Angels: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Lesson 2 - WHO ARE HOLY ANGELS

Review last lesson:

Seek Jesus, not angels
The study of angels is important
Angel means messenger
Angels exist:  holy and unholy

Preview of this lesson:

Origins?
How many?
Natural appearance?
Age?
State of being?

Where did the Angels come from? 

Scriptures:

1.  Gen. 1:1-5 - 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning -- the first day.

2.  Gen. 2:1 - Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

3.  Neh.. 9:6 - You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

4.  Job 38:4-7 - while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

5.  Ps 148:1-6- praise him, all you shining stars. 4  Praise him, you highest heavens . . . 5  Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded and they were created. 6  He set them in place for ever and ever; he gave a decree that will never pass away.

6.  Col. 1:15-16 - For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

Quotes:

"An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body, for the service of Christendom and of the church." (LUTHER)

"But the first three 'days' of creation passed without benefit of sun. . . .Not even our intellects can comprehend