CHAPTER XII. ANGELS. 1. What are the different senses in | into a village of the Samaritans, to which the word ayyeλos, angel, or make ready for him. messenger, is used in Scripture? 24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. 26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. LUKE ix. 51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before his face and they went, and entered (b) Prophets : REV. i. 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 20 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 which thou sawest are the seven churches. (e) Impersonal agents, as a cloud: Ex. xiv. 19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. (f) Pestilence : 2 SAM. XXIV. 15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite. 17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath beward the house of Israel, which he hath stowed on us, and the great goodness tobestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. MAL. iii. 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. 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or do ()Chiefly applied to the heavenly in- minions, or principalities, or pow telligences: MATT. XXV. 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 2. What are the designations of angels in the Scriptures, and how far are these designations expressive of their nature and office? ers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by head of the body, the church: who is the him all things consist. 18 And he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. LUKE XX. 34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35 but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. JOB i. 6 Now there was a day when the selves before the LORD, and Satan sons of God came to present themcame also among them. 2 THESS. i. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; rest with us, when the Lord Jesus 7 And to you who are troubled shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, them that know not God, and that obey 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: PSALM ciii. 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. LUKE ix. 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. I TIM. V. I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. HEB. i. 13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right land, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? 3. What are the Cherubim? (a) They were ideal creatures compounded of four parts, viz., those of a man, an ox, a lion, and an eagle; differing according to circumstances: EZEK. i. And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a bright ness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. were joined one to another; they turned of a man, and the face of a lion, on the were 12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit creature was in the wheels. stood, these stood; and when those where 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings, their wings straight, the one toward the other every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. EZEK. xli. one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seit shall the faces of the cherubins be. above upon the ark; and in the ark thou (b) To the same ideal beings is applied the designation "living creatures: EZEK. i. 15 And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; 16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; 17 to that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. 18 And it was made with cheru-wind came out of the north, a great cloud, 4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlbims and palm trees, so that a and a fire infolding itself, and a brightpalm tree was between a cherub ness was about it, and out of the midst and a cherub; and every cherub thereof as the colour of amber, out of had two faces; 19 so that the face of man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. 20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. 21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. EXOD. XXV. And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 And make the midst of the fire. of a man. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their apPearance; they had the likeness four faces, and every one had four 6 And every one had wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one |