Angels:
Col 1:16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
Angels Submit to Jesus:1Pet 3: 18. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
19. After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits
20. to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,
21. and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22. who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.
Angels Joyous:Heb 12:18. You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;
19. to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,
20. because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”
21. The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
22. But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,
23. to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24. to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Luke 2: 8. And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
10. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
11. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
12. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
14. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
15. When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
Luke 15:8. “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coinsand loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
9. And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
10. In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
How many angels: Rev 5:11. Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.
Angels eat: Ps 78:23. Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;
24. he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.
25. Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
Heb 13:1. Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.
2. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
God commands Angels: Ps 91:9. If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling,
10. no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12. they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Ps 103:19. The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
20. Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
21. Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. 22. Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul.
Matt 4:5. Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
6. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ” 7. Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
Mysteries for Angels:
1Pet 1:8. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
9. for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10. Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care,
11. trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.
12. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
Jesus’s Second coming with angels: Matt 16:25. For whoever wants to save their lifewill lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
26. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
27. For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
Matt 24:30. “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earthwill mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
31. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
32. “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
33. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that itis near, right at the door.
34. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
1 Thes 4: 13. But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
14. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
15. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
18. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Personal angels: Matt 18:10. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
12. “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?
13. And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
14. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
Matt 18:10. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
12. “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?
13. And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
14. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
Ps 34:5. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
6. This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
7. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
8. Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
Angels are Ministering spirits: Heb 1:10. “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
12. You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.”
13. To which of the angels did God ever say, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet” ?
14. Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Heb 2: 5. It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
6. But there is a place where someone has testified:“What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him?
7. You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor
8. and put everything under their feet.” In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.
9. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
10. In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.
11. Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.
12. He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; in the assembly I will sing your praises.”
13. And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”
14. Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil
15. and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
16. For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.
17. For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted
Heb 2:6 But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him?
7. You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor
8. and put everything under their feet.”In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.
9. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
10. In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.
11. Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.
12. He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; in the assembly I will sing your praises.”
13. And again, “I will put my trust in him.”And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”
Exodus 23:20. “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
21.Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
22.If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
23.My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
24.Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
25.Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
26.and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27.“I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
28.I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29.But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. 30Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
31.“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea a to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you.
32.Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
33.Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
Angels while creation of the world: Job 38:1. Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
2. “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?
3. Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
4. “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
5. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6. On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—
7. while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
Peter delivered by an angel: Acts 12:6. The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.
7. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
8. Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him.
9. Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.
10. They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
11. Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”
12. When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.
13. Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.
14. When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”
15. “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16. But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.
17. Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.
18. In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
Angels fighting physical battles: 2 king 19:32. “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.
33. By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord.
34. For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
35. And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
36. Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.
37. And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Ex 14:9. The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
10. When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
11. They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?
12. Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
13. And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
14. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”
15. The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.
16. Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.
17. And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.
18. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
19. Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,
20. coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.
21. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22. And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
23. The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24. And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
25. clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”
26. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.”
27. So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the Lord threw[c] the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
28. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained.
29. But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
Angel Guiding: Acts 8:26. Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
27. So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
28. and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.
29. The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30. Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Daniel 9: 20. While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the LORD my God for his holy hill—
21. while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
22. He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.
23. As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:
Daniel 12:1. “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
2. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
3. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
Angels(seraphim) with 6 wings: Is 6:6. In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
2. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”
4. And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
5. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
6. Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
7. And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Cherubim on the ark of the covenant in the temple: 2 Chronic 3:1. Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2. He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
3. These are Solomon’s measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4. The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.
5. The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it.
6. He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim.
7. So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8. And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold.
9. The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10. In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold.
11. The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub;
12. and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.
13. The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
14. And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.
15. In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
16. He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.
17. He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.
Exodus 25: 10. “Have them make an ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11.Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
12.Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
13.Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14.Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
15.The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.
16.Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.
17.“Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18.And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
19.Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.
20.The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.
21.Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.
22.There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
Angel appearing in dream with instructions: Matt 4:2. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
2. saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3. When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
4. and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
5. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
6. “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
7. Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.
8. And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”
9. After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.
10. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
11. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
12. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
13. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
14. And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt
15. and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
16. Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
17. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18. “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
19. But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20. saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”
21. And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
22. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.
23. And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
Angel with a drawn sword: Numb 22:1. Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
2. And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3. And Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.
4. And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,
5. sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.
6. Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
7. So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak’s message.
8. And he said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
9. And God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”
10. And Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,
11. ‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”
12. God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
13. So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
14. So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
15. Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.
16. And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
17. for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.’”
18. But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
19. So you, too, please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.”
20. And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you.”
21. So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.
Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel: 22. But God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.
23. And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.
24. Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side.
25. And when the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pushed against the wall and pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he struck her again.
26. Then the angel of the Lord went ahead and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.
27. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam. And Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
28. Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
29. And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.”
30. And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?” And he said, “No.”
31. Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.
32. And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.
33. The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live.”
34. Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.”
35. And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you.” So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.
Limitation of angels: 2 Pet 2: 9. then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
10. and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,
11. whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.
12. But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,
13. suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.
14. They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls.
Rev 22:1. Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
2. through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
4. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
5. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
6. And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”
7. “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
8. I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me,
9. but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
10. And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
11. Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”
Judges 6: 11. Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.
12.And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
13.Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”
14.Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” 15So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
16.And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”
17.Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me.
18.Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you come back.”
19.So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them.
20.The Angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.
21.Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.
22.Now Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.”
23.Then the Lord said to him, “Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die.”
24.So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it [The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25.Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it;
26.and build an altar to the Lord your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement, and take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the image which you shall cut down.”
27.So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him. But because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.
We will be like Angels at resurrection: Matt 22:28. Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
29. Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
30. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
31. But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you,
32. ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
33. When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
1 corint 15:35.But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
36.How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
37.When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else.
38.But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.
39.Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.
40.There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.
41.The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
42.So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;
43.it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
44.it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45.So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
46.The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.
47.The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.
48.As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
49.And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.
50.I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
51.Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
52.in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53.For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54.When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
Luke 20:35. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage,
36. and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.
Angel making a priest mute: Luke 1: 5. In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.
6. Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.
7. But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.
8. Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9. he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10. And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.
11. Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.
13. But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
14. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth,
15. for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.
16. He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
17. And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
18. Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”
19. The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.
20. And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”
21. Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple.
22. When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
23. When his time of service was completed, he returned home.
24. After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion.
25. “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
Angel in Ezekiel’s vision: Ezekiel 1:1. In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
2. On the fifth of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin
3. the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. There the hand of the Lord was on him.
4. I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,
5. and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human,
6. but each of them had four faces and four wings.
7. Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze.
8. Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings,
9. and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.
10. Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.
11. Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body.
12. Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.
13. The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
14. The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.
15. As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
16. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel.
17. As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went.
18. Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
19. When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
20. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
21. When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22. Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault, sparkling like crystal, and awesome.
23. Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body.
24. When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
25. Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings.
26. Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.
27. I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.
28. Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Rev 4: 2. At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
3. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.
4. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
5. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.
6. Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.
7. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
8. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “ ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’who was, and is, and is to come.”
Angels ministering while we are weak 1king 19: 1.Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2.So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”
3.Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
4.while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”
5.Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
6.He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.
7.The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.”
8.So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
9.There he went into a cave and spent the night.
Luke 22: 39.Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
40.On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
41.He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
42.“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
43.An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
44.And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
45.When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
46.“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”
Matt 4: 1.Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2.After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
3.The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
5.Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
6.“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written“ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,and they will lift you up in their hands,so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
7.Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
8.Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
9.“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10.Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”
11.Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
Fallen Angels: Is 14:4. you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
5. The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
6. which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
7. All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.
8. Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, “Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.”
9. The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.
10. They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.”
11. All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you. 12. How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
13. You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
14. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
15. But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
16. Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,
17. the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?”
Jude 1: 5. Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.
6. And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
7. In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
8. In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.
9. But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
10. Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.
Col 2: 16. Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
17. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
18. Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.
19. They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
20. Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21. “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?
22. These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.
23. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
2pet 2:1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
Fallen angels in the presence of God Job 1: 6. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
7. The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
8. And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”
9. Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?
10. Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
11. But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.”
12. And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
Zach 3: 3. Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan[a] standing at his right side to accuse him.
2. The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
3. Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.
4. The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.”
5. Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.
6. The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua:
7. “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.
