A little study on Angels..

An Angel’s Prerogative

An Angel is a “Messenger”, created by God (Neh 9:6) to do His will and glorify His Name!

I.             Characteristics

a.    Stronger than men, but not omnipotent (2 Peter 2:11)

b.    More knowledgeable than man, but not omniscient (2 Sam 14:20, Matt 24:36)

c.     Wiser than man, but not omnipresent (Dan 9:21-23)

II.           Purpose and Work of Angels

a.    Worship and Praise God (Isaiah 6:1-3)

b.    Messengers to communicate God’s will to men (Passage above, Dan 9:21-23)

                                         i.    Guiding men, giving instruction (Matthew 1:20, Acts 8:26, Acts 10:1-8)

c.     Providing – food for Elijah (1 Kings 19:4-6)

d.    Delivering men from danger, released apostles from prison in Acts 5:17-20 etc

e.    Answering prayer – Acts 12:1-17

f.     Cares for believers at moment of death – Lazarus (Luke 16:22)

III.         How many angels are there?

a.    Myriads of Angels

                                         i.    Dan 7:10

                                        ii.    2 Kings 6:17 (cool story to read if you have time!)

IV.         How do they appear?

a.    Can appear as Men or  full of glory

                                         i.    Glory – men shake with fear (Matt 28:2-4)

                                        ii.    Ordinary man (Heb 13:2; Gen 18:1-2)