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\nArtist’s portrayal of a Cherubim<\/p>\n
\nArtist’s portrayal of a Cherubim<\/p>\n
COGwriter <\/a><\/p>\n Recently came across an article put out by the old Worldwide Church of God on angelic beings hat perhaps some would be interested in. It was titled ANGELS<\/strong> SERVANTS OF GOD <\/strong>By Hugh Mauck:<\/p>\n When I was a teenager back in the late thirties and early forties, I wondered what it would be like to be invisible. \u00a0<\/em>I remember so well the movie The Invisible Man <\/em>starring Claude Raines. \u00a0It was the story of a chemist who had discovered a formula that made him invisible.<\/p>\n Although invisible, he could still be felt and sometimes heard when he did not wish to be. His footprints could be seen; an opening door would betray him; or he would fall over an unseen object.\u00a0 Unable to discover the antidote that would make him visible again, he soon became very unhappy; the novelty of being invisible became a tragedy.<\/p>\n The Invisible World<\/strong><\/p>\n Science fiction and Hollywood aside, there is a very real, but invisible <\/em>world \u2013 another dimension, as some choose to call it \u2013 existing along with our own \u2013 but absolutely undiscernible to our five senses. \u00a0It is the spirit <\/em>world of God and angels.<\/p>\n God tells us that He is <\/em>a spirit <\/em>(John 4:24); that spirit is invisible (John 3:8, Col. 1:15); and that He is the Father of all spirit beings (Heb.12:9).<\/p>\n God speaks of His son Jesus Christ, saying: “Who is’ the image of the invisible <\/em>God<\/em>, <\/em>the firstborn of every creature:\u00a0 for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible <\/em>and invisible<\/em>, <\/em>whether they be [or have] thrones, or dominions, or [whether they be] principalities [holders of high offices in heaven or on earth], or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. And he is before <\/em>all things, and by him all things consist” (Col. 1: 15-17).<\/p>\n Angels are called God’s sons (Job 1:6; 38:7) because God created them. \u00a0But they aren’t begotten <\/em>sons as is Christ. They exist in a hierarchy below the God-plane level of God the Father and Christ (Heb. 1:5-14).<\/p>\n Paul speaks plainly of the angels of God in the first two chapters of Hebrews. \u00a0He tells us that we are created a little lower than the angels; but we have the awesome potential of becoming far greater. We are called the sons of God \u2013 not sons by creation as they are, but begotten <\/em>sons with a far greater future than they. \u00a0We can be born into God’s <\/em>very own <\/em>family <\/em>as fellow-heirs with Christ (Rom. 8: 17; Gal. 3:26-29).<\/p>\n God’s Angels Created Before Adam<\/strong><\/p>\n God created angels and archangels before <\/em>He created and placed Adam on this earth. They were here even before the foundation of the earth was laid. \u00a0They shouted for joy when they first saw the earth in all its perfection (Job 38: 1-7).<\/p>\n That was prior to creation week, which took place sometime after the destruction on the earth caused by Lucifer’s rebellion (Isa. 14: 12-17).\u00a0 The earth was not <\/em>created <\/em>waste and in confusion, as we find it in Genesis I:2. \u00a0God created the earth to be inhabited; He did not create it in the ruined state in which it later became (Isa. 45:18).<\/p>\n Angels are invisible, immortal spirit beings with superior power and knowledge (II Pet. 2: 11). They have seen all the activities of man on earth, and therefore know far more about the human mind, psychology, sociology, science and all the arts than any man living.\u00a0 And God has put them here with us as ministering spirits, to serve us! “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” (Heb. 1:14).<\/p>\n They are put here to help us along the road to eternal life, to save us from premature death, accident, etc., and to help us fight our battles and protect us from the devil and his demons.\u00a0 No wonder Elisha had no fear of his physical enemies when He saw one of God’s spirit armies standing upon the mountain (II Kings 6: 15-17).<\/p>\n God has had angels specifically assigned to supervise and protect His Church throughout all of its history (Rev. 1:4, 16, 20; 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14).\u00a0 He has angels who continually walk through the earth to observe and report back to Him the overall conditions on earth (Rev. 5:6; Zech. 4: 10; II Chron. 16:9).<\/p>\n And God has angels specifically assigned to look after His begotten human children (Acts 12:15; Matt. 18: 10). God promises: “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways” (Ps.91:11).<\/p>\n Twelve of God’s angels will be the gatekeepers in the new city of Jerusalem (Rev. 21:12), one for each tribe of Israel. These same twelve are probably assisting the Archangel Michael now.<\/p>\n Angels were messengers to the patriarchs of old. They appeared to Abraham, Lot, Hagar, Moses, Manoah, Gideon, Elijah and many of the prophets and apostles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Angels do exist.<\/p>\n Many are fascinated by angelic beings, but some improperly pray and speak with “their angel.”\u00a0 In most cases where there is believed to be a response, if this is not from their imagination, they are actually connecting to the demonic world.<\/p>\n There are also various types of angels and spirit beings.\u00a0 The article partially posted above later includes information on Cherubim and Seraphim (see Angels, Cherubim, and Seraphim<\/a>).<\/p>\n Some articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n Angels, Cherubim, and Seraphim<\/a> This is information about various types of angelic beings. Artist’s portrayal of a Cherubim COGwriter Recently came across an article put out by the old Worldwide Church of God on angelic beings hat perhaps some would be interested in. It was titled ANGELS SERVANTS OF GOD By Hugh Mauck: When I was a teenager back in the late thirties and early forties, I wondered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctrine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17943,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410\/revisions\/17943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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