Attributes of Angels
Angels are immortal
Luke 20:36 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
Angels are powerful
Psalm 103:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Bless the LORD, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
Second Kings 19:35 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then it happened that night that the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead.
Second Peter 2:11 (ASV, American Standard Version)whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
Angels have emotions
First Corinthians 4:9 (ASV, American Standard Version)For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.
First Enoch 102:2-3 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fear, And all the angels shall execute their commandst
First Enoch 104:4 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)rulers, and on all who helped those who plundered you. Be hopeful, and cast not away your hopes for ye shall have great joy as the angels of heaven.
First Peter 1:12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)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.
Luke 15:10 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Testament of Joseph 19:2 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)Because of Him the angels, men, and all the earth rejoiced.
Angels associated with fire
Deuteronomy 33:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He said, “The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came from the midst of ten thousand holy ones; At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.
Exodus 19:16-18 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Exodus 3:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.
Ezekiel 1:13-14 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire. And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.
Judges 13:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For it came about when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground.
Psalm 104:4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.
Second Kings 2:11 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.
Second Kings 6:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Angels can see
First Timothy 3:16 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.
Angels can speak
Acts 23:9 (ASV, American Standard Version)And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?
First Corinthians 13:1 (ASV, American Standard Version)If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
Revelation 14:6-10 (ASV, American Standard Version)And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people; and he saith with a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters. And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, If any man worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead, or upon his hand, he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Revelation 5:2 (ASV, American Standard Version)And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Angels do not marry
Luke 20:35 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
Matthew 22:30 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Angels eat food
Genesis 18:1-8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day. When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth, and said, “My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass Your servant by. “Please let a little water be brought and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree; and I will bring a piece of bread, that you may refresh yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have visited your servant.” And they said, “So do, as you have said.” So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes.” Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and choice calf and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it. He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.
Genesis 19:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Psalm 78:24-25 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them food from heaven. Man did eat the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
Second Esdras [4th Ezra] 1:19 (1611 KJV, King James Version)Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat; so ye did eat angels’ bread.
Tobit 6:1-5 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Chiddeqel, and they lodged there. And when young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river and would have devoured him. Then the angel said to him, take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land. To whom the angel said, open the fish and take the heart, the liver, and the gall, and put them up safely. So the young man did as the angel commanded him. And when they had roasted the fish, they did eat.
Wisdom of Solomon [Book of Wisdom] 16:20 (NABRE, New American Bible Revised Edition)Instead of these things you gave your people food of angels, and without their toil you supplied them from heaven with bread ready to eat, providing every pleasure and suited to every taste.
Angels sometimes appear as humans
Acts 6:15 (ASV, American Standard Version)And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Ezekiel 1:4-5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire. Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form.
First Enoch 17:1-2 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there were like flaming fire, and, when they wished, they appeared as men. And they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point of whose summit reached to heaven.
First Enoch 69:11 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)to their good faith with pen and ink. For men were created exactly like the angels, to the intent that they should continue pure and righteous, and death, which destroys everything, could not have taken hold of them, but through this their knowledge they are perishing, and through this power
Genesis 19:1-15 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. And he said, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.” Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; and they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.” But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. “Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof.” But they said, “Stand aside.” Furthermore, they said, “This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door. But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway. Then the two men said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place; for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.” Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, “Up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy the city.” But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting. When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Hebrews 13:1-2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Judges 6:11-12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.”
Luke 24:4 (ASV, American Standard Version)And it came to pass, while they were perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel:
Acts 1:10-11 (ASV, American Standard Version)And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold two men stood by them in white apparel; who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.
Acts 10:30 (ASV, American Standard Version)And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,
Angels have names
Daniel 12:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.
Judges 13:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)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, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.
Luke 1:19 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
Luke 1:26 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,
Revelation 12:7 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war,
Angels likened to stars
First Enoch 18:14 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)and to me, when I inquired regarding them, The angel said: ‘This place is the end of heaven and earth: this has become a prison for the stars and the host of heaven.
First Enoch 88:1-3 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And I saw one of those four who had come forth first, and he seized that first star which had fallen from the heaven, and bound it hand and foot and cast it into an abyss: now that abyss was narrow and deep, and horrible and dark. And one of them drew a sword, and gave it to those elephants and camels and asses: then they began to smite each other, and the whole earth quaked because of them. And as I was beholding in the vision, lo, one of those four who had come forth stoned (them) from heaven, and gathered and took all the great stars whose privy members were like those of horses, and bound them all hand and foot, and cast them in an abyss of the earth.
Job 38:7 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Matthew 2:7-10 (ASV, American Standard Version)Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him. And they, having heard the king, went their way; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Psalm 104:4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.
Revelation 1:19-20 (ASV, American Standard Version)Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass hereafter; the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are seven churches.
Revelation 1:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Revelation 8:10-11 (ASV, American Standard Version)And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters; and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Revelation 9:1-2 (ASV, American Standard Version)And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss. And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Matthew 2:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
Revelation 1:19-20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things. “As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Angels Pray
First Enoch 14:5-7 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)has been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from henceforth you shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the earth the decree has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. And (that) previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and ye shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before you by the sword. And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which I have
Angels are circumcised
Jubilees 15:23-29 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And Abraham did according as God had said unto him, and he took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and whom he had bought with his money, every male in his house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin. And on the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and all the men of his house,
Angels teach men
First Enoch 1:2 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his parable and said -Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is
Revelation 14:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
Testament of Judah 15:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)An angel of God showed me that women eternally bear rule over kings and beggars alike.
Angels Worship
Hebrews 1:5-7 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For to which of the angels did He ever say, “YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”? And again, “I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME”? And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, “AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM.” And of the angels He says, “WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS, AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE.”
Angels are “sons of God”
Genesis 6:2-4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
James 1:16-18 (ASV, American Standard Version)Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Job 1:6 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
Job 2:1 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)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.
Job 38:7 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Angels are servants that do YHVH’s bidding
Exodus 23:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
First Enoch 104:7 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)but keep afar from their violence; for ye shall become companions of the hosts of heaven. And, although ye sinners say: ” All our sins shall not be searched out and be written down,” nevertheless
First Enoch 62:11 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment,
First Timothy 5:21 (ASV, American Standard Version)I charge thee in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
Hebrews 1:13-14 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)But to which of the angels has He ever said, “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET”? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
Mark 13:27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.
Matthew 13:41 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,
Matthew 16:27 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS.
Matthew 4:6-11 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)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, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’” Jesus said to him, “On the other hand, it is written, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’” Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.’” Then the devil left Him; and behold, angels came and began to minister to Him.
Psalm 103:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Bless the LORD, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
Psalm 104:4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.
Psalm 91:11-12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For He will give His angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, That you do not strike your foot against a stone.
Second Baruch [Apocalypse of Baruch] 48:10 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))Armies innumerable stand before you and minister in their order quietly at your nod.
Second Kings 6:17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Testament of Dan 6:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)To God and to the Angel that intercedes for you, for he is a mediator between God and man for the peace of Israel. He will stand up against the Kingdom of the enemy. Therefore the enemy is eager to destroy all that call upon the Lord, for he knows that in the day that Israel believes. The Kingdom of the enemy will be destroyed. The very Angel of peace will strengthen Israel. So that it will not fall into extreme evil. It will be in the time of the iniquity of Israel that the Lord will depart from them, and will go after those who do His will. Run to none of his angels will it be said unto him. His name in every place of Israel and among the Gentiles will be savior.
Testament of Issachar 2:2 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)Then an angel of the Lord appeared to Jacob saying, ‘ will bear two children, for she has refused the company of her husband and has chosen abstinence.’
Testament of Judah 10:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)After these things my son Er took to wife Tamar, from Mesopotamia, a daughter of Aram. Now Er was wicked, and he doubted concerning Tamar, because she was not of the land of Canaan. On the third night, an angel of the Lord killed him because he had not known her, according to the evil craftiness of his mother, for he did not wish to have children from her.
Testament of Levi 5:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)He said to me, I am the Angel who intercedes for the children of Israel, that he not totally destroy them because every evil spirit attacks them. Then I awoke from the dream and blessed the Most High and the Angel who intercedes for the children of Israel and all the righteous.
Psalm 103:19-21 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all. Bless the LORD, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word! Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will.
Acts 12:23 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Acts 12:6-11 (ASV, American Standard Version)And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision. And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Angels know a lot, but they are not all-knowing
Luke 2:15 (ASV, American Standard Version)And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Matthew 24:36 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
Second Samuel 14:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)in order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.”
There are a lot of angels that exist
Apocalypse of Abraham 19:4 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))And while he was still speaking, behold, the expanses under me, the heavens, opened and I saw on the seventh firmament upon which I stood a fire spread out and a light and dew and a multitude of angels and a host of the invisible glory, and up above the living creatures I had seen; I saw no one.
Deuteronomy 33:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He said, “The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came from the midst of ten thousand holy ones; At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.
First Enoch 1:9 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones
First Enoch 14:22-23 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)of the magnificence and glory and no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten thousand times ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no counselor. And the most holy ones who were
First Enoch 40:1 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, I saw a multitude
First Enoch 60:1-2 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)In the year five hundred, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the life of Enoch. In that Parable I saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven of heavens to quake, and the host of the Most High, and the angels, a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were disquieted with a great disquiet. And the Head of Days sat on the throne of His glory, and the angels and the righteous stood around Him.
Hebrews 12:22 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Matthew 26:53 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
Revelation 5:11-12 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”
There are different kinds of angels
First Enoch 61:10 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And He will summon all the host of the heavens, and all the holy ones above, and the host of God, the Cherubic, Seraphin and Ophannin, and all the angels of power, and all the angels of principalities,
First Thessalonians 4:16 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Genesis 3:24 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)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.
Isaiah 6:2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Seraphim were standing above Him, each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew.
Jubilees 2:1-2 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And the angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all His works and all that He created, and kept Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works. For on the first day He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before him; the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels [of the spirit of fire and the angels] of the spirit of the winds, and the angels of the spirit of the clouds, and of darkness, and of snow and of hail and of hoar frost, and the angels of the voices and of the thunder and of the lightning, and the angels of the spirits of cold and of heat, and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer and of all the spirits of his creatures which are in the heavens and on the earth, (He created) the abysses and the darkness, eventide
Jubilees 2:17-18 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And He gave us a great sign, the Sabbath day, that we should work six days, but keep Sabbath on the seventh day from all work. And all the angels of the presence, and all the angels of sanctification, these two great classes -He hath bidden us to keep the Sabbath with Him in heaven and on earth.
Revelation 4:6-8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. 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.”
People are not to worship angels
Revelation 19:10 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
People have guardian angels?
Acts 27:22-25 (ASV, American Standard Version)And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Cæsar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
First Enoch 100:4-5 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)In those days the angels shall descend into the secret places And over all the righteous and holy He will appoint guardians from amongst the holy angels
Matthew 2:2 (ASV, American Standard Version)Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Testament of Joseph 6:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)Now therefore, know that the God of my Father has revealed your wickedness to me by an Angel. And I have kept it to convict you. If perhaps you may see it and repent. But that you may learn that the wickedness of the ungodly has no power over those who reverence God and chastity. I took it and ate it before her saying. The God of my fathers and the Angel of Abraham will be with me.
Testament of Judah 3:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)Therefore, my father had no care in the wars when I was among my brothers. For he saw in a vision concerning me, that an angel of might followed me everywhere that I should not be overcome.
Jubilees 35:17 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And fear thou not on account of Jacob; for the guardian of Jacob is great and powerful and honoured, and praised more than the guardian of Esau.’
Acts 12:13-17 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer. When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate. They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his angel.” But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed. But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and the brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.
Angels can appear in person or in dreams
Matthew 1:20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 2:13 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.”
Angels are referred to as the brothers of humanity
Revelation 19:9-10 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.” Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Angels & Men in Zion Together
First Corinthians 6:3 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?
First Enoch 104:6-7 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)judgement shall be far from you for all the generations of the world. And now fear not, ye righteous, when ye see the sinners growing strong and prospering in their ways: be not companions with them, but keep afar from their violence; for ye shall become companions of the hosts of heaven. And, although ye sinners say: ” All our sins shall not be searched out and be written down,” nevertheless
Second Baruch [Apocalypse of Baruch] 51:8-12 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))For they shall behold the world which is now invisible to them and they shall behold the time which is now hidden from them: And time shall no longer age them. For in the heights of that world shall they dwell and they shall be made like angels and be made equal to the stars, and they shall be changed into every form they desire, from beauty into loveliness, and from light into the splendor of glory. For there shall be spread before them the extents of paradise, and there shall be shown to them the beauty of the majesty of the living creatures which are beneath the throne and all the armies of the angels who are now held fast by my word, lest they should appear, and are held fast by a command, that they may stand in their places till their advent comes. Moreover, there shall then be excellency in the righteous surpassing that of the angels.
Not all angels follow YHVH
First Enoch 106:12-14 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven; and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth.’ And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: ‘The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed the word of the Lord. And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with women and commit sin with them, and have married some of them, and have begot children by them. And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity.
First Enoch 21:2-6 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And I saw there something horrible: I saw neither a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place chaotic and horrible. And there I saw seven stars of the heaven bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire. Then I said: ‘For what sin are they bound, and on what account have they been cast in hither?’ Then said Uriel, one of the holy angels, who was with me, and was chief over them, and said: ‘Enoch, why dost thou ask, and why art thou eager for the truth? These are of the number of the stars of heaven, which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years,
First Enoch 64:1 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And other forms I saw hidden in that place. I heard the voice of the angel saying: ‘ 2These are the angels who descended to the earth, and revealed what was hidden to the children of men and seduced the children of men into committing sin.’
First Enoch 67:4-7 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And He will imprison those angels, who have shown unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the mountains of gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin. And I saw that valley in which there was a great convulsion and a convulsion of the waters. And when all this took place, from that fiery molten metal and from the convulsion thereof in that place, there was produced a smell of sulphur, and it was connected with those waters, and that valley of the angels who had led astray (mankind) burned beneath that land. And through its valleys proceed streams of fire, where these angels are punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the earth.
First Enoch 6:2 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men
First Enoch 84:4 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And now the angels of Thy heavens are guilty of trespass,
Galatians 1:6-8 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!
Galatians 1:8 (ASV, American Standard Version)But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema.
Jubilees 5:6-7 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And against the angels whom He had sent upon the earth, He was exceedingly wroth, and He gave commandment to root them out of all their dominion, and He bade us to bind them in the depths of the earth, and behold they are bound in the midst of them, and are (kept) separate. And against their sons went forth a command from before His face that they should be smitten with the sword, and be removed from under heaven.
Jude 1:6-9 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties. But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Matthew 25:41 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
Revelation 9:11 (ASV, American Standard Version)They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name Apollyon.
Romans 8:38-39 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Second Peter 2:4 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)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;
Testament of Asher 6:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)My children, remember the commandments of the Lord. Single mindedly follow the truth, for the hypocrites received twofold punishment. Hate the spirits of error that strive against men. Keep the law of the Lord and do not practice evil with good. Practice only good and keep all of the commandments of the Lord. Conduct your lives by him and rest in him. Your actions will show if you are righteous and whom you follow: the angels of God were the angels of Satan. If the soul dies troubled, it is because it was tormented by the evil spirits it served through its lusts and evil works. If the soul dies, quietly and with joy, it is because God’s peace has covered him in life.
It was angels that met with Abraham
Genesis 18:1-2 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day. When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth,
Jashar 18:3-4 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))And in the third day, Abraham went out of his tent and sat at the door to enjoy the heat of the sun, during the pain of his flesh. And Yahuah appeared to him in the plane of Mamre and sent three of his ministering angels to visit him, And he was sitting at the door of the tent, and he lifted his eyes and saw, and low. Three men were coming from a distance, and he rose up and ran to meet them, and he bowed to them and brought them into his house.
Jubilees 16:1 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And on the new moon of the fourth month we appeared unto Abraham, at the oak of Mamre, and we talked with him, and we announced to him that a son would be given to him by Sarah his wife.
Jubilees 16:7 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)But Lot we saved; for God remembered Abraham, and sent him out from the midst of the overthrow.
Testament of Asher 7:2 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)My children do not become as Sodom, who perished forever because they did not recognize the angels of the Lord.
It was an angel that met with Hagar
Genesis 21:15-19 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes. Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me see the boy die.” And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept. God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. “Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him.” Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the lad a drink.
It was an angel in the burning bush
Acts 7:30-32 (ASV, American Standard Version)And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Exodus 3:1-5 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed. So Moses said, “I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.” When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
The word “Elohim” can be translated as messenger, angel, ruler, or God referring to YHVH.
It was an angel in the furnace with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Daniel 3:24-30 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up in haste; he said to his high officials, “Was it not three men we cast bound into the midst of the fire?” They replied to the king, “Certainly, O king.” He said, “Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!” Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he responded and said, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, come out, you servants of the Most High God, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego came out of the midst of the fire. The satraps, the prefects, the governors and the king’s high officials gathered around and saw in regard to these men that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men nor was the hair of their head singed, nor were their trousers damaged, nor had the smell of fire even come upon them. Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who put their trust in Him, violating the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies so as not to serve or worship any god except their own God. “Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation or tongue that speaks anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.” Then the king caused Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego to prosper in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3:25 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)He said, “Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!”
Prayer of Azariah 1:1-27 (NRSVUE, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)They walked around in the midst of the flames, singing hymns to God and blessing the Lord. Then Azariah stood still in the fire and prayed aloud: Blessed are you, O Lord, God of our ancestors, and worthy of praise; and glorious is your name forever! For you are just in all you have done; all your works are true and your ways right, and all your judgments are true. You have executed true judgments in all you have brought upon us and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors; by a true judgment you have brought all this upon us because of our sins. For we have sinned and broken your law in turning away from you; in all matters we have sinned grievously. We have not obeyed your commandments; we have not kept them or done what you have commanded us for our own good. So all that you have brought upon us, and all that you have done to us, you have done by a true judgment. You have handed us over to our enemies, lawless and hateful rebels, and to an unjust king, the most wicked in all the world. And now we cannot open our mouths; we, your servants who worship you, have become a shame and a reproach. For your names sake do not give us up forever, and do not annul your covenant. Do not withdraw your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham your beloved and for the sake of your servant Isaac and Israel your holy one, to whom you promised to multiply their descendants like the stars of heaven and like the sand on the shore of the sea. For we, O Lord, have become fewer than any other nation and are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins. In our day we have no ruler, or prophet, or leader, no burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, no place to make an offering before you and to find mercy. Yet with a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be accepted, as though it were with burnt offerings of rams and bulls, or with tens of thousands of fat lambs; such may our sacrifice be in your sight today, and may we unreservedly follow you, for no shame will come to those who trust in you. And now with all our heart we follow you; we fear you and seek your presence. Do not put us to shame, but deal with us in your patience and in your abundant mercy. Deliver us in accordance with your marvelous works, and bring glory to your name, O Lord. Let all who do harm to your servants be put to shame; let them be disgraced and deprived of all power, and let their strength be broken. Let them know that you alone are the Lord God, glorious over the whole world. Now the kings servants who threw them in kept stoking the furnace with naphtha, pitch, tinder, and brushwood. And the flames poured out above the furnace forty-nine cubits and spread out and burned those Chaldeans who were caught near the furnace. But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace to be with Azariah and his companions and drove the fiery flame out of the furnace and made the inside of the furnace as though a moist wind were whistling through it. The fire did not touch them at all and caused them no pain or distress.
Third Maccabees 6:6 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))When the three friends in the Land of Babel, of their own will, exposed their lives to the fire, rather than serve vain things, you did sent a dewey coolness through the fiery furnace, and bring the fire upon all their adversaries.
The law was given through angels
Acts 7:52-53 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)“Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; you who received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it.”
Exodus 14:19-20 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.
Galatians 3:19 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.
Hebrews 2:2-3 (NASB, New American Standard Bible)For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,
Jubilees 2:1 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And the angel of the presence spake to Moses according to the word of the Lord, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days the Lord God finished all His works and all that He created, and kept Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works.
Angels serve in the heavenly sanctuary
Jubilees 31:13-14 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And he turned to Levi first, and began to bless him first, and said unto him: May the God of all, the very Lord of all the ages, bless thee and thy children throughout all the ages. And may the Lord give to thee and to thy seed greatness and great glory, and cause thee and thy seed, from among all flesh, to approach Him to serve in His sanctuary as the angels of the presence and as the holy ones. (Even) as they, shall the seed of thy sons be for glory and greatness and holiness, and may He make them great unto all the ages.
Tobit 12:15 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the holy one.
Angels have their own priesthood
Ephesians 3:10 (ASV, American Standard Version)to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Jubilees 31:13-14 (RHCV, R.H. Charles Version)And he turned to Levi first, and began to bless him first, and said unto him: May the God of all, the very Lord of all the ages, bless thee and thy children throughout all the ages. And may the Lord give to thee and to thy seed greatness and great glory, and cause thee and thy seed, from among all flesh, to approach Him to serve in His sanctuary as the angels of the presence and as the holy ones. (Even) as they, shall the seed of thy sons be for glory and greatness and holiness, and may He make them great unto all the ages.
Testament of Levi 3:1 (RHCVKJ, R.H. Charles Translation, Edited by Ken Johnson, Th.D.)In the sixth are the angels of the presence of the Lord, who minister and make propitiation to the Lord for all the sins the righteous committed in ignorance; and they offer to the Lord a reasonable sweet-smelling savor, and a bloodless offering.
Tobit 12:15 (CPR, Cepher (Modified))I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the holy one.