That is what the Holy Spirit does in the life of a believer. God sends word, through relationships with other believers, through circumstances, sometimes directly, to warn us against traps laid for us by the enemy of our souls. In this case, the King of Israel submitted to the Word of God. Elisha listened to God, and the king listened to Elisha. That made Elisha a threat to the forces harassing God’s people. And those forces attacked him. The same is true for us. When you begin to “hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law,” if you “turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul” (Deut 30:10 KJV), you will come under attack. And sometimes that attack will seem overwhelming. The King of Aram “sent horses and chariots and a strong force” to Dothan where Elisha was staying. “They went by night and surrounded the city.” There was no escape. And when Elisha’s servant “got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. ‘Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?’ the servant asked” (2 Ki 6:15). The servant was naturally terrified, because he wasn’t seeing spiritually, with eyes of faith. “‘Don’t be afraid,’ the prophet answered. ‘Those who are with us are more than those who are with them’” (2 Ki 6:16). What are you talking about, Elisha? There is no one here but enemies. This battle is impossible to win and it never seems to end. There is no way for us to have victory, not in this circumstance, not in this life. “And Elisha prayed, ‘Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.’ Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha” (2 Ki 6:17). He saw the army of God arrayed for him. From the world’s perspective, this seemingly endless war between Aram and Israel was a simple geo-political conflict, like those that have gone on since the dawn of nations and kings. But there was more going on in the invisible realm than simply competing national interests to be chronicled and analyzed in secular history books. In fact, all battles that believers face, big and small, including those conflicts that rage among us in our governments and churches, have a spiritual component. Whenever we face temptation of any kind, invisible maneuvers are going on in the spiritual realm beyond that extra cookie that looks so enticing, or that withering online response that will feel so satisfying. I am not trying to trivialize this; in fact, the opposite. As believers, we are in a spiritual battle every day of our lives. Forces are arrayed both against us and for us. That does not mean that the “side” of the blessed angels is easily discerned in our earthly battles, at least not those on the big stages of domestic or international or ecclesial politics. God loved the King of Israel and Naaman. He loved Aram and Israel. He loves Russia and Ukraine. He loves Democrats and Republicans. He loves United Methodists and Global Methodists and every other kind of Methodist. Joshua 5 describes the story of God’s people, having just entered the land that God promised to them. To prepare themselves to approach the fortified city of Jericho, whose walls will collapse in the very next chapter, Joshua and all the men of Israel set themselves apart through circumcision. This was no minor praying the sinner’s prayer, mind you, or even getting baptized. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you” (Josh 5:9). God’s people were forgiven for their idolatry, made new and clean before God. God had rescued them, sustained them in the desert, promised them land, and miraculously brought them into it. Now he claimed them as holy. And yet, as “Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, ‘Are you for us or for our enemies?’ ‘Neither,’ he replied, ‘but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come’” (Josh 5:13-14). The commander of the army of the Lord (who is quite possibly the pre-incarnate Christ, the Word of God, who will one day be born in a manger in Bethlehem) is not for or against, either His own Holy consecrated people or their enemies. But He has come. There is a spiritual component to all our battles, but here is the hard truth. God is for his servants, his children, and his enemies. He and His host fight for the abundant life of all creation, all His creatures. He fights for those who are in the moment fighting against Him. He even fights for us when we, for a “good cause,” give in to forces that bring death and align ourselves with His enemies by succumbing to gossip, wrath, arrogance, or deception. Demons and angels fight for and against individuals on all sides of any conflict. Demonic spirits fight to sow chaos and malevolence and destroy the souls of as many as possible through anger and hate, lust and pride, greed and vanity. Blessed angels fight to convict, convert, save, and redeem all who are tempted away from love of God and neighbor, and love of enemy. If believers, in our zeal for a cause or nation or denomination, fall into pride or vanity or wrath, no matter how justified or righteous we feel, we are on the side of Baal. Joshua’s response was exactly right. When he encountered the Lord’s commander, “Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and he said to him, ‘What do you command your servant, my lord?’” (Josh 5:14). As the King of Israel submitted to God’s Word through Elisha, Joshua submitted himself to the will of God in that moment. He didn’t submit himself to a cause or a nation or a people or a party. He submitted to the one who leads the armies of heaven. God is not for us because we belong to a group or support a cause. He is not for us because we have membership in a particular denomination or “gave our lives to him” at some point in the past. God is for us when we yield to the commander of the hosts of heaven. He is ready to fight for us, in the midst of any trial or temptation, in the midst of any confusing earthly conflict nationally, internationally, or ecclesially. But we must listen to the Word of God and do what He tells us, taking up the weapons He commanded us to take up, and only those. He commanded, “deny yourselves and take up your cross daily and follow me” (Lk 9:23). To do that takes faith, “the eyes of your heart … enlightened” (Eph 1:18), and holding on to the “assurance about what we do not see” (Heb 11:1). Without it, we battle “against flesh and blood” (Eph 6:12) and join ourselves to the wrong side. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword” (Mt 26:52). With faith, no matter what is brought against us, no matter how great or impossible the battle seems, no matter how long it goes on, we are not victims. We are not alone. We will have victory for our souls. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” Elisha and his servant experienced victory that day. Aram’s armies were struck blind, captured, and brought to the king of Israel. Verse 6:23 reads, “So the bands from Aram stopped raiding Israel’s territory.” But as dramatic as that deliverance was, it was temporary. Verse 6:24 (the very next verse!) reads, “Sometime later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria,” the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel. A victory was won, but the war was not over. That is the reality of this spiritual battle, day by day. The Baals of this world are warring against God’s purposes. Spiritual dangers surround us, confusion or conflict rage on. They will continue to do so “until He comes in final victory.” But no matter what we endure in our earthly battles, “trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword,” trial by trial, battle by battle, conflict by conflict, “in all these things we are more than conquerors,” but only “through him who loved us” (Rom 8:37). The battle will not be easy, nor the “sides” easily discerned. There is fog in war. But as we face enemies of righteousness in the world and in ourselves, moment by moment, by faith we know the commander of the army of the Lord has come. And, as Paul reminds, “If God is for us, who can be against us” (Ro 8:31)? When we join His side, hear and submit to Him, loving our enemies and praying for those who persecute us (Mt 5:44), He is available to warn and protect, and save us from the enemies of our souls: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. He can bring victory even when submission to Him looks like defeat. The greatest spiritual battle to date, the beginning of the end of all conflict, all confusion, and chaos, saw its opening shots fired in a desert. The battle then continued in a garden, on a hill, and in hell itself. To the world its outcome looked like a loss. But on the third day, there was victory, the victory of resurrection and abundant life through the cross. That victory, invisible to the world, is present. The “commander of the army of the Lord” has “now come.” When we hear and submit to Him, we are on the side of the blessed angels. We can’t lose, for “those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” Scott Kisker is Professor of the History of Christianity at United Theological Seminary.
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Some have been complete disasters, while others have worked well – think John Thaw as Inspector Morse or Krister Henriksson as Wallander. Heading that second category is Titus Welliver, who is brilliant as Harry in Amazon Prime’s Bosch. There are now five series to enjoy, with number six due to arrive soon. All are excellent viewing and feature a stellar cast but, as in the hugely popular novels by Michael Connelly, everything revolves around Hieronymous ‘Harry’ Bosch. The Bosch TV series has won plaudits from the start. The settings are authentic – it is filmed in Los Angeles, after all – with Harry’s show-stopping modernist house, high up above the city, demanding a starring role. We’ve already created a complete guide to the Bosch novels, which you can read here. In the books Harry is a veteran of the Vietnam War. The adaptation produced by Amazon Prime brings that forward, to Afghanistan, making him a little younger in the process. There are also some extra side stories and even the addition of a dog companion in series five, but author Michael Connelly is executive producer on the show and his vital input ensures that none of the additional story strands seem out of place. Time to take a look at the series in a little more detail – and let’s not forget the haunting theme music. It’s called Can’t Let Go by Los Angeles band Caught a Ghost and sets the tone pitch-perfectly. Season One (Feb 2015) Fans of the novels were waiting with bated breath as Bosch finally arrived on Amazon Prime – and boy, was this series worth the wait! Taking its inspiration mainly from the novel City of Bones, weaving in elements from Echo Park and The Concrete Blonde, the show won thumbs up from readers and TV critics alike. Harry is under pressure – on trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. Then a cold case involving the remains of a missing boy suddenly comes to the fore and he’s forced to confront his past. But it’s not all doom and gloom as LAPD newbie Julia Brasher (Annie Wersching) catches his eye and soon sparks fly. One of the hallmarks of this series is the meld of good ol’ fashioned police work and the departmental politics that’s always lurking there in the background. Welliver is brilliant here, but the likes of Lance Riddick as Irvin Irving, Jamie Hector as Bosch’s partner Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino as Grace and the comedy double act of Crate and Barrel (Gregory Scott Cummins and Troy Evans) transfer well from page to screen. Watch now on Amazon Prime Season Two (March 2016) Excitement was high as season two was due to air – could it keep up the high standards set in Bosch’s first Amazon Prime outing? The answer was a resounding yes in the 10 episodes which took their inspiration from Trunk Music, with elements from The Drop and The Last Coyote. A dead body found in the trunk of a car on Mulholland Drive looks like a shoo-in mob hit, but Bosch is just back after suspension, and his famous gut tells him things aren’t quite so clear cut. Those unerring instincts are about to send him on the hazardous trail of corruption and collusion that stretches to Las Vegas and back. This season combines multiple storylines, and we get to share something of Bosch’s personal life with some great scenes between Titus Welliver and Madison Lintz who plays his daughter, Maddie. It’s a taste of things to come from this pair. Watch now on Amazon Prime Season Three (April 2017) Using The Black Echo and A Darkness More Than Night as parallel plot lines, season three opens with Bosch still reeling from what he has discovered about the murder of his mother. But he doesn’t have time to dwell on it – there’s the murder of a homeless veteran, the suicide of a serial killing suspect, and the headline-grabbing murder trial of a Hollywood director to keep him busy. One of the great things about this series is that other recurring characters are given their time in the spotlight – here, it’s Jerry Edgar, who begins to doubt the integrity of his long-time partner and has some tough decisions to make. The season closes with some tantalising loose ends that set us up nicely for season four. Watch now on Amazon Prime Season Four (April 2018) Angels Flight is the book that takes centre stage in a season that exudes Los Angeles from every pore. When a high-profile civil rights lawyer is murdered on the funicular railway that gives the book its title, Bosch is assigned to lead a task force to solve the crime before the city erupts into riot. It’s a tough ask, because Howard Elias (Clark Johnson) made it his life’s work to uncover police corruption and he didn’t make many friends in the force in the process – so Bosch’s colleagues seem a little reluctant to give the case their best shot. But when did our man ever care about winning popularity contests? Instead, he relentlessly pursues every lead, even if it turns the spotlight back on his own department. Oh, and those loose ends? Some of them get tied up into a neat bow. Watch now on Amazon Prime Season Five (April 2019) Bosch readers are brought almost up to date in this season, with October 2017 release Two Kinds Of Truth providing much of the plot. It’s interesting, as the story unfolds, to spot just which elements writer Michael Connelly brings into play here. We have no Mickey Haller and Bosch isn’t retired, for example, but it works extremely well. Fifteen months after bringing his mother’s killer to justice, Bosch finds himself seeking the truth on two fronts. An old case comes back to haunt him, and serves to question his integrity. Did Bosch plant evidence to convict the wrong guy? Meanwhile, a murder at a Hollywood pharmacy exposes a sophisticated opioid pill mill. How to catch the culprits? Bosch, in disguise, goes undercover – and puts himself in grave danger in the process as well as making a new friend. The bonds between Bosch and his daughter have grown stronger through each passing season, but could this case prove a step too far for them? Watch now on Amazon Prime Season 6 (April 2020) The penultimate season is based mainly on The Overlook and Dark Sacred Night, and we’re glad to see that Titus Welliver’s new co-star, Coltrane the dog, will be making a return appearance alongside all the series favourites like Edgar, Irving, Grace and Maddie. After a medical physicist is executed and the deadly radioactive material he had with him goes missing, Bosch finds himself juggling a complex murder case, a messy federal investigation and a catastrophic threat to Los Angeles. All in a day’s work for our hero… All episodes start streaming on 17 April. Season Seven (June 2021) The announcement that this would be the final season of Bosch prompted much wailing and gnashing of teeth – and even the odd petition or two – from the fans of these exceptional adaptations. But their sadness was tempered by news that it wasn’t the last we’d be seeing of Harry (more on that later). Based on novels written 20 years apart – The Concrete Blonde from 1994 and 2014’s The Burning Room – season seven hits the ground running with a tragic New Year fire that kills two women, a child and an unborn baby. It’s arson, but who set the blaze and why? You can bet that Harry is soon on their case, the photo of young fire victim Sonia Hernandez urging him on whenever the trail goes cold. Edgar, meanwhile, has taken his eye off the ball after season six’s dramatic denouement. He’s haunted by what he did – and his work, and his relationship with Bosch, is suffering. Edgar’s story is one of several plot strands involving favourite characters that come to a satisfying conclusion as this series goes out on a high. The tension ramps up further when Bosch’s daughter Maddie finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer, bringing back memories of her mother’s murder. Bosch, you’ll be missed! Bosch: Legacy (May 2022) As fans mourned the demise of Bosch on Amazon Prime, news broke that he was to rise again on the IMDB channel, in a spinoff series that follows on directly from where Bosch season seven leaves off. Bosch, with Titus Welliver continuing in the main role, is now a private detective. The upcoming 10-part series will see him in league with former opponent, Honey ‘Money’ Chandler (Mimi Rogers). Bosch’s daughter Maddie, played by Madison Lintz, will also be taking centre stage. It’s based on The Wrong Side of Goodbye, the 29th Bosch novel and one which Michael Connelly lists among his favourites. Entitled Bosch Legacy, it will begin streaming on 6 May.
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Robert Langdon: [pause] Tells me I'm not meant to. Faith is a gift... that I have yet to receive.
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In 2003 she decided to tell her story to the world—at the angels’ prompting. From an early age, Lorna a mother of four was told by the angels that she would write a book about them. She recalls that she used to laugh and protest; reminding them that she was severely dyslexic and “could not read or write properly.” But the angels persisted and assured Lorna that she would get help. Years later, through a mutual friend, she met a woman who has been at her side ever since helping her to edit her books and schedule speaking engagements all over the world. Her agent assured me that Lorna does all her own writing and speaks into a voice activated computer. Her inspiration comes from the angels and her truly phenomenal otherworldly experiences—which she does not sensationalize. In 2008, Byrne’s first book Angels in My Hair was an international bestseller, published in 50 countries and translated into 27 languages. That was followed by her second book Stairways To Heaven, also a bestseller. And this year, her third book A Message of Hope from the Angels, was released to much acclaim –again catapulting her to the bestseller list. Lorna’s formal education ended in 6th grade in what she calls ‘ordinary school, “I didn’t go to a fancy school or the university but I feel that I had a better education in one sense because the angels taught me everything I know.” Lorna was born into a poor family in Dublin. In the 1950’s, people considered different were labeled retarded. Since she didn’t speak until after the age of two years old, she was considered ‘slow’ and actually overheard a neighbor saying to her mother, “She is lucky she is not in an institution.” Looking back, she says, “You have to remember back in Ireland in the 1950’s, people didn’t know about dyslexia. So, if you showed any signs of being slow, which I was, they called you ‘retarded.’ The doctors actually told my mother and father that I was retarded. Later, in school, I had a great deal of trouble reading and writing by hand—I don’t read books at all. I have taught myself some words like exit and out. But it has taken my whole life to unravel these words because I see them different.” When Lorna was 4 years old, the Archangel Michael came to her and told her his name was Michael; it was not until years later, that he told her he was Michael the Archangel. When she was 9 years old, the Angel Elijah let her see her future husband Joe and told her that he would die young—this came to pass. Although the marriage was a happy one, her husband had myriad health problems and died at the age of forty-six; leaving her alone with four children—the youngest child was just five years old. She emphasizes that everyone has a guardian angel that is with them from the moment they are born until death. She sees guardian angels as a column of light appearing about three steps behind a person. Often she sees a beautiful perfect human appearance and sometimes they show their wings. The following description of an angel is from her book Stairways to Heaven, “An angel stepped through the trees and as he came closer to me, the aura of light surrounding him grew brighter. Tall and elegant, he had a human appearance. He was radiant….as with all angels. His feet didn’t touch the ground as he walked.” SC Why did you decide to write A Message of Hope from the Angels? LB I wasn’t even thinking of a book until Angel Michael came along and said, ‘Lorna, you have to start writing. I told him that I didn’t know what to write about and he said to write about hope. SC When did you tell people you saw angels? LB The angels told me when I was quite young that I should not tell anyone what I saw and that I must keep it a secret. They were constantly telling me that. SC Did you tell your husband Joe about this? LB Right before he died, I told him. He believed me but he was very shocked. He said that ‘only priests and nuns see angels, not ordinary people like you and me.’ I remember that day. I knew I would never see him again. Then the angels told me he was gone—he is not coming back—that was right before he died. SC What do angels look like? LB When they have a human appearance, with or without wings, their eyes are one of their most fascinating features. Angels’ eyes are not like human eyes. They are so much more alive, so full of life and light and love. Their radiance fills me completely. I feel like I am in the presence of a tremendous power. SC Why do you think God has chosen you to see angels? LB I don’t know why God has chosen me in this way. I don’t think I’m better than anyone else. I’m just an ordinary person. But He did choose me and He sent His angels to teach me. SC How did you feel when at the age of 10, you were shown your future husband and then told he would die young? LB I asked the Angel Elijah why he had to tell me that. He just said that I needed to know and that this would go to the back of my mind. It did go to the back of my mind but I never forgot. SC Who gave Elijah his name? LB He told me his name SC You talk about Angel Hosus being a big part of your life, when did you first see him and did he show you his wings? LB I first met Hosus the first day after school on my way home. He always wore a robe and a funny hat. He has seldom shown me his wings. Angels don’t always show their wings. When they do, I feel very privileged. They are fantastic. SC Have you ever touched an angel or shaken his hand? LB Yes, the Archangel Michael has taken my hand. It may seem strange for you. I have lived this every day—ever since I was an infant—so it is very normal for me. SC What does the Archangel Michael look like? LB He looks like he is 30 or 35 years old, at most. He is very handsome. It would depend on where I am, how he would be dressed. He rarely allows me to see his wings. SC Why is that? LB I suppose it is because I remember once getting a terrible shock. After I was married, I remember walking with Angel Michael through the main college square where there were a lot of priests and young men. Michael was dressed as a priest and he allowed himself to be seen. People who passed us said, ‘Hello, Father’, to him. SC In your book A Message of Hope from the Angels, you said that you were sitting at your kitchen table with Michael the Archangel and he showed you a glimpse of humanity’s future if people grow spiritually LB Yes, he showed me a future where people of all religions will be praying together-and able to see angels –physically-as I do SC You said in your book that the Angel Amen came to you when you were 4 years old and sat on your bed and taught you how to pray—how did you know his name? LB He told me his name SC You say that you have been to Heaven; what is it like. Also, have you seen Hell and does it exist? LB Heaven is real, it exists and God is real. God has shown me that He has never sent anyone to Hell. He has taken my soul to Heaven on several occasions. I was a child and God was walking beside me. I hinted at this in my first book. My editor was afraid that people might be put off. But some people figured it out anyway. SC Do people have bodies in Heaven? LB How can I describe it—they’re more beautiful. The soul is actually incredible. You can see bodies-they all look young and they are in the presence of God. It is perfect. There is no pain. It is hard to put into words SC When you speak before big crowds, have you ever been tempted to ask an angel to appear—just once? LB Of course, I have—many times. But we cannot tell God or the angels what to do. I have talked to Michael and Hosus at times and told them people have been asking about this. SC How can someone get in touch with his or her guardian angel? LB The first thing you do is believe you have a guardian angel and ask him for help SC How can we find out the name of our guardian angel? LB Millions of people have been asking me this. I said to the angels, ‘What will I say to them? They said—and these are the angels’ exact words—“It is the name that you love, that is in your heart.” I have been told that you knew it when you were a child. Children talk to their guardian angels all the time. SC Do you feel like you have a foot in both worlds?
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I have seen the vileness of the alien and the heresy of the mutant. I have witnessed the sin of possession. I have seen all the evil that the galaxy harbours, and I have slain all whose presence defiles the...	en	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/4/4a/Site-favicon.ico/revision/latest?cb=20210817152839	Warhammer 40k Wiki	https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Dante	"For eleven hundred years, I have fought and I have seen the darkness in our galaxy. I have seen the vileness of the alien and the heresy of the mutant. I have witnessed the sin of possession. I have seen all the evil that the galaxy harbours, and I have slain all whose presence defiles the Emperor. I have seen what you will see. I have fought what you must fight, and I have slain what you must slay...so fear not and be proud, for we are the sons of Sanguinius, the protectors of Mankind. Aye, we are indeed the Angels of Death." —Commander Dante addressing a new group of Blood Angels neophytes Dante, born Luis Dante, sometimes called the "Lord of Angels" and "Bringer of Sanguinius' Light," is the current commander and Chapter Master of the Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines as well as the lord regent of the Imperium Nihilus, and has served as Chapter Master for approximately 1,100 standard years. Commander Dante's power armour incorporates a highly ornate golden death mask beneath his Iron Halo, called the Death Mask of Sanguinius, which is said to have been worn by and shaped to match the fear-inspiring features of Sanguinius, the Blood Angels' primarch, at the moment of his death at the hands of the Arch-traitor Horus. He is believed to be the oldest living Loyalist Space Marine as he is currently over 1,500 standard years old, with the exception of those Space Marines sustained by the cybernetic technology of Dreadnoughts, the use of temporal stasis or other technological means of extending Human life. Commander Dante is approximately 1,552 Terran years old as of ca. 999.M41, as records indicate he was born in 447.M40. In the wake of the victory of the Blood Angels Chapter and their successors in the Tyranid Hive Fleet Leviathan's assault upon their homeworld of Baal, the Primarch Roboute Guilliman, the lord commander of the Imperium and Imperial Regent, declared Dante to be the lord regent of the Imperium Nihilus. This made Dante the effective ruler of the half of the Imperium cut off from Terra on the other side of the Great Rift. Following the Devastation of Baal in the Era Indomitus, Dante chose to undergo the agonising surgery required to cross the Rubicon Primaris and become a Primaris Space Marine. His armour and wargear were then modified as required to fit his increased stature, muscle mass and physical strength. History "In the Time of Ending, we will see the final flight of the Dead Angel's Host. They rise above us on howling wings. They fall upon us in a celestial storm. At their vanguard flies the Last Archangel. To the Neverborn, he will be the Death-that-Soars. To you and I, he will be a mortal man bearing the immortal face of his fallen father. To the Imperium of Man, he will be hope. A warrior of infinite courage. A soldier of infinite sorrows. Beware the golden mask that forever stares and never smiles, weeping tears of frozen gold." —From The Mourner's Prophecies, by Sargon Eregesh, Storm Oracle of the Black Legion To many worlds within the Imperium's borders, the Adeptus Astartes are nothing more than a myth. Among those planetary populations enlightened enough to be aware of the existence of the Space Marines, many of those only come into their knowledge through the unwelcome brutalities of war. When their world falls to invasion or rises up in rebellion, it is the God-Emperor's Angels of Death that answer the Imperium's call. In this way, knowledge is too often bought with blood. But there are always names that drift through the dark regions between isolated worlds. The names of great heroes of Humanity, spoken in whispers. The names of Mankind's guardians; those warriors who walk the line between fact and fiction, prayer and myth. Few are spoken by as many voices, and with greater reverence, than Dante, Lord of Angels. The Bringer of Light. The Bane of Daemons. Lord Commander Dante, Lord of the Host and Bringer of Sanguinius' Light, holds the bleak honour of leading the Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter in the swansong days of the Imperium. He is the embodiment of every virtue in his Chapter's long and glorious history, renowned as a paragon of the Blood Angels' noble ideals. And yet, beneath his golden facemask lies a shadowed contrast, for the Lord of Angels bears the heavy weight of his Chapter's secret melancholies. Dante is noted in many of the Adeptus Terra's archives as the oldest Space Marine warrior still alive in the Dark Millennium. According to Imperial histories, Dante has reigned for over a thousand standard years as Chapter Master, and served the Blood Angels in other capacities for several hundred standard years before ascending to the rank of Commander. Even Captain Lysander of the Imperial Fists, who was lost in the eddies and tides of Warpspace for a thousand standard years, cannot recall a time when Dante did not reign supreme over the Blood Angels. Dante lays claim to a Record of Triumph longer than the entire honour rolls of several Chapters founded in the twilight centuries of the 41st Millennium. Somehow, this isn't enough. As with all of its heroes, the Imperium's official archives blend legend and truth with impunity. Facts become distorted by time, flawed retellings, and authorial myth-making. In a stellar empire of a million worlds and a million different human cultures, there is no such thing as objective truth. Perhaps, in his humility, Dante lets his legend grow even beyond its truly heroic boundaries because he knows Humanity needs heroes at the dawn of the End Times. Or perhaps he is simply too focused and dutiful to pay heed to the words of mortal men and women. His charge is to defend the Imperium, not worry as to how history will remember his name. The First Omen The warrior who would become Dante began life as any other Blood Angel. He was born a mortal, name Luis, to a man called Arreas, on Baal's second moon in 447.M40. Luis grew to adolescence roaming the Great Salt Waste, far beyond any settlements on Baal Secundus. That moon is an unkind home to those that claw out an existence on its back, with the assault of constant radiation and attacks by vicious, mutated lifeforms common occurrences. At seven Terran-standard years of age, the boy lost his mother. Emboldened by the loss, in a few years time, he in turn abandoned his father to make the perilous journey to become an Angel. Due to life roaming the Salt Wastes, Luis' growth was stunted by malnutrition even more so than his peers. His skin shared the same pocked-mark disfigurement that all Baalites bore, due to exposure to the rad-deserts of his homeworld. The Great Salt Waste, which Luis called home, was far removed from Angel's Fall. No Salt Roamer who attempted the journey survived to make the leap. Yet the boy showed resolve, resolve that would serve him well in the years to come, and attempted the journey. Alas, like so many before him, Luis failed when thirst gripped him and deprived him of will. When all hope seemed lost, the boy spied a winged, golden figure, and with it, precious water. This was the first of four encounters with what Luis would come to know as the Sanguinor. It is said that Luis showed no special promise among the tribesmen that finally reached the Place of Choosing. Sheer luck allowed him and the other 500 boys to pass the first Winnowing. Yet it was Luis' resolve, not chance, that afforded the approval of his peers in the trials that followed. Throughout the trials, Luis remained unremarkable -- he was neither the most athletic, nor the strongest. But he survived, and was taken to the Place of Challenge. It was there that the boy faced his first true test -- the Trial of War. With a clear mind and confidence Luis led his force to victory, yet the senseless bloodshed and deaths of the other Aspirants disgusted him. This disgust served him well in his final trial -- the Trial of Horus. Adhering resolutely to his morals, Luis refused to kill a fellow Aspirant, thus sealing his place as a Blood Angel. Through this act he earned his place amongst the Aspirants taken from their tribes and transported to the Blood Angels' fortress-monastery on Baal itself. It was there that he faced his final challenge -- the Winnowing of Weariness. For three solar days Luis remained awake, and on the final day, as sleep threatened to overtake him, he received aid once more from the mysterious Sanguinor and passed his final test. In the Chapter's vast, armoured cathedral, beneath the glowering marble gazes of the Blood Angels who had been the Chapter's champions throughout the Age of the Imperium, Luis was presented with the Sanguinary Chalice, and drank the synthesised blood of the Ninth Primarch. He fell into the ritual year-long slumber necessary for the process of gene-seed implantation, and was entombed within a sanctified sarcophagus. It was during this time that the boy first drew notice from the Sanguinary Priests. While all somnolent Aspirants would dream visions of the Primarch's life and death, the child Luis cried out endlessly over the course of his year-long internment, shouting the names of fallen Primarchs, dark gods, and long-banished daemons, while drifting between consciousness and slumber, never truly rising to one or falling into the other. So violent was his slumber that it is said he lifted the lid of his sarcophagus. Many Aspirants die in their sarcophagi -- it is simply the way of things for those who would become Blood Angels. The weak will always fail, even at the first step. But no Aspirant had ever shown such torment, and lived to be freed. Upon emerging, with the cancerous flaws of Baal Secundus shriven clean from his remade, angelic form, none of the Sanguinary Priests failed to note the marks left by the desperate clawing at the inside of his coffin lid. And yet, there he stood among them, Luis no longer. Dante was perfectly whole, perfectly composed, ready to begin his true training. Some among the Sanguinary Priesthood believed this first omen signalled a swift descent into the maddened depths of the Red Thirst and Black Rage. Others pointed to Dante's perfection after enduring what seemed like greater pain than any other Aspirant, and argued that it heralded only greatness. A Son of Sanguinius A rarely-spoken truth, known only to the Blood Angels and their closest Successor Chapters, is that Dante was never destined to rise to the rank of Lord Commander. This warrior, who now stands astride the Imperium in the burnished armour of a living legend, was a line officer who ascended to the highest position during one of the Blood Angels' bleakest eras. More than once, the Blood Angels have been threatened with destruction. In the final decades of the 37th Millennium, they were a broken Chapter, ravaged by the Black Legion on the world of Mackan during the tumultuous years of the Ghost War. Although the Angels restored their strength over the following standard centuries, for the first time it introduced the threat of mortality upon one of the proudest and noblest First Founding Chapters. Nearly three thousand standard years later, in an event that would come to be known as the Kallius Insurrection, the Blood Angels would again taste the risk of annihilation, losing nine out of every ten Space Marines, and almost the entire Chapter Council. Three full companies, including the young Brother-Captain Dante and his 5th Company, launched a devastating assault on Kallius' Landing and its dependency worlds, in support of their overwhelmed Successor Chapter, the Angels Numinous. The Blood Angels found themselves tied up in protracted conflicts and trench wars, caught in a cobweb of a much wider heresy. When the Blood Angels finally withdrew from the conflict, they were struck the most bitter of blows. As the remnants of their fleet mustered above Kallius' Landing itself, a Traitor armada broke from the Warp, eager to wipe the Scions of Sanguinius from the Imperium forever. The vicious void war and boarding actions that followed lasted for three solar days. Dante and his warriors were responsible for the taking and scuttling of seven capital-class vessels. When at last the Blood Angels emerged victorious and took stock of their losses, fewer than 200 Blood Angels remained. Coming together in communion, the last surviving Sanguinary Priests and Chaplains elected the last-living Captain of the Chapter, Dante, as their next Chapter Master. Accepting the mantle of Lord of the Angelic Host, he would forever after be clad in Artificer Armour of sacred gold. Though such an inauspicious beginning should have heralded a bleak reign as Chapter Master, Dante's fate unfolded much differently. The Archangel's Mantle Since taking the role of Chapter Master, Dante has led the Blood Angels into their most glorious and triumphant millennia since the time of the Scouring. The Great Wolf Logan Grimnar of the Space Wolves is perhaps beloved by the people of the Imperium above any other Space Marine commander, and Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines is often considered the most respected by the other Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. Lord Commander Dante of the Blood Angels bears a reputation similar to theirs, but where the Great Wolf is celebrated by the populace for his wisdom as well as his warfare, the Lord of Angels is a distant, golden saviour -- a hero of myth come to life. Where the Lord Macragge is a composed, ruthlessly efficient frontline general admired for his acumen as much as his battle prowess, the Bringer of Light is an avenging angel, falling from the sky ahead of his brothers to strike the first blow. No loyal soul would ever compare such exalted heroes -- all are equal beneath the gaze of the God-Emperor -- but over 1,500 standard years of supreme service speaks for itself. Dante's deeds are already stained with the patina of mythic storytelling. Each fall of his axe ends the reign of a Daemon Lord. Each descent from above, flying on contrails of fire, spells the end of another rebellion. Much of it may be myth, but much more of it is true. Skarbrand, the Prince of Rage, the Exiled Son of the Blood God Khorne, fell to Dante at the Gates of Pandemonium. With the daemon's banishment, the creature's armies soon lost their hold on reality and were cast back into the foulness of the Warp with their defeated master. The world of Terion, at the dawn of the 41st Millennium, saw Dante lead his Angels against an unholy alliance of the Night Lords and the Traitor warband known to Imperial records as the Brotherhood of Darkness. Centuries later, Terion has been rebuilt into a paradise; all that remains of the war's legacy is a monument to Dante, sculpted in marble and standing as a colossus in the capital city, with the statue's outstretched hand reaching to the horizon, offering mercy to the citizens' forefathers. None can deny the scope of Dante's campaign experience. He has fought battles uncounted, orchestrated innumerable major campaigns and seized bloody victory on worlds as far-flung as Ultima Macharia and star-swept Jonol, homeworld of the Honoured Sons Astartes. It is said that no man has visited as many of the Imperium's million worlds as Dante, and he has come to each in full raiment of war, at the head of a glorious and vengeful host. The cursed war-world of Armageddon remains the site of his most famous victory. During the Second War for Armageddon the Blood Angels rallied the defenders of the besieged hive cities Acheron and Tartarus, and Dante's leadership was instrumental in devastating the Greenskin hordes sweeping across the planet's principal landmass. Dante and his Blood Angels led the Space Marine reinforcements to Acheron Hive, where he routed the attacking Orks and captured the heretical Planetary Governor Herman von Strab. Without the Blood Angels' reinforcements, Acheron Hive might well have fallen to the Orks, and with it, the Imperium's remaining chances of victory and the retention of its grip on this crucial strategic world. A generation later, his name is still spoken with reverent awe, and one of the Armageddon System's deep space monitoring installations was named in his honour. When the Third War for Armageddon started, Dante was too far away to fulfil his prior pledge to defend the planet from any further attempts by the Orks to seize it. In his stead, he sent Captain Erasmus Tycho and his 3rd Company of the Blood Angels to aid the world's defence. Dante has held the Blood Angels together during the tempestuous years of a civil war unknown to the wider Imperium of Man, and set whole fleets of Traitor vessels aflame with the wrath of his fleet's cannons. Alone, he has taken the helms of hundreds of Champions of the Dark Gods, keeping their tainted relics in stasis when they could not be destroyed, so that no others would rise as heirs to the blasphemous fallen. To his fellow Chapter Masters, Dante is an exemplar of the fearlessness, dedication and strategic genius that speak to the heart of the Space Marines' never-ending mission. To the hard-pressed generals and marshals of the Imperial Guard he is a thrice-welcomed and honoured ally who stands at the forefront of Mankind's defence. To the common soldiers and citizens of the Imperium, Dante is nothing less than a saviour, a golden god who descends from the heavens on wings of fire. The Time of Ending With his face shrouded by Sanguinius' golden visage, Dante is the Bringer of Light, commanding some of the most loyal and mighty warriors ever to raise weapons in the defence of Mankind. In every battle, Dante is the lance's thrust; the spear's tip -- he leads his Angels in a wrathful descent, their blades bared and thirsting for enemy blood. Though he is forever to be found where the fighting is thickest, Dante has never been too proud to cede honour to Battle-Brothers and other Imperial commanders, if his skyborne warriors are best used elsewhere, hunting particular prey or taking a specific objective. In every battle, he will be seen at the head of his praetorians, the Blood Angels of the Sanguinary Guard, whose golden armour matches his own. Each of these champions of the Chapter are heroes in their own right, forgoing their chance at personal rank to remain by their master's side. Each has served him for Terran centuries; they are his weapons as surely as the Axe Mortalis and Perdition Pistol that he bears into battle. On the rare occasions he takes to the field of battle without his closest kindred, Dante will lead a Company Captain's Honour Guard, or even take temporary command of a Sergeant's Assault Marines. The squads seconded to Dante never forget the privilege of being chosen to serve the Lord Commander, and most adorn their armour in some way to acknowledge the honour. In his millennia of humble service, the Blood Angels have cleansed entire sub-sectors, destroyed whole Renegade Chapters, and stood fast against the encroaching doom of the End Times. And through it all, the Imperium sees nothing but the unmoving, beauteous death mask covering Dante's features. However, what they see is a lie. Without the mask, Dante's face is a monument to one and a half thousand standard years of bloodshed and battle. He retains his angelic beauty, a gift of his Primarch's genetic coding, but the inhuman serenity of his visage is lined by tracks of weariness and ennui unknown to any other mortal. His hair, once gold, has turned as white as the marble statues cast in his image. He is old now -- and it shows. The Blood Angels are a soulful breed, and their master exemplifies it above any other. Pale eyes stare out at a galaxy that holds nothing but war, populated by beasts and aliens that spill into Mankind's domain in a never-ending tide. Dante knows there will be no final victory for the Imperium, yet defeat and surrender are anathema to his warrior spirit. The Lord of Angels is simply pragmatic in his infinite experience -- he fights to survive, so that the candle of Humanity may light the darkness for a little while longer. Devastation of Baal After sacrificing the Shieldworlds of the Cryptus System to fend off the xenos' earliest advance on the Baal System, the planet of Baal itself came under intense attack by Hive Fleet Leviathan. The Tyranid hive fleet was of such mass, even after its considerable losses, that it blotted the stars from the skies. Dante bolstered the formidable defences of the Blood Angels' homeworld and its moons like never before. Not one to await attack, he also sent forth scores of preemptive strike forces to delay, mislead, and whittle down the living armada. Hundreds of splinter fleets were thus defeated. Dante's call, beseeching the Blood Angels' successors to send immediate aid to their parent Chapter, did not go unheeded. The Flesh Tearers were the first to arrive, and ultimately all the Successor Chapters save the Lamenters answered the call. Even the Knights of Blood, who had been declared Excommunicate Traitoris by the High Lords of Terra, arrived to bolster the defences. It was still not enough. Learning at an exponential rate, Hive Fleet Leviathan could not be thwarted by the same strategy twice. Advancing steadily, their superior numbers cleared the entire surrounding sector of life before the xenos made planetfall upon Baal and her twin moons. The first nineteen waves, each larger than the last, were driven off at great loss to the Blood Angels and their Successor allies. Five Chapter Masters fell in that bitter fighting, three in the Battle at the Dome of Angels alone. The Tyranids began the process of absorbing all biomass from Baal and its moons, absorbing even the radiation-poisoned deserts of Baal Secundus. With their defences in ruin and Baal's moons stripped and broken, the remaining Space Marines retreated back to the rubble of the Blood Angels' sprawling fortress-monastery. There, they prepared for a last stand as the next wave swept downwards. Doom, it seemed, had at last come to the Sons of Sanguinius. It was then that the Great Rift cracked open the galaxy in the wake of the fall of Cadia to the 13th Black Crusade, and the withered Baal System was blasted by the aetheric storms. Although no further attack waves came from the Leviathan hive fleet, not a single Imperial defender remained alive upon the last moon, Baal Prime. On Baal itself there were already enough Tyranids there to destroy the Imperial troops many times over. Even with no chance of victory, Commander Dante led his troops, each fighting retreat seemingly more hopeless than the last. As the final perimeter was broken, the stars reappeared. Looking skywards, the Tyranids on the surface of Baal sought contact with their Hive Fleet, but it was gone, replaced by a newly arrived Imperial fleet. Like an angel of vengeance came the Primarch Roboute Guilliman, now the Lord Commander of the Imperium and his Indomitus Crusade. After many more battles, Baal was finally cleared of the xenos threat. A great rebuilding of both world and Chapter was undertaken, for the Blood Angels and their successors were sorely needed elsewhere in the beleaguered Imperium. What became of the Leviathan is a mystery, although a clue was found upon the now-barren moon of Baal Prime. Xenos skulls were piled impossibly high in the much-reviled, eight-pillared symbol of one of the Blood Angels' most terrible and ancient nemeses: the Bloodthirster Ka'Bandha and his army of Khornate daemons. In the wake of the Leviathan's defeat, the Blood Angels began to rebuild. Their gene-seed stocks were recalled, taking their rightful place beneath the rising arches of the restored Arx Angelicum. The several thousand grizzled Aspirants who survived the siege were all inducted, and those who endured were funnelled into the outsized Scout Companies authorised by Commander Dante for his Chapter and their successors. The ranks were further bolstered by a huge influx of Primaris Space Marines, unfrozen from the vaults of Belisarius Cawl's Ark Mechanicus Zar-Quaesitor or produced upon Baal itself using the newly installed mechanisms brought by Archmagos Dominus Cawl. With Commander Dante declared lord regent of the Imperium Nihilus by Guilliman, the Blood Angels and their successors were soon ready to rejoin the war for the Emperor's realm. It is well that they are, for the fight has become more desperate than ever before. Dante's Final Duty Lord Commander Dante has grown weary of his burdens despite all of his success, or perhaps because of it. He has lived far longer than he should, and the burden of Terran centuries grows ever more cumbersome. Only one thing prevents Dante succumbing to ennui. Recorded in the Scrolls of Sanguinius are the primarch's visions of a great battle to overshadow all others. This vision was predicted before his death at the hands of Horus, that a lone "Golden Warrior" would ultimately stand between the Emperor of Mankind and His destruction. Many Imperial scholars have assumed this prophecy refers to Sanguinius' own stand against Horus aboard his flagship, the Vengeful Spirit, during the Battle of Terra at the end of the Horus Heresy. Through some inherent instinct, perhaps a lingering trace of his Primarch's fabled far-seeing eye, Dante believes otherwise. One day, perhaps one day soon, the defence of the now-helpless Emperor, who resides trapped on His Golden Throne, will rest in Dante's hands, and he aims to fulfil this final duty before the darkness claims him. Commander Dante never expected to see his Chapter's final days, yet he faced them unbowed. He never expected to see a Primarch returned, yet he knelt before Roboute Guilliman with thankful hearts. When Guilliman named Dante as his Regent of the Imperium Nihilus, the Lord of Baal felt the hand of fate land heavy upon his shoulder. With the fury of the Great Rift unleashed, a darkness looms more terrible than any in the Imperium's history. The Blood Angels now stand before that darkness with the throne of Terra at their backs, and will have to fight like never before. Coupled with the revitalising purpose of this new duty is the fresh hope brought by the Primaris Space Marines, the possibility that perhaps the Sons of Sanguinius will not burn out like a guttering candle. It is said amongst the Blood Angels that Commander Dante has never stood taller, even as he does so in the face of such terrible adversity. The Regent of the Imperium Nihilus has sworn to purge his dark new realm of the taint of Chaos, even should it take another thousand Terran years and more. After all, it is amidst the darkest night that such golden angels shine the brightest. Angel's Halo Campaign Following his ascension to become the lord regent of the Imperium Nihilus, Dante used his new authority over the Imperial forces in his half of galaxy to organise an Imperial counter-offensive to retake the Red Scar region from tendrils of the Tyranids' Hive Fleet Leviathan. This campaign was known as the Angel's Halo. At some point following the Devastation of Baal, Dante elected to undergo the brutal surgery required to cross the Rubicon Primaris and ascend to become a Primaris Space Marine. Notable Campaigns Kallius Insurrection (Unknown Date.M40) - The Blood Angels, once again, tasted the risk of annihilation, losing nine out of every ten Space Marines, and almost the entire Chapter Council. Three full Companies -- including the young Brother-Captain Dante and his 8th Assault Company -- launched a devastating assault on Kallius' Landing and its dependency worlds, in support of their overwhelmed Successor brethren, the Angels Numinous (more commonly known, because of their symbol, as the "Blood Eagles"). World after world rose up in rebellion, insurrections spreading across the region and blanketing the sub-sector. Entire populations and ragtag fleets were led into battle by chanting Traitor Marines, clad in a panoply of colours, drawn from countless warbands. The Blood Angels found themselves tied up in protracted conflicts and trench wars, caught in a cobweb of a much wider heresy. As the solar weeks became months and the solar months became standard years, more and more of the Chapter arrived to punish, cleanse, and reclaim the rebellious worlds. The Rolls of Honour run black with the ink of millions of enemies slain, but the Blood Angels suffered casualties beyond their ability to sustain a fighting front. With dozens of Imperial Guard regiments arriving alongside several relief Chapters, the Blood Angels withdrew from the conflict with their heads held high. Yet the bitterest blow was yet to be struck: it came as the remnants of their fleet mustered above Kallius' Landing itself, when a Traitor armada broke from the Warp, hungry for the chance to wipe the Angels from the face of the Imperium. The battle that followed lasted for three solar days of void war and vicious boarding actions, during which Dante and his warriors were responsible for the taking and scuttling of seven capital-class vessels. When the Blood Angels at last stood victorious and took stock of their losses, fewer than two hundred Space Marines clad in red still drew breath. The last surviving Sanguinary Priests and Chaplains came together in communion, electing the last-living Captain as the next Chapter Master. Dante accepted the mantle of Lord of the Angelic Host, while still wearing his bloodstained, broken armour. It would be the last day he ever wore red, forever after to be clad in sacred gold. Not because he was the best or the brightest, but purely because he was the last man standing. Such an ascension should have heralded a grim rule, but fate would tell a different tale. Scouring of Ultramar (746.M41) - Recognising that the Tyranid invasion of Ultramar is but the first of many yet to occur, Lord Commander Dante sends three companies of Blood Angels to assist the Ultramarines in scouring the remaining beasts from the eastern sectors. Upon their return three standard years later, the three companies are much reduced in number, but wealthy in invaluable Tyranid-hunting doctrines that are swiftly passed on to the rest of the Chapter. The Assault on Baal (798.M41) - Three colossal space hulks drop out of Warp in the Baal system, signalling the arrival of WAAAGH! Big Skorcha. Dante orders the deployment of two companies to each of Baal's moons. The remaining companies are assigned to strike forces and ordered to board and destroy the Space Hulks. Two of the Space Hulks are destroyed with much of the WAAAGH! still on board. Before it too is destroyed, the final Space Hulk disgorges thousands of Orks, the Warlord Big Skorcha among them, onto the surface of Baal. Knowing the bulk of the Blood Angels forces to still be in orbit or on the two moons, Big Skorcha aims to breach and ransack the Chapter's fortress-monastery. However, the Blood Angels are not to be so easily outmanoeuvred, as the Chapter's Dreadnoughts led the defence of the fortress-monastery long enough for reinforcements to arrive from orbit. The Axonar Spirewar (830.M41) - Dante sends the 3rd and 4th Companies to quell rebellion on the Hive World of Axonar. Deeming the defences at the base of the hive cities to be too formidable for a direct assault, Captain Metraen orders a series of low-orbit Jump Pack insertions onto the upper spires of the hives. Trapped behind their own defences, the rebels are swiftly crushed. The Battle of Stonehaven (901.M41) - Lord Commander Dante leads the Stormraven drop assault that finally breaks WAAAGH! Bludcrumpa's solar decade-long siege on Forge World Ironhelm. Second War for Armageddon (941.M41) - WAAAGH! Ghazghkull descends upon the Hive World of Armageddon during the Second War for Armageddon. The Blood Angels are one of three Space Marine Chapters to respond. Such is Lord Commander Dante's reputation that Tu'Shan of the Salamanders and Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines cede overall command to him. The tactical manoeuvrability of the Blood Angels proves to be crucial in the later stages of the campaign. The 3rd Company, under the command of the newly promoted Captain Erasmus Tycho, forms the heart of an armoured spearhead that cripples the chief Ork supply lines, leaving the WAAAGH!'s Mekboyz without the necessary gubbins and gears to keep the massive Skullhammas and Stompas fully operational. With its heavy guns thus neutralised, the WAAAGH! is finally broken before the towering walls of Tartarus Hive, where Dante and Tu'Shan famously fight side by side against Ghazghkull's bodyguard. Gehenna Campaign (955.M41) - Lord Commander Dante and the 3rd Company battle against the Necron Legions of the Silent King amidst the dusty wastes of Gehenna. For three solar weeks, neither side can seize the upper hand, with Dante's tactical brilliance stretched to its limits in countering the time-space manipulations of the Silent King. The stalemate is broken only when a Tyranid splinter fleet enters orbit, forcing the two armies to break off hostilities and fight the common foe. The impromptu alliance proves to be the Tyranids' undoing. Following the final battle at Devil's Crag, Dante and the Silent King go their separate ways, both forces now too battleworn to guarantee victory over the other, and, at least for the Blood Angels, the idea of turning on those they had so recently fought alongside, a rather distasteful one. The Blackfang Crusade (994.M41) - Judging that the Ork strongholds in the Blackfang System have defied the Imperium for too long, Dante mobilises the entire Chapter in a standard year-long campaign that not only drives the Orks from the twelve worlds of Blackfang, but also from two neighbouring star systems. Shield of Baal (998.M41) - News reaches Baal that the Cryptan Shield, intended to hold back the might of Hive Fleet Leviathan, has collapsed. Already Lord Commander Dante has put plans in motion to defend the Blood Angels' homeworld, strike forces fighting hit-and-run battles with Leviathan's smaller splinter-fleets throughout the Red Scar. Meanwhile, the defences of Baal and her moons have been bolstered like never before; indomitable fortresses rise above the sweltering sands, and the might of the Blood Angels' successor Chapters gathers from across the galaxy. Yet still it may not be enough, for the Tyranids are seemingly without number, and Hive Fleet Leviathan is learning the weaknesses of its prey at an exponential rate. Knowing that the consumption of the Cryptus System would open the floodgates for an unstoppable Tyranid invasion of Baal, Commander Dante takes action. At the head of a mighty strike force that comprises the 1st and 2nd Companies of the Blood Angels, Brother Corbulo, First Captain Arenos Karlaen, Chief Librarian Mephiston and the bulk of Gabriel Seth's Flesh Tearers, Dante strikes out for the Cryptus System. He will see the defences shored up if such a thing is still possible, and if not will do battle with the Cryptoid Tendril directly in a desperate bid for the salvation of Baal. Scions of Sanguinius Conclave (999.M41) - Teetering on the brink of oblivion following the events on the Shrine World of Sabien, the fate of the Blood Angels Chapter now required the magnanimity of their Successor Chapters. Lord Commander Dante summoned all of the Blood Angels' Successor Chapters for a conclave on Baal following the near-disastrous Chapter civil war that nearly tore the Blood Angels apart. Dante called for the support of the Blood Angels successors to help aid the Chapter in the protection of their common Primarch's homeworld and his remains from the attack of both the Tyranids and the Forces of Chaos. While Dante lead the discussion at the conclave, the Apothecaria was working on a radical new procedure to replenish the ranks of the Blood Angels in one swift stroke: the lost art of replicae. Caecus was the Chief Apothecary or Apothecae Majoris of the Blood Angels. Disturbed by the dwindling numbers of his Chapter, and dreading its extinction, he was involved in fruitless experiments, which Lord Commander Dante ordered stopped, to clone Space Marines, thus eliminating the need to go through the arduous process of the maturation and implantation of the gene-seed in an Aspirant. However, Caecus disobeyed the order and secretly continued the experiments, prodded by an agent of the vile Chaos Space Marine Apothecary Fabius Bile. He was tricked into bringing Bile, who was disguised as a well-known Adeptus Mechanicus Magos Biologis, to Baal, mistakenly thinking the false "Magos" would help in cloning Space Marines to increase the Blood Angels' numbers. Through Bile's manipulations, Caecus was duped, and only managed to create monstrous, mutant clone-Astartes known as "Bloodfiends" who were consumed by the Red Thirst. These creatures were a shattered mirror reformed in the image of a Blood Angel, but lacked any of the qualities that could be thought of as human. The mutations that cursed the gene-seed of the Blood Angels had been enhanced by the machinations and Chaotic tech-heresy of Fabius Bile, and with each drop of blood they consumed, the thirst that dominated the Bloodfiends grew stronger. The mutants broke free from the confines of Caecus' laboratorium and began to run rampant through the sacred halls of the fortress-monastery of the Blood Angels. During their rampage, Bile managed to steal a glass vial that Caeucus had carried back from the Chapel of the Red Grail -- a measure of the mingled blood of a hundred standard centuries of Sanguinary Priests and the Primarch himself, the raw vitae of the Chapter. During the Bloodfiends' rampage, a small group of the bloodthirsty mutants assaulted the sacred Chapel of the Chapter's fortress-monastery. Brother Corbulo raced to the Chapel to confront the vile creatures. He knew exactly what it was the beasts wanted, and he bellowed out a denial, charging in a headlong rush to meet such embodiments of corruption. The creatures swarmed Corbulo as the Sanguinary Priest carved into them with his chainsword Heaven's Teeth. But the largest of the Bloodfiends, a massive brute easily the size of an Astartes in Terminator Armour, threw itself towards its target -- the Red Grail and the precious blood of the Primarch it contained. The Bloodfiend seized the holy relic and then tipped the contents of the cup into its open mouth and drained it to the dregs. Now that the beasts had tasted the blood of the Primarch, they only craved more. In the aftermath of this desecration, Bile had achieved his goal and escaped from the Blood Angels' homeworld with a sample of the precious vitae of their Primarch. The Blood Angels and their successors successfully defended their most sacred of sites on Baal -- the Golden Sarcophagus of Sanguinius within the sacred sepulchre where the body of the Great Angel lay for all time, sleeping in light, forever preserved. The Sons of Sanguinius destroyed the horde of mutants and erased the stain of Chaos from their midst. They had paid for the continued sanctity of the Great Angel with their blood, and in the aftermath of this misery, Lord Commander Dante took responsibility for what had happened and he accepted it without complaint. Dante believed that it was his hubris that had brought the Chapter to this dark place. The Successor Chapters took this into consideration as well as Lord Commander Dante's original request for the successors to grant the Blood Angels a small tithe of their Chapter's Initiates in order to replenish the ranks of the Chapter. The Successor Chapters unanimously agreed to hand over to the Blood Angels some of their own neophytes to help their ancestral Chapter rebuild its strength in the wake of the Chaos assault -- and in preparation for the oncoming assault by the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan and the Forces of Chaos of the 13th Black Crusade. Devastation of Baal (ca.999.M41) - With the arrival of Roboute Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade in the midst of the massive temporal distortions caused by the birth of the Great Rift, the Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters are successful in fending off the great assault of Hive Fleet Leviathan upon their homeworld of Baal. The remainder of the Leviathan is largely consumed by a Warp storm and a great assault of Khornate Daemons led by the Blood Angels' most ancient foe, the Bloodthirster Ka'bandha. Wargear Artificer Armour - Dante's power armour is a shining gold in colour, and it is said to be "like watching a flame of glory pass above the battlefield," when he uses his Jump Pack to swiftly move across the field of battle. Following his crossing of the Rubicon Primaris in the wake of the Devastation of Baal to become a Primaris Marine, Dante's Artificer Armour was replaced with a modified variant of Mark X Power Armour and upscaled to fit his now larger and more massive frame. Jump Pack - A Jump Pack is a bulky, vectored-thrust rocket engine fueled by promethium that can be worn as an attachment by a single soldier, designed to be attached to the backpacks of the Space Marines or the Sisters of Battle's suits of power armour. They are used to make powered jumps across the battlefield, allowing the warriors wearing them to cover ground quickly and unexpectedly drop into the midst of their foes to launch a close-combat assault. Like his Artificer Armour, Dante's Jump Pack following his crossing of the Rubicon Primaris is now based on the Jump Packs used on the suits of Mark X Power Armour by the Primaris Marines. Death Mask of Sanguinius - This ancient artefact is an incredibly lifelike golden mask that is said to have been modelled upon the features of the Blood Angels primarch after his death. The mask radiates Sanguinius' anger and disgust at Horus' betrayal, emitting waves of such potent hatred that enemies are paralysed or put to flight by its hollow, accusing stare. When Commander Dante enters battle the power of the Death Mask of Sanguinius swells and the visage itself seems almost to become invested with ghostly life. When Dante screams a battle cry, so too does the helm he wears, while its glower of hatred for Traitors and Heretics becomes Dante's own. Dante has never removed this golden death mask outside of the Blood Angels' fortress-monastery, so his actual physical appearance is unknown. When Dante is in battle, it appears to come to life. A nimbus of golden energy plays about his head that strikes terror into the hearts of the Chapter's enemies. This relic was upscaled following Dante's crossing of the Rubicon Primaris. Iron Halo - The Iron Halo is a revered part of the Armoury of the Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes and is also a common Astartes award for valour. The Iron Halo is a halo-shaped ring that is positioned above the head of the wielder, usually mounted on the backpack of Space Marine power armour but sometimes mounted in the gorget. The Iron Halo is a prestigious honour that is granted only to the most exceptional of the Astartes within a Space Marine Chapter as a reward for uncommon initiative and valour. It is most often worn by the Chapter's Captains and Chapter Master, though Veteran Astartes and Sergeants can also earn the right to add it to their armour in certain circumstances. The Iron Halo appears to share the same basic technological mechanisms as the Space Marine Chaplain's Rosarius, as they both produce a protective effect using gravitic and now poorly-understood Conversion Field technology. This artefact was upscaled to fit on Dante's new suit of Artificer Armour following his crossing of the Rubicon Primaris. Perdition Pistol - In battle, Dante also wields the Perdition Pistol, a unique Astartes-sized Infernus Pistol crafted using technical knowledge long since lost by the Adeptus Mechanicus, making it an extremely powerful ranged weapon. Only a warrior as great and as loyal to the Emperor of Mankind as Lord Commander Dante is permitted to wield such a potent and ancient weapon. The Perdition Pistol was upscaled to properly fit Dante's now much more massive frame following his crossing of the Rubicon Primaris to become a Primaris Marine. Axe Mortalis - Dante's other weapon is an immensely powerful Power Axe, the Axe Mortalis, forged in the days immediately after the end of the Horus Heresy. The Axe Mortalis was crafted by the famed Chapter Artificer Metriculus in the days following the Heresy. Deeply affected by the death of Sanguinius and the betrayal of the Traitor Legions, he sought to fashion a weapon that could slay the debased warlords of the Heretic Astartes like the dogs they were. The result of his labours was the Axe Mortalis, a weapon that crackles with barely suppressed killing power, and can scythe through even the thickest ceramite and plasteel like a sharp knife through silk. Perfectly balanced and said to bear the death curse of Sanguinius upon its skull-wrought haft, the Axe Mortalis became the ritual weapon of the Blood Angels Chapter Master and has reaped countless Heretic lives. Dante uses it to slice through the enemy ranks and cut down the enemies of the Imperium of Man during close quarters assaults. The Axe Mortalis was upscaled to properly fit Dante's now much more massive frame following his crossing of the Rubicon Primaris to become a Primaris Marine. Frag Grenades Krak Grenades Sources Codex Adeptus Astartes - Blood Angels (7th Edition), pp. 15, 32-33, 51, 64, 66-67, 95, 99, 101, 103, 180-181 Codex Adeptus Astartes - Blood Angels (8th Edition), pp. 22-23, 26-27, 76 Codex: Blood Angels (4th Edition), pg. 6 Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), pp. 9, 12, 14-17, 23, 29, 40-41, 51, 53, 66, 82, 180-181 Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition) Dante (Novel) by Guy Haley Devastation of Baal (Novel) by Guy Haley, Chs. 15, 29 Deathwatch: First Founding (RPG), pg. 39 Index Astartes II, "Angels of Death - The Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter" Shield of Baal: Exterminatus (Campaign Supplement) (Digital Edition), pp. 10-11, 17-19, 21-22, 26-28, 31-32, 36, 44-46, 49-50, 54, 64, 118-119, 121, 127-128, 130-132, 137-138, 150, 154-155, 157-158, 160, 164-165, 172, 179, 181, 206, 210, 213, 227-228, 231-232, 235, 238, 240, 242, 265-270, 275, 279, 292, 314, 316-317, 319, 322, 326, 328, 330, 332, 334-335, 337 Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook (6th Edition), pg. 181 Warlords of the Dark Millennium - Dante (Digital Edition), pp. 3-4, 6-12, 21-26 White Dwarf 194 (US), "Lords of Baal: Blood Angels Characters", pp. 11–14 White Dwarf 228 (US), "Codex Blood Angels - Angels of Death" White Dwarf 261 (US), "Index Astartes First Founding - Angels of Death, The Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter" White Dwarf 262 (AUS), "Index Astartes – Blood Angels" White Dwarf 299 (UK), "Angels of Death: Codex Space Marines Preview" White Dwarf 329 (US), "Sons of Sanguinius" and "Standard Bearer", pp. 74, 87 White Dwarf 330 (UK), "Blood Angels Official Codex: Part I White Dwarf 331 (UK), "Blood Angels Official Codex: Part II Bloodquest II: Into the Eye of Terror by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by Colin MacNeil Bloodquest III: The Daemon's Mark by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by Colin MacNeil The Blood Angels Omnibus by James Swallow Deus Encarmine (Novel) by James Swallow Deus Sanguinius (Novel) by James Swallow Red Fury (Novel) by James Swallow Black Tide (Novel) by James Swallow The Word of the Silent King (Short Story) by Laurie Goulding Dante's Canyon (Short Story) by Josh Reynolds Blood Angel's Quick Reads Collection: The Angels of Death (Ebook Collection) Dante: Lord of the Host ((Short Story) by James Swallow Psychic Awakening: Blood of Baal (8th Edition), pp. 8-9 Games Workshop Catalogue - Lord Commander Dante Warhammer Community - Artefacts of the Blood Angels Warhammer Community - The Legendary Commander Dante Crosses the Rubicon Primaris
2622	dbpedia	2	47	https://www.gotquestions.org/hierarchy-of-angels.html	en	What is the hierarchy of angels?	https://www.gotquestions…hy-of-angels.jpg	https://www.gotquestions…hy-of-angels.jpg	[ "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/cogwheel.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/share.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo_white.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo-fb-simple.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo-twitter.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo-pinterest.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/letter.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/sms-icon.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/menu.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/GQ-YT.png", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/translate-icon.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/print.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo-fb-simple.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo-twitter.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo-youtube.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo-pinterest.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/logo-instagram.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/gqm-one.png", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/apple-appstore.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/google-play.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/amazon-alexa.svg", "https://www.gotquestions.org/img/GQlogo.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "hierarchy of angels" ]	null	[ "GotQuestions.org" ]	2019-12-04T00:00:00	What is the hierarchy of angels? Does the Bible give a hierarchy of the angelic beings?	en		GotQuestions.org	https://www.gotquestions.org/hierarchy-of-angels.html	Answer Some branches of Christian theology have proposed a 9-level hierarchy of angels as follows: • Highest/First Order: Seraphim Cherubim Thrones • Middle/Second Order: Dominions Virtues Powers • Lowest/Third Order: Principalities Archangels Angels The difficulty is that the Bible identifies no such hierarchy of angels. In the Bible we see that there could be different kinds of angels, and, if there are different kinds, there might be some sort of hierarchy. If a hierarchy exists, the Bible does not tell us about it explicitly. If it were important for us to know about it, the Bible would have told us. The term angel simply means âmessengerâ and emphasizes the work that angels do. Seraphim (singular seraph) is simply a word that means âfieryâ or âbright.â Seraphim are mentioned as angelic beings only in Isaiah 6:1–4: âI saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: âHoly, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.â At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.â Since the word seraphim is simply a description, it may be that the seraphim are simply âfiery beingsâ that may or may not be a distinct âkindâ of angel. Cherubim (singular cherub) are mentioned numerous times in Scripture. After Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden, cherubim were placed there to guard the entrance (Genesis 3:24). The vast majority of the instances where cherubim are mentioned are in connection with the ark of the covenant, as the likeness of two cherubim adorned the cover of the ark (Exodus 25:18 –20; 37:7 –9; 1 Samuel 4:4). David sings a song of praise to God in which he says that God âmounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the windâ (2 Samuel 22:11). When Ezekiel sees the glory of God leaving the temple, he also sees cherubim carrying the throne of God (Ezekiel 10). In verse 14, the cherubim are described as having four faces, those of a cherub, a human being, a lion, and an eagle. However, since angels are essentially spirit beings, it may be that they simply appeared to Ezekiel in this form for that particular revelatory vision. There is only one archangel named in Scripture: Michael. He is mentioned in Jude 1:9. The voice of the archangel is heard in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, with no mention of his name. Revelation 12:7 describes war between Michael and his angels and the devil and angels. In Daniel 10:13, 21 and 12:1, Michael is described as an angelic prince. Michaelâs being the leader of the angels would fit with both the title archangel and the role he plays. Archangel may be a role rather than a distinct kind of angel. Another individual angel, Gabriel, is also named in Scripture. Gabriel delivered messages regarding the birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:19) and Jesus (Luke 1:26). In speaking to Johnâs father, he describes himself as one who stands in the presence of God. There is no mention of what âkindâ of angel Gabriel may be. He also delivered messages to Daniel in answer to his prayer (Daniel 8:16; 9:21). Daniel describes him as a man, which means that Gabriel appeared in human form. Again, as angels are essentially spirit beings, they do not have physical bodies, but it seems they may appear in various forms. Michael and Gabriel are the only angels mentioned by name, but we know there are untold myriads of angels who serve God. It should be noted that, although angels have greater power and glory than human beings, it is human beings who are created in Godâs image, and it is human beings, not angels, who will reign with Christ (Hebrews 2:5). It is human beings, not angels, who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ (Hebrews 2:16). Angels are servants of God who minister to believers (Hebrews 1:14). From one perspective, angels are certainly greater than people, yet, from another perspective, human beings occupy the primary place in Godâs created order, and angels are to some extent excluded. They do not understand redemption in the way that Godâs children understand it (1 Peter 1:12). The term guardian angel is never mentioned in Scripture, although this concept is commonly assumed. Perhaps it is based on Matthew 18:10, âSee that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.â Finally, there are fallen angels. Jude 1:6 clearly mentions them: âAnd the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Dayâ; as does Revelation 12:7–9: âThen war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.â In summary, speculation abounds, but there is no elaborate hierarchy of angels revealed in Scripture. Seraphim and cherubim are mentioned in close connection with the throne and glory of God. Since seraph simply means âfiery,â it may be a description of an angel rather than a separate kind. The cherubim and seraphim are generally described as other-worldly creatures. Michael is the archangel, which would indicate that he has a distinct role, but not necessarily that he is a distinct kind of angel. Gabriel is an important messenger for God. When Gabriel appears, he is normally identified as being a âman,â as are other angels when they appear to humans. Angels do an important work, but we are never encouraged to fixate on them, and, of course, we are forbidden from worshiping them (Colossians 2:18). Overcome by the glory of his visions, John records, âAt this I fell at [the angelâs] feet to worship him. But he said to me, âDonât do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!ââ (Revelation 19:10). Angels simply serve in the background and bring glory to God.
2622	dbpedia	0	48	https://clearlyreformed.org/sermon/what-the-angels-saw-and-long-to-see-2/	en	What the Angels Saw (and Long to See)	https://clearlyreformed.…-Long-to-See.jpg	https://clearlyreformed.…-Long-to-See.jpg	[ "https://clearlyreformed.org/static/4831b64b91552ec3d039c1df4ac77376/ae0a2/org-icon-christ-covenant.png", "https://clearlyreformed.org/static/4831b64b91552ec3d039c1df4ac77376/ae0a2/org-icon-christ-covenant.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	We can experience what no angel ever has. We can receive such glorious good news that we can be people saved by the Gospel.	en	/favicon-32x32.png?v=4192583d7aaf74704ac515881fb459cc		https://clearlyreformed.org/sermon/what-the-angels-saw-and-long-to-see-2/	If you could add up all the minutes during the year that you think about angels, I’m guessing that 95% of those minutes would be in December. Most of us, whether we’re in church every Sunday or haven’t ever been before in our lives, do not spend a lot of time, at least in this country probably, considering angels. Except around Christmas, and then you cannot get away from angels. They seem to be in every Bible text in so many of our Christmas carols, like the one we just sang. They’re on our Christmas cards, on our Christmas trees, they’re in nativity scenes all over town and in our yards, lots and lots of angels. Angels are actually more common in the Bible than you might realize. By one count there are 17 books in the Old Testament that mention angels and 17 books in the New Testament that mention angels, with a total of 273 references. So not the main character, not the lead, but not an insignificant role either. Angels fulfill many different roles in the Bible. Sometimes they’re guardians of the sacred. Think about the angels that are put there to guard the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve are kicked out. Or the angels that are put on top of the ark of the covenant to guard that sacred representation of God’s presence. Sometimes angels are bridges between heaven and earth. Think of the vision in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, “and I saw angels ascending and descending.” Sometimes they’re like patrol officers, they’re cops, they watch over people and places. They’re servants. And preeminently, angels are messengers. That’s what the Greek word angeloi, angels, that’s what it means, to be a messenger. And if you think about it, it’s not a bad gig to be an angel. There is no angel named Clarence in the Bible, though he has come to us as a secular angel of sorts. We see lots of angels at Christmas. Now we don’t know how the assignments were given. In many places, schools and churches when they have a nativity scene and some children are chosen to be shepherds or wise men, and someone has to come in, two of them usually, as a camel or something, you don’t know how they’re always chosen, the children to be the angels, and we don’t know in heaven how the angels were given their specific assignments, but you can imagine perhaps raising one of their wings, “pick me, pick me, I want to be a part of the Christmas story.” Think of all the angelic involvement in the Christmas story. An angel appears to Zechariah to explain that his wife Elizabeth is going to give birth to a son in her old age. The angel Gabriel appears to Mary, later an angel appears in a dream to Joseph. An angel appears to the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks by night, “Fear not. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. In the city of David,” they said, “you will find the Christ child wrapped in swaddling bands and lying in a manger.” Then a multitude of angels appear and begin to praise God, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom He is pleased.” All over the Christmas story. It’s not just the Christmas story. Have you ever noticed that at virtually every key moment in the life and ministry of Jesus there are angels? Angels attend Christ in Matthew 4 during His temptation in the wilderness. They strengthen Him in Luke 22 in the garden of Gethsemane at that moment of temptation and suffering. All four Gospels make quite a big deal that there are angels present at the empty tomb. So you put it all together and we see that angels have quite a privileged place in the story of redemption. You have angels foretelling the coming of the Christ, they announce His conception, they announce His birth, they sing in the sky, they are there in the wilderness, they are there in the garden of Gethsemane, and they are there on Easter Sunday morning. Every step of the way, angels. You think of all that the angels did, all that they announced, all that they knew. Think of all that the angels have seen and it really is more than we often realize a privileged place in the story of redemption that the angels have. Yet with all that the angels saw, there is still something that angels long to see. 1 Peter chapter 1, verse 10: Concerning this salvation, Peter writes, now this salvation is what he’s talked about in the previous paragraph, God and Father, His great mercy caused us to be born again through a living hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. So this salvation is what God accomplished through Christ, to cause us to be born again, to have our sins forgiven, to have death and the devil conquered by Christ on the cross and His resurrection. That’s all in view. “Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them,” so that is to those who foretold these things by the spirit, “It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.” Now there’s a lot going on in that paragraph. You have prophets inquiring, the Spirit indicating, preachers preaching, people believing, and then at the very end you have that line, don’t miss it: Angels longing. Throughout the Bible angels are almost always in a position to know more than human beings know. They deliver messages ahead of time. They foretell events that have yet to take place. They explain visions to human beings. Sometimes they take them away, they transport them to a high mountain and they show them some sort of heavenly vision. If anyone is in the know, it’s the angels. But verse 12 says there is something which angels can’t quite see. It’s an amazing verse. I wonder if you’ve noticed it before. It has always stood out to me as one of the most remarkable verses in all the Bible. What are the things into which angels long to look? Well, it may be that part of what Peter is talking about is the second coming of Christ, just as the prophets inquired where the person of the Messiah would come. You listen to that passage from Matthew, that even then they were inquiring, now where is it? Let’s check our scrolls, what have you heard? Where is He coming? Oh, He’s coming to Bethlehem. It may be that part of what the angels are longing to see is that second coming, the full unveiling of Christ and His glory. But if that’s part of it, that’s certainly not all of it. Because it says at the end of verse 12, “things into which angels long to look.” What are the things? Well, the closest antecedent to “the things” is the “good news,” “the good news preached to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven.” In other words, the things into which angels long to look are the tidings, the announcement, the Gospel, the good news that has been preached to you, to those in Peter’s day, and to all of you who have heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ’s saving grace for sinners. Now it’s not that angels are ignorant. It’s not as if they couldn’t pass a theological test, as if they didn’t know what had happened, but think about it. These angels are un-fallen beings. They know what the Gospel is but they do not know the Gospel like we know the Gospel. They do not know what it is like to be saved. Now I don’t want to get too fanciful. I’m not often accused of being too fanciful. But a little sanctified imagination. Just imagine what a conversation between the angels might sound like in heaven as they look down at God’s saved people here on earth, people like you. “Hey, Gabriel.” “Yeah, Michael.” Only two we know. “What do you think that’s like?” “What’s what like?” “What’s it like to be saved?” “What are you talking about, Michael?” “Well, you know. What do you think it’s like to be a human saved by the Gospel?” “Well, what do you mean?” “Well, haven’t you ever wondered? I mean, we waited all those centuries to see God’s salvation plan unfold, and when it did, God sent His Son, and you know what? He sent His Son not to be like one of us, but like one of them. We know Christ is far superior even to us angels, but He skipped right by the angels. He went all the way down to human beings. And He didn’t come as a king in royal robes but in a manger. Isn’t that amazing?” And the angel says, “Well, sure, but we’ve seen all that. What do you mean we don’t know all that? We were there. We helped make it happen. We showed up in dreams and visions. What more do you want to see?” “Oh, I don’t know exactly. We’re not lacking for anything. I’m not grumbling, I’m not complaining, but I can’t help but wonder what must it feel like to be saved.” “Yeah, but Michael, we know the Lord loves us. He created us. We know He delights in us. He delights in our praise and our obedience. We’re like flames of fire. We’re like the winds of heaven, Michael. We always to His bidding.” And Michael says, “But that’s just it, Gabriel. We always praise God. We always do His bidding. But you know as well as I do that earth isn’t like heaven. Things don’t work down there like they do up here. Those people never seem to get it right. They get it wrong again and again. Even when they praise it’s imperfect. And yet He loves them. He came as one of them. He gave His life for them when they deserved death. For them. Don’t you ever wonder, Gabriel, what it must feel like to all those sinful, selfish people to hear such good news? That in Christ God loves them, God can forgive them, God will keep them, God will guard them, that God will give them eternal life. Haven’t you ever wondered, Gabriel, what it’s like to be saved?” The work of the angels in the Christmas story is remarkable from start to finish. It’s all around us, in our songs, in our yards, in our trees, and deservedly so. They have a privileged place in the plan of redemption. And yet, friends, you can see more tonight than the angels even saw on that starry night in Bethlehem. It’s true. You can personally know even better news than they announced. The angels knew, but you and I can experience. The angel knew what he was doing when he told Joseph, “You shall give Him the name Jesus for He will save His people from their sins.” The angels understood that message, but you and I can know it even more. You can experience what no angel ever has. If you would kneel and in your heart worship in faith and repentance, turning from your sins, turning to Christ, you could know such a marvelous mystery, be part of such an amazing story that you, too, could receive such glorious good news that you and I can be people saved by the Gospel. That’s what tonight is about. Yes, lots of traditions. Lots of songs. Lots of food and festivities and presents tonight or tomorrow or all through the week. But it is preeminently about that message that you shall call His name Jesus for He will save His people from their sins. Have you been saved from your sins? Not other people’s, yours. You and I can see things and know things and savor things into which angels long to look. Let’s pray. Gracious heavenly Father, would You now by Your Spirit preach this good news to us. May we good Christian men and women and children rejoice that we can know, that we have been so privileged to hear when so many across this world know not the name of Jesus, that You have given us the opportunity to know how we might be saved. So preach this Word to our spirits, to our consciences, that we might repent and believe and bow and worship on this silent night and every night. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
2622	dbpedia	1	7	https://stevenpinker.com/publications/better-angels-our-nature	en	The Better Angels of our Nature	https://stevenpinker.com…pg?itok=rblyYJMB	https://stevenpinker.com…pg?itok=rblyYJMB	[ "https://stevenpinker.com/files/styles/gallery/public/pinker/files/better_angels_of_our_nature-p-800_01.jpeg?itok=TYU9n51f 1x", "https://stevenpinker.com/files/styles/original/public/pinker/files/enlightenmentnow-p-800.jpeg?itok=IvAbjEdA 1x", "https://stevenpinker.com/files/styles/original/public/pinker/files/thesenseofstyle.jpg?itok=JjiyXxuh 1x", "https://stevenpinker.com/files/styles/original/public/pinker/files/better_angels_of_our_nature-p-800.jpeg?itok=ZOqg-9rT 1x" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en	https://stevenpinker.com…ture_favicon.png		https://stevenpinker.com/publications/better-angels-our-nature	"A brilliant, mind-altering book....Everyone should read this astonishing book."—The Guardian “If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read." —Bill Gates (May, 2017) A provocative history of violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought and The Blank Slate Believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species' existence. In his gripping and controversial new work, New York Timesbestselling author Steven Pinker shows that despite the ceaseless news about war, crime, and terrorism, violence has actually been in decline over long stretches of history. Exploding myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious book continues Pinker's exploration of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly enlightened world. REVIEWS & FEATURES Review Excerpts Full Reviews Articles about the Book and Author Interviews and Adaptations by the Author Frequently Asked Questions Has the Decline of Violence Reversed since The Better Angels of Our Nature was Written? 2014 Article on post-Angels trends in violence Miscellaneous
2622	dbpedia	2	13	https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2008/10/the-ministry-of-angels%3Flang%3Deng	en	The Ministry of Angels	https://assets.churchofj…9ac31809ac0.jpeg	https://assets.churchofj…9ac31809ac0.jpeg	[ "https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/imgs/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.churchofjesuschrist.org%2F32%2Ff0%2F32f064492e58aa93986db404df63748775f30f39%2F32f064492e58aa93986db404df63748775f30f39.jpeg/full/!250,/0/default" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2008-10-02T00:00:00+00:00	God never leaves us alone, never leaves us unaided in the challenges that we face.	en			https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2008/10/the-ministry-of-angels?lang=eng	When Adam and Eve willingly stepped into mortality, they knew this telestial world would contain thorns and thistles and troubles of every kind. Perhaps their most challenging realization, however, was not the hardship and danger they would endure but the fact that they would now be distanced from God, separated from Him with whom they had walked and talked, who had given them face-to-face counsel. After this conscious choice, as the record of creation says, âthey saw him not; for they were shut out from his presence.â1 Amidst all else that must have troubled them, surely this must have troubled them the most. But God knew the challenges they would face, and He certainly knew how lonely and troubled they would sometimes feel. So He watched over His mortal family constantly, heard their prayers always, and sent prophets (and later apostles) to teach, counsel, and guide them. But in times of special need, He sent angels, divine messengers, to bless His children, reassure them that heaven was always very close and that His help was always very near. Indeed, shortly after Adam and Eve found themselves in the lone and dreary world, an angel appeared unto them,2 who taught them the meaning of their sacrifice and the atoning role of the promised Redeemer who was to come. When the time for this Saviorâs advent was at hand, an angel was sent to announce to Mary that she was to be the mother of the Son of God.3 Then a host of angels was commissioned to sing on the night the baby Jesus was born.4 Shortly thereafter an angel would announce to Joseph that the newborn baby was in danger and that this little family must flee to Egypt for safety.5 When it was safe to return, an angel conveyed that information to the family and the three returned to the land of their heritage.6 From the beginning down through the dispensations, God has used angels as His emissaries in conveying love and concern for His children. Time in this setting does not allow even a cursory examination of the scriptures or our own latter-day history, which are so filled with accounts of angels ministering to those on earth, but it is rich doctrine and rich history indeed. Usually such beings are not seen. Sometimes they are. But seen or unseen they are always near. Sometimes their assignments are very grand and have significance for the whole world. Sometimes the messages are more private. Occasionally the angelic purpose is to warn. But most often it is to comfort, to provide some form of merciful attention, guidance in difficult times. When in Lehiâs dream he found himself in a frightening place, âa dark and dreary waste,â as he described it, he was met by an angel, âa man â¦ dressed in a white robe; â¦ he spake unto me,â Lehi said, âand bade me follow him.â7 Lehi did follow him to safety and ultimately to the path of salvation. In the course of life all of us spend time in âdark and drearyâ places, wildernesses, circumstances of sorrow or fear or discouragement. Our present day is filled with global distress over financial crises, energy problems, terrorist attacks, and natural calamities. These translate into individual and family concerns not only about homes in which to live and food available to eat but also about the ultimate safety and well-being of our children and the latter-day prophecies about our planet. More serious than theseâand sometimes related to themâare matters of ethical, moral, and spiritual decay seen in populations large and small, at home and abroad. But I testify that angels are still sent to help us, even as they were sent to help Adam and Eve, to help the prophets, and indeed to help the Savior of the world Himself. Matthew records in his gospel that after Satan had tempted Christ in the wilderness âangels came and ministered unto him.â8 Even the Son of God, a God Himself, had need for heavenly comfort during His sojourn in mortality. And so such ministrations will be to the righteous until the end of time. As Mormon said to his son Moroni, who would one day be an angel: âHas the day of miracles ceased? âOr have angels ceased to appear unto the children of men? Or has he withheld the power of the Holy Ghost from them? Or will he, so long as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved? âBehold I say unto you, Nay; for â¦ it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men.Â â¦ âFor behold, they are subject unto [Christ], to minister according to the word of his command, showing themselves unto them of strong faith and a firm mind in every form of godliness.â9 I ask everyone within the sound of my voice to take heart, be filled with faith, and remember the Lord has said He âwould fight [our] battles, [our] childrenâs battles, and [the battles of our] childrenâs children.â10 And what do we do to merit such a defense? We are to âsearch diligently, pray always, and be believing[. Then] all things shall work together for [our] good, if [we] walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith [we] have covenanted.â11 The latter days are not a time to fear and tremble. They are a time to be believing and remember our covenants. I have spoken here of heavenly help, of angels dispatched to bless us in time of need. But when we speak of those who are instruments in the hand of God, we are reminded that not all angels are from the other side of the veil. Some of them we walk with and talk withâhere, now, every day. Some of them reside in our own neighborhoods. Some of them gave birth to us, and in my case, one of them consented to marry me. Indeed heaven never seems closer than when we see the love of God manifested in the kindness and devotion of people so good and so pure that angelic is the only word that comes to mind. Elder James Dunn, from this pulpit just moments ago, used that word in his invocation to describe this Primary choirâand why not? With the spirit, faces, and voices of those children in our mind and before our eyes, may I share with you an account by my friend and BYU colleague, the late ClynÂ D. Barrus. I do so with the permission of his wife, Marilyn, and their family. Referring to his childhood on a large Idaho farm, Brother Barrus spoke of his nightly assignment to round up the cows at milking time. Because the cows pastured in a field bordered by the occasionally treacherous Teton River, the strict rule in the Barrus household was that during the spring flood season the children were never to go after any cows who ventured across the river. They were always to return home and seek mature help. One Saturday just after his seventh birthday, Brother Barrusâs parents promised the family a night at the movies if the chores were done on time. But when young Clyn arrived at the pasture, the cows he sought had crossed the river, even though it was running at high flood stage. Knowing his rare night at the movies was in jeopardy, he decided to go after the cows himself, even though he had been warned many times never to do so. As the seven-year-old urged his old horse, Banner, down into the cold, swift stream, the horseâs head barely cleared the water. An adult sitting on the horse would have been safe, but at Brother Barrusâs tender age, the current completely covered him except when the horse lunged forward several times, bringing Clynâs head above water just enough to gasp for air. Here I turn to Brother Barrusâs own words: âWhen Banner finally climbed the other bank, I realized that my life had been in grave danger and that I had done a terrible thingâI had knowingly disobeyed my father. I felt that I could redeem myself only by bringing the cows home safely. Maybe then my father would forgive me. But it was already dusk, and I didnât know for sure where I was. Despair overwhelmed me. I was wet and cold, lost and afraid. âI climbed down from old Banner, fell to the ground by his feet, and began to cry. Between thick sobs, I tried to offer a prayer, repeating over and over to my Father in Heaven, âIâm sorry. Forgive me! Iâm sorry. Forgive me!â âI prayed for a long time. When I finally looked up, I saw through my tears a figure dressed in white walking toward me. In the dark, I felt certain it must be an angel sent in answer to my prayers. I did not move or make a sound as the figure approached, so overwhelmed was I by what I saw. Would the Lord really send an angel to me, who had been so disobedient? âThen a familiar voice said, âSon, Iâve been looking for you.â In the darkness I recognized the voice of my father and ran to his outstretched arms. He held me tightly, then said gently, âI was worried. Iâm glad I found you.â âI tried to tell him how sorry I was, but only disjointed words came out of my trembling lipsââThank you â¦ darkness â¦ afraid â¦ river â¦ alone.â Later that night I learned that when I had not returned from the pasture, my father had come looking for me. When neither I nor the cows were to be found, he knew I had crossed the river and was in danger. Because it was dark and time was of the essence, he removed his clothes down to his long white thermal underwear, tied his shoes around his neck, and swam a treacherous river to rescue a wayward son.â12 My beloved brothers and sisters, I testify of angels, both the heavenly and the mortal kind. In doing so I am testifying that God never leaves us alone, never leaves us unaided in the challenges that we face. â[N]or will he, so long as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall be one man [or woman or child] upon the face thereof to be saved.â13 On occasions, global or personal, we may feel we are distanced from God, shut out from heaven, lost, alone in dark and dreary places. Often enough that distress can be of our own making, but even then the Father of us all is watching and assisting. And always there are those angels who come and go all around us, seen and unseen, known and unknown, mortal and immortal.
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His ability is named The Overcoat. Gogol has white layered, sharp hair swept to the left side of his face. However, as short as it seems, he also has a long braid of hair that...	en	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bungostraydogs/images/4/4a/Site-favicon.ico/revision/latest?cb=20210526202627	Bungo Stray Dogs Wiki	https://bungostraydogs.fandom.com/wiki/Nikolai_Gogol	Nikolai Gogol (ニコライ・ゴーゴリ,, Nikorai Gōgori?, Russian: Никола́й Го́голь) is a former member of the Decay of the Angel. His ability is named The Overcoat. Appearance Gogol has white layered, sharp hair swept to the left side of his face. However, as short as it seems, he also has a long braid of hair that often rests on his right shoulder. A scar is slit vertically down his left eye. Compared to his left eye, his right eye appears vacant, bearing no highlights in it.[2] Over his right eye appears to be a card-styled mask or eye patch. Gogol's attire is just as eccentric as his personality and closely resembles that of a circus ringmaster. He wears a mostly black jacket, the right side being solid black, black-and-white striped trousers, a shirt with a ruffled, round collar akin to a loose elaborate turtleneck, and dark gloves. He completes the outfit with a top hat with a diamond pattern. He once disguised himself as a police officer[4][1] and Tonan's secretary.[2] Personality Gogol is sadistic and loves to speak in great theatrics. One of his main traits is his tendency to pose questions (oftentimes rhetorical threats) as "quizzes". He is also skilled in disguises, deceiving Tonan as his secretary.[1] Whilst fighting Atsushi Nakajima, Gogol depicts great joy in fighting and tormenting him, going as far as to capture Atsushi's leg in his coat and leaving it in a separate space on the floor.[2] Gogol hints that his eccentric persona may or may not be real. The side of him feeling no remorse in murdering others is just as real as the side that feels guilt, well aware of how wrong and cruel his actions are. He claims to want to soar as freely as birds do. Nonetheless, both sides appear evident. However, even if he does feel guilt, he acts as if he bears no hard feelings towards Fyodor Dostoevsky, whom he nicknames "Dostoy". Ability Main article: The Overcoat Gogol's ability, The Overcoat (外 (がい)套 (とう),, Gaitō?, Russian: Шинель, Shinel), allows him to use his coat to manipulate spaces and what comes out of them. That is, it acts largely like a portal, capable of relocating objects, as well as a 'pocket dimension' where he is able to store objects. He can use this to make his hand and gun appear in a space completely unrelated to him or drop a pillar through a portal before holding it there and opening the other end at a later point in time. The ability works on living things as well. He uses it to 'sever' Atsushi's leg from his body, trapping it on the floor. However, Atsushi is still able to move his leg and recieves pain signals from it. The Overcoat's range is upwards of 30 meters.[3][2] The Overcoat (外 (がい)套 (とう),, Gaitō?) Manga Debut: Chapter 57 Anime Debut: Episode 42 Ability: Spatial Manipulation Skills Disguise: Gogol is capable of disguising himself enough for other people not to notice it. This can be seen when Gogol disguised himself as a police officer in order to approach the car Mushitarō Oguri was in without raising alert or suspicion.[4] He also disguised as Tonan's secretary for a half a year.[2] Background He joined the Decay of the Angel to fulfill of what he always wanted - to feel freedom, and not being bound by gravity.[2] Battles
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People frequently ask the interpretation of Genesis 6:4. I thought I'd tackle it in short. The Antediluvian Age Antediluvian is a word that describes the period before the flood chronicled in Genesis 6-9. This is also the age of man before law. This is alluded to in Romans 2:14: For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Because man lived without laws, they lived however they chose. And evil seeming more pleasurable than good, man's wickedness increased without restraint. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5 Sons and Daughters of the Earth And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Genesis 6:1-2 Note here that not all men were evil. Some remembered the lessons learned in the Garden. Adam taught his children about God and the knowledge was passed down for generations. Some, like the sons of Seth, continued to acknowledge God, while most, like the sons of Cain, walked in the own way. Nevertheless, there was little restraint practiced by any. The sons of God even took wives of as many women as they desired. Now, while this may have kept in practice the commandment to be fruitful and multiply, this was not God's intent. God is a God of order. Man, in this case, went wild and followed their flesh rather than their intelligence. So Who Were These Sons of God? In case it was missed earlier, these are the sons of Seth. There are different thoughts on this taken from the following verse… There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Genesis 6:4 The word ‘giants' causes a gross misinterpretation. It is believed that these men were literal giants, born from a union of women and angels. Well. there is at least one verse that refutes this thought. First of all, Genesis 6:2 says the sons of God ‘took wives'. Now read this… For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. Matthew 22:30 Angels do not marry! Not enough? What about this one? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: Hebrews 2:7 Angels are not organic or natural beings. They cannot procreate! If they could, don't you think God would have allowed them to reproduce with each other instead of creating untold numbers of them? And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Revelation 5:11 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. Psalms 68:17 Can you imagine if Satan could procreate? You think there are evil people in the world now! The movies like Rosemary's Baby and Damien would more reality than fiction! No my dear brothers and sisters. The sons of God were godly men who married the daughters of wicked men. This gave rise to men who became great (giants) and well known (men of renown) Giants is also misinterpreted. Giants in Genesis 6:4 means tyrant or bully. Think about this. We hear of tyrants in countries and bullies in schools today. Imagine the same in a world where evil reigns without restraint. Yes, men with big time chips on their shoulders! These men became ruthless rulers and oppressive lords over people, not 9 feet, 9 inch tall men like Goliath! Angels Producing Giants? If you've read this far, you know I already covered this in the preceding topic. Just to reiterate, angels are not like humans. They cannot procreate. They cannot mate with humans. So giants did not exist because of unions between women and angels. Just think. If that is the case, tall men like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7 feet, 2 inches) and Shaquille O'Neal (7 feet, 1 inch) or taller, Robert Pershing Wadlow (8 feet , 11.1 inches) or Sultan Kösen (8 feet, 2.8 inches) would be considered demi-gods! Fantasy and Tradition vs Truth While there were and are giants in our world, they are not the norm. Stories of great men born of natural/supernatural unions are the stuff of movies and mythology. They make for great entertainment, but not biblical truth. Yet many will fight to hold on to such error, even in the face of evidence to the contrary. Why? Man, by nature, desires to be more, to be greater. We are also vain in that we will fight to promulgate error because we, along with countless others, want to believe them. In this case, truth is not what matters. What we choose to believe is true does matter! History as well as scripture teaches us the following: Being a follower of the masses will cost you more than walking side by side with the few. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7:13-14 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Galatians 4:16
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They can be beings of either divine origin, such as the Archangels Gabriel and Michael of Christian doctrine, or artificial existences consisting of masses of highly...	en	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/to-aru-majutsu-no-index/images/4/4a/Site-favicon.ico/revision/latest?cb=20210601234613	Toaru Majutsu no Index Wiki	https://toarumajutsunoindex.fandom.com/wiki/Angel	Series Three Overhaul Project This article will be undergoing extensive revision as part of a wiki-wide overhaul Index: "What is this? Agathions?" This page may require cleanup to meet Toaru Majutsu no Index Wiki's quality standards. Requires extensive revision/restructuring Please help improve this article if you can. The talk page or comments section may contain suggestions, or talk to an administrator. 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They can be beings of either divine origin, such as the Archangels Gabriel and Michael of Christian doctrine, or artificial existences consisting of masses of highly concentrated AIM fields built-up from the thousands of espers within Academy City. Angels of divine origin get their magical power from an energy accumulated in Heaven known as Telesma.[citation needed] Principles[] General[] Appearances[] Angels, both divine and artificial, have been described as possessing halos above their heads and various forms of wings manifesting from their backs, some of which such as the case of Archangel Gabriel can reach several kilometers into the sky, as well as speaking in an Angelic language that sounds like high-pitched gibberish to normal humans. If deemed necessary, like a command from God, or being forced down from Heaven, an angel can acquire a human form. In the Old Testament of the Holy Bible, Angels hid their identities to enter ordinary people's cities and had meals with them.[2] Indeed, as Gabriel can attest, he can hide his being an angel from humans quite easily. Personality[] Vento of the Front explains that Angels in the magic side have no free will of their own and that they are meant to be God's perfect tools, and are often referred to as messengers of God to humanity. Although, they can malfunction and in turn can be called a Fallen angel,[3] or known as demons.[2] According to Stiyl Magnus, Angels and Devils are similar in nature, however, the important thing is who they take orders from.[4] However, when a divine angel falls from heaven due to the effects of Angel Fall, they can break the orders of God in order to return to Heaven, such as killing humans, despite creating a paradox for God's plans for the Final Judgment,[5] and seemingly have an orderly fashion of thinking. As with the case of Archangel Gabriel under the guise of Misha Kreutzev, who spends his time helping Touma, Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Kanzaki Kaori trying to find the culprit of her fall. Later when Kanzaki and the others try to prevent him or more appropriately inconvenience him from killing Kamijou Touya who was unknowingly the culprit, Gabriel resorted to destroying the world instead.[6] The case is somewhat different in the science side however, as evidenced by Kazakiri Hyouka's existence, as she displayed emotions similar to that of humans. However, Hyouka herself is shown to behave as a mindless tool similar to that of angels in Christian lore, after having her Fuse Kazakiri mode activated.[7] Abilities[] As stated angels in both sides are extremely powerful beings, capable of causing great destruction. So much is their power, that their very existence can distort the world.[2] It has been said that a single angel has the power to bring down the Vatican.[8] Even a depowered one such as Archangel Gabriel in his first appearance was simply toying with Kanzaki, a powerful Saint in her own right.[6] An archangel such as Gabriel has been shown to possess the ability to manipulate any celestial body through the use of "Astral in Hand", allowing it to immediately block the sun by speeding up Earth's rotation. He also displayed tremendous speed, able to move from Russia to France easily and eliminate their forces.[9] In order to be "summoned" or take a physical form on Earth, Angels must have a medium, or "core", to keep them bound to the Earth. Likewise, if the core that binds them is destroyed their physical form will leave the Earth.[10] Both divine and artificial angels seem to be weak to Touma's Imagine Breaker as well, as with the case with Misha Kreutzev trying to avoid Touma's right hand,[11] as well as Touma himself trying to avoid touching Kazakiri Hyouka after finding out her true form.[12] Abrahamic Angels[] One notable feature that the angels of the magic side has is their name being chosen by God, which is the purpose for which they are created.[6] As such the names of angels cannot be easily changed, unless a powerful distortion changes these laws of God.[13] Angels are also genderless and is depicted in some Christian lore as having qualities of both male and female.[6] Angels are also apparently susceptible to Angel Fall, which forcibly casts them down from heaven. At which point, angels will try to get back into heaven, even if it means disobeying the will of God.[6] An angel's name and attributes are widely referenced by magician's spell chants throughout the story, such as being used as a way to borrow power from when constructing a magic circle.[14] Archangels[] Archangel is a term used to refer to angels of higher rank than normal angels,[15] in the Toaru Majutsu no Index universe there are four recognized archangels that are aligned to their own corresponding elements and attributes. Each member of God's Right Seat derive their powers from the four archangels depending on their alignment after cleansing as much of their original sin as possible.[16] Archangel Gabriel[] Archangel Gabriel (大天使（ガブリエル）, Daitenshi Gaburieru?) is an archangel that appears in Toaru Majutsu no Index. He embodies the The Power of God (神の力, Kami no Chikara?) and represents the symbol of water which is its attribute, and is the guardian of the moon, the governor of blue, and the protector of the rear side. He is the only true abrahamic angel to appear in the series thus far.[6] Acqua of the Back is aligned with the archangel. Because of the distortion of the elements, he can bypass the name God has given him and is weaker than normal, even then Gabriel is still more powerful than several other characters combined such as Accelerator and Kazakiri Hyouka.[9] Other Archangels[] Archangel Uriel, also known as God's Flame or Fire of God Archangel Raphael, also known as Medicine of God Archangel Michael, also known as Regard of God or The Likeness of God Other angels[] Fallen Angel[] Main article: Fallen Angel Lucifer the Light-Bringer was said to be an angel that was the closest being to be allowed to sit to the right of God, until he malfunctions and causes chaos in one-third of all the angels in heaven, making him rebel against God's will and causing war and becomes a fallen angel.[3] He is later defeated by Archangel Michael who became the ruler of all the angels, and had become a higher being compared to Lucifer even though they were once equals.[16] Moreover, there is a mention of the Grigoris by Sherry Cromwell as the ones who gave knowledge to humans on how God created Man from clay before the time of Noah, knowledge which eventually gave birth to the golem.[17] Non-Abrahamic angels[] Aiwass[] Aiwass, the entity that Aleister Crowley supposedly summoned and the true author of the Book of the Law, has also shown the characteristics of an Angel, possessing a halo above its head and a divine form.[10] Espers[] Espers of Academy City have been shown to sometimes exhibit angelic characteristics under specific circumstances. The most well-known example is what is termed "Awakening" by the fandom, wherein an esper gains wings and sometimes halos following contact with Magic and an emotional breakthrough. So far, only Accelerator has been shown to "awaken", gaining black wings partially during the Taowu incident at Seiin High School[18] (fully in the anime[19]), then fully during the 0930 Incident,[20] white wings and a halo during World War III,[21] and finally platinum wings during the Ceremony of Mo Athair.[22] Accelerator also speaks the garbled language of the angels in the early manifestations, though he can now retain his rationality.[23] The exact reasons behind this phenomenon are unclear, but it is known to be linked to Accelerator's mental state or him having an emotional breakthrough, like him feeling cornered[24] or having something to protect.[21] And when first manifesting a particular color, it follows Accelerator having contact with magic: redirecting the explosion resulting from Taowu's body collapsing into space;[18] hearing Index's singing prayer to free Last Order from her coma induced by the manifestation of Fuse Kazakiri;[25] singing a magic spell to save Last Order using data from Index's song, his encounter with Aiwass, and magical parchments under a Telesma-filled sky;[26][27] and crossing the Abyss using the new kabbalistic tree Clonoth with the assistance of Qliphah Puzzle 545.[28] Index also compares the matter of the wings as similar to Telesma yet also fundamentally different in some way,[29] and after first manifesting the wings, Accelerator, similar to Sasha Kreutzev as a former vessel of Telesma,[30] is able to sense magic.[31][32] The cyborg Rensa 29, while making use of Accelerator's ability, was shown to be able to manifest wings same as Accelerator, deliberately getting pushed into a difficult situation to draw out the black wings[24] and manifesting the white wings while determined to protect Yakumi Hisako, though she didn't manifest a halo.[33] The #2 Level 5 Kakine Teitoku manifests angelic wings when using his powers, but it is unknown if this is like Accelerator's, or just an aesthetic choice stemming from personal preference. During the Level 6 Shift attempt on Misaka Mikoto, the transformed Level 5 esper manifests a halo,[34] and even physically resembles the form of Misha Kreutzev during World War III. The manifestation of angelic characteristics is not restricted to Level 5s only. While fighting to save her mother and using the magic of the Rosicrucian Spiritual Item violin Stativarius Ainsel, Sakibasu Yuri temporarily gained white wings and a halo.[35] Artificial Angels[] Main article: Artificial Angel Magic cabals such as the Hermentic Order of the Golden Dawn (Aleister Crowley's former magic organization), seem to have dabbled in creating angels themselves by collecting the formless telesma into a container which is in the image of a person.[37] It is unknown if they had succeeded, though since Aleister Crowley has successfully manage to create an artificial angel on his own, he was most likely influenced by the cabal's methods. One example of an "artificial angel" is Fuse Kazakiri, the "artificial angel form" of Kazakiri Hyouka, an existence that manifested from the mixing of AIM fields throughout Academy City and resides in the "Imaginary Number District" when not physically manifested. Fuse Kazakiri, an existence that is considered considerably less powerful than an a Christian archangel, has displayed the ability to fire beams of energy that can reach several kilometers in length, project an AIM barrier that protects all those around her[7], flying at supersonic speeds and manifest a powerful energy sword.[38] The AIM Burst, an AIM entity product of the Level Upper network also displayed angelical attributes such as a Halo and wings similar to those of Fuse Kazakiri. It should be noted that Kazakiri Hyouka[39], Aiwass[10] and AIM Burst all had small triangular-prism shaped cores inside their bodies that sustain their existence. Background[] This section requires expansion Written background, angel worship, Pope Zachary Chronology[] Toaru Majutsu no Index[] Index Arc[] Main article: Index Arc An image of an angel is created by and appears before Index and Tsukuyomi Komoe, as one of the requirements of the spell that will completely heal Index.[40] Angel Fall Arc[] Main article: Angel Fall Arc Archangel Gabriel appears for the first time after being casted down from heaven due to Angel Fall. Here, under the name of Misha Kreutzev, Misha tries to help Touma and the others find the culprit, which is later discovered to be Kamijou Touya. Misha is kept occupied by Kanzaki Kaori just long enough for Tsuchimikado Motoharu to completely destroy the ritual location of Angel Fall, and sending her back to heaven.[41] Kazakiri Hyouka Arc[] Main article: Kazakiri Hyouka Arc Kazakiri Hyouka manifests herself for the first time, and later discovers her true existence. It is later revealed that it she is the result of Aleister Crowley's efforts to create an an artificial angel and with the Imaginary Number District, an Artificial Heaven. Academy City Invasion Arc[] Main article: Academy City Invasion Arc Due to Vento of the Front's invasion of the city, Aleister Crowley activates Fuse Kazakiri in order to test it out on her. Here, she displays complete and utter domination on the invading forces outside the city. Even then, Hyouka still retains some sort of control as she protects civilians from Vento of the Front's attacks during her battle with Kamijou Touma. Meanwhile, Accelerator partially awakens during his fight with Kihara Amata, and kills him using the power of his black wings. Battle Royale Arc[] Main article: Battle Royale Arc Accelerator fights off against the leader of School- the Number Two esper Kakine Teitoku. Kakine reveals three pairs of seraph wings during the battle, which allowed him the fully utilize his Dark Matter ability. By stabbing Yomikawa Aiho, who had just arrived with Anti-Skill, Accelerator was enraged to the point where he awakens, with massive black wings made of Dark Matter. After seeing this, Kakine also fully awakens and gets enlarged wings, but was instantly defeated by Accelerator. DRAGON Arc[] Main article: DRAGON Arc Accelerator soon encounters Aiwass, a higher dimensional super-being, who is an artificial angel that had Last Order as its core of existence. Accelerator used his black wings and fought against Aiwass, but was completely defeated by the being, who had golden wings that sprouted from its hair. World War III Arc[] Main article: World War III Arc The leader of God's Right Seat Fiamma of the Right summoned Archangel Gabriel with the Star of Bethlehem. Gabriel was told to retrieve the lambskin document that was kept by Accelerator. Aiwass soon expands the AIM field to Russia, and allows Fuse Kazakiri to go fight against Gabriel. Accelerator also joins the fight, and they hold Gabriel back. Due to being the strongest link to the Power of God, Acqua of the Back takes away 1/3 of Gabriel's power, rendering him vulnerable and not responsive to Fiamma's commands. Together, Fuse Kazakiri and Accelerator manage to defeat Gabriel. Soonafter, Accelerator fully awakens, giving him a halo, and turning his black, vector wings, into white, feathered wings. Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index[] Christmas Eve Arc[] Main article: Christmas Eve Arc This section requires expansion GT1 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun[] Level Upper Arc[] Main article: Level Upper Arc An AIM Burst appears after Kiyama Harumi loses control of the Level Upper Network, and threatens to attack a nuclear facility. It is later destroyed by Misaka Mikoto, after Uiharu Kazari plays the Level Upper treatment program all over Academy City, removing the monster from the network and the power to reform itself. Trivia[] Agnese Sanctis' Lotus Wand has a metallic figure of a seraph mounted on top of it, when Agnese activates the wand, the figure opens up all of its six wings allowing Agnese to use its power. It is assumed that there are other classes of angelic beings in the universe, however, it is unknown what their positions or hierarchies are, if they are higher or lower than the Archangels themselves. Notes[] Abrahamic refers to the monotheistic religions that share a common root, tracing their common origin to the biblical figure known as Abraham or recognizing a spiritual tradition identified with him. Angels derived from the Abrahamic religions, but other religions have borrowed the concept of angels as well, and use them as a translation for their own divine beings or other related-concepts. [] Angel (Wikipedia article)
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It is a well-told, many-sided story, which attempts to give context to Lincoln without diminishing him, to place him among his peers and place him above them, too. Coming to the end of the book, to the night of April 14, 1865, and Lincoln’s assassination, I reached the words that were once engraved in every American mind. At 7:22 A.M., as Lincoln drew his last breath, all the worthies who had crowded into a little back bedroom in a boarding house across the street from Ford’s Theatre turned to Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s formidable Secretary of War, for a final word. Stanton is the one with the long comic beard and the spinster’s spectacles, who in the photographs looks a bit like Mr. Pickwick but was actually the iron man in the Cabinet, and who, after a difficult beginning, had come to revere Lincoln as a man and a writer and a politician—had even played something like watchful Horatio to his tragic Hamlet. Stanton stood still, sobbing, and then said, simply, “Now he belongs to the ages.” It’s probably the most famous epitaph in American biography, and still perhaps the best; reading the words again, I felt a shiver. They seem perfectly chosen, in their bare and stoical evocation of a Lincoln who belongs to history alone, their invocation not of an assumption to an afterlife but of a long reign in the corridors of time, a man now part of eternity. Overcome again by Lincoln’s example—by the idea of a President who was at once an interesting mind, a tough customer, and a good writer—I decided to start reading the new Lincoln literature. It seemed to be multiplying by fission, as amoebas do, on the airport bookstore shelves. For the flight home, I picked up James L. Swanson’s “Manhunt,” a vivid account of the assassination and the twelve-day search for John Wilkes Booth that followed. Once again, I came to the deathbed scene, the vigil, the gathering. The Reverend Dr. Gurley, the Lincoln family minister, said, “ ‘Let us pray.’ He summoned up . . . a stirring prayer. . . . Gurley finished and everyone murmured ‘Amen.’ Then, no one dared to speak. Again Stanton broke the silence. ‘Now he belongs to the angels.’ ” Now he belongs to the angels? Where had that come from? There was a Monty Python element here (“What was that? I think it was ‘Blessed are the cheesemakers,’ ” the annoyed listeners too far from the Mount say to each other in “Life of Brian”), but was there something more going on? I flipped to the back of the book. In the endnotes, Swanson explained that his rendering was deliberately at variance with the scholarly consensus: “In my view, shared by Jay Winik, the most persuasive interpretation supports ‘angels’ and is also more consistent with Stanton’s character and faith.” Well, that seemed circumspect enough. Even without having read Jay Winik, though, one could glimpse, just visible beneath the diaphanous middle of that endnote, the tracings of an ideological difference. Unlike Goodwin, a famous liberal, Swanson is a conservative legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation. And Stanton’s words as they are normally quoted are (like the Lincoln Memorial) a form of American neoclassicism, at odds with the figure of Christian nobility prized by the right: Lincoln’s afterlife lies not in Heaven but in his vindication by history. Does he belong to the angels or the ages? This small implicit dispute echoed, in turn, a genuine historical debate: between those historians who insist on a tough Lincoln, the Lincoln whom Edmund Wilson, in “Patriotic Gore,” saw as an essentially Bismarckian figure—a cold-blooded nationalist who guaranteed the unity of the North American nation, a stoic emperor in a stovepipe hat whose essential drive was for power, his own and his country’s—and those who, like Goodwin, see a tender, soulful Lincoln, a figure of almost saintly probity and patience who ended slavery, deepened in faith as the war went on, and fought hard without once succumbing to hatred. A Lincoln for the ages and a Lincoln for the angels already existed. Now the two seemed to be at war for his epitaph. When I got back to New York, I called Harold Holzer, an old friend, whom I had known as a spokesman for the Metropolitan Museum of Art but who is also one of the country’s leading independent Lincoln scholars. He suggested a longer reading list of the recent Lincoln literature, and I made my way through as much as I could. There’s a lot to read. In books published in the past two years alone, you can read about Lincoln’s “sword” (his writing) and about his “sanctuary” (the Soldiers’ Home just outside Washington, where he spent summers throughout the war). You can read a book about Lincoln’s alleged love affair with a young officer, and one about Lincoln’s relations, tetchy but finally triumphant, with Frederick Douglass. There is no part of Lincoln, from manhood to death, that is not open and inscribed. You can learn that some of Lincoln’s intimates believed his melancholy was rooted in extreme constipation (“He had no natural evacuation of bowels,” a friend explained) and also what formula was used to embalm him, a gruesome but far from trivial point. (The formula, which gave the body the appearance of marble, was being used to keep intact the bodies of the boys whose corpses had to be shipped home to their families during the war.) It emerged that there had long been debates, natural in an age before mechanical recording, over what had actually been said at any given moment by Lincoln or someone in his circle, and what people thought had been said. Even with the Gettysburg Address, despite our possession of what seem to be two drafts and what are certainly several later copies in Lincoln’s own hand, there are many arguments about exactly what Lincoln said. Gabor Boritt, in his book “The Gettysburg Gospel,” has a thirty-page appendix that compares what Lincoln (probably) read at the memorial with what people heard and reported. Most of the differences are small, and due to understandable confusions—“The world will little note nor long remember what we say here” became in some reports “The world will little heed what we say here”—or to impatience on the part of a reporter. (The Centralia Sentinel, of Lincoln’s home state, wanting nothing to do with fancy talk, had the speech begin, simply, “Ninety years ago . . .”) A few disputes seem more significant. The Cincinnati Daily Gazette, a Republican paper, made the famous first sentence end “that all mankind are created free and equal by a good God,” though it’s hard to know whether its reporter had deliberately italicized the point or was simply hearing it with his heart. Also in the first sentence, Lincoln’s remark that the nation was “conceived in liberty” was reported in some newspapers as “consecrated to liberty,” a more religious reading of the intended message, and there are those who believe that Lincoln made an impromptu alteration. Many reporters heard Lincoln say, “This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom,” though the phrase “under God” occurs in neither draft of the text; Lincoln may have spontaneously inserted it—a sign of his growing religious consciousness during the last year of the war. In “Lincoln’s Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words,” Douglas L. Wilson worries his way through the possibility, preserved in one of the drafts, that Lincoln referred not to “government of the people, by the people,” etc., but to “this government of the people, by the people,” etc., deliberately circumscribing the meaning. It is not hard to see, in this exegetical exactitude, something that recalls the attention that scholars give to fine-point disputes about the words and tales of Jesus and his apostles. This attention to verbal minutiae extends to the secondary figures in the Lincoln gospel, not least his assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Booth either did or did not say, just as, right before, or shortly after he murdered the President, “Sic semper tyrannis,” the motto on the state flag of Virginia. Possibly, he cried “The South is avenged!” or “Revenge for the South,” and he cried this in the box, or on the stage, or paired with another cry. Of the forty or so reliable witnesses to the assassination whose accounts are collected in Timothy S. Good’s “We Saw Lincoln Shot,” some sixteen heard the Latin or the English, only four heard both, and many say that they didn’t hear the assassin say anything at all. Two witnesses heard Booth say, “I have done it!” Well, which was it? It is possible that he said only Sic semper tyrannis, onstage or off, and that the words were easily misheard by a stunned audience: “The South is avenged.” On the other hand, he may have cried out both, and then added the gloating remark as he fled. But then why didn’t more people hear him? Booth himself, for whom the assassination was, Swanson says, a kind of diabolical work of performance art, insisted on the “right” reading. “I shouted Sic semper before I fired,” he wrote a few days later, in his own note, which he intended to be sent to the newspapers. One of the more pathetic-horrific aspects of the assassination was how desperate Booth was to read his notices in the next day’s papers. Having tailored his performance to what he believed would be a shrewd public appeal—even Northerners would have doubts about Lincoln’s absolutist claims to power—he was shocked to find that he had canonized a saint and been cast as a villain. (One of the odd things in American history is that we are inclined to “psychologize” acts of assassination that, whatever dark corner of the psyche they are torn from, are clearly and explicitly political in motive. Oswald shot Kennedy in an act of terrorism on behalf of Castro; Sirhan Sirhan killed Bobby Kennedy because he believed him to be pro-Israel; Booth killed Lincoln because Booth was a violent racist who thought that Lincoln would enfranchise blacks, and that if he was dead this would be less likely to happen—as, indeed, it turned out to be.) The tendency to obsess over single words and phrases reflects, in part, the semi-divine status of Lincoln in American history. But it also reflects a desire to show that rhetoric and writing were as essential to his career as acts and orders and elections. In the past twenty-five years, and particularly since the publication of Garry Wills’s “Lincoln at Gettysburg” (1992), language and its uses has become a central Lincoln subject. Two prominent strains of rhetoric run through the period—the Biblical and the classical—and political ideas tend to get tinted by whichever of them the speaker uses. Reading Edward Everett’s Gettysburg address, the two-hour set speech that preceded Lincoln’s and was meant to be the real event of the Gettysburg commemoration, one is startled to see how relentlessly classical it is in tone and analogy: Everett goes on and on about Marathon and the Greeks and the Persian invasions, in order to “elevate” Gettysburg and the Union soldiers. Lincoln’s rhetoric is, instead, deliberately Biblical. (It is difficult to find a single obviously classical reference in all of his speeches.) Lincoln had mastered the sound of the King James Bible so completely that he could recast abstract issues of constitutional law in Biblical terms, making the proposition that Texas and New Hampshire should be forever bound by a single post office sound like something right out of Genesis. What strikes a newcomer to Lincoln’s speeches, however, is how rare those famous cadences are; their simple, resonant language—“with malice towards none, with charity for all”; the concluding and opening lines of the Gettysburg Address—is memorable in part because there isn’t much of it. The majority of Lincoln’s public utterances are narrowly, sometimes brilliantly, lawyerly—even, on occasion, crafted to give an appearance of inevitability to oratorical conclusions that are not well supported by the chain of reasoning that precedes them. The undramatic, small-print language in which Lincoln offered the Emancipation Proclamation is the most famous instance of his mastery of anti-heroic rhetoric. (Karl Marx said that it reminded him of “ordinary summonses sent by one lawyer to another.”) But Lincoln believed in legalism. One of his first public speeches, the Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum, in Springfield in 1837, declared a radical insistence on “reason” to be the only acceptable form of public discourse; the cure for the prevalence and epidemic of violence in American life would be “hewn from the solid quarry of sober reason”: “Passion has helped us, but can do so no more. It will in future be our enemy. Reason—cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason—must furnish all the materials for our future support and defence.” Lincoln tempered but never really abandoned that conviction. His rhetorical genius lay in making closely reasoned argument ring with the sound of religious necessity. There is, in consequence, often a subtle disjunction between Lincoln’s content and his codas, as James Oakes puts it in his fine new account of Lincoln’s friendship with Frederick Douglass, “The Radical and the Republican.” The first two-thirds of the speech that Lincoln delivered at Cooper Union, in New York, in February of 1860, and that is generally thought to have made him President—it turned him from a local to a national figure—is devoted to a maniacally detailed inspection of how twenty-three of the “thirty-nine,” the signers of the Constitution of 1789, voted during their careers on the issue of federal regulation of slavery. Lincoln had tabulated the results with all the dramatic flair of an insurance adjuster: his point is that the framers and signers, when in the Senate and the House, voted regularly to extend and prohibit slavery, thereby giving at least a passive endorsement to the view that the Constitution allowed the federal government to legislate about it in all its parts. Yet the argument is carried on in numbing and what might seem to be irrelevant detail: after all, slavery wouldn’t suddenly become noble if the framers had reserved its governance for the states. Yet by making it plain that this is an argument, an appeal not to sentiment but to constitutional law, Lincoln places his own unqualified anti-slavery sentiment on the same dryly legal and procedural grounds that he had recommended at the Lyceum. The result is the same, as he knew perfectly well. That’s why the final cry of the Cooper Union speech is so suddenly uncompromising and even frankly warlike: “Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” In an acerbic, disabused, but ultimately convincing book, “Lincoln the Lawyer,” the historian Brian Dirck argues that Lincoln took away from the practice of law and the love of legal language both a feeling for “grease”—that is, for finding an acceptable middle ground between contending parties—and a habit of detachment. In the old hagiography, Lincoln the lawyer was a fiery, folksy fighter against injustice; to more recent, disillusioned revisionists, he was a corporate lawyer, a “railroad” lawyer doing the work of the new industrialists. Dirck shows that both accounts are overdrawn. (Lincoln did do some work for the railroads, but it was relatively rare and relatively minor.) The bulk of his legal work—which took up the bulk of his professional life—was the predictable work of a small-town lawyer with a wide practice: property disputes, petty criminal cases, family arguments over money, neighbor at war with neighbor, bankruptcies, and, oddly, libel suits where local women defended themselves against charges of prostitution. His practice was the legal equivalent of a small-town doctor’s, treating head colds, lice, scarlet fever, and a rare case or two of venereal disease. What he learned was not faith in a constant search for justice but the habit of empathetic detachment. When we look closely, Dirck says, “we can see Lincoln the President trying hard to apply a lawyer’s grease to the shrill machinery of war.” Dirck insists that Lincoln’s magnanimity, which was real, should not be “sentimentalized as a form of kindliness. . . . His magnanimity was also a function of his lawyerly sense of distance from other people’s motives, and his appreciation—honed by decades of witnessing nearly every imaginable form of strife in Illinois’s courtrooms—of the value of reducing friction as much as possible.” The lack of vindictiveness that Lincoln displayed (his favorite expression, his secretary John Hay once explained, was “I am in favor of short statutes of limitations in politics”) was the daily requirement of a small-town lawyer. Lincoln believed in letting go; his magnanimity was more strategic than angelic. But what did Edwin Stanton really say at Lincoln’s deathbed? Swanson’s endnotes lead one to Jay Winik’s endnotes in his book on the end of the Civil War, “April 1865.” I called Winik, an author and historian, and he said, a little ruefully, that his insertion of “angels” into the text had been “the element most open to misinterpretation” in his ambitious and far-ranging volume. His endnote leads one, eventually, to “Twenty Days,” by Dorothy and Philip Kunhardt, Jr., a well-made book of photographs from the eighteen-sixties, which in turn leads the reader directly to the ur-source of the angels. The unorthodox, heretical account of Stanton’s words is actually much easier to “source” than the canonic and orthodox and familiar one: it comes from a stenographic record made in the bedroom that night by a young man named James Tanner. Tanner was a corporal who had had both legs amputated after the Second Battle of Bull Run—he walked on peg legs—and lived in the house next door to the boarding house, Petersen’s, where Lincoln was taken. Sometime that night, as Stanton was beginning to interrogate witnesses to the shooting, one of his generals appeared on the steps of the Petersen house and called out for someone who could write shorthand. Tanner heard him, and hobbled down to take dictation. He spent the rest of the night beside the dying President. The scene in the famous “rubber room,” as Holzer has called it—in the endless prints and other popular images, the walls of the room expand constantly outward, pressed by the number of dignitaries who had to be included—was uglier than even the more faithful imagery shows. Lincoln’s head wound was bleeding throughout the night, and the doctors had to remember to cover up the blood with fresh towels when Mrs. Lincoln, fallen into a grief from which she never really recovered, wandered in. Lincoln was laid diagonally across the too short bed, knees up, and naked underneath the mustard plasters that had been placed on his chest. Stanton took charge, dictating messages and taking evidence, with Tanner pressed into service as his secretary. At last, at seven-twenty-two in the morning, Tanner writes: The Reverend Dr. Gurley stepped forward and lifting his hands began “Our Father and our God” and I snatched pencil and notebook from my pocket, but my haste defeated my purpose. My pencil point (I had but one) caught in my coat and broke, and the world lost the prayer, a prayer that was only interrupted by the sobs of Stanton as he buried his face in the bedclothes. As “Thy will be done, Amen” in subdued and tremulous tones floated through the little chamber, Mr. Stanton raised his head, the tears streaming down his face. A more agonized expression I never saw on a human countenance as he sobbed out the words: “He belongs to the angels now.” Note, though, that while Tanner presumably heard all this, he didn’t actually claim (as is sometimes implied in the pro-angels literature) to have recorded it in situ, what with the broken pencil. Still, his account, the ur-source of the “angels” quote, sounds fairly solid. What would those angels have summoned forth to the “Lincoln men” standing by his deathbed? The imagery of “angels” seems to have entered Lincoln’s own rhetoric for the first time when he was revising Secretary of State William Seward’s proposals for his first Inaugural. Seward had, with what must have been maddening condescension, slipped the new President a letter detailing what he ought to say to the country. It included a vague, conventional reference to the “guardian angel” of the nation. Lincoln seized on that reference and turned it into one of his most memorable rhetorical inventions, the “better angels of our nature,” which might yet keep the country from war. The force of the rhetoric is such that its meaning can still be a bit obscure: North and South would not go to war, Lincoln was arguing, because of their common sense of a shared past. Lincoln’s own angels already belong to history, to the ages. The question of Lincoln and the angels leads to the most vexed question in all the Lincoln literature, that of his faith. How religious—how willing to credit more than metaphoric angels—did the men in the room think that Lincoln was? It is vexed because the evidence points to two truths, difficult to reconcile. On the one hand, Lincoln was all his life—aggressively in his youth, more mildly in his age—anti-clerical and anti-dogmatic, not any kind of churchgoing Christian but a profound and declared skeptic. In his first campaign for Congress, he admitted that he was not a member of any church and that “in early life” he had argued for the “Doctrine of Necessity”—that is, a belief in man as a mere pawn of universal law, without free will. Both Mary Lincoln and his Springfield law partner William Herndon (also his first biographer) were unequivocal about his rejection of any standard churchgoing faith, and the various posthumous claims that he “converted” to some form of Christianity have been mostly exploded. Yet, undeniably, as the war and his Presidency progressed, Lincoln spoke increasingly of God—inserted God, as it seems, into the Gettysburg Address—and evidently had some kind of complicated and rich sense of “necessity” and a supernatural presiding power. The second Inaugural is the most famous instance, with its insistence that “if God wills that [the war] continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said ‘the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.’ ” This is a darker vision of Providence, and of God, than is quite compatible with any kind of ordinary Protestantism. In a review of James Tackach’s “Lincoln’s Moral Vision,” Lucas E. Morel writes, “Lincoln’s perplexing piety comprised a fiercely independent admixture of Enlightenment rationalism and Calvinist fatalism.” His faith was rooted mainly in a kind of mystical inner sense of predestination, not so far from that youthful doctrine of necessity. He found no serenity in the idea that he was doing God’s work. His point in the second Inaugural is not that he is doing God’s will but that God’s will is going to be done, no matter what Lincoln does. He thought not that God was on his side or the other but that God had determined on this conflict, perhaps as a collective punishment for the sin of slavery, perhaps for reasons permanently mysterious to men. He came increasingly to believe in Providence, but it was a Providence that acted mercilessly through History, not one that regularly interceded with compassion. That was left to men, and Presidents. The one place in America where you can get a sense of Lincoln the President at work and at play is the Soldiers’ Home, on the outskirts of Washington, about three miles from the White House. After the death of his son Willie, in 1862, Lincoln used a cottage on the grounds as a kind of retreat, a proto-Camp David, and spent summers there from 1862 to 1864. Every other place associated with him either predates the Presidential years or has changed so much that it is unrecognizable. But Lincoln’s cottage, which has been largely neglected, still resonates with the period. It was an odd location for him; though it was cooler than central Washington in the summer, it was also a soldiers’ retirement home, with a cemetery just alongside, where the Union dead were sent to be buried. Lincoln loved the Soldiers’ Home, preferring it to the stolid White House. Walking through the buildings, one sees that the rooms have a nineteenth-century spaciousness and ease; and one is reminded that, as the British biographer Richard Carwardine points out, the young Lincoln was avid as much for bourgeois respectability as for riches, or even for fame. It was in these bright but cozy rooms, too, and out on the surrounding lawns, that he and Stanton really took the measure of each other. The story of Stanton and Lincoln—the reason that, at the very last moment, the assemblage deferred to Stanton to say the final words—is well retold by Doris Kearns Goodwin and, in particular detail, by William Lee Miller. In the eighteen-fifties, Stanton was a prominent litigator, and in 1855 he and Lincoln were thrown together in a complicated patent litigation with an Illinois angle. Lincoln felt that here at last was his opportunity to break into big-time law. He prepared maniacally, only to find himself, at the trial in Cincinnati, shuffled off by the senior Stanton and prevented not only from arguing but even from consulting with the senior lawyers. Lincoln didn’t hold the incident against Stanton, a Democrat whose contempt for him even after he was nominated for President was almost open, and made him Secretary of War after his first choice, Simon Cameron, got caught up in a scandal. At the Soldiers’ Home, Lincoln and Stanton became friends. They shared a common tragedy—both had lost a son in the course of the war—and a common nature: outwardly remote, inwardly passionate. (When Stanton’s young wife died, he insisted on having a wedding dress made for her to be buried in, and for months he wandered through their house, half mad, crying out for his bride.) Stanton, too, had a cottage at the Soldiers’ Home, and spent summers there with Lincoln. Most people intensely disliked Stanton; one Cabinet secretary called him “rude and offensive.” But at the Soldiers’ Home, as Matthew Pinsker shows in his book “Lincoln’s Sanctuary,” another side of his nature became apparent: he played mumblety-peg with a soldier and, on one memorable occasion, spent an evening with Lincoln untangling peacocks. (Small blocks of wood had been tied to the birds’ feet with strings to keep them from flying away, but the lines got snarled in the trees.) As Stanton came to know Lincoln, he formed an opinion of his intellect so high that he said to one of his fellow-lawyers, “No men were ever so deceived as we at Cincinnati.” It was a friendship deep enough, and famous enough, to make everyone in Lincoln’s last room wait for Stanton to speak. Though it is easy to track the exact source of the revisionist “angels,” it is much harder to find the source of those “ages.” Like many famous scenes and remarks, it enters memory through a window while no one is looking. When, in 1890, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Lincoln’s two secretaries, wrote what was to be for almost a century the standard life of Lincoln (whom they called the Tycoon, seeing him as a politician of limitless shrewdness rather than as a saint of infinite patience), the entire atmosphere of the death scene had changed and, with it, the words. Their Stanton coolly breaks the silence of death and pronounces his benediction: “Now he belongs to the ages.” Hay was certainly in the room, near the deathbed, and knew the people involved far better than Tanner could have, and his account is crisp and definitive-sounding. But where before then had it been registered? The trail of footnotes leads one eventually to the most thorough account of how Stanton’s words entered the American memory, and it occurs, bizarrely, in Otto Eisenschiml’s 1937 book “Why Was Lincoln Murdered?”—bizarre because Eisenschiml, whose book was a best-seller in its day, was a conspiracy theorist who believed that Stanton had conspired to have Lincoln assassinated. (His motive was supposedly to gain a harder peace for the South than Lincoln would have allowed, though there is no evidence that they disagreed on this point.) Eisenschiml, forgotten now, was an original, a German-born chemist turned amateur historian who helped invent the style and model of a certain kind of American paranoia: the by now familiar fussing over odd but irrelevant inconsistencies (Stanton seems to have had enough testimony to identify Booth shortly after midnight on the night of the murder, but he didn’t release his name until later that morning—because, of course, he wanted Booth to escape, etc.) and the same patterns of sinister coincidence; Oliver Stone claimed that the telephone lines went down in Washington after Kennedy’s murder, and, sure enough, Eisenschiml believed that the telegraph lines were deliberately cut in Washington on the night of Lincoln’s assassination. Yet paranoid obsession can be a spur to close study, and Eisenschiml took the trouble to find out when “ages” might have entered the imagination. Once again, there is a wildly varying set of memories. Lucius E. Chittenden, who had worked for Lincoln in the government, claimed that what Stanton actually said was “There lies the most perfect ruler of men the world has ever seen!,” although he was not at Lincoln’s bedside. One of Stanton’s clerks, also not present, insisted that he said, “Ah, dear friend! there is none now to do me justice; none to tell the world of the anxious hours we have spent together!” But, in the twenty-five years that separated the scene and Hay’s version of it, the record is cloudy. None of the newspaper reports in the days following the assassination, though all contain scenes from the deathbed, mention the words. (Eisenschiml imagines that Stanton’s having been reported as saying “angels” would have been a disaster—too self-consciously pious—and that he spread the “ages” story afterward. “Perhaps he told it to eager-eared hostesses,” Eisenschiml sneers.) Dr. Charles Sabin Taft, one of the attending doctors who had been in Ford’s Theatre, wrote in notes that he claimed to have made the following day (but did not publish until twenty-eight years later), “When it was announced that the great heart had ceased to beat, Mr. Stanton said in solemn tones, ‘He now belongs to the Ages.’ ” But Taft’s father also kept a diary (it is available online) and, in recounting the scene as his son described it to him, he makes mention of neither ages nor angels. Hay put his stamp on the words as we usually hear them. That was adequate warrant for a century, and perhaps should be still. He was there; he had no plausible motive to lie and no reason to misremember. It is possible that there is an obscure source for the epitaph in the twenty-five years between the event and the biography, but the famous words seem remarkably fragile, insecurely sourced and late in arriving, like so many other moments in history that seem sure until they are inspected, and become more uncertain the longer they are sought. There’s another rhetorical style that runs like the Mississippi right down the middle of the mid-nineteenth-century American mind, shaping phrases and supervising thoughts, flowing as strong as the classical, the Biblical, and the lawyerly, and that is the Shakespearean. Lincoln’s love of Shakespeare is familiar, but is usually treated as a delightful character trait, like his fondness for ice cream or the comedy of Artemus Ward. But Lincoln’s taste in Shakespeare was narrow, significant, and almost obsessive. He didn’t love “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “As You Like It”; it was the histories and three of the tragedies that held him. In 1863, he repeatedly went to see “Henry IV” when James H. Hackett was playing Falstaff, with all the Falstaffian black comedy against conscription and the cult of honor. He took volumes of Shakespeare out of the Library of Congress; went to a Washington theatre to see the famous E. L. Davenport in “Hamlet”; attended private recitations of Shakespeare; sought out a production of “Othello”; watched Edwin Booth, John Wilkes’s brother, in “Richard III,” and the greatest American Shakespearean, Edwin Forrest, in “King Lear,” at Ford’s. Just five days before the assassination, on April 9, 1865, steaming up the Potomac in the Presidential yacht, he spent “several hours” reading aloud from Shakespeare to those on board. Reciting from his favorite plays was a weakness of his; on August 22, 1863, Hay records in his diary that he fell asleep at the Soldiers’ Home while listening to Lincoln recite Shakespeare. In a letter to Hackett, Lincoln admitted, “Some of Shakespeare’s plays I have never read; while others I have gone over perhaps as frequently as any unprofessional reader. Among the latter are ‘Lear,’ ‘Richard III,’ ‘Henry VIII,’ ‘Hamlet,’ and especially ‘Macbeth.’ I think nothing equals ‘Macbeth.’ ” These are all dramas of unexpected murder, of ambition turned into evil. Many writers have commented on how strange and naked it is that Lincoln, who, as his partner Herndon wrote, ran relentlessly on the “little engine” of his own ambition, should embrace a tragedy about ambition. He was plainly haunted by the imagery of fallen and ruined leaders, and sensed how fine a line separates a king and a usurper, or a Lincoln and a Davis. But even stranger and more striking is Lincoln’s identification or, at the very least, fascination with the figure of Claudius. In that same letter to Hackett, Lincoln insisted that Claudius’s soliloquy beginning “O, my offense is rank” was superior to any of Hamlet’s, and we know that he committed it to memory, and would recite it at length even to acquaintances—an artist who had come to paint his portrait, for instance. Lincoln’s evaluation was as unorthodox then as it is now. And what is the burden of Claudius’s speech? It is about guilt and ambition, and about the fraternal blood-dealing that that produces. As Kenneth Tynan has pointed out, Claudius’s tragedy is that he is clearly the most able man in Denmark, but he has got his throne through blood and cannot be free of the taint. (No one, except Hamlet, criticizes his conduct as king.) His speech runs through to the difference between his conduct as seen on earth and in Heaven, and ends with an image of his soul as a “limed” bird, caught in a sticky trap, that gets more stuck as it struggles: “Forgive me my foul murder”? That cannot be; since I am still possess’d Of those effects for which I did the murder, My crown, mine own ambition and my queen. May one be pardon’d and retain the offence? In the corrupted currents of this world Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft ’tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law: but ’tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compell’d, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then? what rests? Try what repentance can: what can it not? Yet what can it when one can not repent? O wretched state! O bosom black as death! O limed soul, that, struggling to be free, Art more engaged! Help, angels! Make assay! There’s no reason to believe that Lincoln “identified” with Claudius, or thought his own conduct evil. But he shuddered to think what his ambition, together with his principles, had helped make happen. He recognized and understood the pain of one who, believing himself, as Claudius does, to be essentially good and capable of salvation, knows that he is covered with blood—one who, having chosen to take on the weight and worry of the world, knows that he has done it and, like Macbeth, too, cannot be free of its guilt: Help, angels! Make assay! What makes Lincoln still seem noble, to use an old-fashioned word, is that he had not a guilty sense of remorse but a tragic sense of responsibility. He believed that what he was doing was right; he knew that what he was doing was dealing death to the undeserving (knowledge that must have been doubled at the Soldiers’ Home as the bodies were brought to be buried week after week). If Lincoln truly has something in common with Jesus, it is that he is the model of a charismatic ethical intelligence who was also a calm dealer of punishment on a vast scale: Some to my right and some to my left . . . Lincoln exemplifies the problem of liberal violence: the disjunction between the purity of our motives (as they appear to the liberal) and the force of our violence (as it is experienced by the victim). The reality of his faith in his beloved rule of reason, and the constant presence of his magnanimous and winning character, doesn’t preclude his engagement in mass killing. The corrupted currents of the world. (That other autodidact Midwesterner Harry Truman also turned to “Hamlet” to find words to expiate his blood-guilt, underlining at the end of a book about the atomic bomb a long quote from the last act of “Hamlet” that begins, “Let me speak to the yet unknowing world / How these things came about: So shall you hear / Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts / Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters, / Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause . . . And, in this upshot, purposes mistook / Fall’n on the inventors’ heads.”) Lincoln’s spiritual state by the end of the war was very much like that of a Shakespearean tragic hero: resigned to a deadly fate that he did not will but would not avoid. Shakespeare’s continuing appeal to liberal societies, despite his feudal settings, lies in his ability to create characters who intend no harm and end up covered with blood. Shakespeare suits liberal violence, with its corrupted currents, admirable ambition, and casual slaughters—and what makes Lincoln and Truman admirable, if not heroic, is that they knew it. I went at last to visit the Petersen House, the tiny old boarding house where Lincoln spent his last hours. I stood in a long line stretching out to the door, surrounded by other tourists, waiting to get to the room at the back where Lincoln died. Now, after months of reading, I was convinced that the first thought that would have crossed Stanton’s mind was the angels. Given the man, and the association, what else but angels?—though perhaps they would be not so much the religious angels of an ascension as the Shakespearean angels of fate, the ones who wear us out, the angels whom Claudius prayed to and who sang to Hamlet at his end. And then, later, someone—perhaps Stanton at the time, or perhaps only Hay long afterward—thought that there was more point and solemn originality in what someone else (Hay from the very moment, perhaps?) thought he had heard, and decided to change it. As the line shuffled forward, I made up my mind about what must have happened: Stanton had muttered “angels,” been heard as saying “ages,” and, if he had been asked which afterward, would have been torn. He might have decided to enable the mishearing, in order to place Lincoln in history, not Heaven. It seemed possible that both versions were true, one to the intention and the other to the articulation, one to the emotion of the moment and one, in retrospect, to the meaning of the life. Angels or ages? Lincoln belongs to both. The sentence forms in the mind, and with it the thought that there would be a good place to end: he belongs to both. But, as the queue inches forward and I can see, at last, into the room that I have been reading about . . . I want to laugh. This place isn’t small; it’s tiny. They brought him here, to this back room, I had learned, because all the other rooms in the house were too messy for a President to die in, and yet: four people would make it crowded; six would overwhelm it; the forty or so who passed in and out, and the ten or twenty who crowded inside at the end would have turned it into the stateroom scene in “A Night at the Opera.” In the brief moment given to each visitor to look inside, I wished for a machine that would be able to re-create every breath of air, every vibration that ever took place in a room. And then I knew that we probably would not have understood any better had we been standing there than we do now. Stanton was weeping, Lincoln had just died, the room was overwhelmed, whatever he said was broken by a sob—the sob, in a sense, is the story. History is not an agreed-on fiction but what gets made in a crowded room; what is said isn’t what’s heard, and what is heard isn’t what gets repeated. Civilization is an agreement to keep people from shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theatre, but the moments we call historical occur when there is a fire in a crowded theatre; and then we all try to remember afterward when we heard it, and if we ever really smelled smoke, and who went first, and what they said. The indeterminacy is built into the emotion of the moment. The past is so often unknowable not because it is befogged now but because it was befogged then, too, back when it was still the present. If we had been there listening, we still might not have been able to determine exactly what Stanton said. All we know for sure is that everyone was weeping, and the room was full. ♦ In “Angels and Ages,” by Adam Gopnik, James Tackach’s last name was misspelled.
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2622	dbpedia	2	64	https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/not-your-knickknack-angels	en	Not Your Knickknack Angels	https://cdn.catholic.com…02-1200x400.jpeg	https://cdn.catholic.com…02-1200x400.jpeg	[ "https://www.catholic.com/images/logos/ca-logo.png", "https://www.catholic.com/images/misc/x-logo-white.png", "https://www.catholic.com/images/misc/tiktok-logo-white.png", "https://www.catholic.com/images/logos/ca-logo.png", "https://www.catholic.com/images/logos/ca-logo-shield.png", "https://www.catholic.com/images/logos/ca-logo-full-blue.png", "https://cdn.catholic.com/wp-content/uploads/AdobeStock_72104602-1200x400.jpeg", "https://www.catholic.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.catholic.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FJMG-24may2023-150x150.png&w=96&q=75 1x, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.catholic.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FJMG-24may2023-150x150.png&w=256&q=75 2x", "https://www.catholic.com/images/misc/x-logo-white.png", "https://www.catholic.com/images/misc/tiktok-logo-white.png", "https://www.catholic.com/images/logos/ca-logo-full.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "John M. Grondelski" ]	2023-12-20T00:00:00	Don't let kitschy New Age misinterpretations deceive you. The existence of angels is a Catholic truth, witnessed by Scripture and Tradition.		/favicon.ico	Catholic Answers	https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/not-your-knickknack-angels	First of all, angels exist. That is a Catholic truth. The Catechism (328) says this is witnessed by Scripture and Tradition. The Bible mentions them frequently, and Catholic tradition has both spoken of and encouraged devotion to them. We affirm that truth every Sunday when we make the profession of faith. “I believe in God . . . Creator of all things . . . visible and invisible.” What are those “invisible” realities? Not God, because he is Creator, not creature. Not heaven or hell, because they are first of all states—i.e., conditions of being resulting from our moral choices vis-à-vis God—not places. “Invisible” created beings are angels. (This is one reason why the 2011 retranslation of the Creed occurred. Things “seen and unseen” depends on the acuity of your eye; invisibility is already beyond its capacity.) The existence of angels appears to be affirmed in Catholic teaching: the Catechism (327) quotes the Fourth Lateran Council that God created a “spiritual and a corporeal” creation, with man having a foot in both orders. (Philosophers even call the opposite error of materialism [that man is but matter] angelism, the false idea that man is really just spiritual, with a body attached.) Angelic existence even makes basic philosophic sense. We recognize that there is an order or hierarchy in being. Animate beings are more important than inanimate ones—e.g., flowers beat rocks. Mobile animate beings trump immobile ones—e.g., rabbits over roses. Rational bodily animals surpass non-rational ones—i.e., Sam and Sarah should be rescued from a fire before a sheep (Peter Singer’s advice notwithstanding). So, between Uncreated Personal Spirit (the Triune God) and spiritual-corporeal persons (man), why shouldn’t there be spiritual-non-corporeal persons (angels)? One reason why I suspect that some doubt about angels is found, especially among ’70s- and ’80s-vintage theologians, is more their problem with fallen angels. In their rush to dismiss the devil as a “myth,” “illusion,” or “symbol of evil,” they had to get rid of the angels who didn’t fall, too. Hence, angels became “manifestations of God,” falsely conflating the messenger (because that is what angel means: “messenger”) with the Message, indeed, the Word (John 1:1). Second, as persons (i.e., rational beings), the angels also have freedom. Some chose to use freedom for good, some for evil. The Bible (Rev. 12:7-12) speaks of a “great battle in heaven” between Michael the archangel and “that great dragon, Satan.” The latter was cast out of heaven, or really cast himself out because, in his pride, heaven couldn’t fit God and him. (Because the spiritual angelic mind “knows” things differently from how we bodily-spiritual creatures, dependent on the senses, do, their choice was one time and irrevocable. Seeing everything their choice entitled, some still chose “to reign in hell rather than to serve in heaven.” Such is the seductive mystery of evil.) Third, biblical witness to the angels is strong. St. Gabriel the Archangel clearly gets the most prominent press, as he announces the conception of John the Baptist and invites Mary’s fiat to be Mother of God (see Luke 1). Joseph also gets his share of angelic visits (in dreams, e.g. Matt. 1:20), and although the angelic messenger is unnamed, his message sounds a lot like Gabriel’s. Michael is mentioned primarily in terms of God’s judgment: he is the victor who, by the power of God, puts down the Satanic rebellion, and he regularly features—in both the Old (Dan. 10:13,21; 12:1) and New (Rev 12:7-9, Jude 1:9) Testaments—in God’s judgment of man and the world. It’s for this reason that the Leonine “St. Michael Prayer” that has seen a renaissance in some parishes invokes Michael to defend the Church against diabolic assault and to “cast into hell” the rebels. St. Raphael is the least known of the three. His name means “God has healed,” and he features prominently in that role in the Old Testament Book of Tobit, both in terms of healing Tobit’s blind father (11:7-16) and in driving off a devil who had besieged the woman Tobit sought to marry (chs. 6-9). Fourth, the Church has long affirmed God’s gift of “guardian angels”—an angelic companion for every human being through the journey of life. God wills the salvation of all. Archangels might get top biblical billing in high moments of salvation history (e.g., the Annunciation), but the angels are not just heavenly courtiers. As God’s messengers, they work with him to accomplish his will, which is to say our salvation. Perhaps the Deist caricature of God sees the universe as a wind-up clock running by itself, its “God” off on vacation somewhere, leaving isolated individuals to their druthers to “work out their salvation in fear and trembling.” Our God’s mercy is expressed in Providence, in a proactive care for his creatures, at whose apex in the visible world stands man. If God thinks so much of man as to make him in his “image and likeness” (Gen 1:26-28, which many theologians think is what drove Satan into rebellion), why would he not wish to “give His angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways; to bear you up on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a [spiritual] stone” (Ps. 91:11-12; see also CCC 336)? Devotion to your guardian angel is not childish; it is a sober awareness of what you’re up against and the extraordinary resources God puts at your side. The feast of Ss. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael is September 29; the Memorial of the Guardian Angels falls just three days later, on October 2.
2622	dbpedia	2	48	https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/angelman-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20355621	en	Angelman syndrome - Symptoms and causes	https://www.mayoclinic.o…raph_600x315.jpg	https://www.mayoclinic.o…raph_600x315.jpg	[ "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/mayoclinic/logos/mayo-clinic-logo.svg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/06/26/pt-visitor-Getty-1419492732-415x275.jpg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/06/26/disease-conditions-Getty-1334250777-415x275.jpg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/06/26/cont-ed-1676659-3734290-0048-C-415x275.jpg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/06/26/mccms-Getty-1082003662-415x275.jpg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/10/23/giving-to-mayo-em100063715-p-195580295-415x275.png", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/mayoclinic/logos/mayo-clinic-logo.svg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/06/26/pt-visitor-Getty-1419492732-415x275.jpg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/06/26/disease-conditions-Getty-1334250777-415x275.jpg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/06/26/cont-ed-1676659-3734290-0048-C-415x275.jpg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/06/26/mccms-Getty-1082003662-415x275.jpg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/10/23/giving-to-mayo-em100063715-p-195580295-415x275.png", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/media/global/images/2023/11/14/giving-charity.svg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/mayoclinic/badges/Google_Play_Store_badge_EN.svg", "https://assets.mayoclinic.org/content/dam/mayoclinic/badges/App_Store_Badge_EN.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2024-03-08T00:00:00		en	/-/media/web/gbs/shared/images/apple-touch-icon-152x152.svg	Mayo Clinic	https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/angelman-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20355621	Overview Angelman syndrome is a condition caused by a change in a gene, called a genetic change. Angelman syndrome causes delayed development, problems with speech and balance, mental disability, and, sometimes, seizures. Many people with Angelman syndrome smile and laugh often. They tend to be happy and easy to excite. Delays in maturing, called developmental delays, begin between about 6 and 12 months of age. The delays often are the first signs of Angelman syndrome. Seizures may begin between the ages of 2 and 3 years old. People with Angelman syndrome tend to live close to a typical life span. But the condition can't be cured. Treatment focuses on managing medical, sleep and developmental issues. Symptoms Angelman syndrome symptoms include: Developmental delays, including no crawling or babbling at 6 to 12 months. Mental disability, also called intellectual disability. No speech or little speech. Trouble walking, moving or balancing. Smiling and laughing often and seeming happy. Being easy to excite. Trouble sucking or feeding. Trouble going to sleep and staying asleep. People who have Angelman syndrome also may have: Seizures, often beginning between 2 and 3 years of age. Stiff or jerky movements. Small head size by age 2. Tongue thrusting. Hair, skin and eyes that are light in color. Odd behaviors, such as hand flapping and arms uplifted while walking. Crossed eyes, also caused strabismus. Curved spine, also called scoliosis. When to see a doctor Most babies with Angelman syndrome don't show symptoms at birth. The first signs of Angelman syndrome most often are developmental delays. This includes lack of crawling or babbling between 6 and 12 months. If your child seems to have developmental delays or if your child has other symptoms of Angelman syndrome, make an appointment with your child's healthcare professional. Causes Angelman syndrome is caused by changes in a gene, called a genetic change. It's most often caused by changes in a gene on chromosome 15 called the ubiquitin protein ligase E3A (UBE3A) gene. A missing or damaged gene You receive your pairs of genes from your parents. One copy comes from your mother, called the maternal copy. The other comes from your father, called the paternal copy. Your cells most often use information from both copies. But in a small number of genes, such as the UBE3A gene, only the copy from the mother is active. Most often, the maternal copy of the UBE3A gene helps the brain develop. Angelman syndrome happens when part of the maternal copy is missing or damaged. So the brain can't get the information it needs to develop and control speech and movement. Rarely, Angelman syndrome is caused when two paternal copies of the gene are passed down instead of one from each parent. Risk factors Angelman syndrome is rare. Researchers often don't know what causes the genetic changes that result in the disease. Most people with Angelman syndrome don't have a family history. But sometimes Angelman syndrome may be passed down from a parent. A family history of the disease may increase a baby's risk of getting Angelman syndrome. Complications Complications linked to Angelman syndrome include: Trouble feeding. Trouble sucking and swallowing together may cause feeding problems in infants. Your child's healthcare professional may suggest a high-calorie formula to help your baby gain weight. Hyperactivity. Children with Angelman syndrome often move quickly from one activity to another, have a short attention span, and keep their hands or a toy in their mouths. Hyperactivity often decreases with age. Medicine often isn't needed. Sleep troubles. People with Angelman syndrome often have changes in their sleep-wake patterns. They may need less sleep than most people. Sleep troubles may improve with age. Medicine and behavior therapy may help. Curving of the spine, also called scoliosis. Some people with Angelman syndrome get a side-to-side spinal curve over time. Obesity. Obesity is common in older children with Angelman syndrome. Prevention Rarely, Angelman syndrome may be passed from an affected parent to a child through changed genes. If you're concerned about a family history of Angelman syndrome or if you have a child with the condition, seek medical advice. Your healthcare professional or a genetic counselor can help you plan future pregnancies.
2622	dbpedia	0	51	https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/angels-messengers-and-ministers-god	en	Angels: Messengers and Ministers of God by Phil Johnson	https://www.ligonier.org/assets/og.png	https://www.ligonier.org/assets/og.png	[ "https://images.ctfassets.net/ukqj0ybhazqg/1WjQAF2T4WZwTeaM0mAyYc/c051517fde4252565f3d041713e14ee5/TT_1668x2560_Attribution_Button_22apr24a.jpg?w=360&q=50", "https://images.ctfassets.net/ukqj0ybhazqg/7zvrpbD1GvubE5ZvgLr3ml/7f7c28afbae7f9faf370a87256e62b6a/International_RSB_Bibles__1_.jpg?w=200&h=280&fl=progressive&q=100&fm=jpg", "https://images.ctfassets.net/ukqj0ybhazqg/7zvrpbD1GvubE5ZvgLr3ml/7f7c28afbae7f9faf370a87256e62b6a/International_RSB_Bibles__1_.jpg?w=200&h=280&fl=progressive&q=100&fm=jpg", "https://images.ctfassets.net/ukqj0ybhazqg/3vUbXl8E2GTWXLLvwWCA2p/1b0299663d7ddfd0ef1858ed3209f2ec/24px-donate.svg", "https://images.ctfassets.net/ukqj0ybhazqg/4J4T7D8n2HQkmJb5hxwDoa/ffea6f71d9f8f2dcc203fea7bb0d2e2d/Globe_1.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "Reformed", "Reformed Theology", "Reformation", "Bible", "Theology", "Bible Study", "Apologetics", "Worldview", "Culture", "Christian Living", "Church History", "R.C. 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How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? The question is raised nowadays only to caricature people who like to indulge in useless squabbling over theological fine points. But some theologians in the middle ages were seriously intrigued by that question — and many other interesting enigmas like it. Prior to the Reformation, practically every imaginable question about angels was a subject of debate at one point or another. Nineteenth-century Baptist theologian Augustus Strong pointed out that in medieval theology, “even the excrements of angels were subjects of discussion, for if there was ‘angels’ food’ (Ps. 78:25), and if angels ate (Gen. 18:8), it was argued that we must take the logical consequences.” If medieval doctrine seemed obsessed with mysterious fine points about angelology, the focus of twentieth-century theology swung about as far as possible to the opposite extreme. Someone might point out that for the past twenty-five years or so (owing mainly to a handful of fiction writers who captured the evangelical market), demons have loomed large in the popular evangelical consciousness. But sensationalized novels about demonic activity don’t constitute authentic theological discourse. And considered as a whole, it seems fair to say that the body of serious Reformed and evangelical writing over the past century has shown remarkable apathy about angelology. Ironically, while interest in demonic activity has been on the rise among Christians, angels have become an extremely popular topic once again among non-Christians. The rising tide of New Age spirituality, spurred by a profound backlash against sterile secular rationalism, has awakened a widespread curiosity about angels and the spirit-world. So just as modernity led to a diminished interest in angels, postmodernity has resurrected a superstitious belief in them. This presents Christians with a unique opportunity to shed biblical light on a spiritual topic the world is currently showing interest in learning about. Of course, it is by no means possible in one short article to make up for the egregious deficiency of a century of evangelical apathy on this topic, but perhaps we can make a helpful start by highlighting some of the key biblical truths and answering some of the popular misconceptions about angels. Angels are spiritual creatures. Scripture speaks of the angels’ creation only in passing. They are not explicitly mentioned in Genesis 1, so the precise timing of their creation is uncertain. Job 38:7 seems to speak of the angels’ worshiping when God laid the foundations of the earth, so their creation could well have occurred at the very start of day one in the six-day time frame. Nevertheless, Scripture plainly teaches that angels are creatures, and not eternal beings of some kind. God “alone has immortality” (1 Tim. 6:16). And Psalm 148:1–5 is a summons for the angels, along with the rest of creation, to worship. It says, “Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created” (v. 5). Colossians 1:15–17 also indicates that the angels were created by Christ and therefore are subordinate to Him. They are spirit-beings (Ps. 104:4; Heb. 1:7, 14) and therefore incorporeal as to their nature, but they are capable at times of assuming at least the appearance (if not the actual, albeit temporary, form) of bodily organisms (Gen. 19:1–14; John 20:12). They can do this so perfectly that they are easily mistaken for humans (Ezek. 9:2; Heb. 13:2). But because we know that “a spirit does not have flesh and bones” (Luke 24:39), we ought to understand that these occasional visible manifestations of angels are an accommodation to the limitations of human perception, and not a lesson about the true and essential character of angels. Angels are personal and moral beings. Angels are always portrayed with personal attributes, including intelligence, volition, and a moral nature. Their wisdom and power are vastly superior to our human abilities (2 Sam. 14:20; Ps. 103:20), but their knowledge is by no means exhaustive (there are “things into which angels long to look,” 1 Peter 1:12; as well as facts they do not know, Matt. 24:36). Proof that angels are moral agents, capable of sin and righteousness, is evident from the fact that some did sin (2 Peter 2:4). Jude 6 suggests that they did this by exceeding their legitimate authority and abandoning “their proper dwelling.” Apparently this was an organized rebellion, led by Satan. The apostle John’s vision in Revelation 12:1–9 seems to refer to Satan’s original fall, suggesting perhaps that as many as a third of the angels followed him in his rebellion, and that is why they were cast down. The angels who did not sin are referred to as “holy angels” (Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26). The angels are a mighty multitude. Without giving any hint as to their actual number, Scripture makes it clear that the angelic host is a vast and imposing army. The expression “host of heaven,” often used to signify the angels (Deut. 4:19; 2 Chron. 18:18; Luke 2:13), suggests an innumerable throng (see Jer. 33:22). The angels were apparently created all at once, yet individually. They are never portrayed as a race descended from a common ancestor (Luke 20:34–36). Humans are called “sons of men,” but angels are never called “sons of angels.” As a matter of fact, Jesus emphatically said that angels do not marry (Matt. 22:30). As to gender, they are always referred to with masculine pronouns — but since they have no feminine counterparts and are spiritual beings who do not procreate, it would seem that they cannot meaningfully be categorized as either male or female. But they are nonetheless organized in ranks and legions similar to a massive army. Again, the expression “host of heaven” evokes the idea of an armed company. Jesus said on the night of His betrayal that he could have instantly summoned “more than twelve legions of angels” to fight on His behalf (Matt. 26:53). The orders of angels are not fully enumerated or explained by the Bible. But the angelic host includes at least one archangel, the seraphim, and the cherubim. The archangel, Michael, is named in Daniel 10:13, 21; Jude 9; and Revelation 12:7. He seems to be the highest of all angelic creatures. Only one other holy angel, Gabriel, is explicitly named (Dan. 8:16; 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26). Some think he is therefore similar in rank to Michael, but Scripture doesn’t actually designate Gabriel as an archangel. The seraphim are mentioned only in the heavenly vision recounted in Isaiah 6:2–6, where the prophet describes them as glorious and imposing figures who stand before God’s throne and praise Him constantly, guarding the holiness of His throne. The cherubim, far from the chubby-faced childlike figures often pictured in popular art, seem to represent the power and majesty of the angelic host. They were positioned as guards by the entrance of Eden (Gen. 3:24). They were also the symbolic guardians of the ark of the covenant (Ex. 37:7). And they formed a living chariot of fire on which the Lord would ride (2 Sam. 22:11; Ps. 18:10; see also Ezek. 10:1–22). They are always described as fearsome and awe-inspiring creatures. Other angelic beings are called thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers (Col. 1:16). Similar terms are applied even to the fallen angels (Eph. 6:12; Col. 2:15). But the precise number and arrangement of the heavenly host is one of the many questions about angels that are left unanswered for us in Scripture. Angels are God’s unseen ministers. One of the most interesting questions of all about angels has to do with their unseen service on behalf of believers. Scripture portrays angels as caretakers of God’s providence on our behalf — “ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation” (Heb. 1:14). In Matthew 18:10, Jesus (speaking of His own tender care for little children) said, “I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven” — suggesting that specific angels have guardianship of specific individuals. And Hebrews 13:2 says, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Very little further explanation of the angels’ service to humans is given. Many are tempted to inquire into the matter in search of specifics that Scripture doesn’t reveal. But we are expressly forbidden to do that. Deuteronomy 29:29 says, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever.” When it comes to the subject of angels, we would do well to keep reminding ourselves of those boundaries on each side of the narrow road. It will keep us from falling into the sort of superstition that dominated medieval angelology, and it will also steer us away from the apathy and rationalism that has marred modern theological thought.
2622	dbpedia	0	47	https://www.marquette.edu/maqom/watch55.html	en	The Watchers of Satanail: The Fallen Angels Traditions in 2 (Slavonic) Enoch			[]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null					null	â¦ they became servants of Satan and led astray those who dwell upon the dry ground. 1 Enoch 54:6 â¦ These are the Watchers (Grigori), who turned aside from the Lord, 200 myriads, together with their prince Satanail. 2 Enoch 18:3 Introduction The first part of 2 Enoch, a Jewish pseudepigraphon written in the first century C.E., deals with the heavenly ascent of the seventh antediluvian hero carried by his angelic psychopomps to the abode of the Deity. Slowly progressing through the heavens while receiving detailed explanations of their content from his angelic interpreters, in one of them, the patriarch encounters the group of the fallen angels whom the authors of the apocalypse designate as the Grigori (Watchers). The detailed report of the groupâs transgression given in chapter 18 of the text which mentions the angelic descent on Mount Hermon, leading to subsequent corruption of humanity and procreation of the race of the Giants, invokes the memory of the peculiar features well known from the classic descriptions of the fall of the infamous celestial rebels given in the Book of the Watchers. This early Enochic booklet unveils the misdeeds of the two hundred Watchers led by their leaders Shemihazah and Asael. What is striking, however, in the description given in the Slavonic apocalypse, is that in contrast to the classic Enochic account, the leadership over the fallen Watchers is ascribed not to Shemihazah or Asael, but instead to Satanail. This reference to the figure of the negative protagonist of the Adamic story appears to be not coincidental. The careful examination of other details of the fallen angels traditions found in the Slavonic apocalypse unveils that the transference of the leadership over the Watchers from Shemihazah and Asael to Satanail, represents not a coincidental slip of pen, or a sign of a lack of knowledge of the authentic tradition, but an intentional attempt of introducing the Adamic development into the framework of the Enochic story, a move executed by the authors of the Slavonic apocalypse with a certain theological purpose. I previously explored the influence of the Adamic story on the Enochic account of the Slavonic apocalypse, especially in the materials of the longer recension, noticing an unusual readiness of its authors for the adoption of traditions and motifs from the Adamic trend, a tendency which appears to be quite surprising for a Second Temple Enochic text. Indeed, Adamâs story occupies a strikingly prominent place in 2 Enoch. The traditions pertaining to the first human can be found in all the sections of the book. In these materials Adam is depicted as a glorious angelic being, predestined by God to be the ruler of the earth, but falling short of Godâs expectations. Although the bulk of Adamic materials belongs to the longer recension, which includes, for example, the lengthy Adamic narrative in chapters 30-32, the Adamic tradition is not confined solely to this recension. A number of important Adamic passages are also attested in the shorter recension. The extensive presence of Adamic materials in both recensions and their significance for the theology of the Slavonic apocalypse indicates that they are not later interpolations but are part of the original layer of the text. It should be noted that such an extensive presence of Adamic materials in the intertestamental Enochic text is quite unusual. In the early Enochic circle reflected in 1 (Ethiopic) Enoch, Adam does not figure prominently. His presence in these materials is marginal and limited to a few insignificant remarks. Moreover, when the authors of the early Enochic booklets invoke the memory of Adam and Eve, they try to either ignore or âsoftenâ the story of their transgression and fall in the garden. Scholars previously noticed this remarkable leniency of the Enochic writers towards the mishap of the protological couple in the texts âconcerned with judgment and accountability.â This either modest or unusually positive profile which the Protoplasts enjoy in the early Enochic circle can be explained by several factors. Scholars previously observed that early Enochic and Adamic traditions appear to be operating with different mythologies of evil. The early Enochic tradition bases its understanding of the origin of evil on the Watchersâ story in which the fallen angels corrupt human beings by passing on to them various celestial secrets. In contrast, the Adamic tradition traces the source of evil to Satanâs transgression and the fall of Adam and Eve in Eden -- the trend which is hinted at in Genesis 3 and then fully reflected in the Primary Adam Books which explain the reason for Satanâs demotion by his rejection to obey Godâs command to venerate a newly created Protoplast. While in the early Enochic circle the presence of the Adamic traditions appears to be either marginalized or silenced â it looms large in 2 Enoch. In my previous research I suggested that the extensive presence of the Adamic motifs in the Slavonic apocalypse has a profound conceptual significance for the overall theological framework of the Slavonic apocalypse. It appears that the purpose of the extensive presence of Adamic themes in 2 Enoch can be explained through the assessment of Enochâs image in the text who is portrayed in the Slavonic apocalypse as the Second Adam â the one who is predestined to regain the original condition of the Protoplast once lost by the first humans in Eden. In this context many features of the exalted prelapsarian Adam are transferred to the seventh antediluvian hero in an attempt to hint at his status as the new Protoplast, who restores humanity to its original state. This new protological profile of the elevated Enoch in the Slavonic apocalypse thus can serve as an important clue for understanding the necessity of the extensive presence of the Adamic traditions in 2 Enoch. Moreover, it appears that the appropriation of the Adamic lore in 2 Enoch is not limited solely to the figure of the main positive protagonist â the seventh antediluvian patriarch, but also extended to the story of the negative angelic counterparts of the Enochic hero â the Watchers whose portrayals in the Slavonic apocalypse also become enhanced with novel features of the Adamic mythology of evil, and more specifically, with the peculiar traits of the account of its infamous heavenly rebel - Satan. Such interplay and osmosis of two early paradigmatic trends, which in John Reevesâ terminology is designated as the mixed or transitional template, has long-lasting consequences for both âmythologies of evilâ and their afterlife in rabbinic and patristic environments. The purpose of this paper is to explore the Adamic reworking of the Watchers traditions in the Slavonic apocalypse and its significance for subsequent Jewish mystical developments. I. 2 Enoch 7: The Watchers in the Second Heaven There are two textual units pertaining to the Watchers traditions in 2 Enoch. One of them is situated in chapter seven. The chapter describes the patriarchâs arrival in the second heaven where he sees the group of the guarded angelic prisoners kept in darkness. Although chapter seven does not identify this group directly as the Watchers, the description of their transgressions hints to this fact. The second unit is situated in chapter eighteen which describes Enochâs encounter with another angelic gathering in the fifth heaven, the group which this time is directly identified as the Watchers (Grigori). Although our study of the traditions of the fallen angels in the Slavonic apocalypse will deal mainly with these two passages found in chapters seven and eighteen, some attention will be paid also to the Satanail traditions situated in chapters twenty nine and thirty one. Traces of the Enochic Template In chapter 7 of the longer recension of 2 Enoch the following description is found: â¦ And those men picked me up and brought me up to the second heaven. And they showed me, and I saw a darkness greater than earthly darkness. And there I perceived prisoners under guard, hanging up, waiting for the measureless judgment. And those angels have the appearance of darkness itself, more than earthly darkness. And unceasingly they made weeping, all the day long. And I said to the men who were with me, âWhy are these ones being tormented unceasingly?â Those men answered me, âThese are those who turned away from the Lord, who did not obey the Lordâs commandments, but of their own will plotted together and turned away with their prince and with those who are under restraint in the fifth heaven.â And I felt very sorry for them; and those angels bowed down to me and said to me, âMan of God, pray for us to the Lord!â And I answered them and said, âWho am I, a mortal man, that I should pray for angels? Who knows where I am going and what will confront me? Or who indeed will pray for me?â Several scholars have previously recognized the connection of this passage about the incarcerated angels with the Watchers traditions. One of these scholars, John Reeves, argues that â¦ this particular text obviously refers to the angelic insurrection that took place in the days of Jared, the father of Enoch. The prisoners in this âsecond heavenâ are in fact those Watchers who violated the divinely decreed barriers separating heaven and earth by taking human wives and fathering bastard offspring, the infamous Giantsâ¦. Another scholar, James VanderKam expresses a similar conviction when he remarks that the angelic group depicted in chapter seven âremind us of the Watchers and their mutual oath to commit the deeds that led to their imprisonment in 1 Enoch 6-11.â VanderKamâs suggestion that the theme of the angels âplotting togetherâ found in 2 Enoch 7 might allude to the Watchersâ council on Mount Hermon and their mutual oath is important. The Watchers tradition reflected later in the text in chapter 18 further strengthens the possibility that the authors of the Slavonic apocalypse were familiar with the early Enochic tradition of the bounding oath taken by the Watchers on the infamous mountain. Another important detail that hints to the possibility of the presence of the Watchers tradition in the passage is that the angels choose to ask the patriarch about interceding with God. This request for intercession before God appears to allude to the unique role of the seventh antediluvian hero reflected already in the earliest Enochic booklets where he is depicted as the envoy bringing petitions of intercession to God on behalf of this rebellious angelic group. John Reeves suggests that the petition pressed upon the exalted patriarch by the imprisoned angels in 2 Enoch 7 is reminiscent of the language found in the Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 13:4) where the Watchers ask the patriarch to write for them a prayer of intercession. From 1 Enoch 13:6-7 we learn that this prayer was prepared by the seventh antediluvian hero and later was delivered by him in a vision to the Creator. All these features demonstrate that the authors of the Slavonic apocalypse appear to be well cognizant of some peculiar details of early versions of the Watchers story and were using these various characteristics of the early Enochic template in their depiction of the group of incarcerated angels in chapter seven, thus implicitly hinting to their audience at the angelsâ identity as the Watchers. Finally there is another piece of evidence that further confirms the identity of the mysterious imprisoned group as the Watchers. Although the angelic group kept under guard in the second heaven is not directly identified in chapter seven as the Watchers, this chapter connects the unnamed angels with another celestial gathering which the patriarch will encounter later in the fifth heaven. 2 Enoch 7 anticipates this encounter when it explains that the group in the second heaven âturned away with their prince and with those who are under restraint in the fifth heaven.â Later upon his arrival to the fifth heaven the patriarch sees there another angelic group which his celestial guides identify as Grigori (Slav. ÐÑÐ¸Ð³Ð¾ÑÐ¸) â the Watchers. During that identification a reference is also made to the group in the second heaven which puts this group also in the category of the Watchers: âThese are the Grigori (Watchers), who turned aside from the Lord, 200 myriads, together with their prince Satanail. And similar to them are those who went down as prisoners in their train, who are in the second heaven, imprisoned in great darkness.â Later, in 2 Enoch 18:7, when Enoch himself addresses the Watchers he tells them that he saw âtheir brothersâ and âprayed for them.â These details again appear to be alluding to the group in the second heaven who earlier asked the patriarch to pray for them. As we can see the two angelic groups in the second and fifth heavens are interconnected by the authors of the apocalypse through the set of cross-references situated in both chapters. Traces of the Adamic Template We began our study by mentioning that the Watchers account situated in chapter 18 exhibits the clear features of Adamic tradition when it names Satanail as the leader of the fallen Watchers. In the light of this later reaffirmation, it is also possible that the subtle traces of the Adamic template may already be present even in the description found in chapter seven. A close look at chapter 7 demonstrates that along with implicit traces of the Enochic traditions of the fallen Watchers the passage also exhibits some familiarities with the Adamic mythology of evil by recalling some features of the story of Satanâs fall. One of the pieces of evidence that catches the eye here is the peculiar title âprinceâ by which the passage describes the leader of the incarcerated angels. Already Robert Henry Charles noticed that although the passage found in chapter 7 does not directly name Satanail as the leader of the rebellious angels, the reference to the fact that they âturned away with their princeâ (Slav. Ñ ÐºÐ½ÑÐ·Ð¾Ð¼ ÑÐ²Ð¾Ð¸Ð¼) invokes the similar terminology applied to Satanail later in chapter 18:3 which tells that the Watchers (Grigori) turned aside from the Lord together with their prince ( Slav. Ñ ÐºÐ½ÑÐ·ÐµÐ¼ ÑÐ²Ð¾Ð¸Ð¼) Satanail. Charlesâ suggestion appears to be plausible, and in the light of the identical formulae attested in chapter 18 it is possible that the Sataniel tradition is already present in 2 Enoch 7. If it is so, here for the first time in the Slavonic apocalypse the chief negative protagonist of the Adamic lore becomes identified as the leader of the fallen Watchers. Another possible piece of evidence that hints to the presence of the Adamic mythology of evil in 2 Enoch 7 is connected with the motif of the imprisoned angels bowing down before Enoch. Both recensions of 2 Enoch 7:4 portray the incarcerated angels in the second heaven as bowing down before the translated patriarch asking him to pray for them before the Lord. I previously argued that this tradition of angels bowing down before Enoch appears to stem from an Adamic mythology of evil since it invokes the peculiar details of the Satan story attested in the Primary Adam Books and some other Jewish, Christian and Muslim materials. In order to clarify the Adamic background of the Watchers tradition found in 2 Enoch 7 one should take a short excursus in the later Enochic developments reflected in the Hekhalot materials. In the later Enochic composition, known to us as the Sefer Hekhalot or 3 Enoch, the Adamic motif of the angelic veneration similar to 2 Enoch also appears to be placed in the context of the Watchers tradition(s). Thus, 3 Enoch 4 depicts the angelic leaders Uzza, Azza, and Azael, the characters whose names are reminiscent of the names of the leaders of the fallen Watchers, as bowing down before Enoch-Metatron. There are scholars who view this motif of angels bowing down before Enoch found in Sefer Hekhalot as a relatively late development which originated under the influence of the rabbinic accounts of the veneration of humanity. Yet, there are other researchers who argue for early âpseudepigraphicalâ roots of this Hekhalot tradition of the angelic veneration of Enoch. One of these scholars, Gary Anderson, previously noticed the early pseudepigraphical matrix of this peculiar development present in Sefer Hekhalot and its connections with the primordial veneration of the Protoplast in the paradigmatic Adamic story where Satan and his angels refuse to bow down before the first human. Moreover, some conceptual developments detected in 2 Enoch also point to early pseudepigraphical roots of the tradition of veneration of Enoch by angels. Scholars previously suggested that the Adamic motif of angelic veneration was transferred in the Enochic context not in the later Hekhalot or rabbinic materials but already in 2 Enoch where the angels are depicted as bowing down several times before the seventh antediluvian hero. Besides the previously mentioned tradition of the imprisoned angels bowing down before Enoch found in chapter seven there is another, even more explicit appropriation of the motif of angelic veneration, found in 2 Enoch 21- 22 where God tests angels by asking them to venerate Enoch. These chapters depict Enochâs arrival at the edge of the seventh heaven. There, God invites Enoch to stand before him forever. The Deity then tells his angels, sounding them out: âLet Enoch join in and stand in front of my face forever!â In response to this address, the angels do obeisance to Enoch saying, âLet Enoch yield in accordance with your word, O Lord!â Michael Stone previously noticed that the story found in 2 Enoch 21â22 is reminiscent of the account of Adamâs elevation and his veneration by angels found in the Life of Adam and Eve. Stone notes that, along with the motifs of Adamâs elevation and his veneration by angels, the author of 2 Enoch appears also to be aware of the motif of angelic disobedience and refusal to venerate the first human. Stone draws the readerâs attention to the phrase âsounding them out,â found in 2 Enoch 22:6, which another translation of the Slavonic text rendered as âmaking a trial of them.â Stone notes that the expression âsounding them outâ or âmaking a trial of themâ implies here that it is the angelsâ obedience that is being tested. Further comparing the similarities between Adamic and Enochic accounts, Stone observes that the order of events in 2 Enoch exactly duplicates the order found in the primary Adam books. Stone concludes that the author of 2 Enoch 21â22 was cognizant of the traditions resembling those found in Armenian, Georgian, and Latin versions of the Life of Adam and Eve. He also emphasizes that these traditions did not enter 2 Enoch from the Slavonic Life of Adam and Eve, because this form of the tradition does not occur in the Slavonic Vita. Keeping in mind these remarkable parallels it is now time to return to the tradition of Enochâs veneration by the incarcerated angels found in chapter seven of 2 Enoch in order to further explore its connection with the Adamic story of angelic veneration. Several details of the story from 2 Enoch 7 seem also to be alluding to the Adamic template: a. In 2 Enoch 7, similar to the Adamic accounts, the sin of the imprisoned angels is disobedience to the Lordâs commandments. b. The agents of the rebellion are a group of angels with âtheir prince.â This recalls the information found in the Adamic accounts where not only Satan, but also other angels under him, refuse to venerate Adam. As we remember, the longer recension of 2 Enoch 18:3 directly identifies the prisoners of the second heaven as the angels of Satanail. c. Finally, in the text the imprisoned angels bow down before a human being (Enoch). An additional important detail here is that the patriarch is addressed by the fallen angels as a âmanâ â âa man of God.â The combination of the motif of angelic bowing with a reference to the human nature of the object of veneration is intriguing and again might point to the protological Adamic account where some angels bow down before the human and others refuse to do so. II. 2 Enoch 18: The Watchers in the Fifth Heaven Traces of the Enochic Template It is time now to proceed to the second textual unit dealing with the Watchers traditions situated in chapter 18 of the Slavonic apocalypse. In the longer recension of 2 Enoch 18 the following description can be found: â¦ And those men took me up on their wings and placed me on the fifth heaven. And I saw there many innumerable armies called Grigori. And their appearance was like the appearance of a human being, and their size was larger than that of large giants. And their faces were dejected, and the silence of their mouths was perpetual. And there was no liturgy in the fifth heaven. And I said to the men who were with me, âWhat is the explanation that these ones are so very dejected, and their faces miserable, and their mouths silent? And (why) is there no liturgy in this heaven?â And those men answered me, âThese are the Grigori, who turned aside from the Lord, 200 myriads, together with their prince Satanail. And similar to them are those who went down as prisoners in their train, who are in the second heaven, imprisoned in great darkness. And three of them descended (ÑÐ¾Ð¸Ð´Ð¾ÑÐ°ÑÑ ÑÑÐ¸) to the earth from the Lordâs Throne onto the place Ermon. And they broke the promise on the shoulder of Mount Ermon. And they saw the daughters of men, how beautiful they were; and they took wives for themselves, and the earth was defiled by their deeds. Who â¦ in the entire time of this age acted lawlessly and practiced miscegenation and gave birth to giants and great monsters and great enmity. And that is why God has judged them with a great judgment; and they mourn their brothers, and they will be outrages on the great day of the Lord.â And I said to the Grigori, âI have seen your brothers and their deeds and their torments and their great prayers; and I have prayed for them. But the Lord has sentenced them under the earth until heaven and earth are ended forever.â And I said, âWhy are you waiting for your brothers? And why donât you perform the liturgy before the face of the Lord? Start up your liturgy, and perform the liturgy before the face of the Lord, so that you do not enrage your Lord God to the limit.â And they responded to my recommendations, and they stood in four regiments in this heaven. And behold, while I was standing with those men, 4 trumpets trumpeted in unison with a great sound, and the Grigori burst into singing in unison. And their voice rose in front of the face of the Lord, piteously and touchingly. Already in the very beginning of this passage the angelic hosts situated in the fifth heaven are designated as Grigori (Slav. ÐÑÐ¸Ð³Ð¾ÑÐ¸), the term which represents âa transcription of the Greek word for the Watchers.â Unlike in chapter 7, where the identity of the celestial gathering remains rather uncertain, here the authors of the text explicitly choose to name the angelic group. The text then provides some details of the angelsâ appearance. When the Slavonic apocalypse describes them, an intriguing comparison is made about the size of these angelic hosts, who are depicted as beings âlarger than the large giantsâ â a reference which might also invoke the Giants traditions â a conceptual trend which in early Enochic booklets is often intertwined with the Watchers story. The text then describes the Watchersâ faces as being dejected, emphasizing also their perpetual silence. Enoch, who appears to be puzzled by the view of this silent and depressive angelic company, then asks his angelic guides about their strange dejected looks and their non-participation in the angelic liturgy. In response he hears the story that further provides the array of crucial motifs that invoke the memory of the account of the Watchersâ descent as it is described in the early Enochic circle. Two significant details here are the references to the number of the descended Watchers as two hundred (myriads) and the designation of the place of their descent on earth as Mount Hermon (Slav. ÐÑÐ¼Ð¾Ð½/Ð³Ð¾ÑÐ° ÐÑÐ¼Ð¾Ð½ÑÐºÐ°Ñ). It is well-known that the numeral two hundred in relation to the descended Watchers is attested already in the Book of the Watchers â one of the earliest Enochic booklets, whose text also locates the place of the Watchersâ descent at Mount Hermon. 2 Enoch 18:4 then supplies another portentous detail by describing how the Watchers broke the promise on the shoulder of Mount Hermon. The reference to the âpromiseâ (Slav. Ð¾Ð±ÐµÑÐ°Ð½Ð¸Ðµ) that the Watchers âbrokeâ on the shoulder of the infamous mountain is intriguing and appears to hint to the early Enochic tradition of the binding oath taken by the Watchers. The passage found in chapter 6 of the Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 6:3-6) unveils the motifs of mysterious promises and curses with which the rebellious angels decided to bind themselves, thus securing their ominous mission and fellowship. The descriptions of the Watchersâ transgressions provided in 2 Enoch 18 are also noteworthy. The references to the Watchersâ marriage to the human women, the procreation of the race of monstrous Giants, the enmity and evil that this infamous bastard offspring created on earth â all these features again betray the authorsâ familiarity with early Watchers and Giants traditions attested already in 1 Enoch 7. It is also curious that 2 Enoch specifically emphasizes the sin of interbreeding (miscegenation) (Slav. ÑÐ¼ÐµÑÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ), an important sacerdotal concern of intermarriage that looms large in the early Enochic circle. Another typical âEnochicâ detail of chapter 18 is the reference to Godâs sentencing the Watchers under the earth âuntil heaven and earth are ended forever.â This motif also appears to stem from the early Enochic lore where the fallen Watchers are depicted as imprisoned under the earth until the day of the final judgment. All aforementioned details point to familiarity of the authors of the Slavonic apocalypse with the features of the original Enochic template. Yet, despite the efforts of the authors of the Slavonic apocalypse to harmonize the plethora of early Enochic motifs into a coherent symbolic universe, the Watchersâ account reflected in chapter 18 appears to be not entirely without contradictions. One of the puzzles here is a discrepancy about the location of the angelic group encountered by the patriarch earlier â the incarcerated rebels, whose memory is invoked again and again in chapter 18. Thus, in 18:3 Enochâs angelic guides connect the Watchers in the fifth heaven with the angelic group in the second heaven depicted earlier in chapter 7: And similar to them are those who went down as prisoners in their train, who are in the second heaven, imprisoned in great darkness. (2 Enoch 18:3) Later, in verse seven, Enoch himself reaffirms this connection between the two angelic groups when he unveils to the Watchers in the fifth heaven the sad destiny of their rebellious brothers in the lower realm: And I said to the Grigori, âI have seen your brothers and their deeds and their torments and their great prayers; and I have prayed for them. But the Lord has sentenced them under the earth until heaven and earth are ended forever.â (2 Enoch 18:7). It is apparent that both passages about angelic rebellious groups in chapters 7 and 18 are interconnected by a series of allusions and familiar motifs intended to persuade the reader that both groups are interrelated and now are separated because of their previous deeds. Yet, 2 Enoch 18:7 exhibits a clear contradiction when Enoch reports to the Watchers in the fifth heaven that God has sentenced their brothers âunder the earth.â Several scholars previously noticed this topological discrepancy about the exact location of the second group of Watchers. Reflecting on the textual contradictions about the location of the imprisoned Watchers, one of these scholars, John Reeves, observes that 2 Enoch is peculiar in that it places the prison for the incarcerated Watchers in heaven itself. This transcendent location contradicts the explicit testimonies of other works where these rebellious Watchers are held; viz. beneath the earth (1 Enoch 10:4-7; 12-14; 88:3; Jub. 5:6, 10; 2 Pet 2:4). Moreover, a later passage in 2 Enoch is simultaneously cognizant of this latter tradition: âAnd I said to the Watchers, I have seen your brothers, and I have heard what they did; â¦ and I prayed for them. And behold, the Lord has condemned them below the earth until the heavens and the earth pass away â¦â The reference in this text is surely to the imprisoned Watchers that Enoch had previously encountered in the second heaven. But here, while touring the âfifth heaven,â the imprisoned Watchers are spoken as being âbeneath the earthâ! It is possible that the discrepancy pertaining to the location of the imprisoned angels can be explained by the topological peculiarities of the Slavonic apocalypse whose main theological emphasis is centered on the ascension of the translated hero into the heavenly realm. Yet, possibly cognizant of the various early traditions of the patriarchâs tours into other (subterranean) realms, where Enoch observes the places of the punishment of the rebellious Watchers, the authors of the Slavonic apocalypse try to reconcile (not always seamlessly) these earlier traditions with their ouranological scheme. In this respect the phrase âI saw a darkness greater than earthly darknessâ used in the description of the incarcerated angels in the longer recension of 2 Enoch 7:1, deserves some additional attention. It appears that this phrase strives to underline the otherworldly, possibly even subterranean, nature of the darkness encountered by the patriarch in the second heaven. Clearly the text wants to emphasize that it is a darkness of another realm by comparing it with âearthly darkness.â Later, in verse 2 this comparison with the earthly darkness is repeated again, this time in the portrayal of the angelsâ appearance: âAnd those angels have the appearance of darkness itself, more than earthly darkness.â Traces of the Adamic Template Besides the references to the Enochic template, the passage from chapter 18 also reveals also the authorsâ familiarity with the Adamic mythology of evil and the peculiar details of its demonological settings. Moreover, it appears that the interaction between the two paradigmatic templates in 2 Enoch can be seen not merely as an attempt at mechanical mixture of the elements of both trends but rather the progressive movement toward their organic union when the mutual interaction is able to generate a qualitatively different tradition which is not equal anymore to their initial parts. Thus one can see here the consistent effort to âfuseâ two mythological streams into a new coherent ideology â an enormously difficult creative task carried out masterfully by the authors of the Slavonic apocalypse. One of the crucial signs of such qualitative transition can be seen in the literary destiny of the main protological and eschatological opponent of the Adamic tradition â Satan(ail), who is now invited into the new unfamiliar entourage of the rival mythological trend, where he is being fashioned as the leader of the rebellious Watchers. âThese are the Grigori, who turned aside from the Lord, 200 myriads, together with their prince (Ñ ÐºÐ½ÑÐ·Ð¾Ð¼ ÑÐ²Ð¾Ð¸Ð¼) Satanailâ¦.â (2 Enoch 18). The fact that this identification represents not just an accidental slip of the pen or an interpolation, but a sign of the consistent and well-designed theological strategy of the text becomes evident if we compare the description found in chapter 18 with the Watchers tradition found in chapter 7. There again the group of the incarcerated Watchers is described by the authors as the rebellious group who turn away with their prince: These are those who turned away from the Lord, who did not obey the Lordâs commandments, but of their own will plotted together and turned away with their prince (Ñ ÐºÐ½ÑÐ·ÐµÐ¼ ÑÐ²Ð¾Ð¸Ð¼)â¦ (2 Enoch 7). Both passages are interconnected through identical Slavonic terminology since the leader of the rebellious angels in both cases is designated as a prince (Slav. ÐºÐ½ÑÐ·Ñ). It appears that in the theological tapestry of the Slavonic apocalypse, chapter 7 plays an important role by serving for its readers as a sort of a preliminary initiation into a new mythology of evil - the demonological setting where both, the identities of the Watchers and their new leader Satanail are still concealed, thus anticipating their full conceptual disclosure in the later chapters. But how really novel and original was this conceptual move for the Enochic trend? It should be noted that the leadership of Satan over the fallen Watchers is unknown in the earliest Enochic booklets. Yet, in the late Second Temple Enochic text, the Book of the Similitudes, one can see the extensive appropriation of the Satan terminology, both in the generic and in the titular sense. One of the instances of the âgenericâ use of such terminology can be found in 1 Enoch 40:7 where the term âsatansâ appears to designate one of the classes of angelic beings whose function is to punish or to put forward accusations against those who dwell on earth: âAnd the fourth voice I heard driving away the satans, and not allowing them to come before the Lord of Spirits to accuse those who dwell on the dry ground.â The first possible steps towards the transitional template in which Satan becomes the leader of the fallen Watchers might be discernable in the Similitudes 54:4-6 where the âhosts of Azazelâ are named as the âservants of Satanâ: And I asked the angel of peace who went with me, saying: âThese chain-instruments â for whom are they being prepared? And he said to me: âThese are being prepared for the hosts of Azazel, that they may take them and throw them into the lowest part of Hell; and they will cover their jaws with rough stones, as the Lord of Spirits commanded. And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel â these will take hold of them on that great day, and throw them on that day into the furnace of burning fire, that the Lord of Spirits may take vengeance on them for their iniquity, in that they became servants of Satan and led astray those who dwell upon the dry ground. Scholars argued that the term âSatanâ was used here not in the generic but in the âtitularâ sense. If it is so this portentous conceptual development is relevant for our study of the Sataniel tradition found in the Slavonic apocalypse, since it might provide additional proof that the extensive adoption of Adamic mythology of evil in 2 Enoch was not a later Christian interpolation, but a genuine Enochic development possibly stemming from other late Second Temple Enochic booklets. Yet, despite its promising nature, the origin of the Satan tradition found in the Parables remains clouded in mystery. It is really difficult to discern from this terse and enigmatic passage found in the Similitudes 54 if the authors of the book did really have the knowledge of the full-blown Adamic template, including the story of the angelic veneration, or if they were merely borrowing the titular usage of Satan from the biblical materials. Scholars previously noticed this peculiar tendency of the Similitudes for the extensive and open adaptations of some biblical titles in relation to Enoch - a novel development in comparison with the earliest Enochic booklets whose authors deliberately tried to maintain distance from the âbiblicalâ books. In the light of these developments it is possible that titular usage of the name âSatanâ similar to many of Enochâs titles found in the Similitudes might have here biblical roots. Nevertheless, it remains intriguing that the extensive appropriation of Satan terminology is found in such a transitional Enochic booklet as the Parables, a text which similar to the Slavonic apocalypse, tries to dramatically enhance the exalted profile of the seventh antediluvian patriarch leading this character into the entirely new, one might say âdivine,â stage of his remarkable theological career by identifying him with the preexistent son of man. Now it is time to return to the Slavonic apocalypse where the mutual interaction between two mythologies of evil appears to be exercising a lasting influence not only on the story of the Watchers but also on the account of the negative protagonist of the Adamic stream - Satan(ail) who is now acquiring some novel features from the Enochic tradition. The longer recension of 2 Enoch 29 elaborates the story of Satanailâs fall by enhancing it with some new intriguing details. It describes that after his transgression (described there as the violation of the ranks of the angelic hierarchy in an attempt to exalt himself) Satanail was cast out from heaven with his angels. The text further unveils that after his demotion âhe [Satanail] was flying around in the air, ceaselessly above the Bottomless (Slav. Ð±ÐµÐ·Ð´Ð½Ð°).â This reference to the Slavonic word Ð±ÐµÐ·Ð´Ð½Ð°, (which more precisely can be translated as âpitâ or âabyssâ) as the place of punishment of the fallen angel, invokes the memory of the Asael/Azazel story from 1 Enoch 10 where the leader of the fallen angels is thrown by the angel Raphael into the subterranean pit. Here again one can see the profound dialogue between two formative traditions of the fallen angels that alters or enhances the features of the original templates, reshaping the stories of their infamous heroes. III. The Transitional Template and its Afterlife in the Shicur Qomah and Hekhalot accounts Our investigation of the mixed demonological template found in 2 Enoch is important not only because it witnesses to the portentous dialogue between Enochic and Adamic mythologies of evil but also because it helps to illuminate another important theological transition taking place for the first time in the Slavonic apocalypse - that is the paradigm shift from the Jewish apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism, thus in many ways anticipating future developments inside the Enochic lore and serving as a blueprint for the later Watchers traditions reflected in the Shciur Qomah and Hekhalot lore. In this respect it is therefore useful to discuss some early signs and facets of this ideological transition taking place at the end of the Second Temple period through the exploration of several pioneering aspects of the Watchers traditions found in 2 Enoch and the afterlife of these novel developments in later Jewish mysticism. I have previously argued about the formative value of Enochic traditions reflected in the Slavonic apocalypse for late Jewish mysticism and particularly for the Enochic developments attested in Sefer Hekhalot. My previous research was mainly concentrated on Enochâs figure. Yet, in the light of the current investigation it becomes clear that the lessons which 2 Enoch provides for the later Hekhalot developments appear to be not limited solely to the transformation of the narrative involving the chief positive protagonist of the Enochic tradition â the seventh antediluvian hero, but also involve the peculiar reworking of the story of its anti-heroes â the fallen Watchers. In this section of my study I would like to concentrate on two motifs found in 2 Enoch that appear to be anticipating future Jewish mystical developments: the motif of the three watchers and the theme of the liturgical duties of Enoch-Metatron. Three Watchers This study has already drawn attention to the intriguing fact that the Slavonic apocalypse operates with the tradition of the descent of the three Watchers. Several manuscripts of 2 Enoch 18 tell that âthree of them [the Watchers] descended to the earth from the Lordâs Throne onto the place Ermon.â This passage invokes the memory of a peculiar tradition found in the later Enochic lore reflected in Sefer Hekhalot that mentions three ministering angels - Uzza, Azza, and Azael, enigmatic characters, whose names are reminiscent of the infamous leaders of the Watchers â Shemihazah and Asael. Sefer Hekhalot contains two textual units which deal with Uzza, Azza, and Azael. One of them is situated in chapter four and another in chapter five. 3 Enoch 4:1-10reads: R. Ishmael said: I said to Metatron: â... why, then, do they call you âYouthâ in the heavenly heights?â He answered: âBecause I am Enoch, the son of Jared...â â¦ â... the Holy One, blessed be he, appointed me (Enoch) in the height as a prince and a ruler among the ministering angels. Then three of the ministering angels, Uzza, Azza, and Azael, came and laid charges against me in the heavenly height. They said before the Holy One, blessed be He, âLord of the Universe, did not the primeval ones give you good advice when they said, Do not create man! ... once they all arose and went to meet me and prostrated themselves before me, saying âHappy are you, and happy your parents, because your Creator has favored you.â Because I am young in their company and a mere youth among them in days and months and years--therefore they call me âYouth.ââ As has already been noticed in this study this specimen of the late âEnochicâ lore found in Sefer Hekhalot is significant for our investigation because it attests to the conceptual matrix of the mythology of evil very similar to the one found in the Slavonic apocalypse, where the Enochic trend attempts to emulate the paradigmatic features of the Adamic story. It is possible that the influence of the Adamic template in the Hekhalot passage is even more decisive than it might appear at first glance since besides the theme of the angelic veneration of the seer it also invokes the motifs of the protological situation of the creation of humanity and the angelic opposition to this act of the Deity. Although the tradition of the veneration of Adam is not mentioned directly in this unit â it is indirectly (similarly to the Slavonic apocalypse) reaffirmed by the veneration that angels offer to Enoch. As has been mentioned already in this study, previous scholars have noticed the presence of the pseudepigraphical matrix of the Adamic tradition in this passage. In Sefer Hekhalot 5 the tradition about three âWatchersâ takes another, this time clearly âEnochicâ turn, by connecting Uzza, Azza, and Azael with the familiar theme of the corruption of humankind through a reference to the angelsâ illicit pedagogy, a motif known already in the earliest Enochic mythology of evil: What did the men of Enoshâs generation do? They roamed the world from end to end â¦. They brought down the sun, the moon, the stars and the constellations â¦. How was it that they had the strength to bring them down? It was only because Uzza, Azza, and Azael taught them sorceries that they brought them down and employed them, for otherwise they would not have been able to bring them down. It is noteworthy that both passages about three fallen angels from Sefer Hekhalot have distinctive features of the mixed template, very similar to the one found in the Slavonic apocalypse. Both texts are trying to bring the whole array of the Adamic motifs, including the account of the angelic veneration, into the framework of the Watchers story. Although the transmission history of the post-Second Temple Enochic traditions is clouded in mystery â it is possible that the developments detected in the Slavonic apocalypse exercised a formative influence on the later Enochic lore, including Sefer Hekhalot. In this respect it is noteworthy that despite the tradition of the fallen angelsâ opposition to Godâs creation of humans found in several places in rabbinic literature, the motif of the three watchers appears in Jewish milieus only in Sefer Hekhalot. Enoch as the Celestial Choirmaster of the Watchers Another portentous aspect of the Watchers traditions found in 2 Enoch that appears to exercise a long-lasting influence on later Jewish mystical developments is its liturgical dimension. The repeated and persuasive invocation of the idea of angelic veneration in many ways hints (directly and indirectly) to this peculiar sacerdotal aspect, since this motif is often placed in the Second Temple and rabbinic materials in the context of celestial worship. In this respect one should not ignore the persistent liturgical concern that permeates the Watchers story in the Slavonic apocalypse. Indeed, the authors of the Watchers narratives of 2 Enoch do not shy away from expressing their interest in the theme of the heavenly liturgy. Thus, when Enoch sees the âdejectedâ Watchers in the fifth heaven, the passage immediately invokes the tradition of angelic worship by pointing to the Watchersâ non-participation in the celestial liturgical praxis: And their faces were dejected, and the silence of their mouths was perpetual. And there was no liturgy in the fifth heaven. âWhat is the explanation that these ones are so very dejected, and their faces miserable, and their mouths silent? And (why) is there no liturgy in this heaven?â The liturgical dimension of the Watchers tradition in 2 Enoch is intriguing and deserves further investigation. Yet, in order to apprehend the full meaning of this tradition for the later Enochic developments a short excursus in the Hekhalot and Shciur Qomah materials is necessary. The later Merkabah materials emphasize the crucial role that Enoch-Metatron occupies in celestial worship by serving as the leader of the angelic hosts. 3 Enoch 15B provides the following description of his spectacular liturgical office: Metatron is the Prince over all princes, and stands before him who is exalted above all gods. He goes beneath the throne of glory, where he has a great heavenly tabernacle of light, and brings out the deafening fire, and puts it in the ears of the holy creatures, so that they should not hear the sound of the utterance that issues from the mouth of the Almighty. A similar description in another Hekhalot text (Synopse Â§390) elaborates further Metatronâs unique liturgical role: One hayyah rises above the seraphim and descends upon the tabernacle of the youth whose name is Metatron, and says in a great voice, a voice of sheer silence: âThe Throne of Glory is shining.â Suddenly the angels fall silent. The watchers and the holy ones become quiet. They are silent, and are pushed into the river of fire. The hayyot put their faces on the ground, and this youth whose name is Metatron brings the fire of deafness and puts it into their ears so that they could not hear the sound of Godâs speech or the ineffable name. The youth whose name is Metatron then invokes, in seven voices, his living, pure, honored, awesome, holy, noble, strong, beloved, mighty, powerful name. These enigmatic passages reveal that one of Metatronâs duties in the heavenly realm involves his leadership over the angelic hosts delivering heavenly praise to the Deity. The testimonies that unfold Metatronâs liturgical role are not confined solely to the Hekhalot corpus, but can also be detected in another prominent literary expression of early Jewish mysticism represented by the Shicur Qomah materials. The passages found in the Shicur Qomah texts attest to a similar tradition in which Metatron is portrayed as a liturgical leader. Thus, Sefer Haggomah 155-164 reads: And (the) angels who are with him come and encircle the Throne of Glory. They are on one side and the (celestial) creatures are on the other side, and the Shekhinah is on the Throne of Glory in the center. And one creature goes up over the seraphim and descends on the tabernacle of the lad whose name is Metatron and says in a great voice, a thin voice of silence, âThe Throne of Glory is glistening!â Immediately, the angels fall silent and the cirin and the qadushin are still. They hurry and hasten into the river of fire. And the celestial creatures turn their faces towards the earth, and this lad whose name is Metatron, brings the fire of deafness and puts (it) in the ears of the celestial creatures so that they do not hear the sound of the speech of the Holy One, blessed be He, and the explicit name that the lad, whose name is Metatron, utters at that time in seven voices, in seventy voices, in living, pure, honored, holy, awesome, worthy, brave, strong, and holy name. In reference to these traditions Martin Cohen notes that in the Shciur Qomah tradition Metatronâs service in the heavenly tabernacle appears to be âentirely liturgicalâ and âis more the heavenly choirmaster and beadle than the celestial high priest.â It is evident that the tradition preserved in Sefer Haqqomah cannot be separated from the microforms found in Synopse Â§390 and 3 Enoch 15B since all these narratives are unified by a similar structure and terminology. All of them also emphasize Metatronâs leading role in the course of the celestial service. It is possible that this tradition of Enoch-Metatron as the one who encourages and prepares angels for their liturgical praxis in heaven might have its early roots already in 2 Enoch. As we remember in the beginning of chapter 18 the patriarch is depicted as the one who laments about the absence of angelic liturgy in the fifth heaven and the silence of the Watchers. In the light of the Hekhalot and Shciur Qomah materials, his concern about the pause in the angelic liturgical routine appears to be not just a matter of curiosity. Further in the same unit Enoch encourages the celestial Watchers to start their liturgy before the face of God. The longer recension of 2 Enoch 18:8-9 relates: And I [Enoch] said, âWhy are you waiting for your brothers? And why donât you perform the liturgy before the face of the Lord? Start up your liturgy, and perform the liturgy before the face of the Lord, so that you do not enrage your Lord to the limit.â And they responded to my recommendation, and they stood in four regiments in this heaven. And behold, while I was standing with those men, 4 trumpets trumpeted in unison with a great sound, and the Watchers burst into singing in unison. And their voice rose in front of the face of the Lord, piteously and touchingly. One can notice that the imagery of this account represents a rather vague sketch that only distantly alludes to the future prominent liturgical role of Enoch-Metatron. Yet here, for the first time in the Enochic tradition, the seventh antediluvian patriarch dares to assemble and direct the angelic creatures for their routine job of delivering praise to the Deity. It is also significant that, despite the fact that in 2 Enoch 18 the patriarch gives his advice to the angels situated in the fifth heaven, he repeatedly advises them to start the liturgy âbefore the Face of the Lord,â i.e., in front of the divine Kavod, the exact location where Youth-Metatron will later conduct the heavenly worship of the angelic hosts in the Shicur Qomah and Hekhalot accounts. These later specimens of Jewish mystical lore provide an important interpretive framework that allow us to discern the traces of these later fully developed liturgical traditions already in 2 Enoch. In this respect the Slavonic apocalypse can be seen as the crucial conceptual nexus loaded with several portentous transitions that become instrumental in shaping the angelological template prominent in the later Shicur Qomah and Hekhalot lore. In light of the developments discernable in 2 Enoch it is possible that the unique liturgical role that Enoch-Metatron occupies in the Merkabah tradition in relation to the celestial creatures is linked to the tradition of his veneration by the angels. Already in the Slavonic apocalypse the celestial citizens recognize the authority and the leadership of the seventh antediluvian hero by bowing down before him. This peculiar ritual of recognition of the celestial leader appears not to be forgotten in the later mystical lore. In this respect it is striking that in the aforementioned liturgical passages from the Shicur Qomah and Hekhalot accounts various classes of angels, including the class named Nyry( (the Watchers), are depicted with âtheir faces towards the earthâ while Enoch-Metatron puts fire in their ears. It cannot be excluded that one can have here the liturgical afterlife of the familiar motif of the angelic bowing before the translated hero. It is noteworthy that already in early Adamic lore that constitutes the background of the developments found in 2 Enoch â the theme of the angelic veneration of Adam is placed in the larger framework of divine worship â where the Protoplast appears to be understood not as the ultimate object of veneration but rather as a representation or an icon of the Deity through whom angels are able to worship God. Conclusion In conclusion of our study of the intriguing relationships between the Enochic and Adamic templates of the fallen angels in the Slavonic apocalypse we should again draw attention to the broader theological concerns and circumstances for such striking metamorphoses of two previously relatively independent trends. As has been already pointed out in our study, one possible reason why many Adamic themes, including the motif of the angelic veneration, were brought for the first time in 2 Enoch into the framework of the Enochic developments, was the changing status of the main hero of the Enochic tradition. It appears that in the Slavonic apocalypse the story of the exalted protagonist of the Enochic lore seems to be stepping into the new era of its theological and anthropological development in which the patriarch undergoes a remarkable transition from an exemplar of the transformed angelomorphic humanity, as he appears in the early Enochic literature, to the new conceptual stage in which he is envisioned now as a specimen of the theomorphic humanity. Scholars previously noted that many future roles of Enoch-Metatron as the lesser representation of the divine Name and the replica of the divine Body, the offices that clearly intend to exalt the translated hero above the angelic world â are already hinted in the Slavonic apocalypse. In this respect it appears to be not coincidental that the authors of the Slavonic apocalypse are repeatedly trying to emphasize the supra-angelic status of the translated patriarch and his unique position in relation to the Deity. The motif of the angelic veneration, a development borrowed by the Enochic authors from the rival Adamic trend, seems to help further affirm this new status of the elevated patriarch securing his unique place above the angels. In light of these significant anthropological transitions leading Jewish mediatorial lore into the new era of its evolution, a brief look at another portentous theological account of the divine humanity, also written in the first century CE, might provide additional illuminating insights. Narrating Jesusâ temptation in the wilderness the Gospel of Matthew unveils the following tradition: Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; and he said to him, âAll these I will give you, if you will fall down (pesw_n) and worship me.â Then Jesus said to him, âBegone, Satan! for it is written, `You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.ââ Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered (dihko&noun) to him. (Matt 4:8-11. RSV). It has been previously noticed that this passage where the Devil tempts Jesus by asking him to fall down (pesw_n) and worship the demon appears to be alluding also to the Adamic account of the fall of Satan who once refused to venerate the Protoplast. The ancient enemy of humankind appears to be trying to take revenge for his protological mishap involving the First Adam by asking now for the veneration and worship from the Last Adam â Christ. Yet, Jesus refuses to follow this demonic trap, and after he rejects Satanâs proposal â the motif of angelic worship is then invoked again, this time directly and unambiguously in the text. Matt 4:11 tells its readers that after the temptation was over, angels came to worship Jesus. Here, similar to the possibly contemporaneous tradition found in the Slavonic apocalypse, the motif of angelic worship hints at the new divine status of a human character and helps to understand the anthropological paradigm shift which is leading the restored humankind back into the new, but once before lost, abode of its divine existence â the dimension in which a long time ago humanity was exalted above the angels humbly venerated by them.
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D. Smith", "www.facebook.com" ]	2021-04-23T13:26:39+00:00	I hear this from fans all the time. And I agree. There are so many cool ways to bring great projects to the screen. We are working with some amazing folks who are keen to do that with The Green Ember. Surely, if people are out here making a Peeps movie, we should get The...	en	https://i0.wp.com/sdsmit…it=32%2C32&ssl=1	S. D. Smith	https://sdsmith.com/surely-a-green-ember-movie-and-or-series-needs-to-happen-right/
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This article is about the supernatural beings. For other uses, see Angel (disambiguation). "Angelology" redirects here. For the novel, see Angelology (novel). In Abrahamic religious traditions (such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), an angel is a heavenly supernatural or spiritual being. In monotheistic belief-systems, such beings are under service of the supreme deity (i.e. God). Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God and humanity.[1][2] Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, such as guardian angels and servants of God.[3] Abrahamic religions describe angelic hierarchies, which vary by religion and sect. Some angels have specific names (such as Gabriel or Michael) or titles (such as seraph or archangel). Malevolent angels are often believed to have been expelled from Heaven and called fallen angels. In many such religions, the Devil (or devils) are identified with such angels. Angels in art are often identified with bird wings,[4] halos,[5] and divine light. They are usually shaped like humans of extraordinary beauty, though this is not always the case—sometimes, they can be portrayed in a frightening, inhuman manner.[6] Etymology [edit] The word angel arrives in modern English from Old English engel (with a hard g) and the Old French angele.[7] Both of these derive from Late Latin angelus, which in turn was borrowed from Late Greek ἄγγελος angelos (literally "messenger").[8] Τhe word's earliest form is Mycenaean a-ke-ro, attested in Linear B syllabic script.[9] According to the Dutch linguist R. S. P. Beekes, ángelos itself may be "an Oriental loan, like ἄγγαρος (ángaros, 'Persian mounted courier')."[10] The rendering of ángelos is the Septuagint's default translation of the Biblical Hebrew term malʼākh, denoting simply "messenger" without connoting its nature. In the Latin Vulgate, this meaning becomes bifurcated: when malʼākh or ángelos is supposed to denote a human messenger, words like nuntius or legatus are applied. If the word refers to some supernatural being, the word angelus appears. Such differentiation has been taken over by later vernacular translations of the Bible, early Christian and Jewish exegetes and eventually modern scholars.[11] Background [edit] The concept of angels is historically best to be understood from different ideas of the concept of God throughout history. In polytheistic and animistic worldviews, supernatural powers (i.e. deities, spirits, daemons, etc.) were assigned to different natural phenomena.[12](p102) Within a monotheistic framework, these powers were reconsidered to be servants of the supreme deity, turning autonomous supernatural beings into "angels".[12](p102) By that, supernatural powers controlling or influencing humanities' perception of the world, including natural phenomena and humans, are ultimately under control of a supreme God.[12](p102) Prominent angels, such as Michael and Gabriel, reflect a connection to the Chief Semitic deity El. Even "bad" angels such as Satan, Samael, Iblis etc., can be understood as an operating force within the nature of humans, as responsible for selfish tendencies.[12](p102) The idea of angels in early Hebrew scripture as supernatural agents is absent.[13] Instead, the Hebrew deity intervenes in human affairs, mostly by means of punishment.[14] Only in later thought of post-exilic and prophetic writings, the Biblical deity is conceptualized as distant and more merciful, his interventions replaced by the idea of angels.[14] However, such angels still carry out the gruesome attributes of God and can be both benevolent and malevolent.[14] The notion of angels as embodiment of good emerges only under influence of Zoroastrianism, in which the Devil is conceived as the principle of evil, with a hosts of demons, in battle with the holy entities (Aməša Spəṇta) created by Ahura Mazda (principle of good).[14][13] Influence of dualistic tendencies and replacement of divine powers by angels is evident from the Qumram writings. In the Angelic Liturgy, the Hebrew term elim (deities, heavenly powers) is used for angelic beings and not for God.[15](p23) The War Scroll speaks about angels of light fighting against demonic beings of darkness.[15](p20) Zoroastrianism [edit] Main article: Yazata In Zoroastrianism there are different angel-like figures. For example, each person has one guardian angel, called Fravashi. They patronize human beings and other creatures, and also manifest God's energy. The Amesha Spentas have often been regarded as angels, although there is no direct reference to them conveying messages,[16] but are rather emanations of Ahura Mazda ("Wise Lord", God); they initially appeared in an abstract fashion and then later became personalized, associated with various aspects of creation.[17] Judaism [edit] Main article: Angels in Judaism In Judaism, angels (Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ‎ mal’āḵ; "messenger"), are understood through interpretation of the Tanakh and in a long tradition as supernatural beings who stand by God in heaven, but are strictly to be distinguished from God (YHWH) and are subordinate to him. Occasionally, they can show selected people God's will and instructions.[18] In the Jewish tradition they are also inferior to humans since they have no will of their own and are able to carry out only one divine command.[19] Hebrew Bible [edit] The Torah uses the Hebrew terms מלאך אלהים (mal'āk̠ 'ĕlōhîm; "messenger of God"), מלאך יהוה (mal'āk̠ Yahweh; "messenger of the Lord"), בני אלהים (bənē 'ĕlōhîm; "sons of God") and הקודשים (haqqôd̠əšîm; "the holy ones") to refer to beings traditionally interpreted as angels. Later texts use other terms, such as העליונים (hā'elyônîm; "the upper ones").[citation needed] The term 'מלאך' ('mal'āk̠') is also used in other books of the Hebrew Bible. In the early stages of Hebrew writings, the term refers to human messengers, not to supernatural entities.[14][20] A human messenger might be a prophet or priest, such as Malachi, "my messenger"; the Greek superscription in the Septuagint translation states the Book of Malachi was written "by the hand of his messenger" ἀγγέλου (angélu). Examples of a supernatural messenger[21] are the "Malak YHWH", who is either a messenger from God,[22] an aspect of God (such as the logos),[23] or God himself as the messenger (the "theophanic angel.")[21][24] Michael D. Coogan notes that it is only in the late books that the terms "come to mean the benevolent semi-divine beings familiar from later mythology and art."[25] Daniel is the biblical book to refer to individual angels by name,[26] mentioning Gabriel in Daniel 9:21 and Michael in Daniel 10:13. These angels are part of Daniel's apocalyptic visions and are an important part of apocalyptic literature.[25][27] In Daniel 7, Daniel receives a dream-vision from God. [...] As Daniel watches, the Ancient of Days takes his seat on the throne of heaven and sits in judgement in the midst of the heavenly court [...] an [angel] like a son of man approaches the Ancient One in the clouds of heaven and is given everlasting kingship.[28] Coogan explains the development of this concept of angels: "In the postexilic period, with the development of explicit monotheism, these divine beings—the 'sons of God' who were members of the Divine Council—were in effect demoted to what are now known as 'angels', understood as beings created by God, but immortal and thus superior to humans."[25] This conception of angels is best understood in contrast to demons and is often thought to be "influenced by the ancient Persian religious tradition of Zoroastrianism, which viewed the world as a battleground between forces of good and forces of evil, between light and darkness."[25] One of these is hāššāṭān, a figure depicted in (among other places) the Book of Job. Rabbinic Judaism [edit] According to Rabbinic Judaism, the angels have no bodies, but are eternally living creatures created out of fire. The Babylonian Talmud reads as "The Torah was not given to ministering angels." (לא נתנה תורה למלאכי השרת) usually understood as a concession to human's imperfection, in contrast to the angels.[29] Thus, they occasionally appear in Midrashim as competition with humans.[30] The angels as heavenly beings, strictly following the laws of God, become jealous of God's affection for man. Humans, by following the Torah, in prayer, by resisting evil instincts (yetzer hara) and by teshuva, are preferred to the flawless angels. As a result, they are also inferior to humans in the Jewish tradition. In the Midrash, the plural of El (Elohim) used in Genesis in relation to the creation of human beings is explained by the presence of angels: God therefore consulted with the angels, but made the final decision alone. This story serves as an example, teaching that the powerful should also consult with the weak. God's own final decision highlights God's undisputable omnipotence.[30] In post-Biblical Judaism, certain angels took on particular significance and developed unique personalities and roles. Although these archangels were believed to rank among the heavenly host, no systematic hierarchy ever developed. Metatron is considered one of the highest of the angels in Merkabah and Kabbalah mysticism and often serves as a scribe; he is briefly mentioned in the Talmud[31] and figures prominently in Merkabah mystical texts. Michael, who serves as a warrior[32] and advocate for Israel (Daniel 10:13), is looked upon particularly fondly.[33] Gabriel is mentioned in the Book of Daniel (Daniel 8:15–17) and briefly in the Talmud,[34] as well as in many Merkabah mystical texts. There is no evidence in Judaism for the worship of angels, but there is evidence for the invocation and sometimes even conjuration of angels.[26] Philo of Alexandria identifies the angel with the Logos inasmuch as the angel is the immaterial voice of God. The angel is something different from God himself, but is conceived as God's instrument.[35] Four classes of ministering angels minister and utter praise before the Holy One, blessed be He: the first camp (led by) Michael on His right, the second camp (led by) Gabriel on His left, the third camp (led by) Uriel before Him, and the fourth camp (led by) Raphael behind Him; and the Shekhinah of the Holy One, blessed be He, is in the centre. He is sitting on a throne high and exalted[36] Later interpretations [edit] According to Kabbalah, there are four worlds and our world is the last world: the world of action (Assiyah). Angels exist in the worlds above as a 'task' of God. They are an extension of God to produce effects in this world. After an angel has completed its task, it ceases to exist. The angel is in effect the task. This is derived from the book of Genesis when Abraham meets with three angels and Lot meets with two. The task of one of the angels was to inform Sara and Abraham of their coming child. The other two were to save Lot and to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.[26] Jewish philosopher Maimonides explained his view of angels in his Guide for the Perplexed II:4 and II ... This leads Aristotle in turn to the demonstrated fact that God, glory and majesty to Him, does not do things by direct contact. God burns things by means of fire; fire is moved by the motion of the sphere; the sphere is moved by means of a disembodied intellect, these intellects being the 'angels which are near to Him', through whose mediation the spheres move ... thus totally disembodied minds exist which emanate from God and are the intermediaries between God and all the bodies [objects] here in this world. — Guide for the Perplexed II:4, Maimonides Maimonides had a neo-Aristotelian interpretation of the Bible. Maimonides writes that to the wise man, one sees that what the Bible and Talmud refer to as "angels" are actually allusions to the various laws of nature; they are the principles by which the physical universe operates. For all forces are angels! How blind, how perniciously blind are the naive?! If you told someone who purports to be a sage of Israel that the Deity sends an angel who enters a woman's womb and there forms an embryo, he would think this a miracle and accept it as a mark of the majesty and power of the Deity, despite the fact that he believes an angel to be a body of fire one third the size of the entire world. All this, he thinks, is possible for God. But if you tell him that God placed in the sperm the power of forming and demarcating these organs, and that this is the angel, or that all forms are produced by the Active Intellect; that here is the angel, the "vice-regent of the world" constantly mentioned by the sages, then he will recoil. – Guide for the Perplexed II:4 Individuals [edit] From the Jewish Encyclopedia, entry "Angelology".[26] Michael ("Who is like God?"), kindness of God, and stands up for the children of mankind[37] Gabriel ("God is my strength"), performs acts of justice and power (Only these two angels are mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible; the names of the others are from Jewish apocrypha, post-exilic or Talmudic lore Jophiel ("Beauty of God"), expelled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden holding a flaming sword and punishes those who transgress against God Metatron, heavenly scribe of God Raphael ("It is God who heals"), God's healing force Uriel ("God is my light"), leads humanity to destiny Samael ("Venom of God"), angel of death — see also Malach HaMavet ("the angel of death") Sandalphon ("Bringing together"), battles Samael and brings mankind together Christianity [edit] Main article: Angels in Christianity In the early stage, the Christian concept of an angel characterized the angel as a 'messenger' of God. The word "angel" can be drawn to the term or role of a "messenger" throughout the Bible in both old and new testaments - (Hebrews 1:14) calls them "ministering [or serving] spirits", sent by God to aid the "heirs of salvation".[38] Later came identification of individual angelic messengers: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, and Uriel.[39] Then, in the space of slightly over two centuries (from the 3rd to the 5th) the image of angels took on definite characteristics both in theology and in art.[40] Ellen Muehlberger has argued that in Late Antiquity, angels were conceived of as one type of being among many, whose primary purpose was to guard and to guide Christians.[41] Bible [edit] Angels are represented throughout Bibles as spiritual beings which are intermediate between God and humanity: "For thou hast made him [man] a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour" (Psalms 8:4–5). Christians, based on Psalms and Genesis 2:1, believe that angels were the first beings created by God before the creation of Earth (Psalms 148:2–5; Colossians 1:16). Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible refer to intermediary beings as angels, instead of daimons, thus giving raise to a distinction between demons and angels.[42] In the Old Testament, both benevolent and fierce angels are mentioned, but never called demons. The symmetry lies between angels sent by God, and intermediary spirits of foreign deities, not in good and evil deeds.[43] In the New Testament, the existence of angels, just like that of demons, is taken for granted.[44] They can intervene and intercede on behalf of humans. Angels protect the righteous (Matthew 4:6, Luke 4:11). They dwell in the heavens (Matthew 28:2, John 1:51), act as God's warriors (Matthew 26:53) and worship God (Luke 2:13).[45] In the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus, angels behave as psychopomps. The Resurrection of Jesus features angels, telling the woman that Jesus is no longer in the tomb, but has risen from the dead.[46] Interaction with humans [edit] Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.—Hebrews 13:2 According to Jesus' statement, angels of Heaven don't marry (Matthew 22:30, Mark 12:25, and Luke 20:34–46).[47] Three separate cases of angelic interaction deal with the births of John the Baptist and Jesus. In (Luke 1:11), an angel appears to Zechariah to inform him that he will have a child despite his old age, thus proclaiming the birth of John the Baptist. In Luke 1:26, Gabriel visits Mary in the Annunciation to foretell the birth of Jesus. Angels proclaim the birth of Jesus in the Adoration of the shepherds in Luke 2:10.[48] According to Matthew 4:11, after Jesus spent 40 days in the desert, "...the Devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him." In Luke 22:43 an angel comforts Jesus during the Agony in the Garden.[49] In Matthew 28:5 an angel speaks at the empty tomb, following the Resurrection of Jesus and the rolling back of the stone by angels.[48] In 1851 Pope Pius IX approved the Chaplet of Saint Michael based on the 1751 reported private revelation from archangel Michael to the Carmelite nun Antonia d'Astonac.[50] In a biography of Gemma Galgani written by Germanus Ruoppolo, Galgani stated that she had spoken with her guardian angel. Pope John Paul II emphasized the role of angels in Catholic teachings in his 1986 address titled "Angels Participate In History Of Salvation", in which he suggested that modern mentality should come to see the importance of angels.[51] According to the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, "The practice of assigning names to the Holy Angels should be discouraged, except in the cases of Gabriel, Raphael and Michael whose names are contained in Holy Scripture."[52] Theology [edit] Further information: Christian theology According to Augustine of Hippo, the term 'angel' refers to "the name of their office, not [...] their nature", as they are pure spirits who act as messengers, clarifying: "If you seek the name of their nature, it is 'spirit'; if you seek the name of their office, it is 'angel': from what they are, 'spirit', from what they do, 'angel'."[53] Gregory of Nazianzus thought that angels were made as "spirits" and "flames of fire", following Hebrews 1, and that they can be identified with the "thrones, dominions, rulers and authorities" of Colossians 1.[41] By the late 4th century, the Church Fathers agreed that there were different categories of angels, with appropriate missions and activities assigned to them. There was, however, some disagreement regarding the nature of angels. Some argued that angels had physical bodies,[54] while some maintained that they were entirely spiritual. Some theologians had proposed that angels were not divine but on the level of immaterial beings subordinate to the Trinity. The resolution of this Trinitarian dispute included the development of doctrine about angels.[55] Forty Gospel Homilies by Pope Gregory I (c. 540 – 12 March 604) noted angels and archangels.[56] The Fourth Lateran Council's (1215) Firmiter credimus decree (issued against the Albigenses) declared that the angels were created beings and that men were created after them. The First Vatican Council (1869) repeated this declaration in Dei Filius, the "Dogmatic constitution on the Catholic faith". In the Middle Ages, theologians had to address Augustine's ideas of "angelic knowledge", as set out in De Genesi ad litteram, which he divided into "morning" knowledge, knowledge of Creation before it is created derived from direct access to the Word of God, and "evening" knowledge, knowledge of Creation derived from perceiving it after it has been created. Thomas Aquinas (13th century) related angels to Aristotle's metaphysics in his Summa contra Gentiles,[58] Summa Theologica,[59] the 8th question of Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate, and in De substantiis separatis,[60] a treatise on angelology. Aquinas varied significantly from the Augustinian view in two major respects: angels were not created in an initial state of bliss, and only beatified angels have "morning" knowledge. In other words: angels have an angelic nature, but in their natural states have no access to Divine "morning" knowledge of Creation, which they only gain with supernatural assistance. This was Aquinas' most original contribution to Christian angelology. Although angels have greater knowledge than men, they are not omniscient, as Matthew 24:36 points out.[63] According to the Summa Theologica, angels were created instantaneously by God in a state of grace in the Empyrean Heaven (LXI. 4) at the same time when he created all the contents of the corporeal world (LXI. 3). They are pure spirits whose life consists in knowledge and love. Being bodiless, their knowledge is intellectual and not through senses (LIV. 5). Differently from humans, their knowledge is not acquired from the exterior world (having acquired all knowledge they would ever receive in the moment of their creation); moreover they attain to the truth of a thing at a single glance without need of reasoning (LV. a; LVIII. 3,4). They know all that passes in the external world (LV. 2) and the totality of creatures, but they don't know human secret thoughts that depends on human free will and thereby are not necessarily linked up with external events (LVII. 4). They don't know also the future unless God reveals it to them (LVII. 3).[64] According to Aquinas, angels are the closest creatures to God. Therefore, like God, they are constituted by pure form without matter.[65] While they do not have a physical composition of matter and form (called ilemorphysm), they possess the metaphysical composition of act (the act of being[66]) and potency (their finite essence, yet without being[66]).[67] Each angel is a species which a unique individual belongs to; angels differ one from another by way of their unique and irrepetible form. In other words, form - and not matter - is their principle of individuation.[68] The New Church (Swedenborgianism) [edit] The New Church denominations that arose from the writings of theologian Emanuel Swedenborg have distinct ideas about angels and the spiritual world in which they dwell. Adherents believe that all angels are in human form with a spiritual body, and are not just minds without form.[69] There are different orders of angels according to the three heavens,[70] and each angel dwells in one of innumerable societies of angels. Such a society of angels can appear as one angel as a whole.[71] All angels originate from the human race, and there is not one angel in heaven who first did not live in a material body.[72] Moreover, all children who die not only enter heaven but eventually become angels.[73] The life of angels is that of usefulness, and their functions are so many that they cannot be enumerated. However each angel will enter a service according to the use that they had performed in their earthly life.[74] Names of angels, such as Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, signify a particular angelic function rather than an individual being.[75] While living in one's body an individual has conjunction with heaven through the angels,[76] and with each person, there are at least two evil spirits and two angels.[77] Temptation or pains of conscience originates from a conflict between evil spirits and angels.[78] Due to man's sinful nature it is dangerous to have open direct communication with angels[79] and they can only be seen when one's spiritual sight has been opened.[80] Thus from moment to moment angels attempt to lead each person to what is good tacitly using the person's own thoughts.[81] Latter Day Saints [edit] The Latter Day Saint movement views angels as the messengers of God. They are sent to mankind to deliver messages, minister to humanity, teach doctrines of salvation, call mankind to repentance, give priesthood keys, save individuals in perilous times, and guide humankind.[82] Latter Day Saints believe that angels either are the spirits of humans who are deceased or who have yet to be born, or are humans who have been resurrected or translated and have physical bodies of flesh and bones.[83] Joseph Smith taught that "there are no angels who minister to this earth but those that do belong or have belonged to it."[84] As such, Latter Day Saints also believe that Adam, the first man, was and is now the archangel Michael,[85][86][87] and that Gabriel lived on the earth as Noah.[83] Likewise the Angel Moroni first lived in a pre-Columbian American civilization as the 5th-century prophet-warrior named Moroni. Smith described his first angelic encounter in the following manner: While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my bedside, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor. He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant ... Not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning. The room was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately around his person. When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the fear soon left me.[88] Most angelic visitations in the early Latter Day Saint movement were witnessed by Smith and Oliver Cowdery, who both said (prior to the establishment of the church in 1830) they had been visited by the prophet Moroni, John the Baptist, and the apostles Peter, James, and John. Later, after the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, Smith and Cowdery said they had been visited by Jesus, and subsequently by Moses, Elias, and Elijah.[89] Others who said they received a visit by an angel include the other two of the Three Witnesses: David Whitmer and Martin Harris. Many other Latter Day Saints, both in the early and modern church, have said they had seen angels, although Smith posited that, except in extenuating circumstances such as the restoration, mortals teach mortals, spirits teach spirits, and resurrected beings teach other resurrected beings.[90] Islam [edit] Main article: Angels in Islam Belief in angels is fundamental to Islam. The Quranic word for angel (Arabic: ملاك Malāk) derives either from Malaka, meaning "he controlled", due to their power to govern different affairs assigned to them,[91] or from the root either from ʼ-l-k, l-ʼ-k or m-l-k with the broad meaning of a "messenger", just like its counterparts in Hebrew (malʾákh) and Greek (angelos). Unlike their Hebrew counterpart, the term is exclusively used for heavenly spirits of the divine world, but not for human messengers. The Quran refers to both angelic and human messengers as "rasul" instead.[92] The Quran is the principal source for the Islamic concept of angels.[93] Some of them, such as Gabriel and Michael, are mentioned by name in the Quran, others are only referred to by their function. Most Muslim theologians, such as al-Suyuti, based on a hadith stating that the angels have been created through the light (Nūr), depict angels as entities consisting of substance, in contrast to philosophers who argued for angels being disembodied spirits.[94] Additionally, angels are thought to be endowed with reason and be subject to God's tests. Al-Maturidi (853–944 CE) states that the inhabitants of heaven were tested by adorenments, just as humans and jinn on earth were tested, pointing at Sūrat al-Kahf [Q. 18:7][95][96] When angels fail their tests, they might end up on earth, such as Harut and Marut. If the devils (šayāṭīn) have been angels once or form a separate type of creature from the beginning, is discussed in Islamic tradition.[97] Contrary to popular belief, angels are never described as agents of revelation in the Quran, although interpretation credits Gabriel with that.[98] Angels are not limited to benevolent tasks, but can also carry out grim orders.[99] Not demons, but angels are tasked to guard and punish sinners in hell.[100] Angels play a significant role in Mi'raj literature, where Muhammad encounters several angels during his journey through the heavens.[101] Further angels have often been featured in Islamic eschatology, Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy.[102] Individual angels are further evoked in exorcism rites, with their names engraved in talismans or amulets to call upon their powers.[103] Kalām [edit] Classical period [edit] Islamic theology usually distinguishes between three types of invisible creatures: angels (malāʾikah), djinn, and devils (šayāṭīn).[105] Islamic theologian al-Ghazali (c. 1058 – 1111) divides human nature into four domains, each representing another type of creature: animals, beasts, devils and angels.[106] Reconciling the literal meaning (Ẓāhir) with the Avicennan cosmology of falsafa of angels, he identified angels with the "celestial intellects" or "immaterial souls".[107] Angels, made from light (Nūr) and thus associated with reason ('aql), represent the intellectual capacity of a human and the ability to bound the devilish qualities from within.[108][109] By that, Ghazali does not deny the literal reality of angels, but rejects that they could be perceived directly.[110] Although belief in angels remains one of Six Articles of Faith in Islam, one can not find a dogmatic angelology in Islamic tradition. However, theologians generally distinguish between the angels in heaven (karubiyin), fully absorbed in the ma'rifa (knowledge) of God, and the messengers (rasūl) who carry out divine decrees between heaven and earth.[111][112] Others add a third group of angels, and categorize angels into İlliyyûn Mukarrebûn (those around God's throne), Mudabbirât (carrying the laws of nature), and Rasūl (messengers).[113] Al-Baydawi based this divide into two groups on Quranic verses: angels who are self-immersed in knowledge of "the Truth" (al-Haqq), based on "they laud night and day, they never wane" (21:29), they are the "highmost" and "angels brought near" and those who are the executors of commands, based on "they do not disobey Allah in what He commanded them but they do what they are commanded" (66:6), who are the administers of the command of heaven to earth.[114]: 509 Modern and Contemporary movements [edit] Some modern scholars have emphasized a metaphorical reinterpretation of the concept of angels.[115] Salafism and Wahhabism generally emphasize a literal interpretation of angels against modernistic interpretations, as for example, suggested by Nasr Abu Zayd. Simultaneously, many traditional materials regarding angels accepted during the Classical period are often disregarded by Wahhabis and Salafis. The Muslim Brotherhood scholars Sayyid Qutb and Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar reject much established material during earlier periods, for example, the story of Harut and Marut or calling the Angel of Death Azrail. Sulayman Ashqar not only rejects the traditional material itself, but also disapproves of previous scholars who used such reports.[116] Iconography [edit] In Islam, just like in Judaism and Christianity, angels are often represented in anthropomorphic forms combined with supernatural images, such as wings, being of great size or wearing heavenly articles.[117] The Quran describes them as "messengers with wings—two, or three, or four: He [God] adds to Creation as He pleases..."[118] The 13th century book Ajā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (The Wonders of Creation) by Zakariya al-Qazwini describes Islamic angelology, and is often illustrated with many images of angels. The angels are typically depicted with bright, vivid colors, giving them unusual liveliness and other-worldly translucence.[119] While some angels are referred to as "Guardians of the Kingdom of God," others are associated with hell. An undated manuscript of The Wonders of Creation from the Bavarian State Library in Munich includes depictions of angels both alone and alongside humans and animals.[119] Angels are also illustrated in Timurid and Ottoman manuscripts, such as The Timurid Book of the Prophet Muhammad's Ascension (Mir'ajnama) and the Siyer-i Nebi.[120] Baháʼí faith [edit] In his Kitáb-i-Íqán Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, describes angels as people who "have consumed, with the fire of the love of God, all human traits and limitations", and have "clothed themselves" with angelic attributes and have become "endowed with the attributes of the spiritual". ʻAbdu'l-Bahá describes angels as the "confirmations of God and His celestial powers" and as "blessed beings who have severed all ties with this nether world" and "been released from the chains of self", and "revealers of God's abounding grace". The Baháʼí writings also refer to the Concourse on High, an angelic host, and the Maid of Heaven of Baháʼu'lláh's vision.[121] I raised my hand another time, and bared one of Her breasts that had been hidden beneath Her gown. Then the firmament was illumined by the radiance of its light, contingent beings were made resplendent by its appearance and effulgence, and by its rays, infinite numbers of suns dawned forth, as though they trekked through heavens that were without beginning or end. I became bewildered at the pen of God's handiwork, and at what it had inscribed upon Her temple. It was as though She had appeared with a body of light in the forms of the spirit, as though She moved upon the earth of essence in the substance of manifestation. I noticed that the houris had poked their heads out of their rooms and were suspended in the air above Her. They grew perplexed at Her appearance and Her beauty and were entranced by the raptures of Her song. Praise be to Her creator, fashioner, and maker--to the one Who made Her manifest. Then she nearly swooned within herself, and with all her being she sought to inhale My fragrance. She opened Her lips, and the rays of light dawned forth from Her teeth, as though the pearls of the cause had appeared from Her treasures and Her shells. She asked, "Who art Thou?" I said, "A servant of God and the son of his maidservant."[122] — Tablet of the Maiden, Baháʼu'lláh Philosophy of religion [edit] In Ancient Greek philosophy, there is no significant distinction made between good and evil spirits.[123] Under Iranian influence, the sublunary sphere was traced to inspiring angels.[123] Philo of Alexandria already identified the Neo-Platonic interpretation of daemons as angels. The daemons were thought to be intermediary between the supernatural and earthly realm, interpreted by Philo as the Greek term for angels.[43] In the commentaries of Proclus (4th century) on the Timaeus of Plato, Proclus uses the terminology of "angelic" (aggelikos) and "angel" (aggelos) in relation to metaphysical beings. According to Aristotle, just as there is a Prime Mover,[124] so too, must there be spiritual secondary movers.[125] Ibn Sina, who drew upon the emanation cosmology of al-Farabi, developed an angelological hierarchy of Intellects, which are created by "the One". Therefore, the first creation by God was the supreme archangel followed by other archangels, who are identified with lower Intellects. From these Intellects again, emanated lower angels or "moving spheres", from which in turn, emanated other Intellects until it reaches the Intellect, which reigns over the souls. The tenth Intellect is responsible for bringing material forms into being and illuminating the minds.[126][127] Esotericism [edit] Graeco-Roman world [edit] The Greek magical papyri, a set of texts forming into a completed grimoire that date somewhere between 100 BC and 400 AD, also list the names of the angels found in monotheistic religions, but they are presented as deities.[128] Gnosticism [edit] Main article: Gnosticism Numerous references to angels present themselves in the Nag Hammadi Library, in which they both appear as malevolent servants of the Demiurge and innocent associates of the aeons.[129] Hermetic Qabalah [edit] Main article: Hermetic Qabalah According to the Kabbalah as described by the Golden Dawn there are ten archangels, each commanding one of the choirs of angels and corresponding to one of the Sephirot. It is similar to the Jewish angelic hierarchy. Rank Choir of Angels Translation Archangel Sephirah 1 Hayot Ha Kodesh Holy Living Ones Metatron Keter 2 Ophanim Wheels Raziel Chokmah 3 Erelim Brave ones[130] Tzaphkiel Binah 4 Hashmallim Glowing ones, Amber ones[131] Tzadkiel Chesed 5 Seraphim Burning Ones Khamael Gevurah 6 Malakim Messengers, angels Raphael Tipheret 7 Elohim Godly Beings Uriel Netzach 8 Bene Elohim Sons of Elohim Michael Hod 9 Cherubim [132] Gabriel Yesod 10 Ishim Men (man-like beings, phonetically similar to "fires") Sandalphon Malkuth Theosophy [edit] Main article: Theosophy In the teachings of the Theosophical Society, Devas are regarded as living either in the atmospheres of the planets of the Solar System (Planetary Angels) or inside the Sun (Solar Angels) and they help to guide the operation of the processes of nature such as the process of evolution and the growth of plants; their appearance is reputedly like colored flames about the size of a human. It is believed by Theosophists that devas can be observed when the third eye is activated. Some (but not most) devas originally incarnated as human beings.[133] It is believed by Theosophists that nature spirits, elementals (gnomes, undines, sylphs, and salamanders), and fairies also can be observed when the third eye is activated.[134] It is maintained by Theosophists that these less evolutionarily developed beings have never been previously incarnated as humans; they are regarded as being on a separate line of spiritual evolution called the "deva evolution"; eventually, as their souls advance as they reincarnate, it is believed they will incarnate as devas.[135] It is asserted by Theosophists that all of the above-mentioned beings possess etheric bodies that are composed of etheric matter, a type of matter finer and more pure that is composed of smaller particles than ordinary physical plane matter.[135] Yazidism [edit] In Yazidism, there are seven Divine Beings (often called 'angels' in the literature) who were created by God prior to the creation of this world. God appointed Tawûsî Melek as their leader and assigned all of the world's affairs to these seven Divine Beings.[136] These Divine Beings are referred to as Tawûsî Melek, Melek Şemsedîn, Melek Nasirdîn, Melek Fexredîn, Melek Sicadîn, Melek Şêxsin and Melek Şêxûbekir. In art [edit] Main articles: Angels in art and Putto According to mainstream Christian theology, angels are wholly spiritual beings and therefore do not eat, excrete or have sex, and have no gender. Although their different roles, such as warriors for some archangels, may suggest a human gender, Christian artists were careful not to given them specific gender attributes, at least until the 19th century, when some acquire breasts for example.[137] In an address during a General Audience of 6 August 1986, entitled "Angels participate in the history of salvation", Pope John Paul II explained that "[T]he angels have no 'body' (even if, in particular circumstances, they reveal themselves under visible forms because of their mission for the good of people)."[51] Christian art perhaps reflects the descriptions in Revelation 4:6–8 of the Four Living Creatures (Greek: τὰ τέσσαρα ζῷα) and the descriptions in the Hebrew Bible of cherubim and seraphim (the chayot in Ezekiel's Merkabah vision and the Seraphim of Isaiah). However, while cherubim and seraphim have wings in the Bible, no angel is mentioned as having wings.[138] The earliest known Christian image of an angel—in the Cubicolo dell'Annunziazione in the Catacomb of Priscilla (mid-3rd century)—is without wings. In that same period, representations of angels on sarcophagi, lamps and reliquaries also show them without wings,[139] as for example the angel in the Sacrifice of Isaac scene in the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus (although the side view of the Sarcophagus shows winged angelic figures). The earliest known representation of angels with wings is on the "Prince's Sarcophagus", attributed to the time of Theodosius I (379–395), discovered at Sarigüzel, near Istanbul, in the 1930s.[140] From that period on, Christian art has represented angels mostly with wings, as in the cycle of mosaics in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (432–440).[141] Four- and six-winged angels, drawn from the higher grades of angels (especially cherubim and seraphim) and often showing only their faces and wings, are derived from Persian art and are usually shown only in heavenly contexts, as opposed to performing tasks on earth. They often appear in the pendentives of church domes or semi-domes. Prior to the Judeo-Christian tradition, in the Greek world the goddess Nike and the gods Eros and Thanatos were also depicted in human-like form with wings. John Chrysostom explained the significance of angels' wings: They manifest a nature's sublimity. That is why Gabriel is represented with wings. Not that angels have wings, but that you may know that they leave the heights and the most elevated dwelling to approach human nature. Accordingly, the wings attributed to these powers have no other meaning than to indicate the sublimity of their nature.[142] Angels are typically depicted in Mormon art as having no wings based on a quote from Joseph Smith ("An angel of God never has wings").[143] In terms of their clothing, angels, especially the Archangel Michael, were depicted as military-style agents of God and came to be shown wearing Late Antique military uniform. This uniform could be the normal military dress, with a tunic to about the knees, an armour breastplate and pteruges, but was often the specific dress of the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperor, with a long tunic and the loros, the long gold and jewelled pallium restricted to the Imperial family and their closest guards. The basic military dress was shown in Western art into the Baroque period and beyond (see Reni picture above), and up to the present day in Eastern Orthodox icons. Other angels came to be conventionally depicted in long robes, and in the later Middle Ages they often wear the vestments of a deacon, a cope over a dalmatic. This costume was used especially for Gabriel in Annunciation scenes—for example the Annunciation in Washington by Jan van Eyck. Some types of angels are described as possessing more unusual or frightening attributes, such as the fiery bodies of the Seraphim, and the wheel-like structures of the Ophanim. Italian Gothic angel of the annunciation, circa 1430–1440, Istrian limestone, gesso and gilt, 95.3 x 37.5 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art Southern German Baroque angel, by Ignaz Günther, circa 1760–1770, lindenwood with traces of gesso, 26.7 x 18.4 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art Arquebusier Angels, hundreds of colonial paintings depicting these angels, Colonial Bolivia and Peru, 17th century, were part of the Cusco Colonial Painting School The extraordinary-looking Cherubim (immediately to the right of Ezekiel) and Ophanim (the nested-wheels) appear in the chariot vision of Ezekiel An angel in the former coat of arms of Tenala Sopó Archangels, a series of archangels painted around 1650 in colonial Colombia. Apparition of Saint Michael, ca. 1686 by Cristóbal de Villalpando. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral collection. Colonial Mexico. See also [edit] References [edit] Sources [edit] Further reading [edit]
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2622	dbpedia	2	49	https://davidjeremiah.blog/what-does-the-bible-really-say-about-guardian-angels/	en	What Does the Bible Really Say About Guardian Angels?	https://davidjeremiah.bl…rdian-angels.jpg	https://davidjeremiah.bl…rdian-angels.jpg	[ "https://d2urhn0mmik6is.cloudfront.net/site/blog/images/logo_nav1.png", "https://d2urhn0mmik6is.cloudfront.net/site/blog/images/logo_nav1.png", "https://davidjeremiah.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/what-does-the-bible-really-say-about-guardian-angels.jpg", "https://davidjeremiah.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/what-does-the-bible-really-say-about-guardian-angels.jpg", "https://d2urhn0mmik6is.cloudfront.net/site/blog/images/david-jeremiah2.jpg", "https://davidjeremiah.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/blog-IAM-cards.jpg", "https://davidjeremiah.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/blog-pure-gift-1.jpg", "https://davidjeremiah.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/blog-pure-gift-1.jpg", "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=659519937458113&ev=PageView&noscript=1" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2018-06-19T16:54:11-07:00	Angels are more active in our world than you might imagine. Find out what Scripture says about how they watch over us and help us in times of need.	en	https://davidjeremiah.blog/wp-content/themes/magazine-pro/images/favicon.ico	David Jeremiah Blog	https://davidjeremiah.blog/what-does-the-bible-really-say-about-guardian-angels/	Is there one particular angel whose God-given assignment is serving me—just me? One of the most common beliefs about angels is that each of us has a guardian angel. But the Bible does not explicitly state this. As far as I can determine, there are just two verses in the Bible that indicate there might be guardian angels in the world today: The first is Matthew 18:10 and the second is Acts 12:13-15. Now, those are the only two passages that I’m aware of that allude to the idea of guardian angels. But we cannot be sure. We do know, however, that God sends His angels to watch over us and help us in times of need. Now, we can’t know with absolute certainty whether or not each believer has a guardian angel; but we do know that God’s angels care about us and that they can intervene in our lives as they are called by God—and that’s a wonderful thought! The psalmist writes that all the angels rally for the protection of one saint. And there is biblical evidence that sometimes we entertain angels within the company we keep! Here are some biblical instances of when God sent angels to watch over His people. Matthew 18:10 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. Acts 12:13-15 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel.” Psalm 91:11-12 For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. Psalm 34:4-7 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? Matthew 13:41 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.
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him and accomplishing his will.	en	/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png	The Gospel Coalition	https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/the-spirit-world-angels/	The Nature of Angels Angels are spiritual in nature. Angels are supernatural spiritual beings created by God (Neh 9:6) who can move between heaven and earth (Gen 28:12; cf. John 1:51). Usually they are invisible to human beings, but they can make themselves known either in a form that is indistinguishable from that of humans (Gen 19:1–5; Judg 13:3, 6, 8, 10–11, 16, 21; Heb 13:2) or as glorious heavenly beings (Matt 28:3; cf. Luke 2:9; 2Cor 11:14). However, they differ from humans in that they do not marry or procreate, nor do they experience death (Mark 12:25; Luke 20:35–36). One notable passage in this regard is 2 Kings 6:16–17, where the king of Aram sent “a strong force” to surround the city where Elisha was staying, so that Elisha’s servant was afraid (2Kgs 6:13–15). Then in verse 17, Elisha prayed, “‘Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.’ Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” Angels are righteous and blameless. The angels who refused to follow Satan are also righteous and blameless in character. One helpful passage in this regard is 1 Samuel 29:8–9a: “And David said to Achish, ‘But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I entered your service until now, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?’ And Achish answered David and said, ‘I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God.’” This simile (i.e., blameless as an angel) clearly indicates that the angels of God were viewed as possessing righteous character which led naturally to blameless behavior. This is consistent with the New Testament passages that refer to “the holy angels” (Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; Rev 14:10). Angels are mighty and powerful. Certainly Psalm 103:20 strongly suggests that angels are far more powerful than humans: “Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.” They are also described in Scripture as “principalities and powers,” terms that suggest power and might. In addition, in 2 Peter 2:10b–11 the apostle informs his readers that false teachers were “bold and arrogant” in heaping abuse on celestial beings, in spite of the fact that “even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful,” would not do that. They recognize that judgment comes from the Lord. Angels possess an abundance of wisdom. Certain passages in Scripture imply that angels have a measure of wisdom, especially in discerning good and evil, that is beyond that of human beings. In 2 Samuel 14, Joab attempts to repair the relationship between David and his third son, Absalom. In order to accomplish this, Joab enlists the help of “a wise woman” from Tekoa and sends her to David. After telling a fictional story in hopes of moving the king to bring back his banished son, she says to David in verse 17, “…May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil.” This understanding is consistent with another reference to the wisdom of angels that is found in 2 Samuel 14:20. The Roles Angels Play in God’s Plan for Humanity Angels offer worship to God. Angels regularly offer worship to God in the heavenly realms, but on one occasion a group of shepherds were given a glimpse of the heavenly chorus of praise offered by the angelic host (Luke 2:13–14). As Luke wrote, “Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.’” This fulfills the psalmist’s call in Psalm 148:2: “Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts.” This glimpse of angelic worship is only a foretaste of the glorious praise that is described in the Book of Revelation. In Revelation 5:11–12, John describes a spectacular scene: “Angels numbering ten thousand times ten thousand encircle the throne, and in a loud voice they call out, ‘Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!’” Then, in Revelation 5:13–14, John writes, “Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying, ‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power for ever and ever!’ The four living creatures said, ‘Amen,’ and the elders fell down and worshiped.” Angels serve as messengers from God to humans. Many examples of this role are found in both the Old and the New Testaments, which is not surprising given the fact that the Hebrew term that is translated “angel” is mal’ak, which etymologically refers to a messenger. One important passage in this regard is found in the narrative of the sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 22. Just as Abraham was about to slay his son in obedience to God’s command, “…the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, stopping him from killing Isaac (Gen 22:11–12). Then, in Genesis 22:15–18, the angel of the Lord reiterates what was said in Genesis 22:12, namely his promise that Abraham will be blessed and that through his offspring “all nations on earth will be blessed.” Other examples of angels fulfilling this role include angels urging Lot and his family to flee the city of Sodom (Gen 19:12–13), encouraging Hagar regarding her son (Gen 21:17), sending Moses to bring the Israelites out of Egypt (Exod 3:1–4:17), promising to send an angel before them to drive out the current occupants of the promised land (Exod 33:2), and ordering Gad to tell David to build an altar to the Lord (1Chr 21:18–19). In the New Testament, angels also fulfill this role. For example, in Matthew 1:20 Joseph is told not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife. In Matthew 2:13, an angel appears to Joseph in a dream and instructs him to take Mary and Jesus and escape to Egypt. Then, in Matthew 2:19–20 an angel appears in a dream to Joseph, telling him to take his wife and child and return to the land of Israel. Also, in Luke’s gospel an angel is sent to Zechariah to announce John’s coming birth (Luke 1:11–17), and later the angel Gabriel is sent to announce Jesus’s upcoming birth (Luke 1:26–38). Once Jesus was born, an angel announced his birth to a group of shepherds who were keeping watch over their flocks near Bethlehem (Luke 2:8–12), and then “a great company of the heavenly host” appeared and gave glory to God (Luke 2:13–14). Luke 24:23 also informs us that after the women visited the tomb and found that Jesus’s body was gone, they saw a vision of angels, “who said he was alive.” Angels assist in accomplishing God’s redemptive purposes. This role is frequently played by angels in both the Old and the New Testaments. One example from the narratives about the patriarchs (Gen 24:1–67) has to do with acquiring a wife for Isaac from his country, namely Mesopotamia. Abraham was confident of success due to his faith in God and told his servant in Genesis 24:7 (cf. Gen 24:40) that God “…will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.” When his servant arrived in Abraham’s country, and specifically in the town of Nahor, he prayed, asking God to give him success (24:12). After using a simple test, it was clear to Abraham’s servant and to the members of Rebekah’s family that “This is from the Lord” (24:50). While nothing further is mentioned about the angel referred to by Abraham, he clearly believed that this angel was involved in making his journey a success. Another example of this role is mentioned in Stephen’s speech in Acts 7:38 (cf. Acts 7:53; Gal 3:19), this time in relation to the giving of the law through Moses: “He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.” As the apostle Paul stated it in Galatians 3:19, “The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator.” It is undeniable that the giving of the law was an important event when it comes to God’s redemptive purposes, and angels clearly played a significant role at this point in salvation history. Other examples of the activities of angels to further God’s redemptive purposes are present in Scripture, including sending an angel before God’s people to drive out the current inhabitants of the promised land (Exod 33:2). Also important is Isaiah’s statement, “In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old” (63:9). One final example of an angel furthering God’s redemptive purposes is found in Acts 10:3–8 (cf. Acts 10:30–33), where an angel speaks to Cornelius in a vision and instructs him to send men to bring back Peter from Joppa. This intervention by the angel in question opens the way for Gentiles to hear the gospel and to receive the Holy Spirit without circumcision and keeping the law of Moses. All this led, ultimately, to the decision that was made at the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. Without these events and the decision that was made at the council, the spread of the gospel among Gentiles would have been drastically reduced. Angels help and protect God’s people. This role is clearly identified in Genesis 48:15–16, where, in Israel’s blessing of Joseph and his sons, he speaks of “the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, the angel who has delivered me from all harm.” In the end the angel acted as he did so that God’s purposes could be accomplished in and through Joseph and his sons. Another significant example of this role is also found in the Old Testament, where God sent an angel to bring the Israelites out of Egypt (Num 20:16) and to protect them as they were about to cross the Red Sea. At that point God commanded Moses to part the sea so the people could cross through on dry ground (Exod 14:15–18), and the narrative describes what happened next: Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. (Exod. 14:19–20a) The purpose of the movement described in verses 19–20a is clear; it kept the armies of Egypt away from the people of Israel so that they had time to cross through the Red Sea without being attacked from the rear. However, not only did “the angel of God” go behind his people, but the Lord also sent “an angel” ahead of his people. He described the angel’s mission to the people in Exodus 23:20 (cf. Exod 33:2) as follows: “to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.” However, God also warned them to submit to the angel’s leading and to walk in obedience: Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. (23:21–23; cf. 33:2) By protecting God’s people, the angel was furthering God’s redemptive program, and the people were instructed to follow him because God’s “Name”—his presence and by implication, his authority—is with the angel. Two additional examples of this role are present in the accounts of Balaam, both when “the angel of the Lord” stood in the road to oppose him” (Num 22:22a), and in Numbers 22:35 (cf. Num 22:38) when he told Balaam to “speak only what I tell you.” These actions certainly help and protect God’s people from Balaam’s curses. Another specific example of God sending his angel to protect and deliver his servants can be seen in the example of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (Dan 3:28; 6:22). Angels execute God’s judgment. Obedience to God’s commands is critical as is emphasized in Exodus 32. Following the incident in which Israel sinned by constructing and worshipping the golden calf, we read in Exodus 32:33–34: The Lord replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.” Although the angel was ready to protect God’s people from their enemies, he was not there to protect them from the consequences of their own sin and unfaithfulness to the covenant. If they desired to experience the blessings promised in Deuteronomy, they needed to follow the directions of the angel who was assigned to protect them and to lead them into the promised land. The actions of angels to execute God’s judgment are mentioned explicitly as well in 2 Samuel 24:15–16 (cf. 1Chr 21:12), where the Lord sent a plague on Israel as punishment for David’s sin of counting his fighting men. However, his purpose was to punish them for their sin, not to destroy them. As it says in verse 16, “When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, ‘Enough!’” Other examples of angels fulfilling this role are numerous. A significant text that refers to God’s judgment by means of angels is 2 Kings 19:35, “That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp” (cf. 2Chr 32:21; Isa 37:36). Also, in Psalm 35:5–6, the psalmist is referring to those among God’s people who were seeking David’s life when he writes, “May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away; may their paths be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.” Also important is Psalm 78:49, which refers in context to God’s unleashing his wrath and indignation on the unrighteous in Israel, all by the hand of “a company of destroying angels.” All the examples surveyed above involve the execution of judgments within history. One should also consider the role angels play in the eschatological judgment. In the Parable of the Sower, for example, Jesus’s explanation in Matthew 13:39 makes it clear that “the harvesters are angels.” At the end of the age, we read in Matthew 13:41, “The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.” This “harvesting” leads to “weeping and gnashing of teeth” for evildoers (13:42), while in verse 43 it is promised that “the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.” Other relevant passages include Matthew 13:49, 16:27, 24:31, 25:3–46, Mark 8:38, and Luke 12:8. One thing, however, is clear: what brings joy to the angels is when a sinner repents and puts his or her faith in Christ (Luke 15:10), responding in line with God’s missional purposes and brings glory to his name.
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Hugh Barbour, O. Praem" ]	2020-04-13T00:00:00	The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear about the existence of angels. "The existence of the spiritual, non-corporeal beings that Sacred Scripture usually calls "angels" is a truth of faith.		/favicon.ico	Catholic Answers	https://www.catholic.com/audio/caf/what-do-catholics-believe-about-angels	Cy Kellett: I was going to say, do I have to just take that on faith or is there some way I can understand that? Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, you can understand it in this sense that your own spiritual soul is capable of existing apart from the body, that’s what we call bodily death when soul and body are separated. Cy Kellett: Right. Fr. Hugh Barbour: And that spiritual soul that you have that could exist after the manner of an angel that is without a body, although we’re not supposed to, it’s not good for us. It’s good for angels, it’s not good for us. Cy Kellett: Right. Fr. Hugh Barbour: But it can and it will exist apart from the body if you die. That is, if you come to the end of your life before Christ comes again, then all the time, your purely spiritual soul is giving life to and moving your purely physical material body. Cy Kellett: Right. Fr. Hugh Barbour: So we have a very up close and personal experience of this that so much that is natural to us, that our intellect forms of judgment and it goes and our will makes a command and our emotions kick in and we get on the treadmill and make ourselves do something by sheer will. Cy Kellett: Not me. Fr. Hugh Barbour: By spiritual force of the will which is spiritual power. Cy Kellett: Right. Fr. Hugh Barbour: So we have that already built in our human nature, a spiritual reality, moving bodily realities. Cy Kellett: So all these angels, they weren’t always in heaven, right? But they are in heaven now. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, they were created in the highest portion of creation. And then of course, they were created in grace the way we were and they were tested and some of them fell and of course lost their places. And the rest are given the vision of God and their salvation, which is the same as ours, to see God face to face. And some of them are so high that they don’t have any office to perform regarding material things or other creative things. They simply exist totally and completely for the worship and the glory of God. Those are like the seraphim, the cherubim, the thrones. They immediately surround the divine being and they draw their knowledge and their charity directly from God, they’re the closest to God by nature. Now of course, Christ and our lady have jumped ahead in the line as it were in their human nature, our Lord’s human nature, our lady with her human nature because of the dignity of the degree of grace that they possess which goes way beyond anything any angel has. And so our Lord and our lady are the king and queen of the angels, even the very highest. But those angels don’t function here below and neither do many other of the orders of angels. But the ones closest to us deal with human society, human concerns, the governance of the material universe itself. And then all the way down to the governance and guidance of individuals, the so called guardian angels, which we all have. Cy Kellett: The implication I’m getting here is that the highest angels are not completely concerned with us. And you can hear the offense in my voice because that goes completely against my innate narcissism, that there are creatures that God made that are so high they don’t even concern themselves with human affairs at all. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, they don’t concern themselves in the sense that they have no office in our regard. They exist solely for the glorification of God. But they can intercede for us and they can have knowledge of things that pertain to us, but they don’t have a job, you might say, that the concerns us. They’re like, you might say, people think, of course your Carmelites or contemplatives. They do a lot for the world, but not by working, having offices directly in it, but rather through the prayer and praise of God and worship and contemplation. Cy Kellett: Would these mighty, noble angels be in the hierarchy of angels, even higher than Saint Michael? Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well that’s an interesting question. Because that’s an old theological question that has come up numerous times in the study of the angels. And that is that if Michael appears on the earth and has a role on the earth as he obviously does well, then he can’t be the highest angel. But there’s an answer to that. And it’s a very simple theological answer. That is the names that we give the angels are just approximate. They’re what are called analogies. That is, you can imagine each angel is a different kind and isn’t a material kind and so the names we use are just approximations or just placeholders for that actual individual spirit. And Michael could very well be the very highest of all the angels, the highest seraph there is. But then in a descending order of the illuminations and the insights into God’s plans and his inner life in nature and his power and his designs regarding human beings, what flows out of Michael goes down through the three hierarchies of angels and through all the nine orders of angels and is expressed here with the help of angels who we call Michael because they’re under his, you might say, direction or are directly related to his knowledge or his love, most of all his love. And so that’s because the angels work very much in order and like a very well-run army that’s based entirely on perfect beatific knowledge and perfect love getting more and more blazingly, intensely hot, the higher they go, but also generously bestowing on high down to the very lowest orders all of the good that they possess. So this is a hierarchy that’s not exclusive, it’s rather diffusive. That the higher orders exist also to glorify God, but therefore to assist his creation in accordance with their particular nature. But they’re not personally running around. Fr. Hugh Barbour: The highest angel is not personally running around the earth, that has to do with the lower orders, but they’re all united. So there may be many, many, many, many Michaels. Now that might sound like a heresy, but it’s not because what it means is just that there are many angels who are in a direct line with Saint Michael for the defense of the church and for the overthrowing of the devil on the various levels of material creation, human society and individual human beings. Cy Kellett: I mean, you could relate it to like Caesar defeated the Gauls in a way. Well, Caesar himself personally can’t defeat the Gauls. I mean, I’m sure. So this is just an analogy, but a poor analogy, but all the legions under Cesar in a certain sense are Caesar. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Right, exactly. And he’s the prince of the heavenly host, close to being the military term the military ranks of the angels that defend God’s people from the evil one. Cy Kellett: You said that they govern the things of this world, I think. And does that mean that, let’s say God didn’t assign the task or let’s say just for a hypothetical, all the angels are withdrawn from this world. Fr. Hugh Barbour: It would be impossible. It would just completely come apart. Cy Kellett: Explain that to me. The atoms and molecules themselves wouldn’t function without angels? Fr. Hugh Barbour: Right. Because you can call all of this pre-scientific, but it’s not because whenever you see the more perfect and more universal, the order of something in the creation is, the more clear is the presence of an intelligence which guides that order. And in traditional theology, which accepts the existence of God who directly creates and governs everything, he’s the immediate cause of everything. He also chooses to govern the universe, to guide it, to perfect it through creatures he has made and in particular through the angels. And so God governs universe through them and gives the different angels the knowledge necessary to perform certain tasks. And so when there are universal norms of nature that are discovered in science, you can be sure that there’s an angelic intelligence or intelligences who are in charge of maintaining that order so that it goes well. In the ancient cosmology, that would be the angels that move the planets, but we might think it nowadays more on a very infinitesimal microscopic order of modern mathematical physics where they’re looking for a theory of everything. Well, if they come up with it, that’ll be the job for the highest angel that has to do with the governing of the material universe under the even higher angels, the ones that are directly related to the worship and glory of God, but they’re always present and always active. If you think about it, look at the swallows that come up around our abbey, they come always around March 19th on Saint Joseph’s Day, we’re right near San Juan Capistrano where the swallows are just all over the place. They show up, they go thousands of miles to the South and they come up again and they return to the same place and even the same nests. And how do they do that if there’s not an intelligence governing them? Their material brain is so formed that it can take the impressions that are necessary to direct them. But we would say we believe that there’s an angelic custodian you might say, of that kind of being, in addition to all the other tasks you might have to perform. Their caretakers there, in the early church, they call them shepherds. They were treated like they’re the good shepherds of the human race and of creation. Cy Kellett: So if you think of the world, we think of it as mechanistic, we tend to think in mechanistic terms. It’s governed by laws, but there have to be people who, I don’t know… Fr. Hugh Barbour: Beings. Cy Kellett: Beings through whom those laws are actually made manifest. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Right and maintained. Because it’s not just a machine, it requires a continual, intelligent direction. That’s the great drama of creation that just is being guided by intelligences on every side. And of course also threatened by the fallen intelligence is the demons who still can use their natural knowledge to wreak a lot of havoc. That’s why in the current environment now with the plague that we have, people should consider when they say, “Why does God allow this?” Well, part of the picture is that some of these things certainly God is permitting these things for some good reason. There’s no doubt about that. But the malice of the devil can bring about a whole lot of physical evils and does. Cy Kellett: True, right. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Because they have that knowledge. And so the immediate cause of some disease or disaster, like a tsunami or something could be the malice of a demon, which God is going to use for some good purpose, but they still have the power to play around with those parts of creation that they know something about. And that’s not hard to believe because human beings, even when they’re bad, they still have all their natural powers. They can still slug you, they can still hurt you. Cy Kellett: They’re more likely to if they’re bad. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Right, right. But the point is that becoming evil doesn’t immediately deprive you of the power that you have that’s yours by nature. And the same goes with the demons. So instead of blaming God directly, saying God causes plague or it’s his fault. You could say, “Well, he’s dealing with also the angels who rejected him and he hasn’t taken from them their natural knowledge.” In fact, he really can’t if he’s their creator. He doesn’t uncreate the things he’s made. And therefore for a certain time until Christ completely perfects all creation at the end, they have the ability to wreak some havoc. Fr. Hugh Barbour: And that’s what we see the instigation of the devil and so many of these natural disasters. And they are natural, but angels are natural too. An earthquake is a natural event, so is the malice of fallen angels. So is the assistance of an angel to protect us from an accident or to inspire the mind of a scientist to notice what is necessary to find a cure or vaccine. Angels intervene in all those things without canceling out our nature, but by nudging it in the right direction or protecting it from the wrong direction or with the demons tempting us in the wrong direction. Cy Kellett: A great deal of our knowledge about angels, so we have the God’s revelation in scripture and tradition. But even those who live outside of that revelation or draw their insights from outside that revelation know about angels. Angels are pretty commonly known by human beings. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Yes, of course. And this is one of the caveats. One of the little warnings that we have in our own Christian understanding is that it did not please God to reveal in detail the personalities, identities, and functions of the angels or of the demons for that matter who are thought just bad angels that’s all. Consequently he did that so that we would focus our attention on the great mystery of faith, which is that God himself took our human nature to save us the incarnation, our Lord’s life, and preaching his death and resurrection and heavenly glory, his church and his coming again. All of those things, that’s the content of our face, what we find in the creed. And there’s much more to be known and that’ll be our delight in heaven to see and to know all these blessing spirits that we heard about but did not know up close and personally, but we will in the life to come. But in pagan religions so often the natural human fascination with the whole angelic aspect of things leads to a lot of a lot of interest in this question because it’s natural for us to seek happiness and the things that are closer to us and then God’s creation closer to us than God are angels or spirits that might govern crops or weather or things like that. Bless it- Cy Kellett: And so we start to try to interact with them instead of trying to interact with the creator of both of us. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Right. And so sometimes what happens is they interact with a fallen angel who has the knowledge to provide benefits and behave like a good spirit and help his devotees. Some of the fallen angels are just simply vain and they like being worshiped. And so they do favors human beings and so they end up being worshiped by them even though they’re not the true God. And that’s a reality that is the pagan beliefs that exist, they’re not always just fiction. Sometimes they are worship of real beings, but they’re not the Supreme God, they’re actually a fallen spirit. And then they’re persons who practice those false religions with a completely innocent heart and intend to worship the true God even though they’ve been misled about his identity or behavior. So when we say that they might be worshiping demons, we’re not saying that they’re like Satanists or evil people. We’re just saying, they’re like people we know that are being taken advantage of by someone who has knowledge and power but is not really all that good, if you get my drift. Cy Kellett: Right. I do. Fr. Hugh Barbour: There’re lots of people like that in the world. Cy Kellett: It seems like the angels are not doing the things they used to do though because in the gospel there’s the man who’s been paralyzed for decades who can’t get himself into the pool when the angel moves each day. But every time that the angel moves, one person does get healed. And this is in the gospel. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Right, right. Cy Kellett: I’m not talking about something that’s in a story book. This is the gospel. So there’s an angel that stayed or maybe visited each day this pool and healed one person. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Where the water’s removed. Cy Kellett: When the water’s removed. So why did the angel do that then and they don’t do that now? Why is there nowhere I can go where an angel does that? Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, I mean there are shrines where people experience physical cures. I mean, what about lords? They have so many that they can’t even examine them all and they pick the ones that are the toughest cases in order to give them a formal recognition as credible miracles. But every single blessed or saint that’s beatified or canonized in the Catholic church has to be beatified or canonized after the recognition of what is judged to be a humanly inexplicable, miraculous cure or some other event. And there are a lot of those and they’re going on day by day. Now, I can’t point to anything where every single day this happens. And that’s such a fantastic story that certain modern scripture scholars have removed it from the gospel text. Cy Kellett: That’s not a good move. Fr. Hugh Barbour: No, it’s not very nice. It’s not very nice. I hope the angels are kind to them when they need their help. Cy Kellett: But there’s also the author of the texts to be considered as well. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Yes, God himself, but they claimed that that was an addition to a manuscript that was not in the original. You know they do it, this kind of thing. Cy Kellett: I see. Fr. Hugh Barbour: So they find like fun parts that are very, very beautiful and moving and they decide to take them out. That’s life. Cy Kellett: Right. Well, so did Jesus have a guardian angel? Fr. Hugh Barbour: Yes. Well, I mean, he had very many angels that ministered to him. Remember he says very clearly that he could have legions of angels at a moment’s notice. Cy Kellett: Right. Fr. Hugh Barbour: He tells the devil that when he’s being tempted. But the finality would be different in the sense that our guardian angel is principally there to guide us on the way to salvation. All right. To protect us on the way to eternal salvation. Cy Kellett: Right. Fr. Hugh Barbour: And so our Lord, of course, his salvation, he possesses it by his first human act, which was in his mother’s womb, he immediately merited for us eternal life and so on. So he didn’t need an angel to protect him from falls into sin. But we see how close he is to us and that he did need an angel. For example, God sent an angel to console him in the agony in the garden, to assist him in the midst of sufferings, which was so horribly dire that even the son of God made man needed the assistance of an angel, that’s a very great mystery. The angel who he created will consult him, but consult him with what? With knowledge that he got from God, that is from Christ as Christ is the source of everything the angels have. Everything about the angels revolves around Christ. And that’s the great beauty of the incarnation is that they find their purpose for existing. And the great mystery of the incarnation by which they were thunderstruck because it was already so magnificent, the blessed Trinity and everything else. But then to have that mystery as their fulfillment, the service of the incarnate son of God, and of his blessed mother, that was just too good to be true. But there they are at his service continually. But he certainly enjoyed the constant presence of angels who were personally deputed for his service as is the case with our lady and the case with each one of us. And each of us from our birth has a guardian angel. According to Saint Thomas when you’re in your mother’s womb, you come under her angel and when you’re born, the day of your birth is when you get a guardian angel. So that’s a good reason for celebrating a birthday. People should congratulate their guardian angel and thank their guardian angel on their birthday because that’s the day that he was sent to you, right? Cy Kellett: And you mentioned Thomas, he’s called the angelic doctor. Why does he know so much about angels? Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, he’s called angelic doctor because of the loftiness and the insight and the precision and the perfect order of his thought, but also because of his famously great and protected chastity where the angels actually assisted him for many falls against chastity. And of course, therefore his intellect was not muddied or complicated by that particular passion, which it often does. When you look at the world today, most of the errors in theology and in morality and in people’s practical judgment can be traced back to lust. I mean, there’s no doubt about it. Cy Kellett: Really interesting, right? Fr. Hugh Barbour: Ruining society, no fault divorce, abortion, contraception, unnatural marriage, all these things that under undermine the whole notion of what constitutes a human right. And therefore the whole of society goes back to this disturbing aspect of our nature, which is that we can go astray very badly through the vice of lust. And so the angels assist very mightily in maintaining us in our chastity. And they did so in St. Thomas’ case in a very deliberate way where he was protected from a temptation and the angels guarded him as the story goes with the sanctuary to protect his chastity from any falls, which is a fairly rare thing. Unfortunately for us so fallen creatures, there are very few people who get through life without some problem in that department. So we need to be asking our angels for help and continued to repenting so that we don’t fall into the foolishness from which they’re trying to protect us. Cy Kellett: Sometimes when you try to think of the world from an angel’s perspective, and of course you can’t really do that, but it seems like we humans might be very gross or seem kind of gross. We’re really monkeys in a way. I mean, we’re… Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, that’s the way the demons like to look at us. Cy Kellett: Okay, tell me about that. Fr. Hugh Barbour: But because the demons of course envy and despise us because we’re lower than they are in nature and yet we stand a good chance of being higher than they are in the kingdom of heaven occupying the places that they lost in the fall. And so they like to emphasize that disgusting aspect of our nature. Not because it matters to them, but because they like to discourage us. Cy Kellett: I see. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Because they want to deflect us from our goal. So say someone falls a lot in their impurity and nowadays it’s a problem. People are at home, they’ve got nothing to do so they start watching stuff on the internet and whatnot. They don’t have things to distract them and then they feel really, really bad about themselves. The demons loved that because they want us to be discouraged and give up on our spiritual life, but they don’t really care what we do with our bodies. Our Lord cares about that. And our guardian angel cares about that, but not the demons. They just want us to give up. But the angels view us, not as monkeys but they view us through the insight that they have from the savior. They view us through the knowledge and the thoughts of his sacred heart, of his blessed mother. Cy Kellett: So they see… Fr. Hugh Barbour: They’re not disgusted at all, no. Cy Kellett: No. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Now they sometimes have to punish us by not helping us in a certain way or allowing certain evils to happen in our life so that we can learn a lesson that is they’re not just protecting us from evils. As I say, sometimes the angels might cause accidents. They don’t just protect us from them, sometimes they cause them. And that’s a fact because they’re made in God’s image and likeness also and they govern us under his rule. Cy Kellett: Sometimes we might need a SWAT to get back on the right path. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Absolutely. Cy Kellett: And our people sometimes [crosstalk 00:33:51]. Fr. Hugh Barbour: If we have time, I can tell you a story about when my guardian angels punished me. Cy Kellett: Please do. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, and this really happened but you have to pray for me and not judge me too harshly when I give you the whole story. So I was traveling with my father and I was already a priest and my father was an Episcopal priest by the way. But anyway, we were traveling together and we went to Greece and we went to Mount Athos to the great monastic republic there. We visit all sorts of beautiful places. And in Thessaloniki we were in the hotel there, we were staying in the Northern part of Greece. And I have my mascot where I celebrate mass every day on vacation. So I’d still have a mascot where I can celebrate mass just in the hotel room. So that all set up and I celebrated holy mass. And then I finished and I put everything away and dad was raring to go out and see some things and whatnot. And he started to tease me in a way only he could that always annoyed me as a kid. And you know how we revert to being like a kid with our parents. And so I said something to him that was extremely disrespectful and the words I used were not very nice, let’s put it that way, right? And there I was in a clerical collar and I just celebrated mass. And it dawned on me, it hit me like really quickly, he looked at me with this sort of saddened expression and then I felt kind of terrible, but the thought came to me and it’d never come to me before in my life. I’d never had this thought before and it came like lightning. I won’t say I heard the words, but I might as well have heard them because the words were, “Your angel is going to punish you for this.” And I thought, “Well, if my angel’s going to punish me, there’s no way to escape.” Cy Kellett: You are enough of a theologian to know that. Fr. Hugh Barbour: I knew that, no way to escape. And so I was meditating on this as we’re going along, we were walking to visit this one church that is now below street level because it’s so ancient but it has an icon of our lady, which was one of the ones by tradition was painted by Saint Luke. So we’re going to go in there. And so we’re walking, it’s a perfectly clear day, absolutely clear day, no clouds, no rain, nothing. Nothing was wet, nothing at all. And we’re walking on this plaza-like area before we get to the steps of the church. And we had to go down the steps to get in the church because of course it was now below street level. So we’re walking along and I’m simply walking perfectly fine next to my dad. And all of a sudden I am thrown with just violent force, violent force to the ground. I mean, just like a big thug had come and just whacked me down. And I was just lying there thinking I must’ve broken my shoulder. And dad said, “What happened?” And I said, “I don’t know.” He said, “Well, it looked like somebody just pushed you over with all their might.” And I said, “Yeah, it did.” And I was thinking of the fact that I had this thought that my angel said, “I’m going to punish you for this.” Your angel will punish you, is actually what came to me after this. And so I got up and I was holding it with my left arm and I was holding my arm and then the shoulder would just hurt horribly. And so we’re going into the church and we’re looking around and whatnot. And then I wanted to continue the tour although it was really painful, but I just wanted to make sure we saw everything that we could see with dad. And so we went to lunch. You’re never in so much pain that you can’t eat lunch. Although I used- Cy Kellett: Never have been yet. Fr. Hugh Barbour: I used my right hand for everything. And then we’ve got back to the hotel, dad always liked to take a nap after a morning of seeing things and having lunch. So he went down for his nap as he used to say, using the language we use for children, but he said, “I’m going down for my nap.” And so he went down for his nap. So without telling him, I had gotten information from the hotel desk and also left a message there for him if he should be looking for me. This is before all the cell phones and everything and got a taxi to the nearest hospital to have an X-ray done. I was in so much pain and I thought for sure something’s been broken, for sure because I could not move practically on that side. And so I got there to the emergency room just in Greece and they’d take me in a very nice physician, saw I was a priest and whatnot, and they X-rayed me and then I waited and then the doctor came out and said, “There is no injury at all. It’s very strange because you were already beginning to form…” It looked like on the surface that already I’d been beaten up pretty badly. And yet there was no indication of… He said, not even any trauma, no stress, nothing, nothing, just a regular X-ray. And I said, “Well, that’s not what it feels like.” And I said, “And I’m going to have a big bruise and everything.” He says, “Yes, I think maybe you will.” And he had an Orthodox baptismal cross around his neck and it was the Orthodox where these little crosses are given when they’re baptized and they wear them their whole life very often, Greeks and Russians and so on. And so I said, “Well, let me tell you something.” I said, “I was very rude to my father and I think that my guardian angel knocked me over.” And he smiled. He’s a Greek Orthodox doctor. He said, “It can be. For sure it can be. That is the diagnosis.” Cy Kellett: So you have a medical diagnosis of having being knocked over by your guardian angel. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Yes, by my guardian angel. And so when I went to check out, I tried to pay and he said, “No, no. You’re in the EU, in the European union.” And I said, “No, I’m not. I’m an American. I’m not in the EU. I don’t get free medical care here in Greece.” He says, “It doesn’t matter. Doesn’t matter. It’s free. It’s okay.” That’s how you know why the whole thing’s falling apart, is that they wouldn’t take anything for the service. But anyway, I got back, he didn’t know anything about it and never did actually except that I did have the bruise and he never associated with that event, but I sure did. But I think that’s really what happened. So sometimes they teach us a lesson to be kind, and angels are very hierarchical and they really don’t like it when we disrespect those who love us and care for us. And then we should honor, I mean, after all, it’s the first commandment on the second tablet and the angels really do not like hostility and disrespect towards our elders. Cy Kellett: Well, let me just leave you with this question then. And thank you for that wonderful story. Fr. Hugh Barbour: [inaudible 00:40:52]. Cy Kellett: It changes your perspective on your angel as somebody who works for you. The angel doesn’t work for you, the angel works for the Lord to make sure you get home. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Yeah, but they give you insights. It’s good to ask them to understand something better or get a little more light on something. Cy Kellett: Right. Now, let me ask you this. Well, that’s what Socrates felt. He felt he had an angel that corrected him when he was wrong about things. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Yeah, he really did. And it seems as though he really did because as the angel, only his spirit in Greece called daemon, but it doesn’t mean demon, it just means a guardian spirit, would stop him from doing something that he shouldn’t do, but never told him what to do. It was very limited, but he did have- Cy Kellett: It sounds very angelic. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Yes, it does. Cy Kellett: Let me ask you this. So if my angel succeeds, and by the grace of God, I make it home to heaven. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, the angels always succeed. Okay? So if you didn’t succeed and make it to heaven- Cy Kellett: You put me in my place. But what I want to know is , we’re all in heaven, will the angels bother to talk with us. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Of course. Cy Kellett: So it’s not like, you go over there to the people area, go to that area. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Well, no, I mean that angel had the care of you as an office from all eternity and knows you with an intimacy that is greater than your own, let’s just say. I mean, they can’t exactly read our minds the way God knows everything in our mind. But the angels have very intimate knowledge of us. They’re not clouded by passion or self deception. Cy Kellett: And they’ll still want to hang out with us. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Absolutely. Of course, they will. Cy Kellett: That’s good to know. That’s good to know. Makes you feel like- Fr. Hugh Barbour: They love us. Cy Kellett: They’re family. I guess that’s the [crosstalk 00:42:42]. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Their love is extremely intense. Very intense. All right. Cy Kellett: We should return it then. We should have a feast for them. We should have a feast for holy angels. Fr. Hugh Barbour: There is a feast, October 2nd. Cy Kellett: When is that? Fr. Hugh Barbour: October 2nd for the guardian angels, December 29th for Saint Michael and in the traditional calendar October 24th for Raphael and March 24th for Gabriel. But in the new calendar, the 29th of September is for all three, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. So you got that. Cy Kellett: And if you would like to know everything there is to know about angels, then persevering the faith and you can ask them yourself when you get there. Fr. Hugh Barbour: And read what’s in the catechism too. The Catholic church has a very nice a section on the angels and shows especially their connection to Christ, which is very important. Cy Kellett: Well, Fr. Hugh Barbour, happy Easter to you. Thank you so much. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Happy Easter to you, happy Monday of the angel. Cy Kellett: Say it again in Italian. Fr. Hugh Barbour: Lunedì dell’Angelo.
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Now none would dispute that he is Britain’s best-known medium, one whose gifts include not only trance and clairvoyance, but the dramatic faculty of materialisation when the so-called dead literally appear in the seance-room to be reunited with loved ones.	en	/Handlers/GetImage.ashx?IDMF=dcfa8fb1-5baa-400e-8e7a-db11bbda0aa6	The Spiritualists' National Union	https://www.snu.org.uk/shop/on-the-side-of-angels-gordon-higginsons-life-story	Gordon Higginson's Authorised Life Story complied by Jean Bassett “On the side of Angels” is not only a thrilling biography, detailing Gordon’s action-filled life, but takes an inside look at one of the greatest ever Spiritualist mediums. Gordon gives his views on a range of topics, telling of some of the compelling evidence he has received from the dead It is the unique story of an equally unique man, one whose life bridges two worlds -this one and the next. Gordon Higginson’s birth was ordained -by the spirit world. Now none would dispute that he is Britain’s best-known medium, one whose gifts include not only trance and clairvoyance, but the dramatic faculty of materialisation when the so-called dead literally appear in the seance-room to be reunited with loved ones. President of the Spiritualists’ National Union for over 20 years, countless hundreds of thousands across the United Kingdom have marvelled at his brilliant clairvoyance not only in Spiritualist churches, but in halls and theatres, including London’s famous Royal Albert Hall. Jean Bassett author Jean Bassett was a medium, Spiritualist Minister and holder of the Spiritualists' National Union's rarely-bestowed 'Fellowship Award'. Her Fellowship was awarded for this very book; Jean worked closely with Gordon up until his final days to ensure the book was as concise as it could be, Gordon passed away 3 days after he approved the proofs and never got to see the final published book. Her last book, the highly acclaimed 'One hundred years of National Spiritualism' celebrated the Spiritualists' National Union's centenary. Reader Reviews space Brilliant book on a brilliant man! "Brilliant book on a very gifted evidentiary medium and healer! Gordon touched so many lives with his loving, compassion and charismatic demonstrations that there is indeed life after death. He also paved the way for many others following in his footsteps. I loved his book!!" A book in a million written by a man in a million "Gordon Higginson was one of the best Mediums that the U.K. has ever seen. Those who saw his work were left in awe of a humble but spiritually great man who had time for everyone who crossed his path. This book is living testament to his lifetime's devotion to his work as a Medium and to the Spiritualist Movement. If you only ever read one book on Spiritualism, this is the one to read, without a shadow of a doubt." Heartfelt and beautiful words "I loved Gordon Higginson Book so heartfelt and beautiful words with his Journey with his life and his journey with his teaching of spiritualism to many who continue to teach from the master worth reading love his philosophy and work so pleased and thrilled to have read his book." A wonderful Book "A Wonderful book! always find myself picking it up and reading segments again and again." Hear Gordon Higginson Speak The Other Self lectures were recorded at Stansted Hall on 25th October 1982 during ‘Friends Week’. Purchase the other self lectures here on CD here Further reading... This book is also on our recommended reading list featured in our Introduction to Spiritualism course notes which are also available in our online shop. A fantastic insight into SNU Spiritualism detailing the history of the movement includes further information on the seven principles, the pioneers of spiritualism, and how you can study with us and become a student of spiritualism.
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Paradise Lostby John MiltonCountryEnglandLanguageEnglishGenre(s)FormEpic in blank verseMeterIambic pentameterPublisherSamuel Simmons (1667 edition)Publication date1667Followed byParadise RegainedFull text Paradise Lost at Wikisource Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout.[2] It is considered to be Milton's masterpiece, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of all time.[3] The poem concerns the biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Synopsis [edit] The poem follows the epic tradition of starting in medias res (lit. 'in the midst of things'), the background story being recounted later. Milton's story has two narrative arcs, one about Satan (Lucifer) and the other about Adam and Eve. It begins after Satan and the other fallen angels have been defeated and banished to Hell, or, as it is also called in the poem, Tartarus. In Pandæmonium, the capital city of Hell, Satan employs his rhetorical skill to organise his followers; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub, Belial, Chemosh, and Moloch are also present. At the end of the debate, Satan volunteers to corrupt the newly created Earth and God's new and most favoured creation, Mankind. He braves the dangers of the Abyss alone, in a manner reminiscent of Odysseus or Aeneas. After an arduous traversal of the Chaos outside Hell, he enters God's new material World, and later the Garden of Eden. At several points in the poem, an Angelic War over Heaven is recounted from different perspectives. Satan's rebellion follows the epic convention of large-scale warfare. The battles between the faithful angels and Satan's forces take place over three days. At the final battle, the Son of God single-handedly defeats the entire legion of angelic rebels and banishes them from Heaven. Following this purge, God creates the World, culminating in his creation of Adam and Eve. While God gave Adam and Eve total freedom and power to rule over all creation, he gave them one explicit command: not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil on penalty of death. Adam and Eve are presented as having a romantic and sexual relationship while still being without sin. They have passions and distinct personalities. Satan, disguised in the form of a serpent, successfully tempts Eve to eat from the Tree by preying on her vanity and tricking her with rhetoric. Adam, learning that Eve has sinned, knowingly commits the same sin. He declares to Eve that since she was made from his flesh, they are bound to one another – if she dies, he must also die. In this manner, Milton portrays Adam as a heroic figure, but also as a greater sinner than Eve, as he is aware that what he is doing is wrong. After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve experience lust for the first time, which renders their next sexual encounter with one another unpleasant. At first, Adam is convinced that Eve was right in thinking that eating the fruit would be beneficial. However, they soon fall asleep and have terrible nightmares, and after they awake, they experience guilt and shame for the first time. Realising that they have committed a terrible act against God, they engage in mutual recrimination. Meanwhile, Satan returns triumphantly to Hell, amid the praise of his fellow fallen angels. He tells them about how their scheme worked and Mankind has fallen, giving them complete dominion over Paradise. As he finishes his speech, however, the fallen angels around him become hideous snakes, and soon enough, Satan himself turns into a snake, deprived of limbs and unable to talk. Thus, they share the same punishment, as they shared the same guilt. Eve appeals to Adam for reconciliation of their actions. Her encouragement enables them to approach God, and plead for forgiveness. In a vision shown to him by the Archangel Michael, Adam witnesses everything that will happen to Mankind until the Great Flood. Adam is very upset by this vision of the future, so Michael also tells him about Mankind's potential redemption from original sin through Jesus Christ (whom Michael calls "King Messiah"). Adam and Eve are cast out of Eden, and Michael says that Adam may find "a paradise within thee, happier far". Adam and Eve now have a more distant relationship with God, who is omnipresent but invisible (unlike the tangible Father in the Garden of Eden). Composition [edit] It is uncertain when Milton composed Paradise Lost.[4] John Aubrey (1626–1697), Milton's contemporary and biographer, says that it was written between 1658 and 1663. However, parts of the poem had likely been in development since Milton was young. Having gone blind in 1652, Milton wrote Paradise Lost entirely through dictation with the help of amanuenses and friends. He was often ill, suffering from gout, and suffering emotionally after the early death of his second wife, Katherine Woodcock, in 1658, and their infant daughter.[6] The image of Milton dictating the poem to his daughters became a popular subject for paintings, especially in the Romantic period.[7] The Milton scholar John Leonard also notes that Milton "did not at first plan to write a biblical epic". Since epics were typically written about heroic kings and queens (and with pagan gods), Milton originally envisioned his epic to be based on a legendary Saxon or British king like the legend of King Arthur. Leonard speculates that the English Civil War interrupted Milton's earliest attempts to start his "epic [poem] that would encompass all space and time". Publication [edit] In the 1667 version of Paradise Lost, the poem was divided into ten books. However, in the 1674 edition, the text was reorganized into twelve books.[10] In later printing, "Arguments" (brief summaries) were inserted at the beginning of each book.[11] Milton's previous work had been printed by Matthew Simmons who was favoured by radical writers. However he died in 1654 and the business was then run by Mary Simmons. Milton had not published work with the Simmons printing business for twenty years. Mary was increasingly relying on her son Samuel to help her manage the business and the first book that Samuel Simmons registered for publication in his name was Paradise Lost in 1667.[12] Style [edit] Biblical epic [edit] Key to the ambitions of Paradise Lost as a poem is the creation of a new kind of epic, one suitable for English, Christian morality rather than polytheistic Greek or Roman antiquity. This intention is indicated from the very beginning of the poem, when Milton uses the classical epic poetic device of an invocation for poetic inspiration. Rather than invoking the classical muses, however, Milton addresses the Christian God as his "Heav'nly Muse" (1.1). Other classical epic conventions include an in medias res opening, a journey in the underworld, large-scale battles, and an elevated poetic style. In particular, the poem often uses Homeric similes. Milton repurposes these epic conventions to create a new biblical epic, promoting a different kind of hero. Classical epic heroes like Achilles, Odysseus, and Aeneas were presented in the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid as heroes for their military strength and guile, which might go hand in hand with wrath, pride, or lust. Milton attributes these traits instead to Satan, and depicts the Son as heroic for his love, mercy, humility, and self-sacrifice. The poem itself therefore presents the value system of classical heroism as one which has been superseded by Christian virtue.[4] Blank verse [edit] Main articles: Blank verse and John Milton's poetic style The poem is written in blank verse, meaning the lines are metrically regular iambic pentameter but they do not rhyme. Milton used the flexibility of blank verse to support a high level of syntactic complexity. Although Milton was not the first to use blank verse, his use of it was very influential and he became known for the style. Blank verse was not much used in the non-dramatic poetry of the 17th century until Paradise Lost. Milton also wrote Paradise Regained (1671) and parts of Samson Agonistes (1671) in blank verse. Miltonic blank verse became the standard for those attempting to write English epics for centuries following the publication of Paradise Lost and his later poetry.[13] When Miltonic verse became popular, Samuel Johnson mocked Milton for inspiring bad blank verse imitators.[14] Alexander Pope's final, incomplete work was intended to be written in the form,[15] and John Keats, who complained that he relied too heavily on Milton,[16] adopted and picked up various aspects of his poetry. Acrostics [edit] Milton used a number of acrostics in the poem. In Book 9, a verse describing the serpent which tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden spells out "SATAN" (9.510), while elsewhere in the same book, Milton spells out "FFAALL" and "FALL" (9.333). Respectively, these probably represent the double fall of humanity embodied in Adam and Eve, as well as Satan's fall from Heaven.[17] Characters [edit] Satan [edit] Satan, formerly called Lucifer, is the first major character introduced in the poem. He is a tragic figure who famously declares: "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" (1.263). Following his vain rebellion against God he is cast out from Heaven and condemned to Hell. The rebellion stems from Satan's pride and envy (5.660ff.). Opinions on the character are often sharply divided. Milton presents Satan as the origin of all evil, but some readers have struggled with accepting this interpretation. Romanticist critics in particular, among them William Blake, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Hazlitt, are known for interpreting Satan as a hero of Paradise Lost. This has led other critics, such as C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams, both of whom were devout Christians, to argue against reading Satan as a sympathetic, heroic figure.[18][19] Despite Blake thinking that Milton intended for Satan to have a heroic role in the poem, Blake himself described Satan as the "state of error", and as beyond salvation.[20] John Carey argues that this conflict cannot be solved, because the character of Satan exists in more modes and greater depth than the other characters of Paradise Lost: in this way, Milton has created an ambivalent character, and any "pro-Satan" or "anti-Satan" argument is by its nature discarding half the evidence. Satan's ambivalence, Carey says, is "a precondition of the poem's success – a major factor in the attention it has aroused".[21] However, in Lewis's book "A Preface to Paradise Lost", he notes that it is important to remember what society was like when Milton wrote the poem. In particular, during that time period, there were certain "stock responses" to elements that Milton would have expected every reader to have. As examples, Lewis lists "love is sweet, death bitter, virtue lovely, and children or gardens delightful". Milton would have expected readers to not view Satan as a hero at all. Lewis says readers far in the future romanticizing Milton's intentions is not accurate because: "The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is—what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used. After that has been discovered, the temperance reformer may decide that the corkscrew was made for a bad purpose, and the communist may think the same about the cathedral. But such questions come later. The first thing is to understand the object before you: as long as you think the corkscrew was meant for opening tins or the cathedral for entertaining tourists you can say nothing to the purpose about them."[22] Lewis goes on to note that regarding Paradise Lost, the first thing we need know is "what Milton meant it to be," a need which he argues is "specially urgent in the present age because the kind of poem Milton meant to write is unfamiliar to many readers."[22] Later in the book Lewis details the character of Satan in Paradise Lost, and why he was not someone Milton would have considered a hero or someone to take pleasure in. Adam [edit] Adam is the first human created by God. Adam requests a companion from God: Of fellowship I speak Such as I seek, fit to participate All rational delight, wherein the brute Cannot be human consort. (8.389–392) God approves his request then creates Eve. God appoints Adam and Eve to rule over all the creatures of the world and to reside in the Garden of Eden. Adam is more gregarious than Eve and yearns for her company. He is completely infatuated with her. Raphael advises him to "take heed lest Passion sway / Thy Judgment" (5.635–636). But Adam's great love for Eve contributes to his disobedience to God. Unlike the biblical Adam, before Milton's Adam leaves Paradise he is given a glimpse of the future of mankind by the Archangel Michael, which includes stories from the Old and New Testaments. Eve [edit] Eve is the second human created by God. God takes one of Adam's ribs and shapes it into Eve. Whether Eve is actually inferior to Adam is a vexed point. She is often unwilling to be submissive. Eve may be the more intelligent of the two. When she first met Adam she turned away, more interested in herself. She had been looking at her reflection in a lake before being led invisibly to Adam. Recounting this to Adam she confesses that she found him less enticing than her reflection (4.477–480). Eve delivers an autobiography in Book 4.[23] In Book 9, Milton stages a domestic drama between Adam and Eve, which results in Eve convincing Adam to separate for a time to work in different parts of the Garden. This allows Satan to deceive her while she is alone. To tempt her to eat the forbidden fruit, Satan tells a story about how he ate it, using the language of Renaissance love poetry. He overcomes her reason; she eats the fruit.[23] The Son of God [edit] The Son of God is the spirit who will become incarnate as Jesus Christ, though he is never named explicitly because he has not yet entered human form. Milton believed in a subordinationist doctrine of Christology that regarded the Son as secondary to the Father and as God's "great Vice-regent" (5.609). Milton's God in Paradise Lost refers to the Son as "My word, my wisdom, and effectual might" (3.170). The poem is not explicitly anti-trinitarian, but it is consistent with Milton's convictions. The Son is the ultimate hero of the epic and is infinitely powerful—he single-handedly defeats Satan and his followers and drives them into Hell. After their fall, the Son of God tells Adam and Eve about God's judgment. Before their fall the Father foretells their "Treason" (3.207) and that Man with his whole posteritie must dye, Dye hee or Justice must; unless for him Som other able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death. (3.210–212) The Father then asks whether there "Dwels in all Heaven charitie so deare?" (3.216) and the Son volunteers himself. In the final book a vision of Salvation through the Son is revealed to Adam by Michael. The name Jesus of Nazareth, and the details of Jesus' story are not depicted in the poem,[24] though they are alluded to. Michael explains that "Joshua, whom the Gentiles Jesus call", prefigures the Son of God, "his name and office bearing" to "quell / The adversarie Serpent, and bring back [...] long wander[e]d man / Safe to eternal Paradise of rest".[25] God the Father [edit] God the Father is the creator of Heaven, Hell, the world, of everyone and everything there is, through the agency of His Son. Milton presents God as all-powerful and all-knowing, as an infinitely great being who cannot be overthrown by even the great army of angels Satan incites against him. Milton portrays God as often conversing about his plans and his motives for his actions with the Son of God. The poem shows God creating the world in the way Milton believed it was done, that is, God created Heaven, Earth, Hell, and all the creatures that inhabit these separate planes from part of Himself, not out of nothing.[26] Thus, according to Milton, the ultimate authority of God over all things that happen derives from his being the "author" of all creation. Satan tries to justify his rebellion by denying this aspect of God and claiming self-creation, but he admits to himself the truth otherwise, and that God "deserved no such return / From me, whom He created what I was".[27][28] Raphael [edit] Raphael is an archangel who is sent by God to Eden in order to strengthen Adam and Eve against Satan. He tells a heroic tale about the War in Heaven that takes up most of Book 6 of Paradise Lost. Ultimately, the story told by Raphael, in which Satan is portrayed as bold and decisive, does not prepare Adam and Eve to counter Satan's subtle temptations – and may even have caused the Fall in the first place.[29] Michael [edit] Michael is an archangel who is preeminent in military prowess. He leads in battle and uses a sword which was "giv'n him temperd so, that neither keen / Nor solid might resist that edge" (6.322–323). God sends Michael to Eden, charging him: from the Paradise of God Without remorse drive out the sinful Pair From hallowd ground th' unholie, and denounce To them and to thir Progenie from thence Perpetual banishment. [...] If patiently thy bidding they obey, Dismiss them not disconsolate; reveale To Adam what shall come in future dayes, As I shall thee enlighten, intermix My Cov'nant in the womans seed renewd; So send them forth, though sorrowing, yet in peace. (11.103–117) He is also charged with establishing a guard for Paradise. When Adam sees him coming he describes him to Eve as not terrible, That I should fear, nor sociably mild, As Raphael, that I should much confide, But solemn and sublime, whom not to offend, With reverence I must meet, and thou retire. (11.233–237) Themes [edit] Marriage [edit] Milton first presented Adam and Eve in Book IV with impartiality. The relationship between Adam and Eve is one of "mutual dependence, not a relation of domination or hierarchy". While the author placed Adam above Eve in his intellectual knowledge and, in turn, his relation to God, he granted Eve the benefit of knowledge through experience. Hermine Van Nuis clarifies, that although there was stringency specified for the roles of male and female, Adam and Eve unreservedly accept their designated roles.[30] Rather than viewing these roles as forced upon them, each uses their assignment as an asset in their relationship with each other. These distinctions can be interpreted as Milton's view on the importance of mutuality between husband and wife. When examining the relationship between Adam and Eve, some critics apply either an Adam-centered or Eve-centered view of hierarchy and importance to God. David Mikics argues, by contrast, these positions "overstate the independence of the characters' stances, and therefore miss the way in which Adam and Eve are entwined with each other".[31] Milton's narrative depicts a relationship where the husband and wife (here, Adam and Eve) depend on each other and, through each other's differences, thrive.[31] Still, there are several instances where Adam communicates directly with God while Eve must go through Adam to God; thus, some have described Adam as her guide.[page needed] Although Milton does not directly mention divorce, critics posit theories on Milton's view of divorce based upon their inferences from the poem and from his tracts on divorce written earlier in his life. Other works by Milton suggest he viewed marriage as an entity separate from the church. Discussing Paradise Lost, Biberman entertains the idea that "marriage is a contract made by both the man and the woman".[33] These ideas imply Milton may have favored that both man and woman have equal access to marriage and to divorce. Idolatry [edit] Milton's 17th-century contemporaries by and large criticised his ideas and considered him a radical, mostly because of his republican political views and heterodox theological opinions. One of Milton's most controversial arguments centred on his concept of what is idolatrous, a subject which is deeply embedded in Paradise Lost. Milton's first criticism of idolatry focused on the constructing of temples and other buildings to serve as places of worship. In Book XI of Paradise Lost, Adam tries to atone for his sins by offering to build altars to worship God. In response, the angel Michael explains that Adam does not need to build physical objects to experience the presence of God.[34] Joseph Lyle points to this example, explaining: "When Milton objects to architecture, it is not a quality inherent in buildings themselves he finds offensive, but rather their tendency to act as convenient loci to which idolatry, over time, will inevitably adhere."[35] Even if the idea is pure in nature, Milton thought it would unavoidably lead to idolatry simply because of the nature of humans. That is, instead of directing their thoughts towards God, humans will turn to erected objects and falsely invest their faith there. While Adam attempts to build an altar to God, critics note Eve is similarly guilty of idolatry, but in a different manner. Harding believes Eve's narcissism and obsession with herself constitutes idolatry.[36] Specifically, Harding claims that "under the serpent's influence, Eve's idolatry and self-deification foreshadow the errors into which her 'Sons' will stray".[36] Much like Adam, Eve falsely places her faith in herself, the Tree of Knowledge, and to some extent the Serpent, all of which do not compare to the ideal nature of God. Milton made his views on idolatry more explicit with the creation of Pandæmonium and his allusion to Solomon's temple. In the beginning of Paradise Lost and throughout the poem, there are several references to the rise and eventual fall of Solomon's temple. Critics elucidate that "Solomon's temple provides an explicit demonstration of how an artefact moves from its genesis in devotional practice to an idolatrous end."[37] This example, out of the many presented, distinctly conveys Milton's views on the dangers of idolatry. Even if one builds a structure in the name of God, the best of intentions can become immoral in idolatry. The majority of these similarities revolve around a structural likeness, but as Lyle explains, they play a greater role. By linking Saint Peter's Basilica and the Pantheon to Pandemonium—an ideally false structure—the two famous buildings take on a false meaning.[38] This comparison best represents Milton's Protestant views, as it rejects both the purely Catholic perspective and the Pagan perspective. In addition to rejecting Catholicism, Milton revolted against the idea of a monarch ruling by divine right. He saw the practice as idolatrous. Barbara Lewalski concludes that the theme of idolatry in Paradise Lost "is an exaggerated version of the idolatry Milton had long associated with the Stuart ideology of divine kingship".[39] In the opinion of Milton, any object, human or non-human, that receives special attention befitting of God, is considered idolatrous. Criticism of monarchy [edit] Although Satan's army inevitably loses the war against God, Satan achieves a position of power and begins his reign in Hell with his band of loyal followers, composed of fallen angels, which is described to be a "third of heaven". Similar to Milton's republican sentiments of overthrowing the King of England for both better representation and parliamentary power, Satan argues that his shared rebellion with the fallen angels is an effort to "explain the hypocrisy of God",[citation needed] and in doing so, they will be treated with the respect and acknowledgement that they deserve. As Wayne Rebhorn argues, "Satan insists that he and his fellow revolutionaries held their places by right and even leading him to claim that they were self-created and self-sustained" and thus Satan's position in the rebellion is much like that of his own real world creator.[40] Milton scholar John Leonard interpreted the "impious war" between Heaven and Hell as civil war:[41][page needed] Paradise Lost is, among other things, a poem about civil war. Satan raises "impious war in Heav'n" (i 43) by leading a third of the angels in revolt against God. The term "impious war" implies that civil war is impious. But Milton applauded the English people for having the courage to depose and execute King Charles I. In his poem, however, he takes the side of "Heav'n's awful Monarch" (iv 960). Critics have long wrestled with the question of why an antimonarchist and defender of regicide should have chosen a subject that obliged him to defend monarchical authority. The editors at the Poetry Foundation argue that Milton's criticism of the English monarchy was being directed specifically at the Stuart monarchy and not at the monarchical system of govenment in general.[3] In a similar vein, C. S. Lewis argued that there was no contradiction in Milton's position in the poem since "Milton believed that God was his 'natural superior' and that Charles Stuart was not."[41][page needed] Moral ambiguity [edit] The critic William Empson claimed the poem was morally ambiguous, with Milton's complex characterization of Satan playing a large part in Empson's claim of moral ambiguity.[41][page needed] For context, the second volume of Empson's authorized biography was titled: William Empson: Against the Christians. In it his authorized biographer describes "Empson’s visceral loathing of Christianity."[42] He spent a large amount of his career attacking Christianity, demonizing it as "wickedness" and claiming that Milton's God was " sickeningly bad."[43] For example, Empson portrays Milton's God as akin to a "Stalinist" tyrant "who enslaves His human creations to serve His own narcissism." From there, Empson gives fake praise that is really an attack, saying that "Milton deserves credit for making God wicked, since the God of Christianity is 'a wicked God'." John Leonard states that "Empson never denies that Satan's plan is wicked. What he does deny is that God is innocent of its wickedness: 'Milton steadily drives home that the inmost counsel of God was the Fortunate Fall of man; however wicked Satan's plan may be, it is God's plan too [since God in Paradise Lost is depicted as being both omniscient and omnipotent].'"[41][page needed] Leonard notes that this interpretation was challenged by Dennis Danielson in his book Milton's Good God (1982).[41][page needed] Alexandra Kapelos-Peters explains that: "as Danielson logically asserts, foreknowledge is not commensurate with culpability. Although God knew that Adam and Eve would eat the forbidden fruit of knowledge, He neither commanded them to do so, nor influenced their decision." Moreover, God gives humans free will to choose to do good or evil, while a tyrant would do the very opposite and deny free will by controlling his subjects' actions like a puppet-master. She says Danielson and Milton "demonstrate one crucial point: the presence of sin in the world is attributable to human agency and free will. Danielson argues that free will is crucial, because without it humanity would have only been serving necessity, and not participating in a free love act with the divine."[44] She notes that in Paradise Lost, God says: "They trespass, Authors to themselves in all, Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I formd them free, and free they must remain." Kapelos-Peters adds: "Milton demonstrates that far from being a tyrannical lord, God and the Son function as a collaborative team that desire nothing but the return of man to his pre-fallen state. Furthermore, God is not even able to dominate in this aspect because human agency and free-will are not abandoned. Not only will the Son sacrifice himself pre-emptively in Book 3 for the not-yet-occurred Fall of Man, but Man himself will have a role in his own salvation. To successfully navigate atonement, humanity will have to admit and repent of their former disobedience." C. S. Lewis also rebutted the approach of people like Empson super-imposing their own interpretations with an agenda onto the poem long after it was written. Lewis wrote: "The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is – what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used."[45] Lewis said the poem was a genuine Christian morality tale.[41][page needed] In Lewis's book A Preface to Paradise Lost, he discusses the theological similarities between Paradise Lost and St. Augustine, and says that "The Fall is simply and solely Disobedience – doing what you have been told not to do: and it results from Pride – from being too big for your boots, forgetting your place, thinking that you are God"[46] Interpretation and critique [edit] Eighteenth-century critics [edit] The writer and critic Samuel Johnson wrote that Paradise Lost shows off Milton's "peculiar power to astonish" and that Milton "seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others: the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful".[47] William Blake famously wrote in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: "The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it."[48] This quotation succinctly represents the way in which some 18th- and 19th-century English Romantic poets viewed Milton. Christian epic [edit] Tobias Gregory wrote that Milton was "the most theologically learned among early modern epic poets. He was, moreover, a theologian of great independence of mind, and one who developed his talents within a society where the problem of divine justice was debated with particular intensity."[49] Gregory says that Milton is able to establish divine action and his divine characters in a superior way to other Renaissance epic poets, including Ludovico Ariosto or Torquato Tasso.[50] In Paradise Lost Milton also ignores the traditional epic format of a plot based on a mortal conflict between opposing armies with deities watching over and occasionally interfering with the action. Instead, both divinity and humanity are involved in a conflict that, while momentarily ending in tragedy, offers a future salvation.[50] In both Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, Milton incorporates aspects of Lucan's epic model, the epic from the view of the defeated. Although he does not accept the model completely within Paradise Regained, he incorporates the "anti-Virgilian, anti-imperial epic tradition of Lucan".[51] Milton goes further than Lucan in this belief and "Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained carry further, too, the movement toward and valorization of romance that Lucan's tradition had begun, to the point where Milton's poems effectively create their own new genre".[52] The Church reacted by banning the poem and placing it on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.[a] Iconography [edit] The first illustrations to accompany the text of Paradise Lost were added to the fourth edition of 1688, with one engraving prefacing each book, of which up to eight of the twelve were by Sir John Baptist Medina, one by Bernard Lens II, and perhaps up to four (including Books I and XII, perhaps the most memorable) by another hand.[53] The engraver was Michael Burghers (given as 'Burgesse' in some sources[54]). By 1730, the same images had been re-engraved on a smaller scale by Paul Fourdrinier. Some of the most notable illustrators of Paradise Lost included William Blake, Gustave Doré, and Henry Fuseli. However, the epic's illustrators also include John Martin, Edward Francis Burney, Richard Westall, Francis Hayman, and many others. Outside of book illustrations, the epic has also inspired other visual works by well-known painters like Salvador Dalí who executed a set of ten colour engravings in 1974.[55] Milton's achievement in writing Paradise Lost while blind (he dictated to helpers) inspired loosely biographical paintings by both Fuseli[56] and Eugène Delacroix.[57] In Sin, Death and the Devil (1792), James Gillray caricatured the political battle between Pitt and Thurlow as a scene from Paradise Lost. Pitt is Death and Thurlow Satan, with Queen Charlotte as Sin in the middle. The Shepherd's Dream, from "Paradise Lost", Henry Fuseli (1793) John Martin, Eve's Dream, Satan Aroused, from Paradise Lost (1824–1827). Mezzotint, plate, 14 × 20.2 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston See also [edit] Paradise Lost in popular culture John Milton's poetic style Paradise Regained Visio Tnugdali Notes [edit] References [edit] Citations [edit] Bibliography [edit] Further reading [edit] John Milton: A Short Introduction (2002 ed., paperback by Roy C. Flannagan, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-0-631-22620-8; 2008 ed., ebook by Roy Flannagan, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-0-470-69287-5) Al-Akhras, Sharihan; Green, Mandy (2017). Satanic whispers: Milton's Iblis and the "Great Sultan". The Seventeenth Century, 32:1, pp. 31–50. doi:10.1080/0268117X.2016.1252279 Black, J., ed. (March 2007), "Paradise Lost", The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, vol. A (Concise ed.), Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, pp. 998–1061, ISBN 978-1-55111-868-0, OCLC 75811389 Bradford, R. (July 1992), Paradise Lost (1st ed.), Philadelphia: Open University Press, ISBN 978-0-335-09982-5, OCLC 25050319 Forsyth, N. (2003), The Satanic Epic, Princeton: Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-11339-5 Frye, N. (1965), The Return of Eden: Five Essays on Milton's Epics, Toronto: University of Toronto Press Kerrigan, W., ed. (2007), The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, New York: Random House, ISBN 978-0-679-64253-4, OCLC 81940956 Miller, T. C., ed. (1997), The Critical Response to John Milton's "Paradise Lost", Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-313-28926-2, OCLC 35762631 Patrides, C. A. The Age of Milton: Backgrounds to Seventeenth-century Literature (Manchester University, 1980), ISBN 0-7190-0770-4 Walker, Julia M. (1998), Medusa's Mirrors: Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and the Metamorphosis of the Female Self, University of Delaware Press, ISBN 978-0-87413-625-8 Gustave Doré Paradise Lost Illustrations from the university at Buffalo Libraries Major Online Resources on Paradise Lost (archived 6 February 2011) Paradise Lost public domain audiobook at LibriVox Online text [edit] Paradise Lost at Standard Ebooks Project Gutenberg text version 1 Project Gutenberg text version 2 Other information [edit]
2622	dbpedia	2	12	https://braverangels.org/	en	Braver Angels	https://braverangels.org…08/BA_Logo-1.png	https://braverangels.org…08/BA_Logo-1.png	[ "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1593383650758809&ev=PageView&noscript=1", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Braver-Angels_Logo-2023-01-250x41.png", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Braver-Angels_Logo-2023-01-250x41.png", "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QNX7vNFk8YU/maxresdefault.jpg", "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QNX7vNFk8YU/maxresdefault.jpg", "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QNX7vNFk8YU/maxresdefault.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/News-Logos-V2-1024x240.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/News-Logos-V2-1024x240.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/News-Logos-Mobile.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PEW-Research-How-Americans-Feel-When-Think-About-Politics-V2-1-1.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PEW-Research-How-Americans-Feel-When-Think-About-Politics-V2-MOBILE-2-1.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BAC23_0454-1_web-3.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BAC23_1476_web-2.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Gov-Spencer-Cox-web.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DSprei19-WEB-1.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Braver_Angels_Gettysburg_Finals_070723_192-web-2.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Website-2.0-Team-2Oct23-WEB.jpg", "https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Braver-Angels_Logo-2023-01-250x41.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2018-11-16T12:05:45+00:00	Braver Angels is a citizens’ organization uniting red and blue Americans in a working alliance to depolarize America	en	https://braverangels.org…3-01-150x150.png	Braver Angels	https://braverangels.org/	Fed up with today's politics? 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The American Hope campaign is equipping Americans across the political spectrum to work together and demand the same of politicians from both parties. Fed up with today's politics? There IS a better way. We are doing something about it. Will you join us? Braver Angels is leading the nation’s largest cross-partisan, volunteer-led movement to bridge the partisan divide for the good of our democratic republic. As we head into the election, we’re bringing together “We the People” to find a hopeful alternative to toxic politics. The American Hope campaign is equipping Americans across the political spectrum to work together and demand the same of politicians from both parties. Alliances 0 Events 0 + Participants 0 + Years of Impact 0 + Members 0 + "We’ve got to figure out a way out of this mess, and that’s what Braver Angels offers. We all need tools in our toolbox for good conversations. That’s why I’m here. It’s time for something different." – Erica M. 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(Red), New Hampshire Highlights Is a hopeful alternative to toxic politics possible? Yes. But here in America, lasting change comes only from “We, the People.” That’s why our American Hope campaign is equipping thousands of Americans to work together across our divides and demand the same of politicians from both parties. In a time when so many despair, we are creating hope. Join Us Conservatives and liberals agree on how to restore trust in our elections, according to our newly released report. Read the Report A Braver Way is back for a second season, with more real-life stories to help you face this election year without losing heart. Every episode we’ll introduce you to people from across the political spectrum who are taking the toxicity out of our politics, not by watering down their convictions, but by letting them clash and come into conversation for the good of our American experiment. How do they do it? How can YOU do it? Tune in to find out. Episode Guide The work of Braver Angels starts with bringing Reds and Blues together to take action and build community at the grassroots level. Meet people in your area from across the political spectrum who are committed to listening to and working alongside those with whom they disagree. Alliances host community debates, group discussions, social events, and more. Through Deliberative Town Halls, Common Ground Workshops, and the work of Braver Politics, alliances can engage local citizens and elected officials to make a difference in their community. Find Your Local Alliance Highlights Is a hopeful alternative to toxic politics possible? Yes. But here in America, lasting change comes only from “We, the People.” That’s why our American Hope campaign is equipping thousands of Americans to work together across our divides and demand the same of politicians from both parties. In a time when so many despair, we are creating hope. Join Us Conservatives and liberals agree on how to restore trust in our elections, according to our newly released report. Read the Report A Braver Way wrapped its first season in January and will be releasing season two this summer. In the meantime, check out the season one episodes where host Mónica Guzmán discusses everything from how to navigate families divided by politics to a path forward for those who disagreed about COVID-19 policies. Season 1 Episode Guide The work of Braver Angels starts with bringing Reds and Blues together to take action and build community at the grassroots level. Meet people in your area from across the political spectrum who are committed to listening to and working alongside those with whom they disagree. Alliances host community debates, group discussions, social events, and more. Through Deliberative Town Halls, Common Ground Workshops, and the work of Braver Politics, alliances can engage local citizens and elected officials to make a difference in their community. Find Your Local Alliance We have been featured on a variety of media, including: We have been featured on a variety of media, including: We have been featured on a variety of media, including: Fighting Over Politics is Tearing Us Apart The % of Americans who “Always/Often” feel _____ when thinking about politics these days. When all voices are heard, civic renewal grows. Citizenship is the common thread that connects all Americans. We are a nation bound not by race or religion, but by the shared values of freedom, liberty, and equality. When Reds, Blues and Others work together, the entire country benefits. Our movement is the guiding force that's helping Americans work together again. Play Video Building Confidence to Work Together Below are responses from those surveyed after attending our signature Red/Blue Workshop. 0% 86% Feel They Better Understand the Other Side 0% 71% Feel Better Understood by the Other Side 0% 81% Feel Better Prepared to Apply the Skills The Braver Angels Way 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 01 We state our views freely and fully, without fear. 02 We treat people who disagree with us with honesty, dignity and respect. 03 We welcome opportunities to engage those with whom we disagree. 04 We believe all of us have blind spots and none of us are not worth talking to. 05 We seek to disagree accurately, avoiding exaggeration and stereotypes. 06 We look for common ground where it exists and, if possible, find ways to work together. 07 We believe that, in disagreements, both sides share and learn. 08 In Braver Angels, neither side is teaching the other or giving feedback on how to think or say things differently. How to Get Involved 1. 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2622	dbpedia	2	69	https://www.christianity.com/wiki/angels-and-demons/what-do-angels-look-like.html	en	What Do Biblically Accurate Angels Really Look Like?	https://media.swncdn.com…es-883769668.jpg	https://media.swncdn.com…es-883769668.jpg	[ "https://media.swncdn.com/christianity/plus/plus-badge-orange.svg", "https://media.swncdn.com/christianity/plus/plus-badge-orange.svg", "https://media.swncdn.com/christianity/logo/logo.svg", "https://media.swncdn.com/christianity/plus/plus-badge-orange.svg", "https://media.swncdn.com/christianity/plus/plus-badge-orange.svg", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/950w/via/23551-gettyimages-883769668.jpg", "https://media.swncdn.com/via/images/2023/08/11/32045/32045-seraphiminhagiasofia_source_file.jpg", "https://media.swncdn.com/via/images/2022/10/05/27693/27693-biblically-accurate-angels-tattoo_source_file.jpeg", "https://media.swncdn.com/via/images/2023/08/11/32042/32042-seraphim_source_file.jpg", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/350w/via/images/2023/07/10/31546/31546-gettyimages-638378146_source_file.jpg", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/350w/via/23143-istockgetty-images-plusfizkes-28.jpg", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/350w/via/12273-multicultural-diverse-row-of-friends-sitting.jpg", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/70w/christianity/icons/game-bible-baseball.png", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/70w/christianity/icons/game-saintly-millionaire.png", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/70w/christianity/icons/game-bible-jeopardy.png", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/70w/christianity/icons/game-bible-trivia-by-category.png", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/70w/christianity/icons/game-bible-trivia-challenge.png", "https://i.swncdn.com/media/235w/logo/swn/swn-black.png", "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=228399734010278&ev=PageView&noscript=1&dpo=LDU&dpoco=0&dpost=0" ]	[]	[]	[ "what do angels look like" ]	null	[ "Hope Bolinger" ]	2020-11-06T15:57:09.390000-05:00	Angels, being spiritual beings, can take on different forms. As we see in the Bible, at times they can appear as humans. But because Scripture offers some bizarre imagery as well for these beings, we cannot definitely know what one looks like.	en	/favicon.png	Christianity.com	https://www.christianity.com/wiki/angels-and-demons/what-do-angels-look-like.html	"Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew." (Isaiah 6:2) Fresco painting of a Seraphim in the Hagia Sofia Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel. When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went. (Ezekiel 1:15-17) Many of us like the picture of angels as beautiful winged feminine creatures or baby-like creatures with halos and harps, known as cherubims. Most of us do not know that angels in the Bible likely do not look like any of our imaginations, nor do they appear as our media would have us believe. Angels do not have cherub cheeks, appear as babies, or really like most artists' depictions, particularly Renaissance ones. So, what do angels really look like? What is a biblically accurate description of an angel? Will we know when we see one? The answer to this actually entirely depends on what form they take. Angels, being spiritual beings, can take on different forms. As we see in Scripture, angels can sometimes appear as humans, to the point where we may not even recognize that we’ve served an angel (Hebrews 13:2). Other times, we get some really bizarre passages, like the one found in Ezekiel 1, where the prophet attempts to describe angels through a series of images, including wheels covered in eyes. The short answer is we don’t have a definitive description for angels, but we can use Scripture to show how they sometimes appear. In this article, we’ll explain some of the Biblically accurate forms that angels take according to Scripture and why this matters. What Do Angels Look Like According to the Bible? We’ll break down a few verses to describe what angels look like, according to the prophets and writers of Scripture. The donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. Thus the donkey turned off the road, and went into the field and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn it back onto the road (Numbers 22:23). In this passage, we see that Balaam didn't see the angel. Angels can be invisible to us. When we do see them, they tend to strike fear into us. We should also note that they fight spiritual battles, and this isn’t the first instance of us seeing an armed angel in Scripture. Let's take a look at some examples in the Bible where angels carried swords. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life (Genesis 3:24). I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude (Daniel 10:5-6). Although the last six chapters of Daniel tend to draw speculation and much debate from the theological community, these verses included, if these verses refer to an angelic being, it’s clear the being has a striking appearance in its true form. They seem to glow like gems or bronze. And, of course, the most bizarre: Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels (Ezekiel 10:12). Photo: Amazon/Phil Shortman In Ezekiel, we get the description of ophanim. The word ophanim is plural of ophan (also spelled ofan, owfan, and ophinnin), meaning wheels. The Bible does not specifically name the ophanim as angels. However, Jewish apocalyptic writers list them as angels because of three aspects: their eyes are attributes of a living creature, they have supernatural powers, and they exist close to the throne of God. The wheel inside a wheel is probably a description of wheels at right angles to one another, allowing movement in any direction without turning. The rings of the wheels were covered in eyes. The wheel went with the living creature “for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels” (Ezekiel 1:21). (excerpt from Why Do We Call the Angels with Wheel Eyes Ophanim?) What Do Cheribum, Seraphim, and Other Angels Look Like? In addition to the verses that talk about angels appearing as humans, we can glean from all of Scripture that they have an otherworldly appearance. One that strikes fear into us. We probably cannot come up with an adequate description for them, since human words do not suffice on supernatural matters. This does not nearly cover the breadth of angels, or even touches on the nature and appearance of fallen angels. After all, we have several ranks of angels. A cherub will look far different than an archangel. And an angel will look far different than a demon. But because Scripture offers some bizarre imagery for these beings, we cannot definitely know what one looks like unless we see one ourselves. And something tells me that would be a horrifying experience. Although we don't have descriptions of every angel, here is a brief overview at what some of them look like. Cheribum: These creatures have four faces, and are described in Ezekiel 1:15-16 as such: "As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel." Seraphim: An angelic being with six wings and two covering the eyes because they cannot directly stare at God's holiness. Although these other angels are not mentioned explicitly in the Bible, they are categorized in this article as such as Malachim and Ophanim. First, messengers like Gabriel deliver the words of the Lord to his people. They often appear as men dressed in white. Ophanim are the "wheels" mentioned in Ezekiel. However, one could argue that these and the Cheribum are one and the same. What Do Angels Do and Why It Matters Why does it matter that we know what angels look like? First of all, we need to know where the media has erred. If we believe that angels are little babies, then we’re in for a surprise if a real angel shows up to us. Secondly, we also must recognize that angels appear in different forms. If an angel shows up to us in their full-on wheel-on-eyes form, we’re probably going to pass out. Finally, we need to understand the role angels play in spiritual matters. They fight battles for us all the time. Angels in Scripture often come armed. To fully understand Biblically accurate angels, we must first know their purpose. Throughout Scripture, we see God using angels as messengers. We see this in the angel Gabriel visiting Mary and Joseph in Luke 1. Hebrews 1:14 tells us, "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?" We also see that angels are used to send warnings and to enact God's justice and judgment. Psalm 48:49 says, "He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels." in Exodus 33:2 - "I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites." Thirdly, we see angels as protectors. In Exodus 14, we read of the angel of the Lord that traveled with Israel in their escape from Egypt and helped the nation of Israel safely cross the Red Sea. In Genesis 48:16, the blessing of Joseph is recounted with the statement, "the Angel who has delivered me from all harm." Lastly, We also should recognize that they are worshipping beings. They always direct the praise back to God. It doesn’t matter how striking their appearance is, they acknowledge who made them in the first place. In Revelation 5, we get a picture of what heaven is like with this description of angels: "Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!" Photo Credit: ©GettyImages/umbertoleporini
2622	dbpedia	3	7	https://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/paranormal-romance-ya-novel-hush-hush-to-get-movie-adaptation.php	en	The Most Abhorrently Misogynistic Book I've Ever Read Is Getting a Movie Adaptation?!	http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2018/07/Hush%20Hush%20SS%20Banner-thumb-700xauto-199585.png	http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2018/07/Hush%20Hush%20SS%20Banner-thumb-700xauto-199585.png	[ "http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=20407962&cv=2.0&cj=1", "https://c.statcounter.com/343740/0//1/", "https://www.pajiba.com/image/2022/hebdo.jpeg", "http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2018/07/Hush%20Hush%20SS%20Banner-thumb-700xauto-199585.png", "http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2018/07/Hush%20Hush%20SS%20Banner-thumb-700xauto-199585.png", "https://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2024/03/2024OscarsFashionOldHollywood-thumb-700xauto-261089.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "Paranormal Romance YA novel 'Hush Hush' To Get Movie Adaptation", "Back in the heady days of 2010", "when the Obama years were fresh and a Celtic studies degree still seemed like my best route to future employability", "I decided to start writing reviews of paranormal YA novels. It was a..." ]	null	[ "Kayleigh Donaldson" ]	2018-07-20T15:20:00-05:00	Back in the heady days of 2010, when the Obama years were fresh and a Celtic studies degree still seemed like my best route to future employability, I decided to start writing reviews of paranormal YA novels. It was a...		/apple-touch-icon.png	Pajiba	https://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/paranormal-romance-ya-novel-hush-hush-to-get-movie-adaptation.php	Back in the heady days of 2010, when the Obama years were fresh and a Celtic studies degree still seemed like my best route to future employability, I decided to start writing reviews of paranormal YA novels. It was a Summer timewaster turned experiment to try and understand this weird post-Twilight boom of paranormal romance novels that were all similar in plot, tone, focus and with varying degrees of questionable gender dynamics. I haven’t looked at those snarky feminist recaps in years - RIP LiveJournal before the Russian spambot invasion - but over 8 years later, I am still haunted by one book. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick was pitched as ‘Twilight but with angels.’ I’d even heard rumours it was once Twilight fanfiction but never found any proof of that. It made sense though, as the story is structurally close to Stephenie Meyer’s book and even has its own awkward biology class scene. But Hush Hush was worse. Oh, it was so much worse. It was a level of rape culture bullshit that would have made even E.L. James side-eye. Naturally, the series was a huge success, but I never forgot the moment I flung that book at a wall in pure aggravation. So obviously it’s getting a movie. How bad was this book, you ask? Well, here is the blurb. A sacred oath, a fallen angel, a forbidden love…This darkly romantic story features our heroine, Nora Grey, a seemingly normal teenage girl with her own shadowy connection to the Nephilim, and super-alluring bad boy, Patch, now her deskmate in biology class. Together they find themselves at the centre of a centuries-old feud between a fallen angel and a Nephilim…Forced to sit next to Patch in science class, Nora attempts to resist his flirting, though gradually falls for him against her better judgment. Meanwhile creepy things are going on with a mysterious stalker following her car, breaking into her house and attacking her best friend, Vi. Nora suspects Patch, but there are other suspects too - not least a new boy who has transferred from a different college after being wrongly accused of murdering his girlfriend. And he seems to have taken a shine to Nora…Love certainly is dangerous…and someone is going to have to make the ultimate sacrifice for it Yeah, his name is Patch. But the devil is in the details. Patch wasn’t a Byronic hero: He was a sociopathic stalker who would have made Ed Gein nervous. He spends the entire book stalking Nora, and basically every character in the book laughs off his aggressive behaviour with some variation of ‘ooh he’s got a crush’. There’s even a scene where, after Nora begs her teacher to help her get rid of this guy, he chastises her then says she should tutor him! Later, that teacher uses her as a public example of how to tell if a girl is sexually aroused. Shall I continue? The first third of the book does a lot of foreshadowing to suggest Patch may be a literal violent offender. Because that’s sexy. The dude stalks her, harasses and threatens her, and everyone thinks this is cool. Nora, of course, does as well because oh he’s so dangerous but so sexy. He is LITERALLY trying to kill her. LITERALLY! And this is a sexy YA romance. The scene that made me throw the book against the wall was one where Patch forces her onto a bed and tells her that nobody would hear her if she were to scream. Then sexy kissing. Christ, I loathe that book. It has three sequels, by the way. I’m kind of stunned this is getting a movie for two reasons: One, the paranormal boom is over. Maybe not entirely in YA - there will always be popular names in the field - but certainly in terms of films. Fallen, the other big angel YA romance of the time, had a film adaptation that sat in post-production for ages before going straight-to-DVD. Fitzpatrick isn’t really a big name nowadays. She still writes but she’s not in the ranks of someone like Holly Black or, dare I say it, Cassandra Clare. Two, YA is a different beast nowadays. Audiences are savvier, they’re more socially aware and they want real variety. Look at the big names right now - Dumplin’, The Hate U Give, Children of Blood & Bone, Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda, Jenny Han’s contemporaries, even the big names like John Green … These are books that are progressively minded, pushing boundaries and evolving from the Twilight days. I don’t say that to shit on Twilight - lord knows we’re all bored of that - but to note how every genre must move forward or die. We’re also in the #MeToo age. This generation of teens are both more socially driven and exposed to greater amounts of pop culture than ever before. Is there really an appetite in that demographic for a ‘romance’ about an angel who is a violent borderline rapist? And that’s positioned as a good thing? It wasn’t acceptable when the book was published so why bother now? Even if the book was still a million-copy bestseller, you should read the room. Kellie Cyrus, who has worked on shows like The Vampire Diaries, will direct. Personally, I expect this to either be seriously watered down from the source material in an attempt to make it way less rapey, or it will just get pushed straight to Netflix for all your riffing needs. @ me for old-school YA talk.
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This article is about the supernatural beings. For other uses, see Angel (disambiguation). "Angelology" redirects here. For the novel, see Angelology (novel). In Abrahamic religious traditions (such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), an angel is a heavenly supernatural or spiritual being. In monotheistic belief-systems, such beings are under service of the supreme deity (i.e. God). Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God and humanity.[1][2] Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, such as guardian angels and servants of God.[3] Abrahamic religions describe angelic hierarchies, which vary by religion and sect. Some angels have specific names (such as Gabriel or Michael) or titles (such as seraph or archangel). Malevolent angels are often believed to have been expelled from Heaven and called fallen angels. In many such religions, the Devil (or devils) are identified with such angels. Angels in art are often identified with bird wings,[4] halos,[5] and divine light. They are usually shaped like humans of extraordinary beauty, though this is not always the case—sometimes, they can be portrayed in a frightening, inhuman manner.[6] Etymology [edit] The word angel arrives in modern English from Old English engel (with a hard g) and the Old French angele.[7] Both of these derive from Late Latin angelus, which in turn was borrowed from Late Greek ἄγγελος angelos (literally "messenger").[8] Τhe word's earliest form is Mycenaean a-ke-ro, attested in Linear B syllabic script.[9] According to the Dutch linguist R. S. P. Beekes, ángelos itself may be "an Oriental loan, like ἄγγαρος (ángaros, 'Persian mounted courier')."[10] The rendering of ángelos is the Septuagint's default translation of the Biblical Hebrew term malʼākh, denoting simply "messenger" without connoting its nature. In the Latin Vulgate, this meaning becomes bifurcated: when malʼākh or ángelos is supposed to denote a human messenger, words like nuntius or legatus are applied. If the word refers to some supernatural being, the word angelus appears. Such differentiation has been taken over by later vernacular translations of the Bible, early Christian and Jewish exegetes and eventually modern scholars.[11] Background [edit] The concept of angels is historically best to be understood from different ideas of the concept of God throughout history. In polytheistic and animistic worldviews, supernatural powers (i.e. deities, spirits, daemons, etc.) were assigned to different natural phenomena.[12](p102) Within a monotheistic framework, these powers were reconsidered to be servants of the supreme deity, turning autonomous supernatural beings into "angels".[12](p102) By that, supernatural powers controlling or influencing humanities' perception of the world, including natural phenomena and humans, are ultimately under control of a supreme God.[12](p102) Prominent angels, such as Michael and Gabriel, reflect a connection to the Chief Semitic deity El. Even "bad" angels such as Satan, Samael, Iblis etc., can be understood as an operating force within the nature of humans, as responsible for selfish tendencies.[12](p102) The idea of angels in early Hebrew scripture as supernatural agents is absent.[13] Instead, the Hebrew deity intervenes in human affairs, mostly by means of punishment.[14] Only in later thought of post-exilic and prophetic writings, the Biblical deity is conceptualized as distant and more merciful, his interventions replaced by the idea of angels.[14] However, such angels still carry out the gruesome attributes of God and can be both benevolent and malevolent.[14] The notion of angels as embodiment of good emerges only under influence of Zoroastrianism, in which the Devil is conceived as the principle of evil, with a hosts of demons, in battle with the holy entities (Aməša Spəṇta) created by Ahura Mazda (principle of good).[14][13] Influence of dualistic tendencies and replacement of divine powers by angels is evident from the Qumram writings. In the Angelic Liturgy, the Hebrew term elim (deities, heavenly powers) is used for angelic beings and not for God.[15](p23) The War Scroll speaks about angels of light fighting against demonic beings of darkness.[15](p20) Zoroastrianism [edit] Main article: Yazata In Zoroastrianism there are different angel-like figures. For example, each person has one guardian angel, called Fravashi. They patronize human beings and other creatures, and also manifest God's energy. The Amesha Spentas have often been regarded as angels, although there is no direct reference to them conveying messages,[16] but are rather emanations of Ahura Mazda ("Wise Lord", God); they initially appeared in an abstract fashion and then later became personalized, associated with various aspects of creation.[17] Judaism [edit] Main article: Angels in Judaism In Judaism, angels (Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ‎ mal’āḵ; "messenger"), are understood through interpretation of the Tanakh and in a long tradition as supernatural beings who stand by God in heaven, but are strictly to be distinguished from God (YHWH) and are subordinate to him. Occasionally, they can show selected people God's will and instructions.[18] In the Jewish tradition they are also inferior to humans since they have no will of their own and are able to carry out only one divine command.[19] Hebrew Bible [edit] The Torah uses the Hebrew terms מלאך אלהים (mal'āk̠ 'ĕlōhîm; "messenger of God"), מלאך יהוה (mal'āk̠ Yahweh; "messenger of the Lord"), בני אלהים (bənē 'ĕlōhîm; "sons of God") and הקודשים (haqqôd̠əšîm; "the holy ones") to refer to beings traditionally interpreted as angels. Later texts use other terms, such as העליונים (hā'elyônîm; "the upper ones").[citation needed] The term 'מלאך' ('mal'āk̠') is also used in other books of the Hebrew Bible. In the early stages of Hebrew writings, the term refers to human messengers, not to supernatural entities.[14][20] A human messenger might be a prophet or priest, such as Malachi, "my messenger"; the Greek superscription in the Septuagint translation states the Book of Malachi was written "by the hand of his messenger" ἀγγέλου (angélu). Examples of a supernatural messenger[21] are the "Malak YHWH", who is either a messenger from God,[22] an aspect of God (such as the logos),[23] or God himself as the messenger (the "theophanic angel.")[21][24] Michael D. Coogan notes that it is only in the late books that the terms "come to mean the benevolent semi-divine beings familiar from later mythology and art."[25] Daniel is the biblical book to refer to individual angels by name,[26] mentioning Gabriel in Daniel 9:21 and Michael in Daniel 10:13. These angels are part of Daniel's apocalyptic visions and are an important part of apocalyptic literature.[25][27] In Daniel 7, Daniel receives a dream-vision from God. [...] As Daniel watches, the Ancient of Days takes his seat on the throne of heaven and sits in judgement in the midst of the heavenly court [...] an [angel] like a son of man approaches the Ancient One in the clouds of heaven and is given everlasting kingship.[28] Coogan explains the development of this concept of angels: "In the postexilic period, with the development of explicit monotheism, these divine beings—the 'sons of God' who were members of the Divine Council—were in effect demoted to what are now known as 'angels', understood as beings created by God, but immortal and thus superior to humans."[25] This conception of angels is best understood in contrast to demons and is often thought to be "influenced by the ancient Persian religious tradition of Zoroastrianism, which viewed the world as a battleground between forces of good and forces of evil, between light and darkness."[25] One of these is hāššāṭān, a figure depicted in (among other places) the Book of Job. Rabbinic Judaism [edit] According to Rabbinic Judaism, the angels have no bodies, but are eternally living creatures created out of fire. The Babylonian Talmud reads as "The Torah was not given to ministering angels." (לא נתנה תורה למלאכי השרת) usually understood as a concession to human's imperfection, in contrast to the angels.[29] Thus, they occasionally appear in Midrashim as competition with humans.[30] The angels as heavenly beings, strictly following the laws of God, become jealous of God's affection for man. Humans, by following the Torah, in prayer, by resisting evil instincts (yetzer hara) and by teshuva, are preferred to the flawless angels. As a result, they are also inferior to humans in the Jewish tradition. In the Midrash, the plural of El (Elohim) used in Genesis in relation to the creation of human beings is explained by the presence of angels: God therefore consulted with the angels, but made the final decision alone. This story serves as an example, teaching that the powerful should also consult with the weak. God's own final decision highlights God's undisputable omnipotence.[30] In post-Biblical Judaism, certain angels took on particular significance and developed unique personalities and roles. Although these archangels were believed to rank among the heavenly host, no systematic hierarchy ever developed. Metatron is considered one of the highest of the angels in Merkabah and Kabbalah mysticism and often serves as a scribe; he is briefly mentioned in the Talmud[31] and figures prominently in Merkabah mystical texts. Michael, who serves as a warrior[32] and advocate for Israel (Daniel 10:13), is looked upon particularly fondly.[33] Gabriel is mentioned in the Book of Daniel (Daniel 8:15–17) and briefly in the Talmud,[34] as well as in many Merkabah mystical texts. There is no evidence in Judaism for the worship of angels, but there is evidence for the invocation and sometimes even conjuration of angels.[26] Philo of Alexandria identifies the angel with the Logos inasmuch as the angel is the immaterial voice of God. The angel is something different from God himself, but is conceived as God's instrument.[35] Four classes of ministering angels minister and utter praise before the Holy One, blessed be He: the first camp (led by) Michael on His right, the second camp (led by) Gabriel on His left, the third camp (led by) Uriel before Him, and the fourth camp (led by) Raphael behind Him; and the Shekhinah of the Holy One, blessed be He, is in the centre. He is sitting on a throne high and exalted[36] Later interpretations [edit] According to Kabbalah, there are four worlds and our world is the last world: the world of action (Assiyah). Angels exist in the worlds above as a 'task' of God. They are an extension of God to produce effects in this world. After an angel has completed its task, it ceases to exist. The angel is in effect the task. This is derived from the book of Genesis when Abraham meets with three angels and Lot meets with two. The task of one of the angels was to inform Sara and Abraham of their coming child. The other two were to save Lot and to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.[26] Jewish philosopher Maimonides explained his view of angels in his Guide for the Perplexed II:4 and II ... This leads Aristotle in turn to the demonstrated fact that God, glory and majesty to Him, does not do things by direct contact. God burns things by means of fire; fire is moved by the motion of the sphere; the sphere is moved by means of a disembodied intellect, these intellects being the 'angels which are near to Him', through whose mediation the spheres move ... thus totally disembodied minds exist which emanate from God and are the intermediaries between God and all the bodies [objects] here in this world. — Guide for the Perplexed II:4, Maimonides Maimonides had a neo-Aristotelian interpretation of the Bible. Maimonides writes that to the wise man, one sees that what the Bible and Talmud refer to as "angels" are actually allusions to the various laws of nature; they are the principles by which the physical universe operates. For all forces are angels! How blind, how perniciously blind are the naive?! If you told someone who purports to be a sage of Israel that the Deity sends an angel who enters a woman's womb and there forms an embryo, he would think this a miracle and accept it as a mark of the majesty and power of the Deity, despite the fact that he believes an angel to be a body of fire one third the size of the entire world. All this, he thinks, is possible for God. But if you tell him that God placed in the sperm the power of forming and demarcating these organs, and that this is the angel, or that all forms are produced by the Active Intellect; that here is the angel, the "vice-regent of the world" constantly mentioned by the sages, then he will recoil. – Guide for the Perplexed II:4 Individuals [edit] From the Jewish Encyclopedia, entry "Angelology".[26] Michael ("Who is like God?"), kindness of God, and stands up for the children of mankind[37] Gabriel ("God is my strength"), performs acts of justice and power (Only these two angels are mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible; the names of the others are from Jewish apocrypha, post-exilic or Talmudic lore Jophiel ("Beauty of God"), expelled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden holding a flaming sword and punishes those who transgress against God Metatron, heavenly scribe of God Raphael ("It is God who heals"), God's healing force Uriel ("God is my light"), leads humanity to destiny Samael ("Venom of God"), angel of death — see also Malach HaMavet ("the angel of death") Sandalphon ("Bringing together"), battles Samael and brings mankind together Christianity [edit] Main article: Angels in Christianity In the early stage, the Christian concept of an angel characterized the angel as a 'messenger' of God. The word "angel" can be drawn to the term or role of a "messenger" throughout the Bible in both old and new testaments - (Hebrews 1:14) calls them "ministering [or serving] spirits", sent by God to aid the "heirs of salvation".[38] Later came identification of individual angelic messengers: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, and Uriel.[39] Then, in the space of slightly over two centuries (from the 3rd to the 5th) the image of angels took on definite characteristics both in theology and in art.[40] Ellen Muehlberger has argued that in Late Antiquity, angels were conceived of as one type of being among many, whose primary purpose was to guard and to guide Christians.[41] Bible [edit] Angels are represented throughout Bibles as spiritual beings which are intermediate between God and humanity: "For thou hast made him [man] a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour" (Psalms 8:4–5). Christians, based on Psalms and Genesis 2:1, believe that angels were the first beings created by God before the creation of Earth (Psalms 148:2–5; Colossians 1:16). Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible refer to intermediary beings as angels, instead of daimons, thus giving raise to a distinction between demons and angels.[42] In the Old Testament, both benevolent and fierce angels are mentioned, but never called demons. The symmetry lies between angels sent by God, and intermediary spirits of foreign deities, not in good and evil deeds.[43] In the New Testament, the existence of angels, just like that of demons, is taken for granted.[44] They can intervene and intercede on behalf of humans. Angels protect the righteous (Matthew 4:6, Luke 4:11). They dwell in the heavens (Matthew 28:2, John 1:51), act as God's warriors (Matthew 26:53) and worship God (Luke 2:13).[45] In the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus, angels behave as psychopomps. The Resurrection of Jesus features angels, telling the woman that Jesus is no longer in the tomb, but has risen from the dead.[46] Interaction with humans [edit] Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.—Hebrews 13:2 According to Jesus' statement, angels of Heaven don't marry (Matthew 22:30, Mark 12:25, and Luke 20:34–46).[47] Three separate cases of angelic interaction deal with the births of John the Baptist and Jesus. In (Luke 1:11), an angel appears to Zechariah to inform him that he will have a child despite his old age, thus proclaiming the birth of John the Baptist. In Luke 1:26, Gabriel visits Mary in the Annunciation to foretell the birth of Jesus. Angels proclaim the birth of Jesus in the Adoration of the shepherds in Luke 2:10.[48] According to Matthew 4:11, after Jesus spent 40 days in the desert, "...the Devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him." In Luke 22:43 an angel comforts Jesus during the Agony in the Garden.[49] In Matthew 28:5 an angel speaks at the empty tomb, following the Resurrection of Jesus and the rolling back of the stone by angels.[48] In 1851 Pope Pius IX approved the Chaplet of Saint Michael based on the 1751 reported private revelation from archangel Michael to the Carmelite nun Antonia d'Astonac.[50] In a biography of Gemma Galgani written by Germanus Ruoppolo, Galgani stated that she had spoken with her guardian angel. Pope John Paul II emphasized the role of angels in Catholic teachings in his 1986 address titled "Angels Participate In History Of Salvation", in which he suggested that modern mentality should come to see the importance of angels.[51] According to the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, "The practice of assigning names to the Holy Angels should be discouraged, except in the cases of Gabriel, Raphael and Michael whose names are contained in Holy Scripture."[52] Theology [edit] Further information: Christian theology According to Augustine of Hippo, the term 'angel' refers to "the name of their office, not [...] their nature", as they are pure spirits who act as messengers, clarifying: "If you seek the name of their nature, it is 'spirit'; if you seek the name of their office, it is 'angel': from what they are, 'spirit', from what they do, 'angel'."[53] Gregory of Nazianzus thought that angels were made as "spirits" and "flames of fire", following Hebrews 1, and that they can be identified with the "thrones, dominions, rulers and authorities" of Colossians 1.[41] By the late 4th century, the Church Fathers agreed that there were different categories of angels, with appropriate missions and activities assigned to them. There was, however, some disagreement regarding the nature of angels. Some argued that angels had physical bodies,[54] while some maintained that they were entirely spiritual. Some theologians had proposed that angels were not divine but on the level of immaterial beings subordinate to the Trinity. The resolution of this Trinitarian dispute included the development of doctrine about angels.[55] Forty Gospel Homilies by Pope Gregory I (c. 540 – 12 March 604) noted angels and archangels.[56] The Fourth Lateran Council's (1215) Firmiter credimus decree (issued against the Albigenses) declared that the angels were created beings and that men were created after them. The First Vatican Council (1869) repeated this declaration in Dei Filius, the "Dogmatic constitution on the Catholic faith". In the Middle Ages, theologians had to address Augustine's ideas of "angelic knowledge", as set out in De Genesi ad litteram, which he divided into "morning" knowledge, knowledge of Creation before it is created derived from direct access to the Word of God, and "evening" knowledge, knowledge of Creation derived from perceiving it after it has been created. Thomas Aquinas (13th century) related angels to Aristotle's metaphysics in his Summa contra Gentiles,[58] Summa Theologica,[59] the 8th question of Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate, and in De substantiis separatis,[60] a treatise on angelology. Aquinas varied significantly from the Augustinian view in two major respects: angels were not created in an initial state of bliss, and only beatified angels have "morning" knowledge. In other words: angels have an angelic nature, but in their natural states have no access to Divine "morning" knowledge of Creation, which they only gain with supernatural assistance. This was Aquinas' most original contribution to Christian angelology. Although angels have greater knowledge than men, they are not omniscient, as Matthew 24:36 points out.[63] According to the Summa Theologica, angels were created instantaneously by God in a state of grace in the Empyrean Heaven (LXI. 4) at the same time when he created all the contents of the corporeal world (LXI. 3). They are pure spirits whose life consists in knowledge and love. Being bodiless, their knowledge is intellectual and not through senses (LIV. 5). Differently from humans, their knowledge is not acquired from the exterior world (having acquired all knowledge they would ever receive in the moment of their creation); moreover they attain to the truth of a thing at a single glance without need of reasoning (LV. a; LVIII. 3,4). They know all that passes in the external world (LV. 2) and the totality of creatures, but they don't know human secret thoughts that depends on human free will and thereby are not necessarily linked up with external events (LVII. 4). They don't know also the future unless God reveals it to them (LVII. 3).[64] According to Aquinas, angels are the closest creatures to God. Therefore, like God, they are constituted by pure form without matter.[65] While they do not have a physical composition of matter and form (called ilemorphysm), they possess the metaphysical composition of act (the act of being[66]) and potency (their finite essence, yet without being[66]).[67] Each angel is a species which a unique individual belongs to; angels differ one from another by way of their unique and irrepetible form. In other words, form - and not matter - is their principle of individuation.[68] The New Church (Swedenborgianism) [edit] The New Church denominations that arose from the writings of theologian Emanuel Swedenborg have distinct ideas about angels and the spiritual world in which they dwell. Adherents believe that all angels are in human form with a spiritual body, and are not just minds without form.[69] There are different orders of angels according to the three heavens,[70] and each angel dwells in one of innumerable societies of angels. Such a society of angels can appear as one angel as a whole.[71] All angels originate from the human race, and there is not one angel in heaven who first did not live in a material body.[72] Moreover, all children who die not only enter heaven but eventually become angels.[73] The life of angels is that of usefulness, and their functions are so many that they cannot be enumerated. However each angel will enter a service according to the use that they had performed in their earthly life.[74] Names of angels, such as Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, signify a particular angelic function rather than an individual being.[75] While living in one's body an individual has conjunction with heaven through the angels,[76] and with each person, there are at least two evil spirits and two angels.[77] Temptation or pains of conscience originates from a conflict between evil spirits and angels.[78] Due to man's sinful nature it is dangerous to have open direct communication with angels[79] and they can only be seen when one's spiritual sight has been opened.[80] Thus from moment to moment angels attempt to lead each person to what is good tacitly using the person's own thoughts.[81] Latter Day Saints [edit] The Latter Day Saint movement views angels as the messengers of God. They are sent to mankind to deliver messages, minister to humanity, teach doctrines of salvation, call mankind to repentance, give priesthood keys, save individuals in perilous times, and guide humankind.[82] Latter Day Saints believe that angels either are the spirits of humans who are deceased or who have yet to be born, or are humans who have been resurrected or translated and have physical bodies of flesh and bones.[83] Joseph Smith taught that "there are no angels who minister to this earth but those that do belong or have belonged to it."[84] As such, Latter Day Saints also believe that Adam, the first man, was and is now the archangel Michael,[85][86][87] and that Gabriel lived on the earth as Noah.[83] Likewise the Angel Moroni first lived in a pre-Columbian American civilization as the 5th-century prophet-warrior named Moroni. Smith described his first angelic encounter in the following manner: While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my bedside, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor. He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant ... Not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning. The room was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately around his person. When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the fear soon left me.[88] Most angelic visitations in the early Latter Day Saint movement were witnessed by Smith and Oliver Cowdery, who both said (prior to the establishment of the church in 1830) they had been visited by the prophet Moroni, John the Baptist, and the apostles Peter, James, and John. Later, after the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, Smith and Cowdery said they had been visited by Jesus, and subsequently by Moses, Elias, and Elijah.[89] Others who said they received a visit by an angel include the other two of the Three Witnesses: David Whitmer and Martin Harris. Many other Latter Day Saints, both in the early and modern church, have said they had seen angels, although Smith posited that, except in extenuating circumstances such as the restoration, mortals teach mortals, spirits teach spirits, and resurrected beings teach other resurrected beings.[90] Islam [edit] Main article: Angels in Islam Belief in angels is fundamental to Islam. The Quranic word for angel (Arabic: ملاك Malāk) derives either from Malaka, meaning "he controlled", due to their power to govern different affairs assigned to them,[91] or from the root either from ʼ-l-k, l-ʼ-k or m-l-k with the broad meaning of a "messenger", just like its counterparts in Hebrew (malʾákh) and Greek (angelos). Unlike their Hebrew counterpart, the term is exclusively used for heavenly spirits of the divine world, but not for human messengers. The Quran refers to both angelic and human messengers as "rasul" instead.[92] The Quran is the principal source for the Islamic concept of angels.[93] Some of them, such as Gabriel and Michael, are mentioned by name in the Quran, others are only referred to by their function. Most Muslim theologians, such as al-Suyuti, based on a hadith stating that the angels have been created through the light (Nūr), depict angels as entities consisting of substance, in contrast to philosophers who argued for angels being disembodied spirits.[94] Additionally, angels are thought to be endowed with reason and be subject to God's tests. Al-Maturidi (853–944 CE) states that the inhabitants of heaven were tested by adorenments, just as humans and jinn on earth were tested, pointing at Sūrat al-Kahf [Q. 18:7][95][96] When angels fail their tests, they might end up on earth, such as Harut and Marut. If the devils (šayāṭīn) have been angels once or form a separate type of creature from the beginning, is discussed in Islamic tradition.[97] Contrary to popular belief, angels are never described as agents of revelation in the Quran, although interpretation credits Gabriel with that.[98] Angels are not limited to benevolent tasks, but can also carry out grim orders.[99] Not demons, but angels are tasked to guard and punish sinners in hell.[100] Angels play a significant role in Mi'raj literature, where Muhammad encounters several angels during his journey through the heavens.[101] Further angels have often been featured in Islamic eschatology, Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy.[102] Individual angels are further evoked in exorcism rites, with their names engraved in talismans or amulets to call upon their powers.[103] Kalām [edit] Classical period [edit] Islamic theology usually distinguishes between three types of invisible creatures: angels (malāʾikah), djinn, and devils (šayāṭīn).[105] Islamic theologian al-Ghazali (c. 1058 – 1111) divides human nature into four domains, each representing another type of creature: animals, beasts, devils and angels.[106] Reconciling the literal meaning (Ẓāhir) with the Avicennan cosmology of falsafa of angels, he identified angels with the "celestial intellects" or "immaterial souls".[107] Angels, made from light (Nūr) and thus associated with reason ('aql), represent the intellectual capacity of a human and the ability to bound the devilish qualities from within.[108][109] By that, Ghazali does not deny the literal reality of angels, but rejects that they could be perceived directly.[110] Although belief in angels remains one of Six Articles of Faith in Islam, one can not find a dogmatic angelology in Islamic tradition. However, theologians generally distinguish between the angels in heaven (karubiyin), fully absorbed in the ma'rifa (knowledge) of God, and the messengers (rasūl) who carry out divine decrees between heaven and earth.[111][112] Others add a third group of angels, and categorize angels into İlliyyûn Mukarrebûn (those around God's throne), Mudabbirât (carrying the laws of nature), and Rasūl (messengers).[113] Al-Baydawi based this divide into two groups on Quranic verses: angels who are self-immersed in knowledge of "the Truth" (al-Haqq), based on "they laud night and day, they never wane" (21:29), they are the "highmost" and "angels brought near" and those who are the executors of commands, based on "they do not disobey Allah in what He commanded them but they do what they are commanded" (66:6), who are the administers of the command of heaven to earth.[114]: 509 Modern and Contemporary movements [edit] Some modern scholars have emphasized a metaphorical reinterpretation of the concept of angels.[115] Salafism and Wahhabism generally emphasize a literal interpretation of angels against modernistic interpretations, as for example, suggested by Nasr Abu Zayd. Simultaneously, many traditional materials regarding angels accepted during the Classical period are often disregarded by Wahhabis and Salafis. The Muslim Brotherhood scholars Sayyid Qutb and Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar reject much established material during earlier periods, for example, the story of Harut and Marut or calling the Angel of Death Azrail. Sulayman Ashqar not only rejects the traditional material itself, but also disapproves of previous scholars who used such reports.[116] Iconography [edit] In Islam, just like in Judaism and Christianity, angels are often represented in anthropomorphic forms combined with supernatural images, such as wings, being of great size or wearing heavenly articles.[117] The Quran describes them as "messengers with wings—two, or three, or four: He [God] adds to Creation as He pleases..."[118] The 13th century book Ajā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (The Wonders of Creation) by Zakariya al-Qazwini describes Islamic angelology, and is often illustrated with many images of angels. The angels are typically depicted with bright, vivid colors, giving them unusual liveliness and other-worldly translucence.[119] While some angels are referred to as "Guardians of the Kingdom of God," others are associated with hell. An undated manuscript of The Wonders of Creation from the Bavarian State Library in Munich includes depictions of angels both alone and alongside humans and animals.[119] Angels are also illustrated in Timurid and Ottoman manuscripts, such as The Timurid Book of the Prophet Muhammad's Ascension (Mir'ajnama) and the Siyer-i Nebi.[120] Baháʼí faith [edit] In his Kitáb-i-Íqán Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, describes angels as people who "have consumed, with the fire of the love of God, all human traits and limitations", and have "clothed themselves" with angelic attributes and have become "endowed with the attributes of the spiritual". ʻAbdu'l-Bahá describes angels as the "confirmations of God and His celestial powers" and as "blessed beings who have severed all ties with this nether world" and "been released from the chains of self", and "revealers of God's abounding grace". The Baháʼí writings also refer to the Concourse on High, an angelic host, and the Maid of Heaven of Baháʼu'lláh's vision.[121] I raised my hand another time, and bared one of Her breasts that had been hidden beneath Her gown. Then the firmament was illumined by the radiance of its light, contingent beings were made resplendent by its appearance and effulgence, and by its rays, infinite numbers of suns dawned forth, as though they trekked through heavens that were without beginning or end. I became bewildered at the pen of God's handiwork, and at what it had inscribed upon Her temple. It was as though She had appeared with a body of light in the forms of the spirit, as though She moved upon the earth of essence in the substance of manifestation. I noticed that the houris had poked their heads out of their rooms and were suspended in the air above Her. They grew perplexed at Her appearance and Her beauty and were entranced by the raptures of Her song. Praise be to Her creator, fashioner, and maker--to the one Who made Her manifest. Then she nearly swooned within herself, and with all her being she sought to inhale My fragrance. She opened Her lips, and the rays of light dawned forth from Her teeth, as though the pearls of the cause had appeared from Her treasures and Her shells. She asked, "Who art Thou?" I said, "A servant of God and the son of his maidservant."[122] — Tablet of the Maiden, Baháʼu'lláh Philosophy of religion [edit] In Ancient Greek philosophy, there is no significant distinction made between good and evil spirits.[123] Under Iranian influence, the sublunary sphere was traced to inspiring angels.[123] Philo of Alexandria already identified the Neo-Platonic interpretation of daemons as angels. The daemons were thought to be intermediary between the supernatural and earthly realm, interpreted by Philo as the Greek term for angels.[43] In the commentaries of Proclus (4th century) on the Timaeus of Plato, Proclus uses the terminology of "angelic" (aggelikos) and "angel" (aggelos) in relation to metaphysical beings. According to Aristotle, just as there is a Prime Mover,[124] so too, must there be spiritual secondary movers.[125] Ibn Sina, who drew upon the emanation cosmology of al-Farabi, developed an angelological hierarchy of Intellects, which are created by "the One". Therefore, the first creation by God was the supreme archangel followed by other archangels, who are identified with lower Intellects. From these Intellects again, emanated lower angels or "moving spheres", from which in turn, emanated other Intellects until it reaches the Intellect, which reigns over the souls. The tenth Intellect is responsible for bringing material forms into being and illuminating the minds.[126][127] Esotericism [edit] Graeco-Roman world [edit] The Greek magical papyri, a set of texts forming into a completed grimoire that date somewhere between 100 BC and 400 AD, also list the names of the angels found in monotheistic religions, but they are presented as deities.[128] Gnosticism [edit] Main article: Gnosticism Numerous references to angels present themselves in the Nag Hammadi Library, in which they both appear as malevolent servants of the Demiurge and innocent associates of the aeons.[129] Hermetic Qabalah [edit] Main article: Hermetic Qabalah According to the Kabbalah as described by the Golden Dawn there are ten archangels, each commanding one of the choirs of angels and corresponding to one of the Sephirot. It is similar to the Jewish angelic hierarchy. Rank Choir of Angels Translation Archangel Sephirah 1 Hayot Ha Kodesh Holy Living Ones Metatron Keter 2 Ophanim Wheels Raziel Chokmah 3 Erelim Brave ones[130] Tzaphkiel Binah 4 Hashmallim Glowing ones, Amber ones[131] Tzadkiel Chesed 5 Seraphim Burning Ones Khamael Gevurah 6 Malakim Messengers, angels Raphael Tipheret 7 Elohim Godly Beings Uriel Netzach 8 Bene Elohim Sons of Elohim Michael Hod 9 Cherubim [132] Gabriel Yesod 10 Ishim Men (man-like beings, phonetically similar to "fires") Sandalphon Malkuth Theosophy [edit] Main article: Theosophy In the teachings of the Theosophical Society, Devas are regarded as living either in the atmospheres of the planets of the Solar System (Planetary Angels) or inside the Sun (Solar Angels) and they help to guide the operation of the processes of nature such as the process of evolution and the growth of plants; their appearance is reputedly like colored flames about the size of a human. It is believed by Theosophists that devas can be observed when the third eye is activated. Some (but not most) devas originally incarnated as human beings.[133] It is believed by Theosophists that nature spirits, elementals (gnomes, undines, sylphs, and salamanders), and fairies also can be observed when the third eye is activated.[134] It is maintained by Theosophists that these less evolutionarily developed beings have never been previously incarnated as humans; they are regarded as being on a separate line of spiritual evolution called the "deva evolution"; eventually, as their souls advance as they reincarnate, it is believed they will incarnate as devas.[135] It is asserted by Theosophists that all of the above-mentioned beings possess etheric bodies that are composed of etheric matter, a type of matter finer and more pure that is composed of smaller particles than ordinary physical plane matter.[135] Yazidism [edit] In Yazidism, there are seven Divine Beings (often called 'angels' in the literature) who were created by God prior to the creation of this world. God appointed Tawûsî Melek as their leader and assigned all of the world's affairs to these seven Divine Beings.[136] These Divine Beings are referred to as Tawûsî Melek, Melek Şemsedîn, Melek Nasirdîn, Melek Fexredîn, Melek Sicadîn, Melek Şêxsin and Melek Şêxûbekir. In art [edit] Main articles: Angels in art and Putto According to mainstream Christian theology, angels are wholly spiritual beings and therefore do not eat, excrete or have sex, and have no gender. Although their different roles, such as warriors for some archangels, may suggest a human gender, Christian artists were careful not to given them specific gender attributes, at least until the 19th century, when some acquire breasts for example.[137] In an address during a General Audience of 6 August 1986, entitled "Angels participate in the history of salvation", Pope John Paul II explained that "[T]he angels have no 'body' (even if, in particular circumstances, they reveal themselves under visible forms because of their mission for the good of people)."[51] Christian art perhaps reflects the descriptions in Revelation 4:6–8 of the Four Living Creatures (Greek: τὰ τέσσαρα ζῷα) and the descriptions in the Hebrew Bible of cherubim and seraphim (the chayot in Ezekiel's Merkabah vision and the Seraphim of Isaiah). However, while cherubim and seraphim have wings in the Bible, no angel is mentioned as having wings.[138] The earliest known Christian image of an angel—in the Cubicolo dell'Annunziazione in the Catacomb of Priscilla (mid-3rd century)—is without wings. In that same period, representations of angels on sarcophagi, lamps and reliquaries also show them without wings,[139] as for example the angel in the Sacrifice of Isaac scene in the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus (although the side view of the Sarcophagus shows winged angelic figures). The earliest known representation of angels with wings is on the "Prince's Sarcophagus", attributed to the time of Theodosius I (379–395), discovered at Sarigüzel, near Istanbul, in the 1930s.[140] From that period on, Christian art has represented angels mostly with wings, as in the cycle of mosaics in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (432–440).[141] Four- and six-winged angels, drawn from the higher grades of angels (especially cherubim and seraphim) and often showing only their faces and wings, are derived from Persian art and are usually shown only in heavenly contexts, as opposed to performing tasks on earth. They often appear in the pendentives of church domes or semi-domes. Prior to the Judeo-Christian tradition, in the Greek world the goddess Nike and the gods Eros and Thanatos were also depicted in human-like form with wings. John Chrysostom explained the significance of angels' wings: They manifest a nature's sublimity. That is why Gabriel is represented with wings. Not that angels have wings, but that you may know that they leave the heights and the most elevated dwelling to approach human nature. Accordingly, the wings attributed to these powers have no other meaning than to indicate the sublimity of their nature.[142] Angels are typically depicted in Mormon art as having no wings based on a quote from Joseph Smith ("An angel of God never has wings").[143] In terms of their clothing, angels, especially the Archangel Michael, were depicted as military-style agents of God and came to be shown wearing Late Antique military uniform. This uniform could be the normal military dress, with a tunic to about the knees, an armour breastplate and pteruges, but was often the specific dress of the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperor, with a long tunic and the loros, the long gold and jewelled pallium restricted to the Imperial family and their closest guards. The basic military dress was shown in Western art into the Baroque period and beyond (see Reni picture above), and up to the present day in Eastern Orthodox icons. Other angels came to be conventionally depicted in long robes, and in the later Middle Ages they often wear the vestments of a deacon, a cope over a dalmatic. This costume was used especially for Gabriel in Annunciation scenes—for example the Annunciation in Washington by Jan van Eyck. Some types of angels are described as possessing more unusual or frightening attributes, such as the fiery bodies of the Seraphim, and the wheel-like structures of the Ophanim. Italian Gothic angel of the annunciation, circa 1430–1440, Istrian limestone, gesso and gilt, 95.3 x 37.5 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art Southern German Baroque angel, by Ignaz Günther, circa 1760–1770, lindenwood with traces of gesso, 26.7 x 18.4 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art Arquebusier Angels, hundreds of colonial paintings depicting these angels, Colonial Bolivia and Peru, 17th century, were part of the Cusco Colonial Painting School The extraordinary-looking Cherubim (immediately to the right of Ezekiel) and Ophanim (the nested-wheels) appear in the chariot vision of Ezekiel An angel in the former coat of arms of Tenala Sopó Archangels, a series of archangels painted around 1650 in colonial Colombia. Apparition of Saint Michael, ca. 1686 by Cristóbal de Villalpando. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral collection. Colonial Mexico. See also [edit] References [edit] Sources [edit] Further reading [edit]
2622	dbpedia	2	23	https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/toward-need-not-comfort	en	Toward Need, Not Comfort: The Blood-Bought Path of the Good Samaritan	https://dg.imgix.net/tow…op&w=2000&h=1050	https://dg.imgix.net/tow…op&w=2000&h=1050	[ "https://dg.imgix.net/john-piper-t1zc1vhs-en/square/john-piper-t1zc1vhs-bb4f7ebdfa75335bd1534e50dc3bbc7c.jpg?ts=1549038789&ixlib=rails-4.3.1&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=min&w=120&h=120&dpr=2&ch=Width%2CDPR", "https://www.desiringgod.org/assets/2/daily_email_example-71b95e8ef41207d0a66793df8ee59f06139bdf92654e0effd8c7171efa715f44.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "John Piper", "www.facebook.com" ]	2024-08-07T00:00:00	You don’t have to be Christian to love the story of the Good Samaritan. But applauding Luke’s parable apart from his Gospel contradicts his purpose.	en	/assets/2/badges/dg_icon_60x60-e01123da83aba718535ae330a87c24d9675c6a0ebf5ebcdb7f80e35f2f6e051d.png	Desiring God	https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/toward-need-not-comfort	Suppose I wrote you a letter, about five pages long, in which I explain in some detail a controversial behavior of mine a week ago that people have been misinterpreting. And suppose that in the letter, I describe the behavior in a paragraph, and I give the background for it, and I explain my motivations, and I tell you about the outcome and where it all led, and I explain how it relates to my faith in Jesus and how his death and resurrection give me hope. And suppose you read the letter, and then you take the paragraph from the letter, the one that simply described the controversial behavior, and you lifted it out of the letter, and you ignored everything I said about the background and my motivation, and everything I said about the outcome of the behavior, and everything I said about how it relates to my faith and the death of Jesus, and you simply spread all over social media that “John Piper has this behavior” — with none of the context that I provided. What would you be doing? Love’s Surest Measurement One answer to that question is that you would be disobeying this text. When the lawyer says at the end of Luke 10:27 that you should not only love God, but also love your neighbor as yourself, Jesus approved of that answer. Verse 28: “You have answered correctly.” So, one of the teachings of this text is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves — which is about as radical a thing as you can say. “Love your neighbor as yourself” is not about self-esteem. It’s about the fact that every one of us does what we think will make us happy. We don’t walk in front of trucks. We don’t drink poison. We don’t jump off buildings. We put a roof over our head when it’s raining. We wear warm clothes in the winter in Minnesota. We try to get enough sleep and exercise to function. We want good grades for ourselves in school. We want a job that will put bread on our table. And we want to be treated fairly. We want people to read our letters fairly. So, to love our neighbor as we love ourselves is to keep them from walking out in front of trucks, or drinking poison, or jumping off buildings. To help them have a roof over their heads. To help them have clothes in winter and sleep and exercise and good grades and jobs and be treated fairly. Because all of that we want for ourselves, which is what it means to love ourselves. The apostle Paul applied this command to marriage in Ephesians 5:28–29, saying, “Husbands should love their wives as their own bodies [as they love themselves]. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it.” That’s what “self-love” means. And of itself, it’s not wrong. To love your neighbor as you love yourself is to make your own self-care the measure of your care for others. It’s very radical. Crazy radical. It’s absolutely life-revolutionizing. Churches full of people like this, scattered throughout the cities, would be gloriously strange. Will You Love Luke? To read my letter in a way that you would never want your letter to be read is to disobey this text. Why in the world am I pointing that out? Because that’s the way millions of people read the Gospel of Luke, especially when it comes to this parable — the parable of the good Samaritan. Millions of unbelievers love this parable and ignore what Luke teaches. And I’m saying that when you read the Gospel of Luke that way, you are disobeying the Gospel of Luke. You’re disobeying Jesus and not loving Luke. It is disobedient to Jesus and unloving to Luke to take this parable, lift it out of its Gospel-setting, and use it to build your own wrath-omitting, repentance-omitting, faith-omitting, blood-omitting, justification-omitting ethic of good deeds. That is the playbook of theological liberalism, which rejects the authority of the Bible but keeps the Bible, picking and choosing the parts it likes, and treating the rest as legend or mythology. And I’m saying that is disobedient to Jesus and unloving to Luke. When you treat a biblical author that way, you are breaking the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. In this case, to love Luke as you love yourself. If you love Luke, if you treat him the way you want to be treated — if you read him the way you want to be read — you will keep in mind the other crucial things that he says when you read this parable. For example, John the Baptist warns about the wrath of God that is coming (3:7). Jesus warns that unless we repent, we will all likewise perish (13:3). Jesus said not to fear those who simply kill the body, but to fear him who, after he has killed, can cast into hell (12:5). So, one burning question not only for the lawyer, the priest, and the Levite in this text, but also for the Good Samaritan is this: Will they escape the wrath of God? And if we say to Luke or to each other, “There’s no wrath in this story,” wouldn’t Luke say, “Do I have to put everything in every paragraph? Isn’t it enough that I tell you about these things all over my Gospel? Is it too much to ask that you would keep them in mind as you read? And, oh — this is a story about inheriting eternal life [verse 25].” Another example is the forgiveness of sins. Jesus says in Luke 5:24 that “the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” And in Luke 7:47 he says, “He who is forgiven little, loves little,” implying that genuine love for others is going to flow from a sense of having been forgiven by God. Luke’s List Goes On Or then there’s justification. In Luke 18:11–14 Jesus says there was a boastful man who went up to the temple, and there was a broken man who went up to the temple. The broken man said, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” To which Jesus responded, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other.” That has something to do with eternal life. And then there’s inner transformation. In Luke 6:43–44 Jesus says, “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit.” And later he says, “Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give as alms those things that are within” (11:40–41). Outward good deeds without inward change is Pharisaism. So, what is the lesson of the Samaritan’s good deeds? Or what about faith in Jesus, allegiance to Jesus? In Luke 12:8–9 Jesus says, “Everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.” Will the Good Samaritan be acknowledged before God? Or what about that other time a man came to Jesus in Luke 18:22 and, like this lawyer, asked how to inherit eternal life? And Jesus says, after all the man’s law-keeping, this: “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Bottom line: “Follow me. Confess me. Without me, no eternal life.” Does it matter if the Good Samaritan follows Jesus? Or most important, what about the blood of Jesus shed for the forgiveness of sin? Jesus says in Luke 22:20, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” And the new covenant is this: “You believe in me; I forgive your sins.” As Luke 24:47 says, “Repentance for the forgiveness of sins [will] be proclaimed in his name to all nations.” “Jesus changed the question from ‘What kind of person is my neighbor?’ to ‘What kind of person am I?’” So, when we come to read the parable of the good Samaritan, we should love Luke the way we love ourselves. We should read him the way we would want to be read. As I was preparing for this message, I heard Luke, so to speak, say to me, “Pastor John, as you talk about this parable, please remind people of what I said about wrath and repentance and justification and the blood of Jesus and forgiveness of sins and faith in Jesus.” Yes, Luke, I will. With that great vision of reality, let’s watch this story unfold. Law-Keeping Isn’t the Path In verse 25, an expert in the Mosaic law, called a “lawyer,” puts Jesus to the test by asking, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” You don’t want to approach Jesus like that — putting him to the test. If you ask Jesus a question, it better be because you want to know, not because you want to trip him up. If you come to Jesus like the lawyer, he will trap you in your own words. We’re going to watch it happen. In verse 26 he turns the test around and says, in effect, “You’re the expert in the law — you tell me.” The lawyer answers, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself” (verse 27). To which Jesus responds in verse 28, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” Now, there are two ways you can understand Jesus’s approval of the lawyer’s answer. Jesus may be saying, “That’s right, Mr. Lawyer, if you choose the path of law-keeping as a means of getting right with God and a means of earning your way into eternal life, then following these two commandments is the way to go about it. Love God with your whole being, and love your neighbor as yourself. And you must do it perfectly if you’re going to show that you deserve to be in the presence of the perfectly holy God by law-keeping.” If that’s the way you understand it, then Jesus would be showing the lawyer that he’ll never be able to do that, and that he should look away from law-keeping to the work of Christ, the forgiveness of sins, justification by faith, and salvation by grace, not works. That would be a theologically, orthodox, and biblically faithful way of understanding Jesus’s approval of the lawyer’s answer. Love Is on the Path But there’s another way to understand this text, which I’m inclined to think is closer to the mind of Christ. Namely, Jesus agrees that loving God and loving your neighbor is the path that leads to the inheritance of eternal life — the only path that leads to that inheritance. It is the path that you are on right now, if you are a Christian — if you are saved by grace through faith. Luke wants us to know, in the context of his whole Gospel, that Jesus died for our sins, and that we are justified, and that our sins are forgiven by faith, not by works of the law, and that we receive the Holy Spirit and are changed from the inside by turning to Jesus and renouncing law-keeping as a way of earning eternal life. But rejecting law-keeping as a way of earning eternal life does not mean rejecting love — for God and neighbor — as the path that leads to eternal life. And the only path. The apostle Paul said to the Christian church at Corinth, “If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed” (1 Corinthians 16:22). No love for God, no eternal life. That’s true for Christians. And earlier in the same book he said, “If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:3). No love for people, no eternal life. Why? This is not about earning life. The apostle John puts it like this: “We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. . . . Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love” (1 John 3:14; 4:8). Loving God and loving neighbor is necessary to inherit eternal life not because it is a work of merit to earn life, but because it is a fruit of the Spirit that proves life is present. So, in this parable, we are going to be shown the path of love that leads to eternal life. We can walk this path by faith, trusting the blood-bought promises of Jesus, or we can miss the path and join the lawyer in his desire to justify himself. Self-justification is the opposite of faith and the opposite of love. A (Shocking) Story for an Answer Verse 29: “But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’” In other words, “Which groups of people don’t I have to love?” Jesus likes questions — but not that kind. Questions that are designed to escape the sacrificial path of love, Jesus won’t answer. So, instead of answering, he tells a story. And at the end of the story, he’s going to turn the lawyer’s question upside down — and look us right in the eye. Verses 30–35: A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho [a drop of about 3,500 feet in 17 miles], and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii [two days wages, maybe $400] and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, “Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.” There are at least three shocking things here. First, it is shocking that the people who pass by on the other side, leaving the man half dead to die, are the ones who serve most closely to the holy place of God: the priest, who serves in the temple, and the Levite, who assists priests. I thought maybe Jesus would make one of the bad guys a lawyer. That would work, wouldn’t it? But it seems that the point is this: getting religiously “close” to the most sacred acts, events, and places does not necessarily make you a loving person. This is very sobering to those of us who spend most of our lives with God’s sacred book and God’s sacred church. Very sobering. Second, it is shocking that the hero of the story is a Samaritan. John 4:9 says that “Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.” Luke 9:53 says that the Samaritans wouldn’t receive Jesus and his apostles because they were going up to Jerusalem. The Samaritans are Jewish half-breeds who intermarried with the pagan people of the land and set up their own temple. They are outcasts and unclean. And the shocking thing is not that a Samaritan cared for a Jew (the half-dead man is never called a Jew), but that a Samaritan surpassed a priest in becoming the kind of person Jesus came into the world to create. The message is clear: this Christ does not limit his transforming work to one ethnicity. Third, it is shocking how over-the-top lavish the Samaritan’s care is for a total stranger. Bound his wounds. Poured oil and wine. Let him ride the Samaritan’s animal. Took care of him at an inn. Gave him $400 for his needs. Promised to return and pay more. “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your [lavish] good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). “Christ died to create a people who are so secure, and so content in Christ, that we move toward need, not comfort.” What’s the difference between the religious leaders and the Samaritan? The one difference that Jesus points out is that the Samaritan felt compassion. Verse 33: “A Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had [felt] compassion.” Compassion is a feeling, not an act. But oh, how it overflowed in lavish acts — gifts of time and money and risk. But the root was compassion. And compassion rooted in love for God requires a new heart. How Compassion Moves The story ends in verses 36–37 with Jesus turning the lawyer’s original question upside down. The lawyer asks, “Who is my neighbor? Which group don’t I have to love?” Jesus says, “Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor [became a neighbor] to the man who fell among the robbers?” [The lawyer] said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.” Jesus changed the question from What kind of person is my neighbor? to What kind of person am I? He changed the question from What status of people are worthy of my love? to How can I become the kind of person whose compassion disregards status? How can I become the kind of person who, instead of moving to the other side of the road (or the other side of town), moves toward need and sacrifice and risk? For decades at Bethlehem one of our standing mottos for the neighborhoods and for the nations was this: “Christians move toward need, not comfort.” And hundreds have found, as Jesus says, that “it is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). More blessed to move toward need than comfort. The risk of crossing the road, or the ocean, is worth it. As we move to the Table, remember this: among the many things in Luke’s Gospel in which this parable is embedded, is this great word of Jesus: “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood” (Luke 22:20). Christ died to create a people who are so secure, and so content in Christ, that we move toward need, not comfort.
2622	dbpedia	0	7	https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/on-the-side-of-the-angels.html	en	On The Side Of The Angels	https://www.phrases.org.…f-the-angels.jpg	https://www.phrases.org.…f-the-angels.jpg	[ "https://www.phrases.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/android-icon-192x192-1.png", "https://www.phrases.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gary-martin.png 350w,https://www.phrases.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gary-martin-266x300.png 266w", "https://www.phrases.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/on-the-side-of-the-angels.jpg 280w,https://www.phrases.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/on-the-side-of-the-angels-227x300.jpg 227w" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Gary Martin" ]	2023-12-11T16:11:20+00:00	What's the meaning and origin of the phrase 'On the side of the angels'?	en	https://www.phrases.org.…e-icon-57x57.png	Phrase Finder	https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/on-the-side-of-the-angels.html	‘On the side of the angels’ is one of the linguistic rarities in that is believed to have an unambiguous origin. At the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on 25th November 1864 Benjamin Disraeli, later to become the UK Prime Minister, delivered a speech entitled Church Policy, a transcript of which which was put into print the same year. The speech was rather long and included Disraeli’s views on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution laid out in the recently published On the Origin of Species: What is the question now placed before society with a glib assurance the most astounding? The question is this – Is man an ape or an angel? (loud laughter) My lord, I am on the side of the angels (laughter and cheering). The meeting was chaired by the Bishop of Oxford and the audience was largely made up of clerics – hence the loud cheers indicated in the citation. Disraeli stirred up considerable debate by his comments and a rather satirical cartoon of him portrayed as an angel was published soon after the debate. So, the meaning of ‘on the side of the angels’, as indicated by Disraeli, was ‘supporting the view that man was divinely created and refuting Darwinism’. This meaning is now almost forgotten and the expression is now used colloquially to mean ‘with the good guys’. The currently commonplace meaning emerged in the late 19th century. Here’s an example from The Musical Times, March 1894: Even when his [Von Bülow’s] humour was most outrageous it was nine times out of ten on the side of the angels. Despite the widespread view that the phrase was coined by Disraeli it is entirely possible that he was using an existing phrase in his speech for comic effect – it certainly prompted laughter in his audience. Of course, a citation showing the current meaning that dates from before November 1864 would be the clincher, and we don’t have that. So, Disraeli being the coiner of the phrase is the best we have and, going back to that meaning of the term, I would just like to put on record that “I am on the side of the apes”.
2622	dbpedia	2	62	https://historum.com/t/thoughts-on-michael-shaaras-the-killer-angels.53930/	en	Thoughts on Michael Shaara's "The Killer Angels"	https://historum.com/i/h…orum-favicon.png	https://historum.com/i/h…orum-favicon.png	[ "https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=37076962&cv=3.6.0&cj=1", "https://historum.com/i/historum-history-forum.png", "https://historum.com/i/historum-history-forum.png", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/10/10197.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/7/7595.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/12/12788.jpg?1548268818", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/6/6273.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/11/11668.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/i/flags/Australia.png", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/10/10197.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/8/8554.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/7/7595.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/8/8554.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/7/7595.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/8/8554.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/8/8554.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/8/8554.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/10/10197.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/7/7595.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/6/6273.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/10/10197.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/7/7595.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/m/12/12788.jpg?1548268818", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/s/67/67153.jpg?1723001241", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/s/76/76181.jpg?1693188641", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/s/12/12941.jpg?1565416531", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/s/29/29358.jpg?1537295675", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/s/51/51188.jpg?1655458435", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/s/77/77801.jpg?1721948281", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/s/54/54571.jpg?1713842030", "https://historum.com/data/avatars/s/67/67153.jpg?1723001241" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2013-03-06T11:09:37-08:00	After watching "Gettysburg" I have decided to read the book that the movie was based on, namely "The Killer Angels" The name is very beautiful, but I was...		https://historum.com/i/h…orum-favicon.png	History Forum	https://historum.com/t/thoughts-on-michael-shaaras-the-killer-angels.53930/	Having read the book, I think I can be helpful here. There's not really much that's patently wrong historically, and it's a highly readable book. The trouble, historically speaking is that it doesn't present anywhere near a full picture of the events; Shaara relied heavily on Longstreet and Chamberlain's memoirs, so the actions on the Union right on July 2nd and July 3rd don't show up, nor does much of the Lee-Longstreet controversy over the timing of Longstreet's attacks. Even on the Union left, you only see Chamberlain's role in the fight for Little Round Top; there was a full brigade up there, and you don't read a word about G.K. Warren's role in saving Little Round Top. Nor do you hear of the sledgehammer assault McLaws' division launched against the Union III Corps, and the desperate struggle to contain the breakthrough on that part of the line. I wouldn't say it has a particular bias; there's some Confederate romanticism, but the Union is portrayed pretty favorably. Historically speaking, there are a few items: the movie quotes from Buford's actual June 30 late PM dispatch to Reynolds while the book has his character send a vague 'unworthy of a cavalry officer' message back "expecting that Rebs may be coming this way". Both the book and the movie imply that the confrontation between Buford and Heth was a stand-up fight rather than more of a "zone defense" prolonged skirmish until Reynolds arrived. Viperlord's post covers the second day. The dramatic conversation between Stuart and Lee, in any version, most probably did not happen. Shaara used literary license to put Chamberlain in position to observe Pickett's charge on the third day. The 20th ME, and its brigade, and the rest of the V Corps actually remained on the left. The book follows the thinking that Lee planned to have Stuart come in behind the Union lines while the infantry attack went in. This is debatable. Other than that , this book is my single favorite piece of historical fiction. And in the movie, the campfire scene of July 2 - where Longstreet, Pickett, Armistead, and Kemper discuss Darwin - is hilarious. Viper...please post Lee's order to JEB. Just for personal knowledge I would like to read it. Your polite request is my command. 23, 1863-5 p. m. Major General J. E. B. STUART, Commanding Cavalry: GENERAL: Your notes of 9 and 10. 30 a. m. to-day have just been received. As regards the purchase of tobacco for your men, supposing that Confederate money will not be taken, I am willing for your commissaries or quartermasters to purchase this tobacco and let the men get it from them, but I can have nothing seized by the men. If General Hooker`s army remains inactive, you can leave two brigades to watch him, and withdraw with the three others, but should he not appear to be moving northward, I think you had better withdraw this side of the mountain to-morrow night, cross at Shepherdstown next day, and move over to Fredericktown. You will, however, be able to judge whether you can pass around their army, without hinderance, doing them all the damage you can, and cross the river east of the mountains. In either case, after crossing the river, you must move on and feel the right of Ewell`s troops, collecting information, provisions, &c. Give instructions to the commander of the brigades left behind, to watch the flank and rear of the army, and (in the event of the enemy leaving their front) retire from the mountains west of the Shenandoah, leaving sufficient pickets to guard the passes, and bringing everything clean along the Valley, Closing upon the rear of the army. As regards the movements of the two brigades of the enemy moving toward Warrenton, the commander of the brigades to be left in the mountains must do what he can to counteract them, but I think the sooner you cross into Maryland, after to-morrow, the better. The movements of Ewell`s corps are as stated in my former letter. Hill`s first division will reach the Potomac to-day, and Longstreet will follow to-morrow. Be watchful and circumspect in all your movements. I am, very respectfully and truly, yours, R. E. LEE, General. The order's so ambiguous that even if Stuart wasn't doing his job, you'd have a hard time building a case on this mess of an order. But the fact is, Lee, so far as we know, never expressed any displeasure with Stuart. Just to be proactive...here is the written order from Terry to Custer Headquarters of the Department of Dakota (In the Field) Camp at Mouth of Rosebud River, Montana Territory June 22nd, 1876 Lieutenant-Colonel Custer, 7th Calvary Colonel: The Brigadier-General Commanding directs that, as soon as your regiment can be made ready for the march, you will proceed up the Rosebud in pursuit of the Indians whose trail was discovered by Major Reno a few days since. It is, impossible to give you any definite instructions in regard to this movement, and were it not impossible to do so the Department Commander places too much confidence in your zeal, energy, and ability to wish to impose upon you precise orders which might hamper your action when nearly in contact with the enemy. He will, however, indicate to you his own views of what your action should be, and he desires that you should conform to them unless you shall see sufficient reason for departing from them. He thinks that you should proceed up the Rosebud until you ascertain definitely the direction in which the trail above spoken of leads. Should it be found (as it appears almost certain that it will be found) to turn towards the Little Bighorn, he thinks that you should still proceed southward, perhaps as far as the headwaters of the Tongue, and then turn toward the Little Horn, feeling constantly, however, to your left, so as to preclude the escape of the Indians passing around your left flank. The column of Colonel Gibbon is now in motion for the mouth of the Big Horn. As soon as it reaches that point will cross the Yellowstone and move up at least as far as the forks of the Big and Little Horns. Of course its future movements must be controlled by circumstances as they arise, but it is hoped that the Indians, if upon the Little Horn, may be so nearly inclosed by the two columns that their escape will be impossible. The Department Commander desires that on your way up the Rosebud you should thoroughly examine the upper part of Tullock's Creek, and that you should endeavor to send a scout through to Colonel Gibbon's command. The supply-steamer will be pushed up the Big Horn as far as the forks of the river is found to be navigable for that distance, and the Department Commander, who will accompany the column of Colonel Gibbon, desires you to report to him there not later than the expiration of the time for which your troops are rationed, unless in the mean time you receive further orders. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, E. W. Smith, Captain, 18th Infantry A. A. J. G.
2622	dbpedia	0	94	https://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-22.htm	en	1 Peter 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.	https://biblehub.com/vis…60_1Pe_03_22.jpg	https://biblehub.com/vis…60_1Pe_03_22.jpg	[ "https://biblehub.com/left.png", "https://biblehub.com/right.png", "https://biblehub.com/botleft.png", "https://biblehub.com/botright.png" ]	[ "https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h9-AlUcaGE?start=698" ]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.			Bible Hub	https://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-22.htm	New International Version who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.New Living Translation Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers accept his authority.English Standard Version who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.Berean Standard Bible who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.Berean Literal Bible who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to Him.King James Bible Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.New King James Version who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.New American Standard Bible who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.NASB 1995 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.NASB 1977 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.Legacy Standard Bible who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.Amplified Bible who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God [that is, the place of honor and authority], with [all] angels and authorities and powers made subservient to Him.Christian Standard Bible who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.Holman Christian Standard Bible Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God’s right hand with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. American Standard Version who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.Aramaic Bible in Plain English He who has been escorted into Heaven, and he is upon the right hand of God, and the Angels and the Principalities and the Powers are subjected unto him. Contemporary English Version Christ is now in heaven, where he sits at the right side of God. All angels, authorities, and powers are under his control. Douay-Rheims Bible Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing down death, that we might be made heirs of life everlasting: being gone into heaven, the angels and powers and virtues being made subject to him. English Revised Version who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.GOD'S WORD® Translation Christ has gone to heaven where he has the highest position that God gives. Angels, rulers, and powers have been placed under his authority.Good News Translation who has gone to heaven and is at the right side of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers. International Standard Version who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, where angels, authorities, and powers have been made subject to him.Literal Standard Version who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to Heaven—messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to Him.Majority Standard Bible who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.New American Bible who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.NET Bible who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him. New Revised Standard Version who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.New Heart English Bible who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.Webster's Bible Translation Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels, and authorities, and powers being made subject to him.Weymouth New Testament who is at God's right hand, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.World English Bible who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. Young's Literal Translation who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven -- messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Suffering for Righteousness …21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him. Cross References Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.Mark 16:19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all God's angels worship Him."Hebrews 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.Hebrews 6:20 where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. Treasury of Scripture Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. is gone. Mark 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. Acts 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Acts 2:34-36 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, … is on. Psalm 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Matthew 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? Mark 12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. angels. Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 1 Corinthians 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. Ephesians 1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: Jump to Previous Angels Authorities God's Hand Heaven Messengers Powers Right Rule Subject Subjected Submission Jump to Next Angels Authorities God's Hand Heaven Messengers Powers Right Rule Subject Subjected Submission 1 Peter 3 1. He teaches the duty of wives and husbands to each other; 8. exhorting all men to unity and love; 14. and to suffer persecution. 19. He declares also the benefits of Christ toward the old world. (22) Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God.--This verse (which partakes of the character of a doxology) serves two purposes. First, it carries on the history of Jesus Christ. How carefully, in spite of what seem at first irrelevant digressions, St. Peter holds his threads. Christ's passion and death, activity among the dead, resurrection from among them, ascension into heaven, perpetual session in glory, follow one another in due order. The second purpose of the clause runs parallel to the first. St. Peter is teaching the entire conformity of the believer to the Lord. If the believer will but retain his good conscience, he may hope for a precisely similar experience. The Latin and several other good versions, together with several Latin Fathers, add a curious sentence after the words "on the right hand of God," which runs: swallowing up death, that we might be made heirs of eternal life; but there is no sufficient authority for the sentence. The first notion of being "on the right hand of God," taken, probably, from Psalm 110:1, seems to be that of occupying the highest post of honour possible, next after that of God--i.e., the Father--Himself It is not necessary here to consider what else may be implied in the phrase as to the conditions of our Lord's human existence; but when we compare St. Paul's statement, in Ephesians 4:10, about His now "filling all things," we feel that these pictorial words, such as "heaven" and "right hand of God," are intended to convey the notion that His humanity is now entirely without conditions, though still retaining all that is truly essential to humanity. It may be observed that, assuming (as even most sceptical critics do) the genuineness of this Epistle, we have here at first hand the deliberate evidence of one who had been perfectly familiar with Jesus Christ as man with man. By what stretch of imagination can we suppose that such a person could ever have invented, or have accepted from others this mode of speaking about his former Teacher, had he not been conscious of the resurrection and ascension of Jesus as simply historical facts, of the same order as the fact of His death? Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.--There can be no doubt that this whole verse is coloured by recollection of the circular letter which St. Paul had sent to the Churches of Asia, which we call the Epistle to the Ephesians. Perhaps the heresy which St. Paul lamented in that Epistle may still have lingered in existence, in cabalistic Jewish circles, among those same Churches when St. Peter thus wrote to them. He may, for the moment, be glancing away from his faint-hearted Hebrew brethren, who, in fear of persecution, were slinking back into Judaism, and turning rather to those Gnosticising Jews who began to abound in Asia, who made "genealogies" of aeons, and gave Christ a place among them. In favour of such an opinion one might appeal to the vivid picture of licentiousness in the next chapter, and the development of the same, manifestly under Gnostic influence, in the Second Epistle and in the Apocalypse. From the expression "being made subject," or, literally, having been subdued (or, subjected) "we may infer that St. Peter meant evil spirits, this being a crowning triumph of Christ, and not only a mark of His exaltation. We need not think that St. Peter, any more than St. Paul, is distinctly teaching that there are such grades of spiritual beings; he is probably only borrowing the titles from the heretics glanced at, and saying that, whatever unseen powers there are, whatever they may be called, they are now cubdued to Christ. Verse 22. - Who is gone into heaven. The word here rendered "gone" is that used in ver. 19, "he went and preached (πορευθείς)" (comp. Ephesians 4:9, "Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?"). And is on the right hand of God (comp. Psalm 110:1; Romans 8:34; Colossians 3:1; Ephesians 1:20; Hebrews 1:3). It is better to suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing, for he who is the signal Example, who suffered, the Just for the unjust, is now exalted to the right hand of the Majesty on high; and "is able to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. God "hath set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come." All the angels of God, in the various grades of the heavenly hierarchy, are made subject to Christ. The words seem to include, especially when read in comparison with Colossians 2:15, the evil angels also; they are made subject against their will to Christ; they asked him once if he was come to torment them before the time. He can restrain their malice and save his people from their power. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek who ὅς (hos) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. has gone πορευθεὶς (poreutheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4198: To travel, journey, go, die. into εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. heaven οὐρανόν (ouranon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. [and] is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. at ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] right hand δεξιᾷ (dexia) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1188: On the right hand, right hand, right. From dechomai; the right side or hand. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. [with] angels, ἀγγέλων (angelōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. authorities, ἐξουσιῶν (exousiōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Strong's 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. powers δυνάμεων (dynameōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Strong's 1411: From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power. subject ὑποταγέντων (hypotagentōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 5293: From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey. to Him. αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Links 1 Peter 3:22 NIV 1 Peter 3:22 NLT 1 Peter 3:22 ESV 1 Peter 3:22 NASB 1 Peter 3:22 KJV1 Peter 3:22 BibleApps.com 1 Peter 3:22 Biblia Paralela 1 Peter 3:22 Chinese Bible 1 Peter 3:22 French Bible 1 Peter 3:22 Catholic BibleNT Letters: 1 Peter 3:22 Who is at the right hand (1 Pet. 1P iP i Pet)
2622	dbpedia	2	19	https://www.davidhernandezministries.com/blogarchive/demons-fallen-angels	en	Demons & Fallen Angels — David Hernandez Ministries	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a1d221bbce17620f86369aa/5a2a3e9324a694e5fd1caaf7/5a2f4bfac830253615b95516/1606520647614/6626448401_37c2e2af4a_b.jpg?format=1500w	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a1d221bbce17620f86369aa/5a2a3e9324a694e5fd1caaf7/5a2f4bfac830253615b95516/1606520647614/6626448401_37c2e2af4a_b.jpg?format=1500w	[ "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1d221bbce17620f86369aa/1512500831884-QCQSO5UQ9DF5DQUR3G7H/DHM_Dove.png?format=1500w", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1d221bbce17620f86369aa/1513049632673-HQP72118LQIB0U0HQZX9/6626448401_37c2e2af4a_b.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "David Diga Hernandez" ]	2017-04-14T07:00:00-07:00	Through my observation and study of Scripture, I have come to believe, quite confidently, that demons cannot be fallen angels. Now, I know that idea will be rather jarring for some people. It may seem that I am not only challenging a widely held traditional view but also contradicting very clear tea	en	https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1d221bbce17620f86369aa/1512500682922-0IPY2A911URNXX9M59GR/favicon.ico?format=100w	David Hernandez Ministries	https://www.davidhernandezministries.com/blogarchive/demons-fallen-angels	Through my observation and study of Scripture, I have come to believe, quite confidently, that demons cannot be fallen angels. Now, I know that idea will be rather jarring for some people. It may seem that I am not only challenging a widely held traditional view but also contradicting very clear teachings of the Bible. Well, the idea that demons are not fallen angels certainly contradicts tradition. But in no way does it contradict Scripture. The Bible speaks of demons, and it speaks of the fall of Lucifer and the co-rebellion of a third of the angels, but no verses actually link the two and define demons as fallen angels. The idea that demons are fallen angels is simply a long-held tradition. The Bible actually gives three subtle distinctions between demons and fallen angels, and I want to explore each one here. Demons Need Bodies Demons seek to possess bodies and seem rather uncomfortable being outside of them. Take for instance the story of a man possessed by an entire legion of demons. While being cast out, the demons in that story begged Jesus to send them into a herd of pigs: There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding in the distance. So the demons begged, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine” - Matthew 8:30–31, MEV Fallen angels, however, can appear in physical form and even interact with mankind. In Genesis fallen angels even procreated with women. The bizarre procreation resulted in the birth of giants. “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown” - Genesis 6:4, KJV For that procreation, God punished the “sons of God” by binding them in “everlasting chains” until the day of judgment (Jude 6). Keep in mind that every reference to “sons of God” in the Old Testament was a reference to supernatural beings or angels. Only in the New Testament does “sons of God” refer to the redeemed children of God. So we know that it wasn’t ordinary men, as some might suggest, who procreated with the “daughters of men.” Had those referred to in Genesis 6:4 been mere ordinary men, there would be no clear reason their procreation would produce giants. Some also suggest that perhaps “sons of God” referred to a select group of people who were forbidden to procreate with a certain other group. Still, that would not explain why their union produced giants or why God punished their actions so harshly. There are others still who say angels cannot breed, citing Matthew 22:30: “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven” (MEV). But that verse tells us only that angels do not marry. Angels can still have a gender and appear to mankind in earthly bodies. The book of Hebrews tells us that angels can actually walk around among us without being noticed. “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unknowingly” - Hebrews 13:2, MEV Consider also the angels at Christ’s empty tomb. “While they were greatly perplexed concerning this, suddenly two men stood by them in shining garments“ (Luke 24:4, MEV). Also, the men of Sodom desired to have sex with the angels that appeared to Lot. How could that be unless the angels had bodies and looked like human beings? “... the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them he rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. … Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 They then called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, so that we may have relations with them” - Genesis 19:1, 4-5, MEV From Scripture, we see that both fallen angels and holy angels have bodies. In contrast, demons greatly desire bodies because they do not have them. Demons are clingy, needy, angry, tormented creatures. That is the first distinction between fallen angels and demons. Demons Wander the Earth Demons are cursed to wander the earth while fallen angels still have the ability to stand before God in heavenly places. Though they were banished from heaven, the fallen angels still gave an account of their doings. “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Adversary also came among them“ - Job 1:6, MEV I’ll give you a few good reasons to believe fallen angels, and not just heavenly angels, were among those who stood before God in the story recorded in the Book of Job. First, the devil was no longer Lucifer, for the Book of Job refers to him as “Satan.” Second, we also know that Satan was in his fallen state because later in the story of Job he sought to steal from, kill and destroy Job. As Jesus said, “The thief’s does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy … “ - John 10:10, MEV Third, we know from the following verse that Job’s story took place after the great flood, which means it definitely took place after the fall of both man and Satan. “Will you keep to the old way, that wicked men have trod? They were cut down before their time; their foundations were swept away by a flood” - Job 22:15–16, MEV So if Satan in his fallen state was among the angels who had to give an account in Job, it is consistent to believe that other fallen angels were called upon as well. Fallen angels can appear in heavenly places. Therefore, fallen angels are not completely bound to earth. Demons, however, can only wander the earth or live in a body, as Jesus explained: “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through dry places seeking rest, but finds none” - Matthew 12:43, MEV Nowhere in Scripture do we see demons moving from the earth to God’s presence. Those accounts are always referring to fallen angels. Demons Are Called ‘Devils’ and ‘Unclean Spirits’ When referring to fallen angels, New Testament scriptures do not use the terms demons, devils or unclean spirits. Instead, the Bible makes reference to fallen angels by simply using a negative description or context. For example, these verses clearly describe fallen angels: For if God did not spare the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be kept for judgment …” - 2 Peter 2:4, MEV “Likewise, the angels who did not keep to their first domain, but forsook their own dwelling, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day” - Jude 1:6, MEV “Then He will say to those at the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels'” Matthew 25:41, MEV In these verses there is no mention of demons or devils. Instead, to make a distinction between God’s holy angels and fallen angels, the New Testament simply calls them the angels “that sinned” or “which kept not their first estate.” Apart from the simple use of negative descriptions, the New Testament also uses context to draw distinctions between fallen angels and holy angels. An example of this is when, in Matthew 25:41, hell is described as a place prepared for the devil and his angels. The angels in that verse were said to belong to the devil, so it is obvious that they were fallen. Furthermore, in the following verse, while making a strong point about the need to avoid false gospels, Paul the Apostle mentions angels “from heaven.” “Although if we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel to you than the one we have preached to you, let him be accursed” - Galatians 1:8, MEV Of course, it’s obvious that one should reject the gospel of a fallen angel, but it might not have been as obvious to the Galatians that they should reject a different gospel from even a holy angel. To drive his point home, Paul essentially warns, “Even if one of the angels from heaven should preach to you another gospel, do not be deceived.” In other words, “Don’t be swayed even if one of the good guys starts to preach a different gospel.” Paul’s warning is an example of how the New Testament contrasts both fallen and holy angels. No special term is used to describe fallen angels; they are simply described in a negative way and/or placed in a negative context. Demons, on the other hand, are referred to as “devils,” “unclean spirits” and “demons.” Excerpted from Truths About Demons and Spiritual Warfare by David Diga Hernandez (Charisma House, 2016).
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2622	dbpedia	3	14	https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/09/17/best-and-worst-movies-based-tv-series-ranked/2338857001/	en	The very best (and worst) TV-to-movie adaptations, ranked (including 'Charlie's Angels')	https://www.gannett-cdn.…=pjpg&width=1200	https://www.gannett-cdn.…=pjpg&width=1200	[ "https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/09/17/USAT/7e839e19-40e2-4c11-be39-f811f06eee91-VPC_TOP_5_TV_TO_MOVIE_ADAPTATIONS_DESK_THUMB.jpg", "https://www.gannett-cdn.com/appservices/universal-web/universal/icons/icon-play-alt-white.svg", "https://www.gannett-cdn.com/appservices/universal-web/universal/icons/icon-instagram_24.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Brian Truitt, USA TODAY", "Brian Truitt" ]	2019-09-17T00:00:00	The new \	en	https://www.gannett-cdn.…ages/favicon.png	USA TODAY	https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/09/17/best-and-worst-movies-based-tv-series-ranked/2338857001/	The Angels are back in cinemas, though they have groovy history on the small screen as well. Director Elizabeth Banks' revamped "Charlie's Angels" is the second time Hollywood has tackled the uber-popular, female-centric 1970s action TV show. This time around Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska are cast as the trio of secret agents, following in the butt-kicking shoes of Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu, who took on the franchise in the 2000s. On the heels of this fall's "Downton Abbey," the new "Angels" is the latest in one of film's favorite subgenres, the TV-to-movie adaptation. Sometimes it's a continuation of the show, other times it's a complete redo, and there have been plenty of good and bad examples on either side. Where do the "Charlie's Angels" reboots factor into the annals of channel-changing properties brought to the big screen? Let's start with the bad: 'Downton Abbey': Laura Carmichael promises upcoming movie 'turns the volume up' Ranked: The best horror movies this year (including Stephen King's sequel 'It 2') 15. ‘Baywatch’ (2017) The revamped take on the sun-drenched syndicated guilty pleasure is big on biceps and not much else. When even the teaming of Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron as crime-solving lifeguards doesn’t work, you’ve got problems. 14. ‘Bewitched’ (2005) The 1960s sitcom conjured some whimsical magic – and multiple Darrins – but the remake is a total botch, even with its meta take of Will Ferrell as an actor on a “Bewitched” reboot and Nicole Kidman as the fresh-faced spellcaster. 13. ‘The Mod Squad’ (1999) In addition to just a cool title, the OG 1968-73 crime show was all about a diverse crew of hip young cops in groovy undercover threads. The film is that in name only, a half-hearted cop drama with prime-time actors of the moment (Claire Danes, Omar Epps, Giovanni Ribisi) and that’s it. 12. ‘Sgt. Bilko’ (1996) Steve Martin brings back the eccentric Army schemer from “The Phil Silvers Show,” with Phil Hartman as the foil to his military-base shenanigans, in a comedy that’s more hacky than wacky. 11. ‘The Avengers’ (1998) Nope, not that one. This travesty is based on the British spy show, with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman as forgettably flirty secret agents and Sean Connery as a weather-obsessed mad scientist. Even Captain America wouldn’t be able to save this thing. 10. ‘George of the Jungle’ (1997) Before Disney redid its own animated classics with live-action redos, it tackled old cartoons like the 1967-70 show with the Tarzan-like jungle dude. Brendan Fraser crashing into pretty much everything is symbolic of this whole unfortunate exercise. 9. ‘CHIPS’ (2017) Larry Wilcox, an original star of the cheesy late ‘70s/early ‘80s show, tweeted that the modern action comedy with Dax Shepard and Michael Pena “ruined the brand.” Which is all that needs to be said, really. 8. ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ (1993) There’s probably an interesting class-warfare satire to be had redoing the ‘60s sitcom about backwoods folk discovering oil and moving to Southern California to live the high life. This isn’t that, though a silver lining is a “9 to 5” reunion with Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman. 7. ‘Entourage’ (2015) The HBO show actually was pretty good – and foreshadowed an “Aquaman” movie! This film, though, was a completely unnecessary revisit of A-list star Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his Hollywood dude posse. 6. ‘Masters of the Universe’ (1987) It’s a hoot seeing Tony Award-winning stage thespian Frank Langella chew up scenery as the evil Skeletor. There’s not much else, however, to the woeful fantasy based on the ‘80s cartoon and featuring Dolph Lundgren as the buff He-Man and an early Courteney Cox film role. 5. ‘Wild Wild West’ (1999) Based on a ‘60s Western, the abhorrent steampunk-y reinterpretation cast Will Smith (in his summer blockbuster prime) and Kevin Kline as a couple of do-gooding Secret Service agents fighting a megalomaniacal, no-legged Confederate scientist (Kenneth Branagh) who pilots, yes, a mechanical spider. 4. ‘McHale’s Navy’ (1997) Tom Arnold takes on the old Ernest Borgnine role from the ‘60s sitcom as the naval officer commanding a misfit crew, and it is not a step up. Bruce Campbell and Tim Curry are also on board, however, so it’s not completely bad. Just mostly bad. 3. ‘Inspector Gadget’ (1999) It might be a stretch to say Matthew Broderick’s terrible take on the ‘80s cartoon detective ruined childhoods. But the sight of his hat turning into a helicopter, and everything from drink umbrellas to little scissors coming out of his bionic fingers, is pure nightmare fuel. 2. ‘The Flintstones’ (1994) The prehistoric family from the ‘60s cartoon should have stayed animated. The live-action version was atrocious, headed up by national treasure John Goodman (as Fred Flintstone) in one of his worst roles. Yabba dabba don’t do this ever again, please. 1. ‘Car 54, Where Are You?’ (1994) The better question is why would you ever watch this redo of the ‘60s cop sitcom unless you were handcuffed and forced to? Only for Jeremy Piven, Tone Loc, Rosie O’Donnell and Ramones completists. Now on to the goodness: 15. ‘Get Smart’ (2008) Steve Carell’s bumbling spy Maxwell Smart matches the lovable-loser vibe of Don Adams from the late ‘60s comedy, and the big-screen treatment teams Carell up with Anne Hathaway in Barbara Feldon’s Agent 99 role. Bonus points for the return of the shoe phone as well as a Dwayne Johnson appearance. 14. ‘The Naked Gun’ (1988) It was gags, puns and slapstick galore when the 1982 procedural spoof “Police Squad!” made the jump to successful film franchise. The first “Gun,” though, was the best, throwing absolute nincompoop Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) into the important role of protecting the queen on a royal visit. 13. ‘Dragnet’ (1987) The buddy-cop comedy acts as a follow-up to the 1950s detective series and also sends up its “Just the facts, ma’am” seriousness. Dan Aykroyd’s take on Joe Friday is the strait-laced nephew of the original character, and he plays it straight opposite Tom Hanks (in his pre-America’s Dad days) as his fun-loving man-child partner Pep Streebeck. 12. ‘Charlie’s Angels’ (2000) Into every generation comes a peppy private-eye trio: Though a new incarnation of the 1970s female-fronted ensemble is now in theaters, the last film reboot was a style explosion with Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore as its karate-kicking, totally glam girl squad. 11. ‘The Brady Bunch Movie’ (1995) A new take on the squeaky-clean 1970s family shrewdly went meta: While the Brady Bunch are as PG as ever, everybody around them gives them side eye and wonders what the heck is wrong with these weirdos. It’s both spoof and loving ode to the TV of the period, with cameos from the original cast as well as The Monkees. 10. ‘Downton Abbey’ (2019) If you’re not familiar with the enormous cast of characters, good luck getting through what amounts to a two-hour episode of the popular British series. If you’re a fan, though, there’s a lot to love, including old banter, new relationships and even a major revelation by the end of it. 9. ‘Sex and the City: The Movie’ (2008) The first film off the super-popular HBO comedy successfully catches up with Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Samantha (Kim Cattrall) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) by focusing on a plot close to the heart of every fan: the ups and downs of Carrie finally marrying Mr. Big (Chris Noth). 8. 'Charlie's Angels' (2019) No, it isn't a case of deja vu. The new film also charts high because of how well it ties all the various iterations together. There are multiple Bosleys, action and empowerment galore, plus cool cameos, though it's Kristen Stewart's sexy and smart operative Sabina who's the main reason these "Angels" get their wings. 7. ‘South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut’ (1999) The shenanigans of those crazy kids Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny hit the big screen with an animated satire that involves censorship, Canada, Satan, Saddam Hussein and the source material’s own controversies. Plus, at its heart, the movie version of the cable comedy is also a sneakily brilliant musical. 6. ‘The Muppet Movie’ (1979) Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and all the regulars from “The Muppet Show” jumped to cinema with the meta plot of a cross-country trip to Hollywood. Armed with songs and humor to spare, the Muppets also brought along famous friends (Steve Martin, Mel Brooks) to take their pop-culture fame to a new level. 5. ‘The Fugitive’ (1993) With Harrison Ford as a doctor framed for his wife’s murder and Tommy Lee Jones as the U.S. marshal hunting him down, the thriller was so good you forgot that it was actually based on the 1960s TV drama. Come for the one-armed man, stay for a great cast including Jane Lynch and Julianne Moore. 4. ‘Mission: Impossible’ (1996) Take a dash of the old-school spy show (self-destructing messages!), toss in a healthy amount of Tom Cruise entering a new action-hero phase of his career, and you’ve got the recipe for one of the most popular movie franchises in recent years – and America’s answer to so many James Bond flicks. 3. ‘21 Jump Street’ (2012) How do you adapt a campily serious ‘80s cop drama about police who look way too old be in high school working as undercover students? Lean way in to the ridiculousness of the concept. It totally worked in this fantastic buddy comedy with Jonah Hill as the nerdy half of the duo and Channing Tatum as his science-challenged jock pal. 2. 'Star Trek' (2009) The final frontier needs to slot in here somewhere, since it started on TV – though 1979's "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" leaves much to be desired. So let's warp right to J.J. Abrams' refreshing, "Star Wars"-esque reboot that cast Chris Pine as Captain Kirk and brought "Trek" back in a huge way. 1. ‘The Untouchables’ (1987) The life of famed Prohibition agent Eliot Ness was dramatized by Robert Stack in the 1959-63 TV crime drama but best by Kevin Costner in Brian De Palma’s excellent gangster epic. Costner and Sean Connery step up to hoodlums “the Chicago way” though find a fearsome foe in Al Capone (a vicious Robert De Niro).
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The truth is far more thrilling! Dr. David Jeremiah explains what they are, what they do, and how they help us.	en	https://davidjeremiah.blog/wp-content/themes/magazine-pro/images/favicon.ico	David Jeremiah Blog	https://davidjeremiah.blog/angels-and-demons-in-the-bible-part-one/	Most of us will never see an angel nor a demon as long as we walk this earth. These spirit beings live in heavenly realms, tending to matters outside of our sphere of experience. Supernatural appearances are rare, yet throughout history, there have been fascinating stories of angel encounters and terrifying tales of demonic activity. Some of these stories reek of self-serving sensationalism while others are perfectly plausible. The late Reverend Billy Graham recalled his grandmother’s jubilant description of a heavenly scene, just before her passing, that included Jesus, her deceased husband, and…angels. Many overseas missionaries have reported angelic protection from certain death. For instance, John G. Paton credits angels with delivering him and his wife from an attack by hostile natives in the South Pacific. Missionaries also routinely find themselves on the front lines of spiritual warfare in cultures where demonic activity is rampant. The Bible, itself, mentions angels over three hundred times and demons more than eighty times. I could go on, but I believe you get the point. Angels and demons are all around us, often unseen, sometimes surprisingly apparent, and they do intercede in the affairs of mankind. The question, then, is not whether angels and demons are real, for I can assure you they are. The questions we must answer are: What are angels? What do they do? What are demons? Who do they work for, and what do they do? Finally, what does all of this have to do with me? 5 Attributes of Angels Let’s start with angels. We have established that they are real. I can also tell you that all angels share common characteristics which set them apart from other beings, and we’ll talk about those qualities. Within the context of these commonalities, angels have individual, unique personalities and names. Gabriel and Michael are two that are named in Scripture. Finally, angels have clearly defined roles. Attribute #1: Angels Are God’s Creations The Genesis account of creation reveals God’s orderly design for the physical and spiritual world, and the literary masterpiece that is Psalm 104 gives further insight into the origins of angels. According to verse 4, the next act after God’s creation of space, time, and cosmos is the creation of angels, probably on day two. Immediately after the creation of angels, according to the psalmist, God laid the foundation of the earth (verse 5). A careful analysis of Scripture informs us that all angels came into existence at once. Just as God spoke the planets, land, plants, and animals into being, He spoke the angels into being. So, angels are created beings. This has immense implications for us as we seek to understand them. Attribute #2: Angels Have Limitations As real beings created by God, angels are subject to God’s authority and power, and their power has limits. The ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Daniel illustrate some of these limitations. In Daniel 9:21, the angel Gabriel appears before Daniel because of Daniel’s earnest prayers for his people. This verse specifies Gabriel had been caused to “fly swiftly” because of Daniel’s petition, which stipulates that angels can only be in one place at a time; they are not omnipresent. In verse 23, Gabriel explains, “At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you….” Did you catch that? Gabriel didn’t hatch a plan to go visit Daniel; Gabriel was commanded to go call on Daniel in response to his prayerful petitions. Attribute #3: Angels Are Subject to God's Authority Moving down in the text, Daniel is visited by a second angel, whose name is not disclosed, in chapter 10. This angel explains that he would have come sooner, but he was waylaid for 21 days by the “prince of the kingdom of Persia,” and he required the assistance of Michael, the archangel, to overcome this prince. The angel spent three weeks earnestly attempting to visit Daniel, but he lacked the power to overcome the prince of Persia. Attribute #4: Angels Are Not Omnipotent In the context of our culture that is enthralled with angelic activity, we must keep sight of this fundamental truth: angels are limited to the power and authority granted them by Almighty God. Attribute #5: Angels Are Spirit Beings Angels are spirit beings who are often invisible, but their presence may be made manifest in human form, in dreams and visions, in their natural state, or audibly without a visible form. To illustrate this point, it’s helpful to contrast Daniel’s angel encounter in Daniel 9 with his experience in Daniel 10. When Gabriel appears in Daniel 9:21, he is described as a man. Daniel goes on to have a pleasant conversation with Gabriel, and there is no indication that Daniel is at all intimidated by Gabriel’s presence. It’s as if two peers are discussing the politics of the day, albeit one has profound prophetic insight. Then, flipping forward to chapter 10, Daniel encounters an unnamed angel, trembles in his presence, and describes him in a way that is completely unlike any human. Here is his description: So, angels appear as humans and in their natural state. They have also been known to appear in visions. Genesis 28 and 31 record prophetic dreams the Lord gave to Jacob in which he saw angels. In the New Testament, Mary’s husband, Joseph, repeatedly encountered angels who instructed him regarding Mary and Jesus while he was dreaming. It doesn’t particularly matter whether these angels appeared in human or angelic form; Jacob and Joseph clearly recognized them as angels. Yet another demonstration of angelic activity is recorded in 2 Samuel 5:22-25 when the Lord allowed David and his men to hear angels “marching in the tops of the mulberry trees” as a sign to move quickly. In this case, David did not see angels; he only heard them. Regardless of how angels may appear, the important point to remember is this: their presence is revealed selectively and strategically. Often, angels work in unseen ways because it doesn’t serve God’s purpose for us to perceive their presence. In fact, the angel mania that routinely engrosses our collective conscience is likely why God chooses to conceal their presence most of the time. If men like Daniel tremble (Daniel 10:8) and men like the apostle John worship (Revelation 19:10) at the sight of angels, how much more likely are we to respond improperly to their manifest presence? God only opens our eyes to behold angels when it serves His purposes. Perhaps the most comical example of God revealing an angel’s proximity is found in Numbers 22. In this passage we see the wicked prophet Balaam engaging in dirty business with Moab’s king who fears the approaching Israelites. The king wants Balaam to curse Israel so that they will not encamp near him. Balaam hesitates to curse the nation, but he decides to make some money off the deal by divining on behalf of Moab and traveling to visit their king. This angers the Lord, so He sends the Angel of the Lord to block Balaam’s path. Balaam is unable to see the angel, but his donkey sees him plainly. She stops in her tracks and huddles against a wall, crushing Balaam’s foot. After Balaam beats the donkey three times, Scripture says that God opened her mouth and she began to speak to him! Balaam laments that he doesn’t have a sword with which to kill the donkey, and then—it happens. Numbers 22:31 says, “Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face.” The story continues with Balaam’s repentance and, I believe, a new respect for angels. Now I don’t know about you, but I think I would have enjoyed watching that interlude! God had a purpose in revealing His angel to Balaam. Spirits of Wind, Fire, and Stars Returning to Psalm 104, we see a fascinating description of angels in verse 4: “[O Lord my God], Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.” Unshackled by human limitations, these spiritual beings slip through the grip of gravity and transcend to heavenly realms with all the ease of fire. Wind and fire may be the best substances on earth to help us mortals understand the spiritual make-up of angels. In both Hebrew and Greek, the words for “spirit” can also mean “breath” or “wind.” The Old Testament frequently describes strong winds blowing in connection with God’s judgment. Considering the passage below, see if you can imagine God sending angels as “wind”: As early as the cherubim who guarded the gates of Eden with “a flaming sword which turned every way” (Genesis 3:24), Scripture repeatedly associates angels with fire. Angelic fire consumed sacrifices in Judges 6 and 13. Both Ezekiel and Daniel described angelic beings with fiery features “like burning coals of fire or like the appearance of torches,” a face “like lightning,” and eyes “like torches of fire” (Ezekiel 1:13, Daniel 10:4-6). In Revelation 14:18, John envisioned “another angel, who had power over fire.” Where do angels get all that fire? Hebrews 12:29 states, “Our God is a consuming fire.” God uses smoke and fire to get our attention. He descended in fire on Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:18). The Lord once promised to be “a wall of fire around [his people]” (Zechariah 2:5). And we look forward to a time “when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels” (2 Thessalonians 1:7, NIV). Fire is God’s tool: He makes it the property of angels and sometimes the portrait of angels. 4 Purposes of God's Angels Having looked at the real, created, limited, spirit nature of angels, let’s evaluate the practical purposes behind God’s creation of angels. Scripture separately delineates cherubim from seraphim, and biblical accounts reveal different roles for Gabriel and Michael. Different angels serve different purposes. However, viewing all revealed angelic activity with a wide lens, we can identify four broad roles that they fulfill: Angels are messengers, ministers, warriors and worshipers. Role #1: Angels Are Messengers Our English word angel translates as the Hebrew word mal’ak in the Old Testament and the Greek word angelos in the New. The core meaning of both those words is messenger. That’s the essence of who and what angels are. They are couriers for Someone other than themselves. They’re Someone else’s ambassadors, Someone else’s agents. They represent only Him and never themselves. They are channels to carry only His information. They speak and act according to His instructions, and they bear His authority. As messengers, angels communicate God’s law to mankind (Galatians 3:19, Acts 7:53). They are holy beings who have always obeyed God perfectly. In fact, they probably understand God’s law for mankind better than any biblical scholar ever has. It was the Angel of the Lord who spoke to Moses through a burning bush in Exodus 3:2, and it was an angel of the Lord who proclaimed the coming of the promised Messiah in the New Testament. Throughout human history, angels have been involved with communicating God’s most important messages to His people. Role #2: Angels are Ministering Spirits The role angels play as ministering spirits is perhaps the most comforting aspect of their nature. Hebrews 1:14 explains their ministry this way, “Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” Other passages of Scripture provide vivid examples of angelic ministry. In 1 Kings 19:5, an angel appeared to Elijah when he was fleeing from Jezebel in great despair. The angel provided life-giving food and water that sustained him for forty days and nights. After Jesus Christ was tempted by the Devil in Matthew 4, Scripture states that angels came and ministered to Him. The Greek word translated “ministered” implies that they fed Him. In Luke 16, Jesus tells a parable that introduces the idea of angels ministering to mankind by carrying God’s children home to heaven. Other passages are less descriptive but point to this truth with phrases including “carried up into heaven,” “received up into heaven,” and “taken up” (Luke 24:51, Mark 16:19, Acts 1:9). As if the blessed assurance of our salvation weren’t enough, God provides angels to transport our loved ones home. Praise God for these ministering spirits! Role #3: Angels are Warriors While the idea of angels ministering to our needs is deeply comforting, the thought of angels as supernatural warriors might be downright concerning—unless you study it carefully. Our modern military protects the nation from invasion and is comprised of specialists who work together to strategically outwit aggressors. It is similar with angels. As soldiers battling for eternity, angels wage war with the enemies of God’s people, both seen and unseen. Throughout Scripture, we find story after story of God’s people emerging victoriously from physical and spiritual battles as they face insurmountable odds. It was angelic visitors who ushered Lot out of Sodom before destroying it (Genesis 19). It was angelic guards who went ahead of the Israelites, protecting them as they departed Egypt and entered Canaan (Exodus 14-32). It was the Angel of the Lord who killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in 2 Kings 19. And when our risen Lord rides into the Battle of Armageddon, He will be followed by armies of angels (Revelation 19:11-14). Psalm 34:7 summarizes it this way, “The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.” I don’t know about you, but I’m sure glad we have these warriors on our side! As tactical experts, angels guide God's people. Turning to Genesis 31, we find Jacob in the middle of a colorful predicament. His uncle Laban was growing resentful because God had undermined his own deceit by playing a trick on him. Laban had changed Jacob’s wages ten times, trying to swindle him. When Laban told Jacob that his wages were based on speckled livestock, God caused all the new flocks to be born with speckles. When Laban changed Jacob’s wages to streaked livestock, all the flocks were born with streaks. And on the story goes. In case Jacob has any doubts as to the mastermind behind this selective breeding program, Scripture tells us the Angel of God appeared in Jacob’s dreams and confirmed God’s role (Genesis 31: 10-13). God’s people do not have to worry about outcomes; they must only worry about obedience to God’s plans.As provisioners, angels equip God’s people for victory. There are many more examples of angelic guidance in Scripture. The story of Balaam in Numbers 22, which we’ve already examined, is another. After the talking donkey episode, Scripture indicates in verse 35 that the Angel of the Lord gave Balaam very specific instructions: “Go with the men, but only the word that I speak to you, that you shall speak.” Jumping ahead to the New Testament, an angel gave Jesus’ earthly father, Joseph, specific instructions to protect young Jesus and his mother: “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him” (Matthew 2:13). In Acts 10, an angel gave the Roman Centurion Cornelius a message that changed the trajectory of Simon Peter’s earthly ministry. The angel instructed Cornelius to send for Peter, which he did. In the meantime, God gave Peter a vision to prepare his heart for witnessing to Gentiles. When the two met, Peter shared the Good News, and “the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word” (Acts 10: 44). God does not always use angels to guide His people, but when He does, we’d better listen. As provisioners, angels equip God's people for victory. Sometimes God protects His people by sending one of His angels to meet our physical needs. The story of Hagar in Genesis 21 is one such story. After being cast out of Abraham’s household on account of Sarah and Isaac, we find Hagar and her son, Ishmael, wandering in the wilderness without adequate water. In verse 16, Hagar loses heart and determines to wait for her son to die, but the Angel of God calls to her out of heaven and says, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation” (verses 17-18). Then, Scripture tells us God opened her eyes to a well of water. In this case, the angelic messenger prepared Hagar to receive God’s provision. The angels’ role of equipping is closely tied to their role as ministering spirits. Looking back to the example of Elijah fleeing from Jezebel in 1 Kings 19, the Angel of the Lord ministered to Elijah by equipping him with the rest and nourishment he needed to complete his ministry. In the Garden of Gethsemane, just after Christ’s famous prayer, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42), Luke tells us that an angel appeared to Jesus from heaven and strengthened Him. Scripture never lets God’s people off the hook for following Him in obedience. Exhaustion, unfavorable odds, and despair do not change His plans, but He equips His people throughout their trials and ministers to them. God supplies our every need so that we may be courageous and victorious, and sometimes He dispatches His angels to do the equipping. Role #4: Angels Are Worshipers When angels are not ministering to mankind, they live in the presence of God, continually shouting and singing praises to Him. The book of Revelation provides some of the richest scenes of heavenly worship available to us, in which we observe angels demonstrating their reverence for God. Revelation 4:8 describes living creatures who do not rest day or night; rather, they proclaim, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” This fervent adulation prompts 24 elders to fall down before the Lord, cast their crowns before His throne, and say, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created” (Revelation 4:10-11). We would do well to learn from the angels’ example of worship. In all their beauty, God’s angels keep no praise for themselves. The angel John encountered in Revelation 19 made this truth clear. Overcome by the angel’s presence, John fell at his feet to worship him, but the angel rebuked him saying, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (verse 10). "I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus." —Angel in Revelation 19 What Else Do We Need To Know About Angels? 5 Surprising Facts! A thorough discussion of angels requires that we consider what they are not. We know that angels are real, created, spirit beings who serve God within limitations He sets for them. Here are a few important things they are not. Fact #1: Angels Are Not Defined by Us Because they are real, angels are not defined by our notions about them. There are some popular ideas about angels that simply aren’t true. Angels are commonly depicted as everything from chubby babies to demure, ivory-skinned women with wings. When someone dear to our hearts passes on, it’s not uncommon to hear a family member say, “So-and-so is watching over us now.” Or they’ll say, “We haven’t lost a person. We’ve gained an angel.” Let me tell you, you can search Scripture from cover to cover, and you will find no such description. Do you realize that every time Scripture describes angels, it uses masculine terms? And, if you recall our examination of Psalm 104, you will recollect that angels were created on a different day than humans, and they were created all at the same time. Heaven does not gain angels. I’m sorry if it offends you, but angels are neither women nor babies nor departed loved ones; they are nothing other than supernatural masculine warriors unlike anything known to us in our material world. Fact #2: Angels Are Not to Be Worshiped Because they are created, angels must never receive our worship or our prayers. Most of us find the account of John’s angel worship in Revelation 19 quite understandable. The sight of God’s true angels must be awe-inspiring beyond anything we can imagine. This may be why they are invisible to us most of the time—to prevent us from sinning through angel worship. By the same token, we should not pray directly to angels for help. The Bible gives no indication angels will respond if we pray directly to them for help. In fact, the Bible does not offer any examples of people asking God to send them an angel’s protection. We must seek God alone, for He alone is worthy of our praise and prayers. Fact #3: Angels Are Not Fully Understood Because angels are spirit beings who inhabit a world we’ve not yet seen, we must choose to be comfortable with what we do not know about them. Scripture mentions them over three hundred times, so we are meant to know something about them. We are wise to study our Bibles as we seek a healthy understanding of angels. However, they should not consume our thoughts, and we should not envy others who may have dramatic encounters with them. When I had cancer some years back, it would have been comforting to witness an angel watching over me or holding my hand as I was wheeled in to surgery. That never happened, and I’m a pastor! If God never chooses to reveal angels’ manifest presence to you or to me, it does not mean that we are inferior Christians. It simply means that it would not suit His purposes. In His sovereignty, God reveals angels to us selectively and strategically. Fact #4: Angels Are Not Our Servants Because angels serve God, they do not serve us. Matthew 6:24 explains that it is impossible to serve two masters. We’ve learned angels are God’s messengers, and they serve Him in a variety of ways. Sometimes we are fortunate to be the recipients of angelic ministry, and Hebrews 1:14 makes it plain that ministering to God’s children is their primary purpose. However, we must never imagine that they are our messengers. The messages angels carry travel in one direction only—from the mouth of God to the intended recipient. Angels are not ours to control or to use. They are not available to satisfy our physical and emotional needs or our intellectual curiosity. Fact #5: Angels Are Not Necessary Because angels have limitations, they are not essential. Now, bear with me as I explain this one. When we consider that God is sovereign above all things—all circumstances, all people, all powers, all forces, all processes—it becomes apparent that He does not need angels. In the same way He was perfectly complete before the creation of man, God was perfectly complete before the creation of angels. After all, there is nothing He cannot do. So, why would He create them? The simplest answer is because it pleased Him to create them. Revelation 4:11 states, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created” (emphasis added). Other passages, particularly those we’ve studied in Revelation, make it clear that angels devote themselves to bringing Him glory and praise, which is part of their purpose. Yet, a final look at Hebrews 1:14 may give us the clearest picture of Almighty God’s purpose in creating angels. Angels are “ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation.” Angels are here for us. Has this investigation into the supernatural world of angels challenged your thinking in some way? I hope so, and I hope you’ll join me for part two in this series when we look at the counterparts of God’s angels—the dark world of demons—and their impact on humanity. Continue your study of angels, demons, and heaven with these other articles by David Jeremiah: Angels and Demons Q&A What Do Angels Look Like? What Does the Bible Really Say About Guardian Angels? Who Is Lucifer? What Does the Bible Say About Angels? Understanding Heaven’s Mighty Warriors What Does the Bible Say About Lucifer, Demons, and the Nephilim? Understanding the Origins of Evil Embracing Eternity: Is There Life After Death? What Kind of Rewards Will Believers Receive in Heaven? Do I Have a Guardian Angel? And Other Questions Answered About Angels The Loss of a Loved One: Moving From Grief to Hope Do Children Go to Heaven? What Happens to the Souls of Little Ones When They Die? 8 Heavenly Truths That Can Change Your Life Today What Will I Do in Heaven? Do Dogs Go to Heaven? And Other Questions You’ve Wondered About Heaven 3 Biblical Truths for Handling Grief What Happens When We Die? 4 Biblical Answers to Common Questions 9 Insider Secrets About Heaven Pop Quiz: Will I Go to Heaven? What Does the Bible Say About Heaven? 65 Passages to Get You Started
2622	dbpedia	2	78	https://www.openbible.info/topics/angels_helping_us	en	What Does the Bible Say About Angels Helping Us?	https://a.openbible.info/favicon.ico	https://a.openbible.info/favicon.ico	[]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Bible verses about Angels Helping Us	en	https://a.openbible.info/favicon.ico		https://www.openbible.info/topics/angels_helping_us	Psalm 91:11 ESV / 187 helpful votes For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. Hebrews 1:14 ESV / 165 helpful votes Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? Luke 22:43 ESV / 120 helpful votes And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. Hebrews 13:2 ESV / 100 helpful votes Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Psalm 34:7 ESV / 85 helpful votes The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Matthew 18:10 ESV / 84 helpful votes “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. Acts 27:23 ESV / 77 helpful votes For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship, Hebrews 13:1-25 ESV / 69 helpful votes Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ... Matthew 4:11 ESV / 67 helpful votes Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him. Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 60 helpful votes He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ... Colossians 1:16 ESV / 57 helpful votes For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. Luke 16:22 ESV / 57 helpful votes The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, Exodus 23:20 ESV / 55 helpful votes “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. Psalm 103:20 ESV / 51 helpful votes Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! Revelation 22:1-21 ESV / 50 helpful votes Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. ... Revelation 5:11-12 ESV / 46 helpful votes Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” 1 Peter 1:12 ESV / 44 helpful votes It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. 1 Peter 2:1-25 ESV / 43 helpful votes So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ... 2 Kings 6:17 ESV / 43 helpful votes Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. Acts 8:26 ESV / 42 helpful votes Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. Daniel 6:22 ESV / 42 helpful votes My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” 1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 40 helpful votes First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ... Luke 15:10 ESV / 39 helpful votes Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Revelation 19:1-21 ESV / 38 helpful votes After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.” Once more they cried out, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.” And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.” ... Hebrews 12:22 ESV / 38 helpful votes But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, Acts 5:19 ESV / 38 helpful votes But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, Mark 16:1-20 ESV / 36 helpful votes When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. ... Jude 1:9 ESV / 35 helpful votes But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” Revelation 19:10 ESV / 34 helpful votes Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Colossians 2:18 ESV / 34 helpful votes Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, Daniel 10:13 ESV / 34 helpful votes The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia, Revelation 4:8 ESV / 33 helpful votes And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Matthew 22:30 ESV / 33 helpful votes For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. Job 38:7 ESV / 33 helpful votes When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Revelation 22:9 ESV / 32 helpful votes But he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” Jude 1:6 ESV / 32 helpful votes And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— Luke 1:19 ESV / 32 helpful votes And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. Matthew 1:20 ESV / 32 helpful votes But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. Revelation 5:1-14 ESV / 31 helpful votes Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” ... Luke 4:10 ESV / 31 helpful votes For it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’ Job 1:6 ESV / 31 helpful votes Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. Psalm 148:2 ESV / 29 helpful votes Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! Hebrews 1:6 ESV / 28 helpful votes And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.” Luke 2:13 ESV / 28 helpful votes And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 1 Timothy 5:21 ESV / 27 helpful votes In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality. Ephesians 3:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. Nehemiah 9:6 ESV / 27 helpful votes “You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. Revelation 14:6 ESV / 26 helpful votes Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. Genesis 2:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 25 helpful votes And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Luke 20:36 ESV / 25 helpful votes For they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. Matthew 28:2 ESV / 23 helpful votes And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. Psalm 91:11-12 ESV / 22 helpful votes For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. Isaiah 37:36 ESV / 21 helpful votes And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. Psalm 68:17 ESV / 21 helpful votes The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary. Genesis 18:1-33 ESV / 21 helpful votes And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth and said, “O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.” ... Acts 12:1-25 ESV / 20 helpful votes About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. ... Luke 1:1-80 ESV / 20 helpful votes Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. ... Matthew 24:36 ESV / 20 helpful votes “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. Isaiah 14:12-14 ESV / 20 helpful votes “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ Revelation 12:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, Revelation 12:1-17 ESV / 19 helpful votes And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, ... 1 Peter 3:22 ESV / 19 helpful votes Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. 1 Corinthians 4:9 ESV / 19 helpful votes For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. Acts 27:23-24 ESV / 19 helpful votes For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship, and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ Matthew 26:53 ESV / 19 helpful votes Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? Psalm 104:4 ESV / 19 helpful votes He makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire. 2 Samuel 14:17 ESV / 19 helpful votes And your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!” Revelation 1:1 ESV / 18 helpful votes The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, Hebrews 1:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.” Acts 10:3 ESV / 18 helpful votes About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” Luke 2:1-52 ESV / 18 helpful votes In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. ... Daniel 9:21 ESV / 18 helpful votes While I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice. Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 17 helpful votes For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Matthew 4:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes And said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’” Daniel 10:1-21 ESV / 17 helpful votes In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict. And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision. In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks. I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks. On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river (that is, the Tigris) I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. ... Isaiah 14:1-32 ESV / 17 helpful votes For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord's land as male and female slaves. They will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them. When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased! The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers, ... Daniel 10:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes But I will tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth: there is none who contends by my side against these except Michael, your prince. Revelation 12:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. Revelation 7:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. Acts 12:23 ESV / 15 helpful votes Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. Job 38:1-7 ESV / 15 helpful votes Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? ... Revelation 22:8-9 ESV / 14 helpful votes I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” Daniel 10:10-12 ESV / 14 helpful votes And behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. And he said to me, “O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. Revelation 12:7-9 ESV / 13 helpful votes Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Revelation 5:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Mark 8:38 ESV / 13 helpful votes For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” Matthew 28:2-4 ESV / 13 helpful votes And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. Daniel 12:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. Daniel 7:10 ESV / 13 helpful votes A stream of fire issued and came out from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened. Isaiah 6:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” Job 2:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. Genesis 21:17-20 ESV / 12 helpful votes And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation.” Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. Hebrews 1:1-14 ESV / 11 helpful votes Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”? ... Genesis 16:1-16 ESV / 11 helpful votes Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress. And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!” ... Hebrews 2:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 2 Samuel 14:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth.” Judges 6:1-40 ESV / 10 helpful votes The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds. For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. They would encamp against them and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in. ...
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Pauline Taylor, released 11 March 2022 1. Angels By My Side Sophie Lloyd returns to Classic Music Company for another stunning soulful delivery, this time teaming up with Faithless vocalist Pauline Taylor on ‘Angels By My Side’. Much like Sophie’s previous works on Luke Solomon’s imprint, this record brims with the same joyous energy sure to uplift, as live recorded strings, horns and keys give an added richness to the release. With Sophie’s Classic debut ‘Calling Out’ a modern day dancefloor anthem with 10 million streams and counting, and her latest offering garnering early support from the likes of NYC legend Danny Krivit, there is no doubt ‘Angels By My Side’ will follow suit as an essential record for discerning selectors.	en	https://f4.bcbits.com/im…4171192539_3.jpg	Classic Music Company	https://classicmusiccompany.bandcamp.com/album/angels-by-my-side	supported by 29 fans who also own “Angels By My Side” go to album supported by 19 fans who also own “Angels By My Side” go to album supported by 15 fans who also own “Angels By My Side” go to album supported by 13 fans who also own “Angels By My Side” go to album
2622	dbpedia	2	81	http://www.biblewalking.com/blog-morning-minute/carried-by-the-angels	en	carried by the angels	http://www.biblewalking.com/uploads/4/3/6/6/4366629/published/carried-by-angel2.jpg?250	http://www.biblewalking.com/uploads/4/3/6/6/4366629/published/carried-by-angel2.jpg?250	[ "http://www.biblewalking.com/uploads/4/3/6/6/4366629/published/carried-by-angel2.jpg?250", "http://cdn2.editmysite.com/images/old/bg_feed.gif", "http://cdn2.editmysite.com/images/site/footer/footer-toast-published-image-1.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "Bible Study", "Bible Verses", "Devotionals", "Prophecy" ]	null	[]	null	Carried by the Angels And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; (Luke 16:22)...	en		Bible Walking	http://www.biblewalking.com/42/post/2017/11/carried-by-the-angels.html	And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; (Luke 16:22) Angels are not described in the Bible as having wings but most of the art work shows them with wings. However, cherubim have wings and the two may be the same thing. This article is not about angels, per se, but about angels carrying saints home. We do not know if angels escort every saint home, but Luke 16:22 tells how it very well may happen for many. Do you ever wonder how it’s going to be for you when God calls you home? I do. We notice there was more than one angel. It doesn’t say how many. It says the beggar was carried by the angels. The reminds us that we are three parts: body, soul, and spirit. Many Bible scholars believe that our soul and spirit are another type of body that dwells inside our physical body. The inner body does not die and is as definite as our physical body. The inner body can think, see, hear, and move about even as our physical body. We learn some of this from the testimonies of many people who have left their bodies, flat-lined, in the hospital and returned to their bodies. While they were out of their bodies they could see and hear and move from one place to another. This has happened so many times and there are so many stories that I have never had any problem with believing the stories. This is important in considering that the angels “carried” the beggar after he died. They didn’t just accompany him. They carried him. Jesus’ resurrected body passed through His grave clothes, through the stone in the front of the opening of his tomb, and through the door or wall of the room where the disciples were gathered together. The body of the beggar who died would have been thrown into the garbage dump of Jerusalem. But his inner body of soul and spirit was carried by the angels. His inner body was NOT a resurrected body. We all have an inner body of soul and spirit. The soul is self-conscious and our spirit is God-conscious. McGee writes: “Our Lord comes right to the door of death and passes through it as if it were nothing unusual. When the beggar died, there was no funeral. They just took his body out and threw it into the Valley of Gehenna where refuse was thrown and burned; this is the place where they threw the bodies of the poor in that day. The minute the beggar stepped through the doorway of death, angels became his pall-bearers and he was carried by them into Abraham's Bosom.” (McGee) The Bible says: Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. (Psalm 116:15) I’m sure, very sure, that each saint gets a royal welcome when they graduate from earth’s duties. Not only do we have strong statements from the Word of God, but we have many, many testimonies of dying saints in the closing hour of their earthly journey. I once had a book of a hundred or, so pages of short victory stories published by Moody Press back in the 1950’s. They were well-documented. I regret that I loaned it and it never found its way home. The Bible Knowledge Commentary tells us: "In the course of time both men died. Lazarus went to Abraham’s side while the rich man… was buried and was in hell, a place of conscious torment (Luk_16:24, Luk_16:28). Hadēs, the Greek word often translated “hell,” is used 11 times in the New Testament. The Septuagint used hadēs to translate the Hebrew še’ôl (the place of the dead) on 61 occasions. Here hadēs refers to the abode of the unsaved dead prior to the great white throne judgment (Rev_20:11-15). “Abraham’s side” apparently refers to a place of paradise for Old Testament believers at the time of death (cf. Luk_23:43; 2Co_12:4). One story in the Moody book I remember especially that stuck with me. A man was waiting to die, waiting for an angel to come and get him. His family was gathered around his bed and he was telling them what he was seeing. Suddenly, he raised up off his pillow and said: “They’ve come for me!” And then he fell back on his pillow and said, disappointedly, “They’re taking Jim ahead of me.” Someone in the room made note of the time this happened . In a few minutes his eyes brightened, and he raised up again. “They’ve come for me!” But again, he was disappointed, and fell back onto his pillow. He said, “They’ve taken Bill ahead of me.” In a few more minutes he raised up again with an excited countenance and said: “They’ve come for me!” This time, when he fell back onto his pillow his eyes were open and staring but his breath and spirit were gone. The family was stunned at what they had just witnessed. They discussed among themselves who these people were that their father had mentioned. The one with the watch had made note of each occurrence. His inquiry to the families of these two men revealed that they both died the same night as their father. Not only so, but the time of Jim and Bill’s death corresponded to the time that the first man raised up and called their names and said they were taken before him. (I don’t remember the names of the men in the book. I added them here to complete the story.) Be assured that God hovers over us when we die and oversees our homecoming. If He sends an angel or two angels or no angels, it will be exactly according to God’s plan. Ω Read Through the Bible in a Year NOVEMBER 16, 2017 - THURSDAY A.M. Ezekiel 13-15 P.M. Hebrews 11:20-40 (Bible Gateway will read this to you if you like. Look for the speaker icon.) Good Verse to Memorize: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6) Song for Today: My Sun Is Sinking Fast/Angel Band (5:23) (Vestal Goodman & George Jones) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXtq6Utx1Nk The words to this song were written by Jefferson Hascall in 1860, just as the Civil War was beginning. The music was written by William Bradbury in 1862. The song has been published in 21 hymnals. The message of the song was natural for the time of the Civil War (1860-65) when thousands of men were dying and thousands more lay on beds wondering if they were going to die. The phrase: “My latest sun is sinking fast; my race is nearly run” must have occupied the thoughts of thousands of wounded men. It is a slow-moving song with a heavy message. It is timeless, like Amazing Grace. To this day it is a powerful, moving song. The words and music are bonded well. I don’t appreciate the way some groups have twisted the music to make it unique for their group. After searching long, this imperfect version is the best I could find. Brother Roloff sang it best, but I can’t find it. You may have to adjust the volume and delete Ad.
2622	dbpedia	0	98	https://soundsoftheradio.wordpress.com/2019/09/19/103-13-angels-standing-guard-round-the-side-of-your-bed-a-silver-mt-zion/	en	#103: ’13 Angels Standing Guard Round The Side Of Your Bed’ – A Silver Mt. Zion	https://soundsoftheradio…/2019/08/103.png	https://soundsoftheradio…/2019/08/103.png	[ "https://soundsoftheradio.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/103.png?w=676", "https://soundsoftheradio.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-vinylrecord2.png?w=50", "https://soundsoftheradio.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-vinylrecord2.png?w=50", "https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2019-09-19T00:00:00	Throughout my time spent listening to music, I’ve always been one of those people to believe that oftentimes, less is indeed more. When I discovered post-rock, I soon found that minimalism was something to be celebrated, with a single note or sound able to evoke countless emotions based solely upon the way it is performed.…	en	https://soundsoftheradio…record2.png?w=32	Sounds Of The Radio	https://soundsoftheradio.wordpress.com/2019/09/19/103-13-angels-standing-guard-round-the-side-of-your-bed-a-silver-mt-zion/	Throughout my time spent listening to music, I’ve always been one of those people to believe that oftentimes, less is indeed more. When I discovered post-rock, I soon found that minimalism was something to be celebrated, with a single note or sound able to evoke countless emotions based solely upon the way it is performed. While bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor were instrumental (no pun intended) I’m helping me discover this fact, side projects of theirs like A Silver Mt. Zion almost expanded upon this idea, making their tunes almost more minimal and with more sparse vocals and instrumental throughout their discography. However, it was their first album, 2000’s He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms, that saw the band make a name for themselves in the world of music, with songs like ‘13 Angels Standing Guard Round The Side Of Your Bed’ showcasing their stunning ability to make gorgeous songs with very little. Consisting of slowly building vocals and almost nothing else, the ambient, lengthy track shows A Silver Mt. Zion at their best, explaining that they don’t need big, grandiose numbers to make you feel sincere emotion. Rather, this song uses the sound of musical sighs to almost evoke images of guardian angels protecting someone, making you wonder what else the band is capable of when the sounds are stripped back. It might not be their most complex or intricate song, but it manages to be one of their most powerful and exciting songs, with many – like me – citing it as the song that truly made me appreciate the musical accomplishments of this stunning collective.
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sociologist Christian Smith", "public discussion", "women’s institution", "educational approach" ]	null	[ "David Brooks" ]	2023-08-14T10:00:00+00:00	In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.	en	https://cdn.theatlantic.com/_next/static/images/favicon-3888b0e329526a975703e3059a02b92d.ico	The Atlantic	https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/09/us-culture-moral-education-formation/674765/	This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. Over the past eight years or so, I’ve been obsessed with two questions. The first is: Why have Americans become so sad? The rising rates of depression have been well publicized, as have the rising deaths of despair from drugs, alcohol, and suicide. But other statistics are similarly troubling. The percentage of people who say they don’t have close friends has increased fourfold since 1990. The share of Americans ages 25 to 54 who weren’t married or living with a romantic partner went up to 38 percent in 2019, from 29 percent in 1990. A record-high 25 percent of 40-year-old Americans have never married. More than half of all Americans say that no one knows them well. The percentage of high-school students who report “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” shot up from 26 percent in 2009 to 44 percent in 2021. My second, related question is: Why have Americans become so mean? I was recently talking with a restaurant owner who said that he has to eject a customer from his restaurant for rude or cruel behavior once a week—something that never used to happen. A head nurse at a hospital told me that many on her staff are leaving the profession because patients have become so abusive. At the far extreme of meanness, hate crimes rose in 2020 to their highest level in 12 years. Murder rates have been surging, at least until recently. Same with gun sales. Social trust is plummeting. In 2000, two-thirds of American households gave to charity; in 2018, fewer than half did. The words that define our age reek of menace: conspiracy, polarization, mass shootings, trauma, safe spaces. We’re enmeshed in some sort of emotional, relational, and spiritual crisis, and it undergirds our political dysfunction and the general crisis of our democracy. What is going on? Over the past few years, different social observers have offered different stories to explain the rise of hatred, anxiety, and despair. The technology story: Social media is driving us all crazy. The sociology story: We’ve stopped participating in community organizations and are more isolated. The demography story: America, long a white-dominated nation, is becoming a much more diverse country, a change that has millions of white Americans in a panic. The economy story: High levels of economic inequality and insecurity have left people afraid, alienated, and pessimistic. I agree, to an extent, with all of these stories, but I don’t think any of them is the deepest one. Sure, social media has bad effects, but it is everywhere around the globe—and the mental-health crisis is not. Also, the rise of despair and hatred has engulfed a lot of people who are not on social media. Economic inequality is real, but it doesn’t fully explain this level of social and emotional breakdown. The sociologists are right that we’re more isolated, but why? What values lead us to choose lifestyles that make us lonely and miserable? The most important story about why Americans have become sad and alienated and rude, I believe, is also the simplest: We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration. Our society has become one in which people feel licensed to give their selfishness free rein. The story I’m going to tell is about morals. In a healthy society, a web of institutions—families, schools, religious groups, community organizations, and workplaces—helps form people into kind and responsible citizens, the sort of people who show up for one another. We live in a society that’s terrible at moral formation. Moral formation, as I will use that stuffy-sounding term here, comprises three things. First, helping people learn to restrain their selfishness. How do we keep our evolutionarily conferred egotism under control? Second, teaching basic social and ethical skills. How do you welcome a neighbor into your community? How do you disagree with someone constructively? And third, helping people find a purpose in life. Morally formative institutions hold up a set of ideals. They provide practical pathways toward a meaningful existence: Here’s how you can dedicate your life to serving the poor, or protecting the nation, or loving your neighbor. For a large part of its history, America was awash in morally formative institutions. Its Founding Fathers had a low view of human nature, and designed the Constitution to mitigate it (even while validating that low view of human nature by producing a document rife with racism and sexism). “Men I find to be a Sort of Beings very badly constructed,” Benjamin Franklin wrote, “as they are generally more easily provok’d than reconcil’d, more dispos’d to do Mischief to each other than to make Reparation, and much more easily deceiv’d than undeceiv’d.” If such flawed, self-centered creatures were going to govern themselves and be decent neighbors to one another, they were going to need some training. For roughly 150 years after the founding, Americans were obsessed with moral education. In 1788, Noah Webster wrote, “The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities ; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.” The progressive philosopher John Dewey wrote in 1909 that schools teach morality “every moment of the day, five days a week.” Hollis Frissell, the president of the Hampton Institute, an early school for African Americans, declared, “Character is the main object of education.” As late as 1951, a commission organized by the National Education Association, one of the main teachers’ unions, stated that “an unremitting concern for moral and spiritual values continues to be a top priority for education.” The moral-education programs that stippled the cultural landscape during this long stretch of history came from all points on the political and religious spectrums. School textbooks such as McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers not only taught students how to read and write; they taught etiquette, and featured stories designed to illustrate right and wrong behavior. In the 1920s, W. E. B. Du Bois’s magazine for Black children, The Brownies’ Book, had a regular column called “The Judge,” which provided guidance to young readers on morals and manners. There were thriving school organizations with morally earnest names that sound quaint today—the Courtesy Club, the Thrift Club, the Knighthood of Youth. Beyond the classroom lay a host of other groups: the YMCA; the Sunday-school movement; the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts; the settlement-house movement, which brought rich and poor together to serve the marginalized; Aldo Leopold’s land ethic, which extended our moral concerns to include proper care for the natural world; professional organizations, which enforced ethical codes; unions and workplace associations, which, in addition to enhancing worker protections and paychecks, held up certain standards of working-class respectability. And of course, by the late 19th century, many Americans were members of churches or other religious communities. Mere religious faith doesn’t always make people morally good, but living in a community, orienting your heart toward some transcendent love, basing your value system on concern for the underserved—those things tend to. An educational approach with German roots that was adopted by Scandinavian societies in the mid-to-late 19th century had a wide influence on America. It was called Bildung, roughly meaning “spiritual formation.” As conceived by Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Bildung approach gave professors complete freedom to put moral development at the center of a university’s mission. In schools across Scandinavia, students studied literature and folk cultures to identify their own emotions, wounds, and weaknesses, in order to become the complex human beings that modern society required. Schools in the Bildung tradition also aimed to clarify the individual’s responsibilities to the wider world—family, friends, nation, humanity. Start with the soul and move outward. The Bildung movement helped inspire the Great Books programs that popped up at places like Columbia and the University of Chicago. They were based on the conviction that reading the major works of world literature and thinking about them deeply would provide the keys to living a richer life. Meanwhile, discipline in the small proprieties of daily existence—dressing formally, even just to go shopping or to a ball game—was considered evidence of uprightness: proof that you were a person who could be counted on when the large challenges came. Much of American moral education drew on an ethos expressed by the headmaster of the Stowe School, in England, who wrote in 1930 that the purpose of his institution was to turn out young men who were “acceptable at a dance and invaluable in a shipwreck.” America’s National Institute for Moral Instruction was founded in 1911 and published a “Children’s Morality Code,” with 10 rules for right living. At the turn of the 20th century, Mount Holyoke College, an all-women’s institution, was an example of an intentionally thick moral community. When a young Frances Perkins was a student there, her Latin teacher detected a certain laziness in her. She forced Perkins to spend hours conjugating Latin verbs, to cultivate self-discipline. Perkins grew to appreciate this: “For the first time I became conscious of character.” The school also called upon women to follow morally ambitious paths. “Do what nobody else wants to do; go where nobody else wants to go,” the school’s founder implored. Holyoke launched women into lives of service in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. Perkins, who would become the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet (Franklin D. Roosevelt’s), was galvanized there. These various approaches to moral formation shared two premises. The first was that training the heart and body is more important than training the reasoning brain. Some moral skills can be taught the way academic subjects are imparted, through books and lectures. But we learn most virtues the way we learn crafts, through the repetition of many small habits and practices, all within a coherent moral culture—a community of common values, whose members aspire to earn one another’s respect. The other guiding premise was that concepts like justice and right and wrong are not matters of personal taste: An objective moral order exists, and human beings are creatures who habitually sin against that order. This recognition was central, for example, to the way the civil-rights movement in the 1950s and early 1960s thought about character formation. “Instead of assured progress in wisdom and decency man faces the ever present possibility of swift relapse not merely to animalism but into such calculated cruelty as no other animal can practice,” Martin Luther King Jr. believed. Elsewhere, he wrote, “The force of sinfulness is so stubborn a characteristic of human nature that it can only be restrained when the social unit is armed with both moral and physical might.” At their best, the civil-rights marchers in this prophetic tradition understood that they could become corrupted even while serving a noble cause. They could become self-righteous because their cause was just, hardened by hatred of their opponents, prideful as they asserted power. King’s strategy of nonviolence was an effort simultaneously to expose the sins of their oppressors and to restrain the sinful tendencies inherent in themselves. “What gave such widely compelling force to King’s leadership and oratory,” the historian George Marsden argues, “was his bedrock conviction that moral law was built into the universe.” A couple of obvious things need to be said about this ethos of moral formation that dominated American life for so long. It prevailed alongside all sorts of hierarchies that we now rightly find abhorrent: whites superior to Blacks, men to women, Christians to Jews, straight people to gay people. And the emphasis on morality didn’t produce perfect people. Moral formation doesn’t succeed in making people angels—it tries to make them better than they otherwise might be. Furthermore, we would never want to go back to the training methods that prevailed for so long, rooted in so many thou shall nots and so much shaming, and riddled with so much racism and sexism. Yet a wise accounting should acknowledge that emphasizing moral formation meant focusing on an important question—what is life for?—and teaching people how to bear up under inevitable difficulties. A culture invested in shaping character helped make people resilient by giving them ideals to cling to when times got hard. In some ways, the old approach to moral formation was, at least theoretically, egalitarian: If your status in the community was based on character and reputation, then a farmer could earn dignity as readily as a banker. This ethos came down hard on self-centeredness and narcissistic display. It offered practical guidance on how to be a good neighbor, a good friend. And then it mostly went away. The crucial pivot happened just after World War II, as people wrestled with the horrors of the 20th century. One group, personified by the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, argued that recent events had exposed the prevalence of human depravity and the dangers, in particular, of tribalism, nationalism, and collective pride. This group wanted to double down on moral formation, with a greater emphasis on humility. Another group, personified by Carl Rogers, a founder of humanistic psychology, focused on the problem of authority. The trouble with the 20th century, the members of this group argued, was that the existence of rigid power hierarchies led to oppression in many spheres of life. We need to liberate individuals from these authority structures, many contended. People are naturally good and can be trusted to do their own self-actualization. A cluster of phenomenally successful books appeared in the decade after World War II, making the case that, as Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman wrote in Peace of Mind (1946), “thou shalt not be afraid of thy hidden impulses.” People can trust the goodness inside. His book topped the New York Times best-seller list for 58 weeks. Dr. Spock’s first child-rearing manual was published the same year. That was followed by books like The Power of Positive Thinking (1952). According to this ethos, morality is not something that we develop in communities. It’s nurtured by connecting with our authentic self and finding our true inner voice. If people are naturally good, we don’t need moral formation; we just need to let people get in touch with themselves. Organization after organization got out of the moral-formation business and into the self-awareness business. By the mid‑1970s, for example, the Girl Scouts’ founding ethos of service to others had shifted: “How can you get more in touch with you? What are you thinking? What are you feeling?” one Girl Scout handbook asked. Schools began to abandon moral formation in the 1940s and ’50s, as the education historian B. Edward McClellan chronicles in Moral Education in America : “By the 1960s deliberate moral education was in full-scale retreat” as educators “paid more attention to the SAT scores of their students, and middle-class parents scrambled to find schools that would give their children the best chances to qualify for elite colleges and universities.” The postwar period saw similar change at the college level, Anthony Kronman, a former dean of Yale Law School, has noted. The “research ideal” supplanted the earlier humanistic ideal of cultivating the whole student. As academics grew more specialized, Kronman has argued, the big questions—What is the meaning of life? How do you live a good life?—lost all purchase. Such questions became unprofessional for an academic to even ask. In sphere after sphere, people decided that moral reasoning was not really relevant. Psychology’s purview grew, especially in family and educational matters, its vocabulary framing “virtually all public discussion” of the moral life of children, James Davison Hunter, a prominent American scholar on character education, noted in 2000. “For decades now, contributions from philosophers and theologians have been muted or nonexistent.” Psychology is a wonderful profession, but its goal is mental health, not moral growth. From the start, some worried about this privatizing of morality. “If what is good, what is right, what is true is only what the individual ‘chooses’ to ‘invent,’ ” Walter Lippmann wrote in his 1955 collection, Essays in the Public Philosophy, “then we are outside the traditions of civility.” His book was hooted down by establishment figures such as the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.; the de-moralization of American culture was under way. Over the course of the 20th century, words relating to morality appeared less and less frequently in the nation’s books: According to a 2012 paper, usage of a cluster of words related to being virtuous also declined significantly. Among them were bravery (which dropped by 65 percent), gratitude (58 percent), and humbleness (55 percent). For decades, researchers have asked incoming college students about their goals in life. In 1967, about 85 percent said they were strongly motivated to develop “a meaningful philosophy of life”; by 2000, only 42 percent said that. Being financially well off became the leading life goal; by 2015, 82 percent of students said wealth was their aim. In a culture devoid of moral education, generations grow up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. The Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith and a team of researchers asked young adults across the country in 2008 about their moral lives. One of their findings was that the interviewees had not given the subject of morality much thought. “I’ve never had to make a decision about what’s right and what’s wrong,” one young adult told the researchers. “My teachers avoid controversies like that like the plague,” many teenagers said. The moral instincts that Smith observed in his sample fell into the pattern that the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre called “emotivism”: Whatever feels good to me is moral. “I would probably do what would make me happy” in any given situation, one of the interviewees declared. “Because it’s me in the long run.” As another put it, “If you’re okay with it morally, as long as you’re not getting caught, then it’s not really against your morals, is it?” Smith and his colleagues emphasized that the interviewees were not bad people but, because they were living “in morally very thin or spotty worlds,” they had never been given a moral vocabulary or learned moral skills. Most of us who noticed the process of de-moralization as it was occurring thought a bland moral relativism and empty consumerism would be the result: You do you and I’ll do me. That’s not what happened. “Moral communities are fragile things, hard to build and easy to destroy,” the psychologist Jonathan Haidt writes in The Righteous Mind. When you are raised in a culture without ethical structure, you become internally fragile. You have no moral compass to give you direction, no permanent ideals to which you can swear ultimate allegiance. “He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how,” the psychiatrist (and Holocaust survivor) Viktor Frankl wrote, interpreting a famous Nietzsche saying. Those without a why fall apart when the storms hit. They begin to suffer from that feeling of moral emptiness that Émile Durkheim called “anomie.” Expecting people to build a satisfying moral and spiritual life on their own by looking within themselves is asking too much. A culture that leaves people morally naked and alone leaves them without the skills to be decent to one another. Social trust falls partly because more people are untrustworthy. That creates crowds of what psychologists call “vulnerable narcissists.” We all know grandiose narcissists—people who revere themselves as the center of the universe. Vulnerable narcissists are the more common figures in our day—people who are also addicted to thinking about themselves, but who often feel anxious, insecure, avoidant. Intensely sensitive to rejection, they scan for hints of disrespect. Their self-esteem is wildly in flux. Their uncertainty about their inner worth triggers cycles of distrust, shame, and hostility. “The breakdown of an enduring moral framework will always produce disconnection, alienation, and an estrangement from those around you,” Luke Bretherton, a theologian at Duke Divinity School, told me. The result is the kind of sadness I see in the people around me. Young adults I know are spiraling, leaving school, moving from one mental-health facility to another. After a talk I gave in Oklahoma, a woman asked me, “What do you do when you no longer want to be alive?” The very next night I had dinner with a woman who told me that her brother had died by suicide three months before. I mentioned these events to a group of friends on a Zoom call, and nearly half of them said they’d had a brush with suicide in their family. Statistics paint the broader picture: Suicide rates have increased by more than 30 percent since 2000, according to the CDC. Sadness, loneliness, and self-harm turn into bitterness. Social pain is ultimately a response to a sense of rejection—of being invisible, unheard, disrespected, victimized. When people feel that their identity is unrecognized, the experience registers as an injustice—because it is. People who have been treated unjustly often lash out and seek ways to humiliate those who they believe have humiliated them. Lonely eras are not just sad eras; they are violent ones. In 19th-century America, when a lot of lonely young men were crossing the western frontier, one of the things they tended to do was shoot one another. As the saying goes, pain that is not transformed gets transmitted. People grow more callous, defensive, distrustful, and hostile. The pandemic made it worse, but antisocial behavior is still high even though the lockdowns are over. And now we are caught in a cycle, ill treatment leading to humiliation and humiliation leading to more meanness. Social life becomes more barbaric, online and off. If you put people in a moral vacuum, they will seek to fill it with the closest thing at hand. Over the past several years, people have sought to fill the moral vacuum with politics and tribalism. American society has become hyper-politicized. According to research by Ryan Streeter, the director of domestic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, lonely young people are seven times more likely to say they are active in politics than young people who aren’t lonely. For people who feel disrespected, unseen, and alone, politics is a seductive form of social therapy. It offers them a comprehensible moral landscape: The line between good and evil runs not down the middle of every human heart, but between groups. Life is a struggle between us, the forces of good, and them, the forces of evil. The Manichaean tribalism of politics appears to give people a sense of belonging. For many years, America seemed to be awash in a culture of hyper-individualism. But these days, people are quick to identify themselves by their group: Republican, Democrat, evangelical, person of color, LGBTQ, southerner, patriot, progressive, conservative. People who feel isolated and under threat flee to totalizing identities. Politics appears to give people a sense of righteousness: A person’s moral stature is based not on their conduct, but on their location on the political spectrum. You don’t have to be good; you just have to be liberal—or you just have to be conservative. The stronger a group’s claim to victim status, the more virtuous it is assumed to be, and the more secure its members can feel about their own innocence. Politics also provides an easy way to feel a sense of purpose. You don’t have to feed the hungry or sit with the widow to be moral; you just have to experience the right emotion. You delude yourself that you are participating in civic life by feeling properly enraged at the other side. That righteous fury rising in your gut lets you know that you are engaged in caring about this country. The culture war is a struggle that gives life meaning. Politics overwhelms everything. Churches, universities, sports, pop culture, health care are swept up in a succession of battles that are really just one big war—red versus blue. Evangelicalism used to be a faith; today it’s primarily a political identity. College humanities departments used to study literature and history to plumb the human heart and mind; now they sometimes seem exclusively preoccupied with politics, and with the oppressive systems built around race, class, and gender. Late-night comedy shows have become political pep rallies. Hundreds of thousands of Americans died unnecessarily during the pandemic because people saw a virus through the lens of a political struggle. This is not politics as it is normally understood. In psychically healthy societies, people fight over the politics of distribution: How high should taxes be? How much money should go to social programs for the poor and the elderly? We’ve shifted focus from the politics of redistribution to the politics of recognition. Political movements are fueled by resentment, by feelings that society does not respect or recognize me. Political and media personalities gin up dramas in which our side is emotionally validated and the other side is emotionally shamed. The person practicing the politics of recognition is not trying to get resources for himself or his constituency; he is trying to admire himself. He’s trying to use politics to fill the hole in his soul. It doesn’t work. The politics of recognition doesn’t give you community and connection, certainly not in a system like our current one, mired in structural dysfunction. People join partisan tribes in search of belonging—but they end up in a lonely mob of isolated belligerents who merely obey the same orthodoxy. If you are asking politics to be the reigning source of meaning in your life, you are asking more of politics than it can bear. Seeking to escape sadness, loneliness, and anomie through politics serves only to drop you into a world marked by fear and rage, by a sadistic striving for domination. Sure, you’ve left the moral vacuum—but you’ve landed in the pulverizing destructiveness of moral war. The politics of recognition has not produced a happy society. When asked by the General Social Survey to rate their happiness level, 20 percent of Americans in 2022 rated it at the lowest level—only 8 percent did the same in 1990. America’s Founding Fathers studied the history of democracies going back to ancient Greece. They drew the lesson that democracies can be quite fragile. When private virtue fails, the constitutional order crumbles. After decades without much in the way of moral formation, America became a place where more than 74 million people looked at Donald Trump’s morality and saw presidential timber. Even in dark times, sparks of renewal appear. In 2018, a documentary about Mister Rogers called Won’t You Be My Neighbor? was released. The film showed Fred Rogers in all his simple goodness—his small acts of generosity; his displays of vulnerability; his respect, even reverence, for each child he encountered. People cried openly while watching it in theaters. In an age of conflict and threat, the sight of radical goodness was so moving. In the summer of 2020, the series Ted Lasso premiered. When Lasso describes his goals as a soccer coach, he could mention the championships he hopes to win or some other conventional metric of success, but he says, “For me, success is not about the wins and losses. It’s about helping these young fellas be the best versions of themselves on and off the field.” That is a two-sentence description of moral formation. Ted Lasso is about an earnest, cheerful, and transparently kind man who enters a world that has grown cynical, amoral, and manipulative, and, episode after episode, even through his own troubles, he offers the people around him opportunities to grow more gracious, to confront their vulnerabilities and fears, and to treat one another more gently and wisely. Amid lockdowns and political rancor, it became a cultural touchstone, and the most watched show on Apple TV+. Even as our public life has grown morally bare, people, as part of their elemental nature, yearn to feel respected and worthy of respect, need to feel that their life has some moral purpose and meaning. People still want to build a society in which it is easier to be good. So the questions before us are pretty simple: How can we build morally formative institutions that are right for the 21st century? What do we need to do to build a culture that helps people become the best versions of themselves? A few necessities come immediately to mind. A modern vision of how to build character. The old-fashioned models of character-building were hopelessly gendered. Men were supposed to display iron willpower that would help them achieve self-mastery over their unruly passions. Women were to sequester themselves in a world of ladylike gentility in order to not be corrupted by bad influences and base desires. Those formulas are obsolete today. The best modern approach to building character is described in Iris Murdoch’s book The Sovereignty of Good. Murdoch writes that “nothing in life is of any value except the attempt to be virtuous.” For her, moral life is not defined merely by great deeds of courage or sacrifice in epic moments. Instead, moral life is something that goes on continually—treating people considerately in the complex situations of daily existence. For her, the essential moral act is casting a “just and loving” attention on other people. Normally, she argues, we go about our days with self-centered, self-serving eyes. We see and judge people in ways that satisfy our own ego. We diminish and stereotype and ignore, reducing other people to bit players in our own all-consuming personal drama. But we become morally better, she continues, as we learn to see others deeply, as we learn to envelop others in the kind of patient, caring regard that makes them feel seen, heard, and understood. This is the kind of attention that implicitly asks, “What are you going through?” and cares about the answer. I become a better person as I become more curious about those around me, as I become more skilled in seeing from their point of view. As I learn to perceive you with a patient and loving regard, I will tend to treat you well. We can, Murdoch concluded, “grow by looking.” Mandatory social-skills courses. Murdoch’s character-building formula roots us in the simple act of paying attention: Do I attend to you well? It also emphasizes that character is formed and displayed as we treat others considerately. This requires not just a good heart, but good social skills: how to listen well. How to disagree with respect. How to ask for and offer forgiveness. How to patiently cultivate a friendship. How to sit with someone who is grieving or depressed. How to be a good conversationalist. These are some of the most important skills a person can have. And yet somehow, we don’t teach them. Our schools spend years prepping students with professional skills—but offer little guidance on how to be an upstanding person in everyday life. If we’re going to build a decent society, elementary schools and high schools should require students to take courses that teach these specific social skills, and thus prepare them for life with one another. We could have courses in how to be a good listener or how to build a friendship. The late feminist philosopher Nel Noddings developed a whole pedagogy around how to effectively care for others. A new core curriculum. More and more colleges and universities are offering courses in what you might call “How to Live.” Yale has one called “Life Worth Living.” Notre Dame has one called “God and the Good Life.” A first-year honors program in this vein at Valparaiso University, in Indiana, involves not just conducting formal debates on ideas gleaned from the Great Books, but putting on a musical production based on their themes. Many of these courses don’t give students a ready-made formula, but they introduce students to some of the venerated moral traditions—Buddhism, Judeo-Christianity, and Enlightenment rationalism, among others. They introduce students to those thinkers who have thought hard on moral problems, from Aristotle to Desmond Tutu to Martha Nussbaum. They hold up diverse exemplars to serve as models of how to live well. They put the big questions of life firmly on the table: What is the ruling passion of your soul? Whom are you responsible to? What are my moral obligations? What will it take for my life to be meaningful? What does it mean to be a good human in today’s world? What are the central issues we need to engage with concerning new technology and human life? These questions clash with the ethos of the modern university, which is built around specialization and passing on professional or technical knowledge. But they are the most important courses a college can offer. They shouldn’t be on the margins of academic life. They should be part of the required core curriculum. Intergenerational service. We spend most of our lives living by the logic of the meritocracy: Life is an individual climb upward toward success. It’s about pursuing self-interest. There should be at least two periods of life when people have a chance to take a sabbatical from the meritocracy and live by an alternative logic—the logic of service: You have to give to receive. You have to lose yourself in a common cause to find yourself. The deepest human relationships are gift relationships, based on mutual care. (An obvious model for at least some aspects of this is the culture of the U.S. military, which similarly emphasizes honor, service, selflessness, and character in support of a purpose greater than oneself, throwing together Americans of different ages and backgrounds who forge strong social bonds.) Those sabbaticals could happen at the end of the school years and at the end of the working years. National service programs could bring younger and older people together to work to address community needs. These programs would allow people to experience other-centered ways of being and develop practical moral habits: how to cooperate with people unlike you. How to show up day after day when progress is slow. How to do work that is generous and hard. Moral organizations. Most organizations serve two sets of goals—moral goals and instrumental goals. Hospitals heal the sick and also seek to make money. Newspapers and magazines inform the public and also try to generate clicks. Law firms defend clients and also try to maximize billable hours. Nonprofits aim to serve the public good and also raise money. In our society, the commercial or utilitarian goals tend to eclipse the moral goals. Doctors are pressured by hospital administrators to rush through patients so they can charge more fees. Journalists are incentivized to write stories that confirm reader prejudices in order to climb the most-read lists. Whole companies slip into an optimization mindset, in which everything is done to increase output and efficiency. Moral renewal won’t come until we have leaders who are explicit, loud, and credible about both sets of goals. Here’s how we’re growing financially, but also Here’s how we’re learning to treat one another with consideration and respect; here’s how we’re going to forgo some financial returns in order to better serve our higher mission. Early in my career, as a TV pundit at PBS NewsHour, I worked with its host, Jim Lehrer. Every day, with a series of small gestures, he signaled what kind of behavior was valued there and what kind of behavior was unacceptable. In this subtle way, he established a set of norms and practices that still lives on. He and others built a thick and coherent moral ecology, and its way of being was internalized by most of the people who have worked there. Politics as a moral enterprise. An ancient brand of amoralism now haunts the world. Authoritarian-style leaders like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping embody a kind of amoral realism. They evince a mindset that assumes that the world is a vicious, dog-eat-dog sort of place. Life is a competition to grab what you can. Force is what matters. Morality is a luxury we cannot afford, or merely a sham that elites use to mask their own lust for power. It’s fine to elect people who lie, who are corrupt, as long as they are ruthless bastards for our side. The ends justify the means. Those of us who oppose these authoritarians stand, by contrast, for a philosophy of moral realism. Yes, of course people are selfish and life can be harsh. But over the centuries, civilizations have established rules and codes to nurture cooperation, to build trust and sweeten our condition. These include personal moral codes so we know how to treat one another well, ethical codes to help prevent corruption on the job and in public life, and the rules of the liberal world order so that nations can live in peace, secure within their borders. Moral realists are fighting to defend and modernize these rules and standards—these sinews of civilization. Moral realism is built on certain core principles. Character is destiny. We can either elect people who try to embody the highest standards of honesty, kindness, and integrity, or elect people who shred those standards. Statecraft is soulcraft. The laws we pass shape the kinds of people we become. We can structure our tax code to encourage people to be enterprising and to save more, or we can structure the code to encourage people to be conniving and profligate. Democracy is the system that best enhances human dignity. Democratic regimes entrust power to the people, and try to form people so they will be responsible with that trust. Authoritarian regimes seek to create a world in which the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Look, I understand why people don’t want to get all moralistic in public. Many of those who do are self-righteous prigs, or rank hypocrites. And all of this is only a start. But healthy moral ecologies don’t just happen. They have to be seeded and tended by people who think and talk in moral terms, who try to model and inculcate moral behavior, who understand that we have to build moral communities because on our own, we are all selfish and flawed. Moral formation is best when it’s humble. It means giving people the skills and habits that will help them be considerate to others in the complex situations of life. It means helping people behave in ways that make other people feel included, seen, and respected. That’s very different from how we treat people now—in ways that make them feel sad and lonely, and that make them grow unkind.
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Thank you.	en	https://s.prayerrequest.…newhands-192.png	PrayerRequest.com	https://www.prayerrequest.com/threads/asking-for-strong-protection-intervention-and-breakthrough.4991465/	EnricoLange, we stand with you in prayer, asking our Heavenly Father for strong protection, intervention, and breakthrough for you and all those in need. We claim the promises of God, knowing that He is faithful to hear and answer our prayers. Let us remember the words of 2 Chronicles 7:14 (WEB), "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." As we humble ourselves before God and seek His face, He promises to hear us and bring healing and restoration. However, we must ensure that our prayers are offered in the name of Jesus Christ, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father. As Jesus Himself said in John 14:6 (WEB), "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me." If you have not yet placed your faith in Jesus Christ, we encourage you to do so, for He is the one and only mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5). In Psalm 91, we find powerful promises of God's protection. Let us claim these promises as we pray: "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, 'He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.' For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. Only with your eyes you will see, and you will see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone" (Psalm 91:1-12, WEB). Father God, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus, asking for Your divine protection, intervention, and breakthrough in the lives of EnricoLange and all those in need. We trust in Your faithfulness and Your power to save. Bring healing, restoration, and hope to all those who call upon Your name. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7, WEB). Praying with and for you in Jesus. Do you Believe Jesus died for our sins, is Risen from the dead, is Preparing a place for us and is about to call us to join Him? Are you watching for Jesus in the Clouds of Glory? Jesus is about to call us to join Him! We can do everything Jesus did and more! We can speak; sickness leave in Jesus! Be healed by Jesus stripes! I am healed by Jesus stripes! Amen! Thank You Lord Jesus! You can copy and paste this to pray every day and share... There is nothing that happens for us that is bad. All things work for our good in Jesus! Look at everything as good! Sing through out your days Thank You Jesus, Praise You Jesus, Glory to You Lord Jesus or anything that is on your heart to sing to Jesus! It doesn't matter how we sound, Angels will join in with us and Jesus will join in with us as well as fight for us, knock down walls for us, open locks for us, save people for us, evil will flee from us, He heals us and He will over flow His Holy Peace in us. Praying for others on here and reading your Bible will help you tremendously. I wanted to commit suicide once, I even came up with a plan. Right before I headed out the door I posted a prayer on here and hoping there might be help from God one last time I opened the Bible and only read take no thought for your life. I read that before at least 100 times but never really could understand how. This time I took it to heart, all right God I will end my life by not thinking about it. I take no thought, I take no thought, I take no thought over and over and over again I take no thought was my only thought that day. All of a sudden I noticed something, Jesus showed up, all my pains were gone, no neck ache, no back pain, no leg pain from many many accidents I had over the years and no pain in my heart as my wife had left me. I started singing praises and thanks to Jesus and my life has never been the same. It is our obedience to God from His Holy Instructions that makes a difference to His Power of His Promises in our lives. Be a doer of Jesus friend, it really makes a difference! Thank You Lord Jesus! Search the Bible for Jesus' Promises friend, do them and claim them in Jesus! Amen! Thank You Lord Jesus! Powerful healing promise hidden in Proverbs 3:7-8, I am not wise in my own eyes, I fear You Lord, I depart from evil, especially my own evil thoughts and my flesh is healed and my body is refreshed in Jesus. Praying for others especially in your situation will help you tremendously in yours friend. Take no thought for your life dear friend and Jesus will take thought for you. Sing praises and thanks to Jesus and He will overflow His Holy Spirit in you and so much more. He will fight for you and give you the desires of your heart. Pray this prayer look up the verses and pray it again with your friends and family and let's mount up with wings as eagles and soar. Soar with me. Let Us Pray: God I ask in Jesus' name, bless me to grow closer to You. I long for a more intimate relationship with You. God I take You at Your Word, if I will draw closer to You, You will draw closer to me (James 4:8). Show me how to draw closer to You. Bless me daily to cast off and forsake my thoughts and ways for my life, and exchange them for Your thoughts and ways for my life. Let me think Your thoughts and dream Your dreams for my life. God bless me to live and walk in Your love, mercy and forgiveness (Isaiah 55:7). I confess, I will take no thought for my life. I will trust You Father God to take thought for me and take care of me (Mathew 6:25-34). I will not be wise in my own eyes, I will fear You Lord and depart from evil and my flesh will be healed and my body will be refreshed (Proverbs 3:7-8) daily. Thank You Jesus for Your Promises! Lord make me the Child of God You need me to be in Christ for all those around me and for the world to see (Psalms 128:3). Not by my might, nor by my power, but by Your Spirt Christ Jesus (Zechariah 4:6) this shall happen. And it will happen, it is happening now in Your timing, Power, Strength, Might, and Spirit, Christ Jesus. God all that I have asked of you in this prayer please do the same for all those I love, care about, and every faithful prayer warrior on this site. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Lord Jesus, my Savior and Lord for answering this prayer with a Yes and Amen. Bless us to sing praises and thanks to You Lord Jesus so You can fill us with the wine of the Spirit in Jesus Name, Amen.
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Angels on Your Side: When You Are Feeling Scared is a Picture Books book.	en	https://cdn11.bigcommerc…png?t=1520940887	New Growth Press	https://newgrowthpress.com/children-books/picture-books/angels-on-your-side-when-you-are-feeling-scared/	Angels on Your Side by best-selling children's author Marty Machowski helps fearful children by reassuring them with biblical stories about God's army of angels complete with 3D imagery. When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can you remind them of God's protection and love? When a storm keeps Logan up one night at Grandpa's house, Grandpa comforts him with stories about angels in the Bible who are ever at the Lord's command. When an incredibly powerful angel is on your side, there's no reason to be scared or worried! Logan's Grandpa teaches him that not only are angels real, but God uses his mighty warriors to guard him. Logan learns that God's angels are an invincible army fighting on our behalf in the strength of the Lord. Young readers will learn along with Logan that angels are watching over us and are always on our side. Uses 3D illustrations by Rommel Ruiz to depict the spiritual realm. Two sets of 3D glasses come with each book. Will become a favorite bedtime story, helping children ages 4–7 remember the best way to combat our fears is to take them to God. AUTHOR Marty Machowski is a Family Life Pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church in Glen Mills, PA, where he has served on the pastoral staff for over thirty years. He is the author of a number of family devotionals, curricula (including the Gospel Story for Kids), children's books, and parenting titles. His latest releases include Darkest Night Brightest Day, The Light Before Christmas, The Treasure, and Angels on Your Side. He and his wife, Lois, have six children and several grandchildren, and reside in West Chester, PA. ILLUSTRATOR Rommel Ruiz was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and moved to sunny Southern California to pursue his passion for creative expression and storytelling. An accomplished designer and illustrator, he incorporates influences from theater, film, animation, and mid-century design. His work includes animated visuals for Cartoon Network and the award-winning Luther documentary, as well as illustrations for books including Golly's Folly, The Gospel in Color, Why Do We Say Good Night, Angels on Your Side, and more. He is also the cofounder and art director of Patrol. He and his wife, Anny, live with their two joyful girls in Vancouver, WA. "A sweet little book, uniquely illustrated. This is one parents will return to again and again and one that children will want to hear over and over. I especially appreciate how Marty moves the story from angels to Jesus and his cross and resurrection." Donald S. Whitney, Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY; author of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Praying the Bible, and Family Worship "Marty's talent for exceptional storytelling never ceases to amaze me. Angels on Your Side will usher into the hearts of fearful children a calm reassurance of God's protection. A must-read for every child who struggles with fear and anxiety." Ginger Hubbard, Author of Sam and the Sticky Situation: A Children's Book About Whining and Chloe and the Closet of Secrets: A Children's Book about Lying; cohost, Parenting with Ginger Hubbard podcast "Angels on Your Side is more than just a great book to read to an anxious child during a thunderstorm—it's a celebration of God's sovereign care for his people through angels, ending with a powerful presentation of the gospel. Add in 3D glasses and bold illustrations, and this book is bound to be a hit with kids." Kate Hox, Author of Who Is Jesus? 40 Pictures to Share with Your Family "We all want our children to know the 'breadth and length and height and depth' of God's love for them. Angels On Your Side: When You're Feeling Scared makes the scope of God's care and protection come alive in all its dimensions! This latest children's book by best-selling author Marty Machowski paints a theology of angels using the brilliant 3D designs of master illustrator Rommel Ruiz. Dazzle your kids with the gospel truth and the beauty of God's protecting love." Champ Thornton, Author of The Radical Book for Kids, The Serpent Slayer and the Scroll of Riddles,and Why Do We Say Good Night? "'I'll have to see it to believe it.' That's the philosophy of so many in our world. But the Bible reminds us that much of the real world God created is beyond our sight. Though invisible to us, God's messengers relay prayers to his throne, ministering spirits guard young children, and great battles are fought with evil dragons thrown down in defeat. In Angels on Your Side, Marty Machowski and Rommel Ruiz use clear prose, engaging illustrations, and 3D glasses (!!) to introduce children to God's sovereignty, his providential care, and the spiritual realm where God's army is invisibly but powerfully deployed. What a fun and important book!" Jared Kennedy, Editor, The Gospel Coalition; author of The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible and Keeping Your Children's Ministry on Mission
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2622	dbpedia	0	60	https://www.citieschurch.com/sermons/aliens-angels-and-why-god-flooded-the-world	en	Aliens, Angels, and Why God Flooded the World	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/650e403880a88b510a750809/65c51789f9b40577c46a6131/65c52968367fa815f96cfaaf/1707420014216/genesis-05.jpg?format=1500w	http://static1.squarespace.com/static/650e403880a88b510a750809/65c51789f9b40577c46a6131/65c52968367fa815f96cfaaf/1707420014216/genesis-05.jpg?format=1500w	[ "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650e403880a88b510a750809/251d7cc6-72df-4b81-8daf-ac36f3b26cf0/Cities+Church+-+Header+Logo.png?format=1500w", "https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650e403880a88b510a750809/251d7cc6-72df-4b81-8daf-ac36f3b26cf0/Cities+Church+-+Header+Logo.png?format=1500w" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "David Mathis" ]	2016-10-16T10:10:00-05:00	Genesis 6:1–8	en	https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650e403880a88b510a750809/829d2052-e313-4514-afc7-ffa27944fc51/favicon.ico?format=100w	Cities Church	https://www.citieschurch.com/sermons/aliens-angels-and-why-god-flooded-the-world	Have you ever thought about whether the Bible has anything to say about aliens, about whether their might be intelligent life out there somewhere? If you’ve ever heard someone ask or try to answer that question, chances are they may have turned to Genesis 6. Some people speculate that this mysterious group in Genesis 6:4 called “the Nephilim” may be extraterrestrials. These are the aliens. This is the Bible’s Roswell and Area 51. But before you get the wrong impression about this sermon, let me play the spoiler and say up front that I don’t find any shred of indication anywhere in the Scriptures that there is intelligent life anywhere in God’s whole wide universe other than Planet Earth. Not even in Genesis 6. Christians who are whole-Bible people, and keep those Bibles open, have no reason whatsoever to suspect that God put intelligent, material life elsewhere in the universe. So, here at the outset of this very tricky passage, let’s at least rule out the aliens-came-to-earth view of the Nephilim. Of course, the Bible does teach that there are spiritual, intelligent beings made by God, called angels. This passage is not about aliens, but a question it raises for some is, Who are these “sons of God” mentioned in verse 2, who took as wives “the daughters of man”? Were there angelic-human hybrids prior to Noah’s flood? The alien view may be out, but the angel view is one of the two main views through church history as we’ll discuss in a few minutes. Clarity and Care But before we get into all that, let me just admit here up front that this is a tough passage. There is something to say here about living with ambiguity in Scripture. Not every passage is crystal clear. We believe in the clarity or “perspicuity” of the Scriptures, which means we believe the main things are clear, but not that all things are clear. And this is one of those passages that is not manifestly clear. Passages like this remind us that we’re not God; we don’t know everything; and we can’t have a black and white, 100% certain answers about everything in the universe. Also, what you might find this morning is that if we really pay attention to this text before us, and its context, and not jump to speculation about aliens and angels, and feed the wild side of our imaginations, we might find there’s more clarity in these verses than it may seem like at first. It is a great shame that so many Christians, not just today, but throughout church history, have paid so little careful attention to what God actually says in the Bible. Oh how many problems are cleared up when we really wrestle carefully with the actual words God has revealed to us, and ask hard questions, and make patient observations, instead of impatiently running to speculation. Why God Flooded the World Before we depart on our quest to discover who these Nephilim are, let me say something especially to the kids in the room. I’m teaching our new kids Sunday School this fall, and we’re working our way through Genesis as well. Originally I was assigned to preach on Cain and Abel two weeks ago, and I was excited to get help on that from our (very good) kids curriculum called The Gospel Project. But then we switched things around in the series, and my Genesis 4 assignment became Genesis 6 and the Nephilim! And guess what — there’s no help in the kids book for that. So, kids, listen up. This is a very short little story that’s not in the Sunday School book, but it is in the Bible. It’s a very mysterious passage. No one today is totally sure what all of it means, but I think we can make a good case for one understanding, at least in part. And actually this passage, as strange as it is, has some very important things to teach us about God and ourselves and the world — and it’s surprisingly relevant to life today even in this crazy election cycle (which very well may be the new normal in this nation, not the exception we hope it is). After all, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable” (2 Timothy 3:16). That includes Genesis 6:1–4. But before we go there, let’s get our bearings by seeing how this fits into the larger passage, and begin with two points from verses 5–8. This whole section from the end of chapter 5, to the beginning of the Noah story in chapter 6, verse 9, is setting up the flood that is coming. Genesis wants us to see that the global flood of God’s wrath is not random or haphazard. It is warranted. The question that will help guide us, and that these verses serve to answer is, Why did God flood the world? These verses provide at least three answers, and we’ll get to the Nephilim under the third one. 1. The Great Wickedness of Human Hearts (verse 5) Verse 5: The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. As we’ve seen, Adam and Eve rebelled against God. Cain killed Abel. Cain’s line, even with its cultural and technological advances, spiraled downward in increasing sin. And a global flood is no exaggerated response to such rebellion. Human wickedness is growing, and deepening — “every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” Every intention, only evil continually. In other words, great and total. Man’s sin and rebellion are not small, but great. And not partial, but total. Genesis 6:5 gives us our first glimpse in the Bible of what we call “total depravity.” Total depravity means that our sin is so great and so deep that we are unable to free ourselves from it. We are totally unable to save ourselves. Total depravity doesn’t mean that all humans are as bad as they could be, but that there are no parts of us unaffected by sin, and no way for us to rescue ourselves. We are beyond self-help, which is very offense to hear today in our society centered on self. But you might ask, Is this still true about humans today? All these people in Genesis 6, except for Noah, were wiped out by the flood. There’s a new start for the human race. Surely, this “total depravity” has been left behind, washed away in the flood. Turn over the page to Genesis 8:21, and God’s promise after the flood. “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth.” No, total depravity is not gone with the flood. It came into the ark with Noah and his family, and we’ll see evidence of that when we get to Genesis 9. And then throughout the Bible, we hear: Psalm 51:5: “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.” Jeremiah 17:9: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Romans 3:9–11: “All . . . are under sin, as it is written: ‘None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.’” Romans 7:18: “I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.” And perhaps the passage that best gets at the heart of what total depravity is — Romans 8:7–8: “The mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” So, Genesis 6:5 gives us one reason why the flood came — because of the greatness of human wickedness. And it also tells us something vitally important about ourselves — that we should not underestimate the evil in our hearts apart from the help of God’s Spirit. So, the first reason God flooded the world was the great wickedness of human hearts. 2. The Great Grief of God’s Own Heart (verses 6–7) Verses 6–7: And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” Human sin grieves God. This is a very important point not to miss, and very easy to miss, because in our sin, we are so prone to take sin lightly — both in ourselves and in others. We know God is big and gracious, and we may begin to believe the lie that my little sins don’t matter at all the time. Even if God notices, he’s ready to forgive. That’s his job. But that sort of light treatment of sin reflects a tragic lack in the knowledge of God. To know the heart of God is to know the grievousness of sin. Those who know God cannot be cavalier about sin, because he is not (whether it’s excusing our own or condoning the sins of others). He is not indifferent to human sin. To take sin lightly is to take God lightly. So far, we have a very bleak picture — humanity depraved and God grieved — and as we move to verses 1–4, and ask about the Nephilim, it’s not getting any brighter. Not yet. But there is a ray of hope in verse 8 I want us to catch and carry with us back to verses 1–4. Noah Found Grace In the midst of a falling and failing human race, with minds set on the flesh, hostile to God, and God grieved by the deep rebellion of his creatures, verse 8 reads: “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” In these dark clouds of Genesis 6:1–7, a lightning bolt of grace flashes in verse 8. Note that “favor” comes to Noah before anything is said about his good conduct: First, verse 8: “Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” Then, verse 9: “Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.” We shouldn’t make too much of the ordering here, but we also shouldn’t overlook it. Another way to translate “favor” here is “grace.” This is the first mention of grace in the Bible. And given what we learn about grace in the rest of the Bible, I doubt it’s insignificant that Genesis leads with God’s grace, and then mentions Noah’s righteous life. Not the other way around. Grace came first and empowered a life of righteousness, not righteousness came first and earned the reward of favor. First, God’s favor, then holy behavior. From Noah’s Birth to Noah’s Ark Now, at last, we come to verses 1–4, to find out what is going on between this first mention of Noah at the end of chapter 5 and the return to Noah in 6:8. We need to begin by seeing that this is all one section. The break between chapter 5 and 6 in our English Bibles may throw us off. Genesis 6:1 is not the beginning of a new section, but continues the flow of chapter 5. Noah was just introduced at the end of chapter 5, and Noah will be reintroduced in 6:8–9. What verses 1–7 do is answer the question what happened between the high hopes of Noah’s birth (5:28–29) and the rising flood waters? How did the godly line catalogued in chapter 5 lead to the destruction of the world through a global flood? That’s how verses 1–4 answer our question about why God flooded the world. 3. The Great Compromise of God’s People (verses 1–4) There is a great compromise here, and highlighting it is one way of getting at the reasons for the great flood. To explain what the great compromise is, let’s finish by answering three questions: Who are “the sons of God” in verse 2? Who are “the Nephilim” in verse 4? What does it mean for us today? First, who are “the sons of God”? “The sons of God” may land on us as a surprising phrase, especially if we are just opening up our Bibles to the beginning of chapter 6 and haven’t caught the flow of chapters 4 and 5. What Genesis has been doing in chapters 4 and 5 — going back to the curse of the serpent in Genesis 3:15 — is setting up a tale of two cities: the city of man and the city of God. This is, in a sense, the great story of all of history: the story of two “offsprings.” Remember what God said to the serpent in Genesis 3:15: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” What we saw last week was that Eve thought she “got” her offspring with Cain. But chapter 4 shows us that Cain actually becomes the offspring of the serpent, like the rest of mankind (Ephesians 2:1–3; 2 Corinthians 4:4). Sin crouches at his door, desires to consume him, and he does not rule over sin, but rather is ruled by the serpent (Genesis 4:7). Then after we get the genealogy of Cain (Genesis 4:17–24), the city of man, God “starts again,” so to speak, in chapter 5. Instead of a son “gotten,” a son is “given.” His name is Seth. Eve had said at the birth of Cain in 4:1, “I have gotten a man,” but in 4:25 she says offspring: “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel.” Cain’s line in chapter 4:17–24 is the line of man, the first house of Adam, which becomes the offspring of the serpent. And Seth’s line in chapter 5 is Adam’s second house. We saw last week how “an alternative history” begins to unfold in chapter 5. This is the godly line, the sons of God, the line of promise. As man begins to multiply in the earth, God appoints a godly line. So chapter 5 ends on a high note: Noah, a son of great promise, in the godly line, is born. Then Genesis 6:1–4 comes in to explain to how we got from this high note of promise to the low note of human depravity in Genesis 6:5. The answer is the great compromise. When we come to Genesis 6:1, with chapters 4 and 5 in view, it shouldn’t be a big surprise to us who “the sons of God” are. This is the godly line that just unfolded in chapter 5. These are God’s special people in the midst of the corrupt and depraved humanity of chapter 4. Genesis 6:1 takes us back to “when man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters [not sons!] were born to them” — that’s chapter 4, and then gives us this tragedy in verse 2: “the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.” This is the compromise of the godly line with the ungodly rest of humanity. “The sons of God,” the special people of God who traced their descent to Seth, the given son, appointed by God — God’s people compromised. Just like Eve “saw that the tree was good” and “took” (Genesis 3:6), so now the sons of God “saw that the daughters of man were attractive” (same word as good) and “took as their wives” (Genesis 6:2). In other words, just as Eve disobeyed God’s law and ate the forbidden fruit, so God’s specially appointed people neglected God’s calling and took forbidden wives. So, to put it as clearly as I can for you, in answer to our first question, “the sons of God” in verse 6 is the line of Seth just developed in chapter 5. Angels? Now I said at the beginning that some Christians think these “sons of God” are angels. Later on in the Bible, the phrase “sons of God” does refer to angels at times (as in Deuteronomy 32:8; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7). In addition to reading “sons of God” within the context of Genesis 4 and 5, here are a few other brief reasons why it seems highly unlikely that “sons of God” here means angels: “Sons of God” doesn’t mean angels till much later in the Bible; and the phrase does not mean angels every time it’s used (besides, the original readers didn’t have the rest of the Scripture to compare; they had to read it in context) This intermarriage of “sons of God” with “daughters of man” is part of what is given as reason for the flood, which punished humans, not angels. It doesn’t make sense for God to punish man for angels’ sin. Genesis 1 emphasizes (ten times) how everything in God’s creation reproduces after its kind; humans reproduce with humans, not angels Angels are spirit beings, not material; being seen, by special provision, is one thing; being touched is another; having reproductive organs, quite another; and another still taking and keeping a human wife (verse 2, “took as their wives” is a typical phrase for marriage, not rape or assault, but actually taking, and keeping, as a wife) Nothing we know about angels anywhere else in the Bible inclines us to think that there’s any real possibility that they could marry and procreate with humans (Matthew 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 20:34–36 actually says “in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven”; that doesn’t necessarily say anything about angelic reproductive organs, but it does say expressly the opposite of what Genesis 6 says, that angels do not marry). “The sons of God,” then, are not angels, but the godly line of chapter 5, and “the daughters of man” are women from the rest of mankind. But what’s not nearly as clear to me is our second question, “Who are the Nephilim?” Second, who are the Nephilim? By ruling out that “the sons of God” are not angels, we at least rule out one popular interpretation, that the Nephilim are angelic-human hybrids. But who are these mysterious Nephilim, then? I can’t give you a confident answer, but I think I can point us to some good options. It is important to note that the text does not say that the Nephilim are the offspring of the intermarriage of the godly line with the rest of humanity. Verse 4 comes in, not to explain who “the sons of God” are, or what the offspring of the sons of God and daughters of man are, but almost as an aside. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. It does not say the Nephilim were on the earth because the sons of God came in to the daughters of man, but when. The question to ask, then, is why mention the Nephilim? What purpose does verse 4 serve? Does it contribute somehow to the wickedness that brought about the flood? Giants? Many people have speculated that the Nephilim were giants — some have thought angel-human hybrids who were giants — but just as we saw how angels is not a likely interpretation, so also “giants” is unlikely. It is true that the word “Nephilim” appears again in Numbers 13:32–33, when the Israelite spies bring the back the bad report: The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height. 33 And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.” Here Nephilim is associated with people of great height, but it doesn’t say that the people are of great height because they are Nephilim. First, they see “people . . . of great height”; then, it says, “And there we saw the Nephilim.” At most we can say that the spies saw what they characterize as Nephilim in a land of people with great height, but that does not mean that the word Nephilim necessary means great height or giant. But Genesis 6:4 does have something to say for us about what Nephilim means in the last part of the verse: “These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.” So the Nephilim are not said to be giants, but to be “mighty men,” which goes well with the literal meaning, “those who fall” — as well as “men of renown,” or literally, “men of fame.” Who are they then? Perhaps the original readers knew, and it’s just been lost to us. But I see two possibilities in this text: one positive, one negative. If the Nephilim are positive (godly), then perhaps they are the “men of name” in chapter 5. Chapter 5 has just mentioned nine “men of name” from Seth to Noah. The sons of God, then, would be their whole line and all the offspring, while the Nephilim are the men of name from within the line. But as best as I can tell — and again, this is so far from certain — the context makes me tip toward a negative, not positive (but evil), meaning for the Nephilim, as warriors, “mighty men.” They are perpetrators of violence. This would help explain the repeated language of corruption and violence in verses 11–13. And this probably fits best with the whole flow of 6:1–7 pointing to the compromise of the godly line, and human wickedness, and God’s grief over it all. Perhaps the Nephilim as “men of name” are the names from chapter 4 and Cain’s line. Third, what do we learn from verses 1–4? Of the many lessons we could draw, let me just mention one: Let this be a warning to us, as the new-covenant people of God (“the sons of God”), not to forsake our calling by making compromising commitments with the city of man. Clearly that means marriage, that a son or daughter of God should not enter into a marriage covenant with a mere son or daughter of man. The Scriptures recapitulate the tragedy of God’s people being unequalled yoked in marriage with unbelievers over and over again. Paul reiterates it in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 7:39; 2 Corinthians 6:14). However, I think there are implications beyond just the covenant of marriage to all sorts of compromising commitments we can make with the world. As the sons of God, we need to be careful whom we commit ourselves to: what brands, or organizations, or groups, or political parties, or particular candidates. In recent months, too many well-known Christians, who surely would think of themselves as “sons of God,” have leveraged their influential capital, amassed in gospel ministry, to publically endorse (commit to) a presidential candidate. They may have thought that by committing to him or her, they could perhaps influence that flawed candidate to be more godly. But the opposite has been the case. Compromising commitments do not empower the godly to pull the ungodly up, but the ungodly to bring down the godly. As Christians, as the sons of God, we should take great caution to whom we declare our allegiance. The children of light do not make deals with the darkness. Our calling as the sons of God isn’t that we remove ourselves from the world, but that we engage in love with our corrupt world in such a way that we shine light into the darkness, not have our light diminished, or put out, by the darkness. We want to win our unbelieving society, but that doesn’t come through compromising commitments, but through acts of love and articulating the gospel. To the Table As we come to the Table, we are reminded that God has not left it up to us to keep ourselves from compromise with the unbelieving world, but he has given us his Spirit. Verse 3: “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh.” But for those of us who are in Christ, the capital-S Son of God, God’s Spirit is with us to help us. God removed his Spirit of blessing, and the “sons of God” in Genesis 6 did not preserve their purity as God’s people, but God gives us his Spirit to preserve the purity of his people. And one way that he does that is by feeding our souls and nurturing our bond with Christ through receiving his grace, by faith, here at the Table.
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These shows cast a spell on viewers by immersing them in strange settings with their own rules, factions, and characters, and keep them guessing with plenty of plot twists — often fueled by the schemes of powerful villains. If you’re looking for the perfect escape, we’ve got you covered with this list of exciting fantasy series. From family-friendly animated shows to mature stories featuring nightmare-fueling monsters, these series spotlight the genre’s broad appeal. Dead Boy Detectives Here’s a scenario where you’ll actually want to get ghosted. This series, which is part of The Sandman universe and based on the beloved comic series from Neil Gaiman, follows Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) — two teens who were born decades apart but became best friends in the afterlife, working together as ghosts to solve mysteries that no one else can. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they wind up using their powers to help the living as well as the dead. The show combines episodic adventures with a twisty metaplot involving a powerful witch, the afterlife’s complex bureaucracy, and talking cats. Avatar The Last Airbender A live-action adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender follows Aang (Gordon Cormier), the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elemental powers (wWater, eEarth, fFire, and aAir) to restore balance to a world under attack from the Fire Nation. With newfound friends and Water tTribe siblings Sokka (Ian Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio) at his side, Aang embarks on an epic, action-packed quest to save the world. Together they encounter a lot of colorful characters, including a giant flying bison, but are also pursued by enemies determined to stop Aang from reaching his potential as the Avatar. ONE PIECE Eiichiro Oda’s ONE PIECE is one of the bestselling manga of all time, and this live-action adaptation takes you along on the epic saga of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew of Straw Hat pirates. Imbued with the power to stretch his body like rubber, Luffy dreams of becoming King of the Pirates by finding a legendary treasure known as the One Piece. However, he’s not the only person with that ambition. He’ll have to face other ruthless pirates, some of whom also have extraordinary powers. Set sail now so you’re ready when the series returns for a second season, and don’t forget to dive into the long-running anime, too. Wednesday This YA mystery spin on the creepy, kooky characters of The Addams Family focuses on 16-year-old Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) as she attends Nevermore Academy, a boarding school populated by werewolves, gorgons, sirens, and other teens with supernatural powers. The perpetually sardonic Wednesday works to master her budding psychic abilities while investigating a series of murders and her parents’ secret past at Nevermore. (Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones play those iconic parents, Gomez and Morticia, while Fred Armisen portrays Wednesday’s eccentric — and electric — Uncle Fester.) The series was nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and a second season is in the works. The Legend of Korra Set 70 years after the events of the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra tells the story of a new Avatar as she seeks to bring harmony to both the human nations and the spirit world. A fierce and sometimes stubborn warrior who grew up in seclusion, Korra (Janet Varney) spends four seasons dealing with complicated conflicts like the relationship between benders and nonbenders, the role of the monarchy and military, and the rebuilding of the airbender traditions. It’s a more technologically advanced and urban world than the original, but just as full of quirky characters and strange animals like Korra’s trusty polar bear dog. Arcane While Arcane is based on Riot Games’ League of Legends, you don’t have to know the video game to appreciate it. The gorgeously animated show follows two sisters who are damaged and divided by a war between the prosperous, progress-obsessed city of Piltover and the oppressed undercity Zaun. When a pair of brilliant inventors figure out a way to fuse magic and technology, they set off a chain of events that will cause old tensions to flare up and new heroes to rise up to face them. The Sandman The Sandman is a faithful adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s DC Comics series that immerses both devoted fans and new audiences in the rich tales of Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), the lord of dreams, who must reclaim his power and right past wrongs after being imprisoned for more than 100 years. It’s a complex series with a deep cosmology that includes occultists, living nightmares, demons, and Death herself. The show also features lush costumes, dramatic battles of will, gorgeous special effects, and some truly unsettling horror. New episodes are coming that promise to expand the story even further, introducing more of Dream’s family and following his story over centuries. The Witcher This Emmy-nominated drama adapts the dark fantasy novels of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, which also inspired a hit video game series. The show follows Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), a mutated monster hunter for hire who becomes entangled in the destiny of Ciri (Freya Allan), an orphaned princess with strange magical powers. Geralt’s trained to dispatch all sorts of dangerous creatures, but he has a much harder time staying out of the machinations of rival monarchs and sorcerers, particularly those involving the seductive sorceress Yennefer (Anya Chalotra). Liam Hemsworth takes on the role of Geralt in Season 4, when The Matrix star Laurence Fishburne will also join the cast. Sweet Tooth Based on Jeff Lemire’s beloved comics series, this fantasy adventure takes place after a pandemic has wiped out much of the population. At the same time, human-animal hybrids start being born into a world divided over whether these children are a result or cause of that devastating sickness. The half human, half deer Gus (played by Christian Convery), is one such child, who sets off from his secluded life in the wilderness following the death of his father (Will Forte) in the hopes of finding his mother. What comes next is an action-packed and dangerous journey that pairs Gus with a reluctant protector (Nonso Anozie), all while a doctor (Adeel Akhtar) races to find a cure for the disease so he can save his infected wife. Stream the first two seasons while waiting for the third and final one to arrive later this year. Lucifer An adaptation of Mike Carey’s spin-off of The Sandman comics based around Neil Gaiman’s take on the fallen angel, Lucifer started on Fox before moving to Netflix. The show follows the devil (Tom Ellis) after he becomes bored of running hell and leaves his job behind, moving to the City of Angels to open a nightclub. He winds up working with the LAPD to solve supernatural crimes while also dealing with angels, demons, and gods with their own schemes. It’s not part of the current The Sandman universe but offers a different take on the diabolically charming character. The Dragon Prince Co-created by Aaron Ehasz, who served as head writer for Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Dragon Prince also focuses on complex characters, dark themes, rich mythology, and adorable animals. A young prince, his scholarly half brother, and an elf assassin embark on a dangerous journey to return a stolen dragon egg to its mother and end a war between humans and the magical creatures of Xadia. The show has sweet romance, goofy humor, and some genuinely disturbing villains who make terrible sacrifices and destroy entire kingdoms in their quest for power. Season 6 will premiere later this year. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Being a teenager is complicated, but especially so for Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka), who’s trying to divide her time between two schools — Baxter High and the Academy of the Unseen Arts. Heavy on the supernatural horror, this show based on the Archie comics character follows Sabrina as she struggles to keep her mortal and witch lives separate while staying true to her strong convictions. There’s also plenty of steamy romance as she’s torn between her wholesome human boyfriend Harvey and charming warlock Nick. The Magicians DC's Legends of Tomorrow
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Study the definition of Angel with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.	en	https://media.swncdn.com/bst4/favicon.ico	Bible Study Tools	https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/angel/	Angel [E] Superhuman or heavenly being who serves as God's messenger. Both the Hebrew malak [J; 'm] and the Greek angelos [a [ggelo"] indicate that these beings also act decisively in fulfilling God's will in the world. But these two terms also apply to human beings as messengers ( 1 Kings 19:2 ; Hag 1:13 ; Luke 7:24 ). "Angels" are mentioned almost three hundred times in Scripture, and are only noticeably absent from books such as Ruth, Nehemiah, Esther, the letters of John, and James. The Old Testament From the beginning, angels were part of the divine hierarchy. They were created beings ( Psalms 148:2 Psalms 148:5 ), and were exuberant witnesses when God brought the world into being ( Job 38:7 ). By nature they were spiritual entities, and thus not subject to the limitations of human flesh. Although holy, angels could sometimes behave foolishly ( Job 4:18 ), and even prove to be untrustworthy ( Job 15:15 ). Probably these qualities led to the "fall" of some angels, including Satan, but the Bible contains no description of that event. When angels appeared in human society they resembled normal males ( Genesis 18:2 Genesis 18:16 ; Ezek 9:2 ), and never came dressed as women. In whatever form they occurred, however, their general purpose was to declare and promote God's will. On infrequent occasions they acted as agets of destruction ( Gen 19:13 ; 2 Sam 24:16 ; 2 Kings 19:35, ; etc. ). Sometimes angels addressed people in dreams, as with Jacob ( Gen 28:12 ; 31:11 ), and could be recognized by animals before human beings became aware of them, as with Balaam ( Nu 22:22 ). Collectively the divine messengers were described as the "angelic host" that surrounded God ( 1 Ki 22:19 ) and praised his majesty constantly ( Psalm 103:21 ). The Lord, their commander, was known to the Hebrews as the "Lord of hosts." There appears to have been some sort of spiritual hierarchy among them. Thus the messenger who instructed Joshua was a self-described "commander of the Lord's army" ( Jos 5:14-15 ), although this designation could also mean that it was God himself who was speaking to Joshua. In Daniel, two angels who interpreted visions were unnamed ( 7:16 ; 10:5 ), but other visions were explained to Daniel by the angel Gabriel, who was instructed by a "man's voice" to undertake this task ( 8:15-16 ). When a heavenly messenger appeared to Daniel beside the river Hiddekel (Tigris), he spoke of Michael as "one of the chief princes" ( Daniel 10:13 Daniel 10:21 ). This mighty angel would preside over the fortunes of God's people in the latter time ( 12:1 ). Thereafter he was regarded by the Hebrews as their patron angel. In the postexilic period the term "messenger" described the teaching functions of the priest ( Mal 2:7 ), but most particularly the individual who was to prepare the way for the Lord's Messiah ( Mal 3:1 ). Two other terms relating to spiritual beings were prominent at various times in Israel's history. The first was "cherubim, " a plural form, conceived of as winged creatures ( Exod 25:20 ), and mentioned first in connection with the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden ( Gen 3:24 ). Apart from their functions as guardians, however, nothing is said about their character. When the wilderness tabernacle was being fashioned, God ordered two gold cherubim to be placed on top of the "mercy seat" or lid of the covenant ark to screen it. These came to be known as the "cherubim of the Glory" ( Heb 9:5 ). Cherubim designs were also incorporated into the fabric of the inner curtain ( Eze 26:1 ) and the veil of the tabernacle ( Exod 26:31 ). Solomon placed two wooden cherubim plated with gold leaf in the Most Holy Place of the temple, looking toward the Holy Place. They stood ten cubits (about fourteen feet) high and their wings were five cubits (about seven feet) long. Near Eastern archeological excavations have shown how popular the concept of winged creatures was in antiquity. The throne of Hiram at Byblos (ca. 1200 b.c.) was supported by a pair of creatures with human faces, lions' bodies, and large protective wings. It was above the cherubim that the Lord of hosts sat enthroned ( 1 Sa 4:4 ). The seraphim were also thought of as winged, and in Isaiah's vision they were stationed above the Lord's throne ( 6:1-2 ). They seemed to possess a human figure, and had voices, faces, and feet. According to the vision their task was to participate in singing God's praises antiphonally. They also acted in some unspecified manner as mediums of communication between heaven and earth ( Isa 6:6 ). The living creatures of Ezekiel 1:5-14 were composites of human and animal parts, which was typically Mesopotamian in character, and they seem to have depicted the omnipotence and omniscience of God. The Apocrypha In the late postexilic period angelology became a prominent feature of Jewish religion. The angel Michael was deemed to be Judaism's patron, and the apocryphal writings named three other archangels as leaders of the angelic hierarchy. Chief of these was Raphael, who was supposed to present the prayers of pious Jews to God ( 1 Tobit 2:15). Uriel explained to Enoch many of his visions (1 Enoch 21:5-10; 27:2-4), interpreted Ezra's vision of the celestial Jerusalem (2 Esdras 10:28-57), and explained the fate of the fallen angels who supposedly married human women (1 Enoch 19:1-9; cf. Gen 6:2 ). Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, and Uriel (1 Enoch 40:3, 6) reported to God about the depraved state of humanity, and received appropriate instructions. According to contemporary thought, Gabriel sat on God's left, while Michael sat on the right side (2 Enoch 24:1). The primary concern of these two angels, however, was supposedly with missions on earth and affairs in heaven, respectively. In rabbinic Judaism they assumed a character which, while sometimes dramatic, had no factual basis in divine revelation. The New Testament Against this background of belief in angels who were involved in human affairs, it was not surprising that the angel Gabriel should be chosen to visit Zechariah, the officiating priest in the temple, to inform him that he was to become a father, and that he had to name his son John ( Luke 1:11-20 ). Gabriel was not referred to here as an archangel, the Greek term archangelos [ajrcavggelo"], appearing only in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 to describe an otherwise unnamed executive angel, and also in Jude 9, which refers to "Michael the archangel." Six months after his announcement to Zechariah, Gabriel appeared to Mary to inform her that God had selected her to become the mother of Jesus, the promised Messiah ( Luke 1:26-33 ). Nothing in Gabriel's behavior is inconsistent with Old Testament teachings about angels. It has been pointed out frequently that, just as they were active when the world began, so angels were correspondingly prominent when the new era of divine grace dawned with the birth of Jesus. On three occasions an angel visited Joseph in a vision concerning Jesus ( Matt 1:20 ; Matthew 2:13 Matthew 2:19 ). On the first two occasions the celestial visitor is described as "the angel of the Lord, " which could possibly be a way of describing God himself. On the last visit the heavenly messenger was described simply as "an angel of the Lord." In the end, however, the celestial beings were most probably of the same order, and were fulfilling among humans those duties normally assigned to such angels as Gabriel ( Luke 1:19 ). There is nothing recorded about the actual form of the latter, but Zechariah appears to have recognized the angel immediately as a celestial being, and was terrified ( Luke 1:12 ). His penalty for not having learned anything from his ancestor Abraham's experience ( Luke 1:18 ; cf. Gen 17:17 ) would only be removed when his son John was born ( Luke 1:20 ). When Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bear Jesus (Luke 31), she seems to have been more disturbed by his message than his appearance. The birth of Jesus was announced to Bethlehem shepherds by the angel of the Lord, and since he was accompanied by the divine glory he may well have been the Lord himself. The message of joy having been proclaimed, the heavenly host of angels praised and glorified God ( Luke 2:13-14 ) for a short period, as they had done at the creation of the world ( Job 38:7 ), after which they departed. During his ministry, angels came and ministered to Jesus after he had resisted the devil's temptations ( Matt 4:11 ). Again, when Jesus was submitting himself to God's will in the garden of Gethsemane ( Luke 22:40-44 ), an angel came from heaven to strengthen him. At the resurrection, the angel of the Lord rolled back the stone from Jesus' burial place ( Matt 28:2 ), and he was described as having a countenance like lightning and garments as white as snow ( Matt 28:3 ). Again, this celestial being performed a service of reassurance and love for Mary and Mary of Magdala, who subsequently reported seeing "a vision of angels" ( Luke 24:23 ). In John's Gospel Mary Magdalene saw two angels in white clothing, sitting in the empty tomb, just before she met the risen Lord ( John 20:12-16 ). In Acts, the imprisoned apostles were released by an angel ( 5:19 ). Philip was ordered by an angel to meet an Ethiopian official ( 8:26-28 ), while another celestial being appeared to Cornelius ( 10:3 ). The angel of the Lord released Peter from prison ( 12:7-11 ), and subsequently afflicted Herod with a fatal illness ( 12:23 ). When Paul and his companions were about to be shipwrecked the apostle assured them of the presence of a guardian angel ( 27:23-24 ). Paul referred subsequently to angelic hierarchies ("thrones, powers, rulers, or authorities") when proclaiming the cosmic supremacy of Jesus ( Col 1:15-16 ; cf. 1 Peter 3:22 ), and prohibited the worship of angels in the Colossian church ( Col 2:18 ) in an attempt to avoid unorthodox practices. His reference to "angels" in 1 Corinthians 11:10 may have been a warning that such things observe humans at worship, and thus the Corinthians should avoid improper conduct or breaches of decency. The angelology of 2 Peter and Jude reflects some of the intertestamental Jewish traditions concerning "wicked angels." In Revelation there are numerous symbolic allusions to angels, the worship of which is forbidden ( 22:8-9 ). The "angels of the seven churches" ( 1:20 ) are the specific spiritual representations or personifications of these Christian groups. A particularly sinister figure was Abaddon (Apollyon in Greek), the "angel of the bottomless pit" ( 9:11 ), who with his minions was involved in a fierce battle with Michael and his angels ( 12:7-9 ). Jesus accepted as valid the Old Testament references to angels and their functions ( Matt 22:30 ), but spoke specifically of the "devil and his angels" ( Matt 25:41 ) as destined for destruction. He fostered the idea of angels ministering to believers (cf. Heb 1:14 ), and as being concerned for the welfare of children ( Matt 18:10 ). He described angels as holy creatures ( Mark 8:38 ) who could rejoice when a sinner repented ( Luke 15:10 ). Angels were devoid of sexual characteristics ( Matt 22:30 ), and although they were highly intelligent ministers of God's will they were not omniscient ( Matt 24:36 ). Christ claimed at his arrest in Gethsemane that more than twelve legions of angels (numbering about 72, 000) were available to deliver him, had he wanted to call upon them for assistance ( Matt 26:53 ). He taught that angels would be with him when he returned to earth at the second coming ( Matt 25:31 ), and that they would be involved significantly in the last judgment ( Matthew 13:41 Matthew 13:49 ). Finally, angels set a model of obedience to God's will in heaven to which the Christian church should aspire (cf. Matt 6:10 ). Some writers contrast the celestial beings with "fallen angels, " of which there are two varieties. The first consists of unimprisoned, evil beings working under Satan's leadership, and generally regarded as demons ( Luke 4:35 ; 11:15 ; John 10:21 ). The second were imprisoned ( 2 Peter 2:4 ; Jude 6 ) spirits because they forsook their original positions in heaven. For New Testament writers they were particularly dangerous. The precise difference in function and character is not explained in Scripture, but some have thought that the latter were the "sons of God" who cohabited with mortal women ( Gen 6:1-2 ). This view, however, is strictly conjectural. Presumably the imprisoned angels are the ones who will be judged by the saints ( 1 Cor 6:3 ). In a material world that is also populated by good and evil spirits, the Bible teaches that the heavenly angels set an example of enthusiastic and resolute fulfillment of God's will. They acknowledge Jesus as their superior, and worship him accordingly. Angels continue to perform ministering duties among humans, and this function has led to the concept of "guardian angels, " perhaps prompted by Christ's words in Matthew 18:10. It is not entirely clear whether each individual has a specific angelic guardian, but there is certainly no reason for doubting that an angel might well be assigned to care for the destinies of groups of individuals such as families. These celestial ministries will be most effective when the intended recipients are receptive to the Lord's will for their lives. R. K. Harrison Bibliography. G. B. Caird, Principalities and Powers; A. C. Gaebelein, The Angels of God; B. Graham, Angels: God's Secret Agets; H. Lockyer, The Mystery and Ministry of Angels; A. Whyte, The Nature of Angels. Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by Walter A. Elwell Copyright © 1996 by Walter A. Elwell. Published by Baker Books, a division of Baker Book House Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan USA. All rights reserved. Used by permission. For usage information, please read the Baker Book House Copyright Statement. [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary Bibliography InformationElwell, Walter A. "Entry for 'Angel'". "Evangelical Dictionary of Theology". . 1997. ANGEL an'-jel (mal'akh; Septuagint and New Testament, aggelos): _I. DEFINITION AND SCRIPTURE TERMS_ _II. ANGELS IN OLD TESTAMENT_ 1. Nature, Appearances and Functions 2. The Angelic Host 3. The Angel of the Theophany _III. ANGELS IN NEW TESTAMENT_ 1. Appearances 2. The Teaching of Jesus about Angels 3. Other New Testament References _IV. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCTRINE_ _V. THE REALITY OF ANGELS_ _LITERATURE_ _I. Definition and Scripture Terms._ The word angel is applied in Scripture to an order of supernatural or heavenly beings whose business it is to act as God's messengers to men, and as agents who carry out His will. Both in Hebrew and Greek the word is applied to human messengers (1 Kings 19:2; Luke 7:24); in Hebrew it is used in the singular to denote a Divine messenger, and in the plural for human messengers, although there are exceptions to both usages. It is applied to the prophet Haggai (Haggai 1:13), to the priest (Malachi 2:7), and to the messenger who is to prepare the way of the Lord (Malachi 3:1). Other Hebrew words and phrases applied to angels are bene ha-'elohim (Genesis 6:2,4; Job 1:6; 2:1) and bene 'elim (Psalms 29:1; 89:6), i.e. sons of the 'elohim or 'elim; this means, according to a common Hebrew usage, members of the class called 'elohim or 'elim, the heavenly powers. It seems doubtful whether the word 'elohim, standing by itself, is ever used to describe angels, although Septuagint so translates it in a few passages. The most notable instance is Psalms 8:5; where the Revised Version (British and American) gives, "Thou hast made him but little lower than God," with the English Revised Version, margin reading of "the angels" for "God" (compare Hebrews 2:7,9); qedhoshim "holy ones" (Psalms 89:5,7), a name suggesting the fact that they belong to God; `ir, `irim, "watcher," "watchers" (Daniel 4:13,17,23). Other expressions are used to designate angels collectively: codh, "council" (Psalms 89:7), where the reference may be to an inner group of exalted angels; `edhah and qahal, "congregation" (Psalms 82:1; 89:5); and finally tsabha', tsebha'oth, "host," "hosts," as in the familiar phrase "the God of hosts." In New Testament the word aggelos, when it refers to a Divine messenger, is frequently accompanied by some phrase which makes this meaning clear, e.g. "the angels of heaven" (Matthew 24:36). Angels belong to the "heavenly host" (Luke 2:13). In reference to their nature they are called "spirits" (Hebrews 1:14). Paul evidently referred to the ordered ranks of supra-mundane beings in a group of words that are found in various combinations, namely, archai, "principalities," exousiai, "powers," thronoi, "thrones," kuriotetes, "dominions," and dunameis, also translated "powers." The first four are apparently used in a good sense in Colossians 1:16, where it is said that all these beings were created through Christ and unto Him; in most of the other passages in which words from this group occur, they seem to represent evil powers. We are told that our wrestling is against them (Ephesians 6:12), and that Christ triumphs over the principalities and powers (Colossians 2:15; compare Romans 8:38; 1 Corinthians 15:24). In two passages the word archaggelos, "archangel" or chief angel, occurs: "the voice of the archangel" (1 Thessalonians 4:16), and "Michael the archangel" (Jude 1:9). _II. Angels in Old Testament._ 1. Nature, Appearances and Functions: Everywhere in the Old Testament the existence of angels is assumed. The creation of angels is referred to in Psalms 148:2,5 (compare Colossians 1:16). They were present at the creation of the world, and were so filled with wonder and gladness that they "shouted for joy" (Job 38:7). Of their nature we are told nothing. In general they are simply regarded as embodiments of their mission. Though presumably the holiest of created beings, they are charged by God with folly (Job 4:18), and we are told that "he putteth no trust in his holy ones" (Job 15:15). References to the fall of the angels are only found in the obscure and probably corrupt passage Genesis 6:1-4, and in the interdependent passages 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude 1:6, which draw their inspiration from the Apocryphal book of Enoch. Demons are mentioned (see DEMON); and although Satan appears among the sons of God (Job 1:6; 2:1), there is a growing tendency in later writers to attribute to him a malignity that is all his own (see \SATAN\). As to their outward appearance, it is evident that they bore the human form, and could at times be mistaken for men (Ezekiel 9:2; Genesis 18:2,16). There is no hint that they ever appeared in female form. The conception of angels as winged beings, so familiar in Christian art, finds no support in Scripture (except, perhaps Daniel 9:21; Revelation 14:6, where angels are represented as "flying"). The cherubim and seraphim (see CHERUB; SERAPHIM) are represented as winged (Exodus 25:20; Isaiah 6:2); winged also are the symbolic living creatures of Eze (Ezekiel 1:6; compare Revelation 4:8). As above stated, angels are messengers and instruments of the Divine will. As a rule they exercise no influence in the physical sphere. In several instances, however, they are represented as destroying angels: two angels are commissioned to destroy Sodom (Genesis 19:13); when David numbers the people, an angel destroys them by pestilence (2 Samuel 24:16); it is by an angel that the Assyrian army is destroyed (2 Kings 19:35); and Ezekiel hears six angels receiving the command to destroy those who were sinful in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 9:1,5,7). In this connection should be noted the expression "angels of evil," i.e. angels that bring evil upon men from God and execute His judgments (Psalms 78:49; compare 1 Samuel 16:14). Angels appear to Jacob in dreams (Genesis 28:12; 31:11). The angel who meets Balaam is visible first to the ass, and not to the rider (Numbers 22). Angels interpret God's will, showing man what is right for him (Job 33:23). The idea of angels as caring for men also appears (Psalms 91:11 f), although the modern conception of the possession by each man of a special guardian angel is not found in Old Testament. 2. The Angelic Host: The phrase "the host of heaven" is applied to the stars, which were sometimes worshipped by idolatrous Jews (Jeremiah 33:22; 2 Kings 21:3; Zechariah 1:5); the name is applied to the company of angels because of their countless numbers (compare Daniel 7:10) and their glory. They are represented as standing on the right and left hand of Yahweh (1 Kings 22:19). Hence God, who is over them all, is continually called throughout Old Testament "the God of hosts," "Yahweh of hosts," "Yahweh God of hosts"; and once "the prince of the host" (Daniel 8:11). One of the principal functions of the heavenly host is to be ever praising the name of the Lord (Psalms 103:21; 148:1). In this host there are certain figures that stand out prominently, and some of them are named. The angel who appears to Joshua calls himself "prince of the host of Yahweh" (Joshua 5:14 f). The glorious angel who interprets to Daniel the vision which he saw in the third year of Cyrus (Daniel 10:5), like the angel who interprets the vision in the first year of Belshazzar (Daniel 7:16), is not named; but other visions of the same prophet were explained to him by the angel Gabriel, who is called "the man Gabriel," and is described as speaking with "a man's voice" (Daniel 9:21; 8:15). In Daniel we find occasional reference made to "princes": "the prince of Persia," "the prince of Greece" (Daniel 10:20). These are angels to whom is entrusted the charge of, and possibly the rule over, certain peoples. Most notable among them is Michael, described as "one of the chief princes," "the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people," and, more briefly, "your prince" (Daniel 10:13; 12:1; 10:21); Michael is therefore regarded as the patron-angel of the Jews. In Apocrypha Raphael, Uriel and Jeremiel are also named. Of Raphael it is said (Tobit 12:15) that he is "one of the seven holy angels who present the prayers of the saints" to God (compare Revelation 8:2, "the seven angels that stand before God"). It is possible that this group of seven is referred to in the above-quoted phrase, "one of the chief princes". Some (notably Kosters) have maintained that the expressions "the sons of the 'elohim," God's "council" and "congregation," refer to the ancient gods of the heathen, now degraded and wholly subordinated to Yahweh. This rather daring speculation has little support in Scripture; but we find traces of a belief that the patron-angels of the nations have failed in establishing righteousness within their allotted sphere on earth, and that they will accordingly be punished by Yahweh their over-Lord (Isaiah 24:21; Psalms 58:1 f the Revised Version, margin; compare Jude 1:6). 3. The Angel of the Theophany: This angel is spoken of as "the angel of Yahweh," and "the angel of the presence (or face) of Yahweh." The following passages contain references to this angel: Genesis 16:7--the angel and Hagar; Genesis 18--Abraham intercedes with the angel for Sodom; Genesis 22:11--the angel interposes to prevent the sacrifice of Isaac; Genesis 24:7,40--Abraham sends Eliezer and promises the angel's protection; Genesis 31:11--the angel who appears to Jacob says "I am the God of Beth-el"; Genesis 32:24--Jacob wrestles with the angel and says, "I have seen God face to face"; Genesis 48:15 f--Jacob speaks of God and the angel as identical; Exodus 3 (compare Acts 7:30)--the angel appears to Moses in the burning bush; Exodus 13:21; 14:19 (compare Numbers 20:16)--God or the angel leads Israel out of Egypt; Exodus 23:20--the people are commanded to obey the angel; Exodus 32:34-33:17 (compare Isaiah 63:9)--Moses pleads for the presence of God with His people; Joshua 5:13-6:2--the angel appears to Joshua; Judges 2:1-5--the angel speaks to the people; Judges 6:11--the angel appears to Gideon. A study of these passages shows that while the angel and Yahweh are at times distinguished from each other, they are with equal frequency, and in the same passages, merged into each other. How is this to be explained? It is obvious that these apparitions cannot be the Almighty Himself, whom no man hath seen, or can see. In seeking the explanation, special attention should be paid to two of the passages above cited. In Exodus 23:20 God promises to send an angel before His people to lead them to the promised land; they are commanded to obey him and not to provoke him "for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him." Thus the angel can forgive sin, which only God can do, because God's name, i.e. His character and thus His authority, are in the angel. Further, in the passage Exodus 32:34-33:17 Moses intercedes for the people after their first breach of the covenant; God responds by promising, "Behold mine angel shall go before thee"; and immediately after God says, "I will not go up in the midst of thee." In answer to further pleading, God says, "My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest." Here a clear distinction is made between an ordinary angel, and the angel who carries with him God's presence. The conclusion may be summed up in the words of Davidson in his Old Testament Theology: "In particular providences one may trace the presence of Yahweh in influence and operation; in ordinary angelic appearances one may discover Yahweh present on some side of His being, in some attribute of His character; in the angel of the Lord He is fully present as the covenant God of His people, to redeem them." The question still remains, Who is theophanic angel? To this many answers have been given, of which the following may be mentioned: (1) This angel is simply an angel with a special commission; (2) He may be a momentary descent of God into visibility; (3) He may be the Logos, a kind of temporary preincarnation of the second person of the Trinity. Each has its difficulties, but the last is certainly the most tempting to the mind. Yet it must be remembered that at best these are only conjectures that touch on a great mystery. It is certain that from the beginning God used angels in human form, with human voices, in order to communicate with man; and the appearances of the angel of the Lord, with his special redemptive relation to God's people, show the working of that Divine mode of self-revelation which culminated in the coming of the Saviour, and are thus a fore-shadowing of, and a preparation for, the full revelation of God in Jesus Christ. Further than this, it is not safe to go. _III. Angels in New Testament._ 1. Appearances: Nothing is related of angels in New Testament which is inconsistent with the teaching of Old Testament on the subject. Just as they are specially active in the beginning of Old Testament history, when God's people is being born, so they appear frequently in connection with the birth of Jesus, and again when a new order of things begins with the resurrection. An angel appears three times in dreams to Joseph (Matthew 1:20; 2:13,19). The angel Gabriel appears to Zacharias, and then to Mary in the annunciation (Luke 1). An angel announces to the shepherds the birth of Jesus, and is joined by a "multitude of the heavenly host," praising God in celestial song (Luke 2:8). When Jesus is tempted, and again during the agony at Gethsemane, angels appear to Him to strengthen His soul (Matthew 4:11; Luke 22:43). The verse which tells how an angel came down to trouble the pool (John 5:4) is now omitted from the text as not being genuine. An angel descends to roll away the stone from the tomb of Jesus (Matthew 28:2); angels are seen there by certain women (Luke 24:23) and (two) by Mary Magdalene (John 20:12). An angel releases the apostles from prison, directs Philip, appears to Peter in a dream, frees him from prison, smites Herod with sickness, appears to Paul in a dream (Acts 5:19; 8:26; 10:3; 12:7; 12:23; 27:23). Once they appear clothed in white; they are so dazzling in appearance as to terrify beholders; hence they begin their message with the words "Fear not" (Matthew 28:2-5). 2. The Teaching of Jesus about Angels: It is quite certain that our Lord accepted the main teachings of Old Testament about angels, as well as the later Jewish belief in good and bad angels. He speaks of the "angels in heaven" (Matthew 22:30), and of "the devil and his angels" (Matthew 25:41). According to our Lord the angels of God are holy (Mark 8:38); they have no sex or sensuous desires (Matthew 22:30); they have high intelligence, but they know not the time of the Second Coming (Matthew 24:36); they carry (in a parable) the soul of Lazarus to Abraham's bosom (Luke 16:22); they could have been summoned to the aid of our Lord, had He so desired (Matthew 26:53); they will accompany Him at the Second Coming (Matthew 25:31) and separate the righteous from the wicked (Matthew 13:41,49). They watch with sympathetic eyes the fortunes of men, rejoicing in the repentance of a sinner (Luke 15:10; compare 1 Peter 1:12; Ephesians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 4:9); and they will hear the Son of Man confessing or denying those who have confessed or denied Him before men (Luke 12:8). The angels of the presence of God, who do not appear to correspond to our conception of guardian angels, are specially interested in God's little ones (Matthew 18:10). Finally, the existence of angels is implied in the Lord's Prayer in the petition, "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth" (Matthew 6:10). 3. Other New Testament References: Paul refers to the ranks of angels ("principalities, powers" etc.) only in order to emphasize the complete supremacy of Jesus Christ. He teaches that angels will be judged by the saints (1 Corinthians 6:3). He attacks the incipient Gnosticism of Asia Minor by forbidding the, worship of angels (Colossians 2:18). He speaks of God's angels as "elect," because they are included in the counsels of Divine love (1 Timothy 5:21). When Paul commands the women to keep their heads covered in church because of the angels (1 Corinthians 11:10) he probably means that the angels, who watch all human affairs with deep interest, would be pained to see any infraction of the laws of modesty. In Hebrews 1:14 angels are described as ministering spirits engaged in the service of the saints. Peter also emphasizes the supremacy of our Lord over all angelic beings (1 Peter 3:22). The references to angels in 2 Peter and Jude are colored by contact with Apocrypha literature. In Revelation, where the references are obviously symbolic, there is very frequent mention of angels. The angels of the seven churches (Revelation 1:20) are the guardian angels or the personifications of these churches. The worship of angels is also forbidden (Revelation 22:8 f). Specially interesting is the mention of elemental angels--"the angel of the waters" (Revelation 16:5), and the angel "that hath power over fire" (Revelation 14:18; compare Revelation 7:1; 19:17). Reference is also made to the "angel of the bottomless pit," who is called \ABADDON\ or \APOLLYON\ (which see), evidently an evil angel (Revelation 9:11 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "abyss"). In Revelation 12:7 we are told that there was war between Michael with his angels and the dragon with his angels. _IV. Development of the Doctrine._ In the childhood of the race it was easy to believe in God, and He was very near to the soul. In Paradise there is no thought of angels; it is God Himself who walks in the garden. A little later the thought of angels appears, but, God has not gone away, and as "the angel of Yahweh" He appears to His people and redeems them. In these early times the Jews believed that there were multitudes of angels, not yet divided in thought into good and bad; these had no names or personal characteristics, but were simply embodied messages. Till the time of the captivity the Jewish angelology shows little development. During that dark period they came into close contact with a polytheistic people, only to be more deeply confirmed in their monotheism thereby. They also became acquainted with the purer faith of the Persians, and in all probability viewed the tenets of Zoroastrianism with a more favorable eye, because of the great kindness of Cyrus to their nation. There are few direct traces of Zoroastrianism in the later angelology of the Old Testament. It is not even certain that the number seven as applied to the highest group of angels is Persian in its origin; the number seven was not wholly disregarded by the Jews. One result of the contact was that the idea of a hierarchy of the angels was more fully developed. The conception in Da of angels as "watchers," and the idea of patron-princes or angel-guardians of nations may be set down to Persian influence. It is probable that contact with the Persians helped the Jews to develop ideas already latent in their minds. According to Jewish tradition, the names of the angels came from Babylon. By this time the consciousness of sin had grown more intense in the Jewish mind, and God had receded to an immeasurable distance; the angels helped to fill the gap between God and man. The more elaborate conceptions of Daniel and Zechariah are further developed in Apocrypha, especially in 2 Esdras, Tobit and 2 Macc. In the New Testament we find that there is little further development; and by the Spirit of God its writers were saved from the absurdly puerile teachings of contemporary Rabbinism. We find that the Sadducees, as contrasted with the Pharisees, did not believe in angels or spirits (Acts 23:8). We may conclude that the Sadducees, with their materialistic standpoint, and denial of the resurrection, regarded angels merely as symbolical expressions of God's actions. It is noteworthy in this connection that the great priestly document (Priestly Code, P) makes no mention of angels. The Book of Revelation naturally shows a close kinship to the books of Ezekiel and Daniel. Regarding the rabbinical developments of angelology, some beautiful, some extravagant, some grotesque, but all fanciful, it is not necessary here to speak. The Essenes held an esoteric doctrine of angels, in which most scholars find the germ of the Gnostic eons. _V. The Reality of Angels._ A belief in angels, if not indispensable to the faith of a Christian, has its place there. In such a belief there is nothing unnatural or contrary to reason. Indeed, the warm welcome which human nature has always given to this thought, is an argument in its favor. Why should there not be such an order of beings, if God so willed it? For the Christian the whole question turns on the weight to be attached to the words of our Lord. All are agreed that He teaches the existence, reality, and activity of angelic beings. Was He in error because of His human limitations? That is a conclusion which it is very hard for the Christian to draw, and we may set it aside. Did He then adjust His teaching to popular belief, knowing that what He said was not true? This explanation would seem to impute deliberate untruth to our Lord, and must equally be set aside. So we find ourselves restricted to the conclusion that we have the guaranty of Christ's word for the existence of angels; for most Christians that will settle the question. The visible activity of angels has come to an end, because their mediating work is done; Christ has founded the kingdom of the Spirit, and God's Spirit speaks directly to the spirit of man. This new and living way has been opened up to us by Jesus Christ, upon whom faith can yet behold the angels of God ascending and descending. Still they watch the lot of man, and rejoice in his salvation; still they join in the praise and adoration of God, the Lord of hosts, still can they be regarded as "ministering spirits sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation." _LITERATURE._ All Old Testament and New Testament theologies contain discussions. Among the older books Oehler's Old Testament Theology and Hengstenberg's Christology of Old Testament (for "angel of Yahweh") and among modern ones Davidson's Old Testament Theology are specially valuable. The ablest supporter of theory that the "sons of the Elohim" are degraded gods is Kosters. "Het onstaan der Angelologie onder Israel," TT 1876. See also articles on "Angel" in HDB (by Davidson), EB, DCG, Jew Encyclopedia, RE (by Cremer). Cremer's Biblico- Theological New Testament Lexicon should be consulted under the word "aggelos." For Jewish beliefs see also Edersheim's Life and Times of Jesus, II, Appendix xiii. On the Pauline angelology see Everling, Die paulinische Angelologie. On the general subject see Godet, Biblical Studies; Mozley, The Word, chapter lix, and Latham, A Service of Angels. John Macartney Wilson
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Parry" ]	2012-07-31T16:03:53+00:00	There are angels present in this dispensation as they were in the past. They are agents of power, protectors of the righteous, and agents of love.	en	https://speeches.byu.edu…core/favicon.png	BYU Speeches	https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/donald-w-parry/angels-chariots-and-the-lord-of-hosts/	The title of my presentation is “Angels, Chariots, and the Lord of Hosts.”1 Please know that I have, through various means, sought for the Spirit of the Lord. Please know also that the Lord’s angels exist and are empowered by Jesus Christ through His infinite Atonement. The Ministry of Angels Since the days of Adam and Eve angels have had significant responsibilities in the Lord’s great plan of happiness. Angels figure prominently in ancient and modern scripture. Angels have ministered to or communicated with such notables as Adam, Hagar (see Genesis 16:7–11), Manoah’s wife (see Judges 13:3, 6, 19–21), Daniel, Mary the mother of Jesus (see Luke 1:26–38), Mary Magdalene, Salome, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, other women (see Mark 16:4–6; Luke 24:2–4; John 20:11–12), Peter, Paul, John the Revelator, and many others. Angels have also ministered to Book of Mormon characters, including Nephi (see 1 Nephi 11:14; 2 Nephi 4:24), King Benjamin (see Mosiah 3:2), Alma the Younger (see Mosiah 27:10–11; Alma 8:14), Amulek (see Alma 10:7), Samuel the Lamanite (see Helaman 13:7), and others. Furthermore, in our own dispensation prophets and apostles have testified of the eminence and considerable standing of angels. In fact, our dispensation has been a period of extraordinary angelic activity. Joseph Smith received dozens of communications from angels. Additional Church authorities and others have been recipients of angelic communications. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was restored, in part, when angels imparted revelations and truths to the Prophet Joseph Smith. A passage in the Doctrine and Covenants summarizes: The voice of Michael, the archangel; the voice of Gabriel, and of Raphael, and of divers angels, from Michael or Adam down to the present time, all declaring their dispensation, their rights, their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their priesthood. [D&C 128:21] Elder Jeffrey R. Holland reminded us that it is appropriate to speak about angels. He wrote, “I believe we need to speak of and believe in and bear testimony of the ministry of angels more than we sometimes do.”2 For a definition of angels, see the Bible Dictionary. In this presentation I will refer to the Lord’s angels unless otherwise stated. The Angels of the Lord of Hosts How many angels are there? There are hosts of angels. The Old Testament expression “Lord of hosts” sometimes refers to the Lord of hosts of angels. The Bible Dictionary states: “The Lord of Sabaoth was a title of Jehovah; the hosts were the armies of Israel (1 Sam. 17:45), but also included the angelic armies of heaven.”3Hebrew lexicons agree with this interpretation. One prominent Hebrew lexicon states that the term Lord of hosts sometimes refers to “the heavenly beings” of the Lord4 or “the heavenly entourage” of the Lord.5 Another Hebrew lexicon agrees with this definition, referring to a host as an “(organized body) of angels.”6 The title “Lord of hosts” is so important that it is found some 250 times in the Old Testament; Isaiah alone used the term about fifty times. This title, then, is a frequent reminder that the Lord has hosts of angels. How many angels belong to the Lord of hosts of angels? The singular host, by definition, refers to “a large number of people or things.”7 The plural, hosts, multiplies this number. The Lord of hosts of angels refers to immense numbers. Other passages of scripture also indicate that there are great numbers of the Lord’s angels. For example, Lehi envisioned “God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels” (1 Nephi 1:8). Two passages of scripture—Hebrews 12:22 and Doctrine and Covenants 76:67—use the expression “an innumerable company of angels.” Furthermore, John the Revelator recorded: And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne . . . : and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands. [Revelation 5:11] Indeed, ten thousand times ten thousand angels, which equals 100 million, symbolizes a great number. To sum up, there are numberless concourses of angels, an innumerable company of angels, and hosts of angels—all of whom are in the service of our Lord and God. Angels as Agents of Power Angels are agents of power. Each of the Lord’s angels possesses extraordinary capabilities and powers, making them formidable beings. Their power ultimately exists because of Jesus Christ and His Atonement. Consider the following examples of the power of angels: When Daniel was cast into the lions’ den, a stone was placed over the den’s opening to prevent Daniel’s escape. Then, to ensure that possible coconspirators with Daniel would not remove the stone without detection, the king and his officers used their signets to seal the stone (see Daniel 6:17). Had the seals been broken during the night, the king and his officers could have claimed deception or trickery on the part of Daniel. But neither the rock nor the seals prevented the angel from entering the den and stopping the lions’ mouths. We note that the angel was not only empowered to save Daniel but that the angel himself was also immune from the lions’ destruction. Because of Daniel’s faith and righteousness, the angel saved him from a horrific death. Daniel would later testify, “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me” (Daniel 6:22). We live during a day of wars and rumors of wars. News organizations regularly report conflicts taking place in various parts of the world. However, we as Latter-day Saints should have a high degree of comfort in knowing the power of the Lord’s angels with regard to such conflicts. The Bible sets forth the following account of a powerful angel. During the reign of King Hezekiah the Assyrian army was advancing toward Jerusalem with the intent of conquering it. With scores of thousands of enemy soldiers camped outside of Jerusalem’s gates, waiting to destroy the city’s inhabitants, Hezekiah petitioned the Lord through prayer in the temple. In response to Hezekiah’s humble prayer, the Lord sent his prophet Isaiah to the king, promising deliverance from the Assyrian army. Soon thereafter “the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand” (Isaiah 37:36; see also Isaiah 37:33–35; 2 Chronicles 32:21). It is sometimes difficult to comprehend such extraordinary dominance: one angel versus some 185,000 disciplined soldiers—and the angel was victorious. Such an angelic operation is permitted only according to the Lord’s divine will. In addition to these two examples of angels operating as agents of power during the Old Testament period, I will provide a modern example of a powerful heavenly messenger in the life of President Harold B. Lee. When President Lee was serving as the president of the Church, he shared an experience that occurred while he and his wife were traveling on an airplane. They had been visiting a mission, and both were impressed to return home earlier than they had planned. As President and Sister Lee were sitting in the airplane, homeward bound, President Lee received a blessing from an unseen person. He related: As we approached a certain point en route, someone laid his hand upon my head. I looked up; I could see no one. That happened again before we arrived home, again with the same experience. Who it was, by what means or what medium, I may never know, except I knew that I was receiving a blessing that I came a few hours later to know I needed most desperately. . . . Shortly [after we arrived home], there came massive hemorrhages which, had they occurred while we were in flight, I wouldn’t be here today talking about it. I know that there are powers divine that reach out when all other help is not available. . . . Yes, I know that there are such powers.8 The unseen person who gave President Lee a blessing demonstrated extraordinary powers: he remained invisible, he knew where to find President Lee, he knew of President Lee’s physical condition and of his need for a blessing, and he blessed the prophet with priesthood power. Additionally, it is my opinion that this unseen person did not board the plane as did other passengers, obtaining a passport, ticket, and boarding pass; showing his photo ID; dealing with airport security; and so forth. It is entirely possible, knowing of the vast power of angels, that this unseen person entered the plane through miraculous means. Such is the way of heavenly beings. Angels as Protectors of the Righteous Not only are angels agents of power, but they also serve as protective and reassuring forces for the righteous, as shown by the symbol of chariots of fire. During my research on angels I have collected a number of accounts that feature angels, horses, and chariots of fire. I will now provide a few examples. We recall from the Old Testament the attempt of Syria’s king to capture Elisha. During the night the king surrounded Dothan with soldiers, horses, and chariots. When Elisha’s assistant awakened early in the morning, he saw the armies that surrounded the city and cried out to Elisha, “Alas, my master! how shall we do?” Elisha replied by saying: Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. [After this reply,] Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. [2 Kings 6:15–17] This account signifies a demonstration of great power and supremacy—a mountain full of horses and chariots of fire providing courage and protection to Elisha and his servant. Church authorities and others often liken this account to us. President Henry B. Eyring, for example, provided us with the following encouragement: I know that the promise of angels to bear us up is real. You might want to bring to memory the assurance of Elisha to his frightened servant. That assurance is ours when we feel close to being overwhelmed in our service. Elisha faced real and terrible opposition. . . . Like that servant of Elisha, there are more with you than those you can see opposed to you. Some who are with you will be invisible to your mortal eyes.9 Elder Jeffrey R. Holland related the account of Elisha and then applied this important story to each of us: In the gospel of Jesus Christ we have help from both sides of the veil. When disappointment and discouragement strike—and they will—we need to remember that if our eyes could be opened, we would see horses and chariots of fire as far as the eye can see, riding at great speed to come to our protection. They will always be there, these armies of heaven, in defense of Abraham’s seed.10 The account of Elisha reminds us also of when Elijah and Elisha were walking and talking near the Jordan River, and “there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.” When Elisha witnessed this scene, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof” (2 Kings 2:11–12). For multiple reasons this is a marvelous and incredible show of power: a chariot of fire, horses of fire, and Elijah ascending to heaven in a whirlwind create a magnificent scene. On April 3, 1836, this same Elijah visited Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple. Joseph wrote, “Another great and glorious vision burst upon us; for Elijah the prophet, who was taken to heaven without tasting death, stood before us” (D&C 110:13). The protective theme of horses and chariots of fire continues in our day. Some individuals who attended the dedication of the Kirtland Temple beheld angels, horses of fire, and chariots. The Prophet Joseph Smith recorded: “The heavens were opened unto Elder Sylvester Smith, and he, leaping up, exclaimed: ‘The horsemen of Israel and the chariots thereof.’”11 Additionally, Joseph Smith wrote that Elder Roger Orton saw a mighty angel riding upon a horse of fire, with a flaming sword in his hand, followed by five others, encircle the house [temple], and protect the Saints, even the Lord’s anointed, from the power of Satan and a host of evil spirits, which were striving to disturb the Saints.12 This account makes it unmistakable that the angels who encircled the temple did so to protect the Saints from Satan’s host of evil spirits. This account also features angels with swords in their hands—a demonstration of angels’ power to protect us from harm and danger. Angels with swords are found in the Old Testament as well as in accounts during the Restoration. We are reminded, for instance, that Joseph Smith envisioned Elder Brigham Young standing in a strange land, in the far south and west, in a desert place, upon a rock in the midst of about a dozen men . . . , who appeared hostile. He was preaching to them in their own tongue, and the angel of God standing above his head, with a drawn sword in his hand, protecting him, but he did not see it.13 Angels in This Dispensation Many of the accounts of angels that I have shared today are exceptional or unique. Most of us will never be protected by an angel in a lions’ den, nor will the majority of us be privileged to see horses and chariots of fire. But we should bear in mind that angelic communications are not reserved for those who lived during the ancient periods of the Old Testament or the Book of Mormon, nor are such communications reserved only for prophets, apostles, or notable women such as Hagar or Mary the mother of Jesus. Indeed, several of our Church authorities have clearly taught that we who are laypersons may receive angelic communications according to the divine will of our loving Heavenly Father. To this end I will cite President Boyd K. Packer and Elder Dallin H. Oaks. President Packer provided the following significant statement: Angels attend the rank and file of the Church. . . . Who would dare to say that angels do not now attend the rank and file of the Church who— answer the calls to the mission fields, teach the classes, pay their tithes and offerings, seek for the records of their forebears, work in the temples, raise their children in faith, and have brought this work through 150 years?14 This statement of President Packer’s clearly shows that angels attend the Church’s rank and file as they raise children in faith, pay tithing, conduct sacred temple work, teach classes, and more. It is my understanding—based on more than twenty years of research—that operations and ministrations of angels are largely unknown to mortals. Angels can move about the earth conducting the Lord’s divine work, and they serve, minister, and mingle among mortals, usually without our awareness. Most of us in mortality will never see an angel. As Parley P. Pratt instructed, angels can “be present without being visible to mortals.”15 And Paul wrote, “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares” (Hebrews 13:2). Before I cite Elder Oaks, I want to share a personal item. During the 1990s my parents had a landline telephone that was state of the art, high tech, and ultramodern. It was so technologically advanced that it had an internal memory that would remember up to twenty phone numbers. After my parents entered the phone numbers of friends or family into the phone’s memory, all my parents had to do was lift the receiver and push the appropriate button, and the phone would automatically dial any of their children. What an amazing miracle! Dad and Mom could be in contact with any one of their children in seconds. I will now refer to Elder Dallin H. Oaks’ conference talk. Elder Oaks presented specific teachings on how angels may communicate to us who are mortals. His teachings apply to you and to me: The ministering of angels can also be unseen. Angelic messages can be delivered by a voice or merely by thoughts or feelings communicated to the mind. . . . Nephi described three manifestations of the ministering of angels when he reminded his rebellious brothers that (1) they had “seen an angel,” (2) they had “heard his voice from time to time,” and (3) also that an angel had “spoken unto [them] in a still small voice” though they were “past feeling” and “could not feel his words” (1 Ne. 17:45). . . . Most angelic communications are felt or heard rather than seen.16 Compared to the aforementioned telephone, which is now a relic of the past, angelic communications are astounding and remarkable. They are wonderful gifts from a loving Heavenly Father: visitations from beyond the veil—unseen angels communicating to mortals by thoughts or by feelings—are spectacular gifts. As the Book of Mormon teaches, “It is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men” (Moroni 7:37). The telephone, of course, does not work by faith. My research has uncovered instances in which angels have provided temporal assistance to mortals. An angel, for example, provided food and water to the prophet Elijah when he fled for his life from Jezebel (see 1 Kings 19:1–7). And here is a modern example of an angel providing temporal assistance: Elder Heber C. Kimball related an occasion when he and Brigham Young traveled together, conducting the Lord’s work. They started out with only $13.50, but along the way they paid for a number of items, including travel, lodging, and meals. In fact, they paid out over $87.00, although they had only had $13.50. Elder Kimball stated: Brother Brigham often suspected that I put the money in his trunk or clothes, thinking I had . . . money which I had not acquainted him with, but this was not so. The money could only have been put in his trunk by some heavenly messenger who administered to our necessities daily, as he knew we needed.17 Angels as Agents of Love All angels minister with heavenly love, and every angelic communication to the Saints is a message of love. Oliver Cowdery personally witnessed the love of John the Baptist when John appeared to him and Joseph Smith. Sometime after John’s visitation Oliver wrote that this angel’s “love enkindled upon our souls.”18 Decades later, in the April 1916 general conference, President Joseph F. Smith spoke of the love of heavenly messengers: I believe we move and have our being in the presence of heavenly messengers and of heavenly beings. We are not separate from them. . . . I claim that we live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our welfare, they love us now more than ever. . . . Their love for us and their desire for our well being must be greater than that which we feel for ourselves.19 I will now share two stories wherein angels communicated love to mortals. At one point in his life Parley P. Pratt remained captive for months in a Missouri dungeon. He was very discouraged. After fasting and praying for a number of days, Elder Pratt experienced a powerful answer to his prayer. He wrote: A personage . . . stood before me with a smile of compassion in every look, and pity mingled with the tenderest love and sympathy in every expression of the countenance. . . . A well known voice saluted me, which I readily recognized as that of the wife of my youth, who had for near two years been sweetly sleeping where . . . the weary are at rest.20 This personage, as an angelic messenger, delivered her message to Elder Pratt and then departed. While on the subject of female angels, I will share an important statement by President Brigham Young: Suppose that a female angel were to come into your house and you had the privilege of seeing her, how would she be dressed? . . . She would be neat and nice, her countenance full of glory, brilliant, bright, and perfectly beautiful, and in every act her gracefulness would charm the heart of every beholder. There is nothing needless about her.21 The second account of an angel who communicated love comes from President Ezra Taft Benson, who recounted an eternal love story of his wife’s parents. His father-in-law, Carl Christian Amussen, a convert from Denmark, was a watchmaker and jeweler in Utah. He passed away in 1902, leaving his wife, Barbara, a widow for forty years. In 1942 the deceased Carl came to his wife to inform her of her approaching death. What a great blessing it was for her to see her eternal companion for the first time in so many years. Carl appeared to Barbara and informed her that she would pass away on the following Thursday. Barbara had no doubt that her husband had appeared to her, nor did she doubt that she only had less than a week to live; in fact, she began to make concrete plans for her death. On Sunday at church she bore her testimony and bid the ward members good-bye. During the coming days she withdrew her savings from the bank, ordered her casket from a local mortuary, paid her bills, and even had the power and water turned off at her home. Then she went to her daughter Mabel’s home to await her passing. President Benson concluded: On the day of her passing, Mabel came into the room where her mother was reclining on the bed. Her mother said, “Mabel, I feel a little bit drowsy. I feel I will go to sleep. Do not disturb me if I sleep until the eventide.” Those were her last words, and she peacefully passed away.22 It is my testimony that angels are agents of love, light, and power. The Lord’s angels exist because of Jesus Christ and His infinite Atonement. I testify that angels appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith. I also testify that the sacred work of angels continues in our day. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
2622	dbpedia	0	56	https://www.jhom.com/topics/angels/talmud_fourangels.htm	en	Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael			[ "https://www.jhom.com/images/wrapper/logo2005_s.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/topics/angels/images/t_main.jpg", "https://www.jhom.com/topics/angels/images/t_michael.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/topics/angels/images/angel.jpg", "https://www.jhom.com/topics/angels/images/angel2.jpg", "https://www.jhom.com/images/icon_footnotes.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/images/wrapper/letter.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/images/wrapper/tellfriend2.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/images/wrapper/aboutjhom.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/images/wrapper/signup.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/images/wrapper/cards.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/images/titles/topic_title.gif", "https://www.jhom.com/menu/Basic.gif" ]	[]	[]	[ "Jewish heritage\nJewish text study\nJewish culture\nJewish art\nJewish music\nJewish personalities\nJewish calendar\nJewish year cycle\nJewish life cycle\nJewish bookshelf\nTorah Portion of the Week\nHebrew lessons\nJudaica\nJudaica art\nHolocaust art\nShoah" ]	null	[]	null	Jewish Heritage Online Magazine (over 2000 screens) is devoted to the study of Jewish texts, culture and heritage.				null	At the head of the angelogical system described in rabbinic literature are four archangels, corresponding to the four divisions of the army of Israel as described in Numbers 2: "As the Holy One blessed be He created four winds (directions) and four banners (for Israel's army), so also did He make four angels to surround His Throne Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael. Michael is on its right, corresponding to the tribe of Reuben; Uriel on its left, corresponding to the tribe of Dan, which was located in the north; Gabriel in front, corresponding to the tribe of Judah as well as Moses and Aaron who were in the east; and Raphael in the rare, corresponding to the tribe of Epharim which was in the west."[1] We find no mention of angels' names until we reach the Book of Daniel, where Michael and Gabriel make their appearance.[2] This fact led the Rabbis to assert that the names of the angels were something that the returning exiles brought with them from Babylonia.[3] Michael and Gabriel are the most prominent of the angels, and are often mentioned together as the anonymous divine messengers cooperating in a task in the Bible narrative. Michael and Gabriel visited Abraham after his circumcision, Michael's task being to announce the future birth of Isaac while Gabriel's was to destroy Sodom.[4] Together they recorded the birthright was sold to Jacob by Esau;[5] accompanied God when He came down on Mount Sinai;[6] refused to take Moses' soul when his time came to die;[7] and then stood at either side of his' bier after his death.[8] Michael is made up entirely of snow and Gabriel of fire, and though they stand near one another they do not injure one another, thus indicating the power of God to "make peace in His high places."[9] According to the Aggadah, Both Michael and Gabriel will be among those who will accompany the Messiah, and they will then contend with the wicked.[10] Michael is considered superior to Gabriel in rank[11] and wherever he appears, the glory of the Shekhinah, the Holy Spirit, is also bound to be found.[12] Each nation has its guardian angel, Michael being the guardian angel of Israel. He acts as the counsel for Israel's defense when the wicked bring angels charges against them before God.[13] According to the midrash, Michael is the angel who prevented Abraham from offering up Isaac at the Accede;[14] informs Sarah that she will give birth to a boy;[15] rescues Abraham from the furnace;[16] instructs Moses;[17] smites the army of Sanneherib;[18] endeavors to prevent the exile by pleading on Israel's behalf to God;[19] and defends the Jews of Persia when Haman plotted to destroy them.[20] Although both Michael and Gabriel make their appearance in the Kabbalah, Michael is given greater importance. In the Merkabah literature (based on Ezekiel's vision) of the late talmudic period and the period of the geonim, Michael plays a central role in guarding the Chariot. In medieval literature, he is assigned the role of revealer and bringer of tidings. Gabriel is God's messenger on numerous missions and the constant defender of the Jewish people. He saves Tamar from the fate of being burnt as punishment for her unchastity;[21] protects Joseph against the evil designs of Potiphar,[22] and teaches him the seventy languages of the world;[23] causes the infant Moses to weep so that Pharaoah's daughter will feel compassionate towards him;[24] and saves Moses' life when Pharaoh sets him to a test of loyalty (when the king sets before him coals of fire and jewels, the angel Gabriel pushes his hand to touch the coals, lest his reaching for the crown suggest his wish to usurp Pharaoh's place).[25] Gabriel delivers Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah from the fiery furnace.[26] Uriel, meaning "light of God," was the medium by which the knowledge of God came to man. The midrash reads: "Why was he named Uriel? Because of the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings by means of which the Holy One, blessed by He, atones for sins and gives light to Israel."[27] Uriel is first mentioned in I Enoch[28] (one of the Apocrypha), where he prays to God to end the Nephilim's rule of violence and bloodshed on earth. Along with the other angels of the Presence, Uriel serves as Enoch's guide in the upper heavens,[29] but his main function was to govern the army of angels and the Netherworld, Sheol.[30] In kabbalistic literature, where the four angels surrounding God's throne are identified with the four holy beasts, Uriel is associated with the eagle, and sometimes with that of the lion. These four angels shed their light on the four winds of heaven, and the light which is shed over the west, the most perfect light, is that of Uriel. Raphael, one of the chief angels, was the responsible for healing, as his names implies. Although the name occurs in the Bible, it first appears as an angelic name in the Apocrypha[31] , where he is one of the seven archangels. He defeats the demon Asmodeus[32] and throws Azazel, chief of the demons, into the abyss.[33] In the Talmud[34] Raphael is one of the three angels who visits Abraham after his circumcision. From the second century on, Jewish traditions referring to Raphael were taken over by both Christian angelology and syncretistic magic, and his name appears repeatedly on amulets and incantations. As a planetary angel he governs the sun, and in the division of the four corners of the world he commands the west. In kabbalistic literature he keeps his high rank but takes on new responsibilities. Among the four elements he governs earth; in the colors of the rainbow he represents green. He is ordained over one of the four rivers coming out of paradise. In the Zohar he is the angel who dominates the morning hours which bring relief to the sick and suffering. [1] Numbers Rabbah 2:10 [back] [2] 10:13, 21; 12:1 and Daniel 8:16; 9:21 [back] [3] JT, RH 1:2, 56d [back] [4] Gen. Rabbah 48:9-50:2 [back] [5] Gen. Rabbah 63:14 [back] [6] Deut. Rabbah 2:34 [back] [7] Eccles. Rabbah 9:11, 2 [back] [8] Deut. Rabbah 11:10 [back] [9] Job 25:2; Deut. Rabbah 5:12 [back] [10] Otiyyot de-Rabbi Akiva Shin [back] [11] BT Berakhot 4b [back] [12] Exodus Rabbah 2:5 [back] [13] Exodus Rabbah 18:5[back] [14] Midrash Va-Yosha in A. Jellinek, Beit ha-Midrash, 1:38 [back] [15] BT Baba Metzia 86b [back] [16] Gen. Rabbah 44:13 [back] [17] Deut. Rabbah 11:10 [back] [18] Exodus Rabbah 18:5n [back] [19] BT Yoma 77a [back] [20] Esther Rabbah 7:12) [back] [21] BT Sotah 10b [back] [22] BT Sotah 13b [back] [23] BT Sotah 33a [back] [24] Exodus Rabbah 1:24 [back] [25] Exodus Rabbah 1:26 [back] [26] Exodus Rabbah 18:5 [back] [27] Numbers Rabbah 2:10 [back] [28] I Enoch 9:1 [back] [29] I En. Ch 19 [back] [30] I Enoch 20:1 [back] [31] Tobit 12:15 and I En. 20:3 [back] [32] Tobit 3:17 [back] [33] I Enoch 10:4 [back] [34] BT Yoma 37a; Baba Metzia 86 [back]