– Its existence:
2Ch 18:18 : Micah replied: “[…] I saw the Lord sitting on his throne and all the host of heaven around him.
Tobias 5,5–12,22 : Tobias therefore departed in the company of the angel.
Dan 7:10 : A river of fire flowed out from before him. Thousands upon thousands served him, tens of thousands attended him!
Mt 22,30 : Men will not have wives nor wives, husbands; but they will be like the angels of God in heaven.
Heb 12:22 : You have approached Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, the myriads of angels.
– The hierarchy of angels:
Gen 3:24 : And he cast him out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed cherubim armed with a flaming sword.
Is 6,2 : The seraphim stayed with him. Each of them had six wings; with a pair of wings they veiled the face.
Eph 1:21 : Above every principality, power, virtue, […] and every name that may be in this world or in the future.
Col 1:16 : In him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible creatures.
1Pt 3:22 : Seated at the right hand of God, after having received submission from angels […] and powers.
1Th 4:16 : When the signal is given, with the voice of the archangel and with the sound of the trumpet of God, the Lord himself will descend from heaven.
Jd 9 : Well, when the archangel Michael argued with the devil and disputed the body of Moses.
– Its nature and ministries:
Gen 16,7-12 : The angel of the Lord, finding her in the desert by a spring.
Gen 18:1–19 :22 : At dawn, the angels were urging Lot.
Gen 21:17 : God heard the boy’s voice, and the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven.
Gen 22:11 : The angel of the Lord, however, called out to him from heaven: “Abraham! Abraham! Here I am!”.
Gen 24:7 : This Lord will send his angel before you, and you will choose a wife for my son there.
Gn 28,12 : I saw a ladder, which, leaning on the earth, reached the sky with its top; and angels of God ascended and descended.
Gen 31:11 : An angel of God said to me in a dream: “Jacob! Here I am,” I replied.
Gen 32:25 : Jacob was left alone; and someone wrestled with him until the break of dawn.
Gn 48,16 : The angel who kept me from all evil, bless these boys!
Ex 3,2 : The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame (which came out) from the middle of a bush.
Ex 13:21 : The Lord went before them: by day in a pillar of cloud to guide them along the way.
Ex 14:19 : The angel of God, who was marching at the head of the army of the Israelites, changed his place and passed behind.
Ex 23,20 : I will send an angel ahead of you to protect you on the way and to guide you.
Ex 33,2 : I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites.
Num 20,16 : We cried to the Lord, he heard us, and sent us an angel who brought us out of Egypt.
Jn 5 :4 : For from time to time an angel of the Lord would descend into the pool and the water would begin to move.
Jo 20,12s : He saw two angels dressed in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been.
Acts 1:10 : Seeing him going away towards heaven, behold, two men dressed in white appeared to them.
Acts 5:19 : But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors at night.
Acts 6:15 : Fixing their eyes on him, all the members of the Great Council saw his face like that of an angel.
Acts 7:30 : After forty years, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
Acts 8:26 : An angel of the Lord came to Philip.
Acts 10 :3 This man clearly saw in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God approaching him.
Acts 11:13 : He then told us how at home he had seen an angel standing in front of him.
Acts 12:7-11 :23 : Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the room.
Acts 23:9: We find no harm in this man. (Who knows) if some spirit or an angel didn’t speak to him…
Acts 27:23 : Last night an angel of God appeared to me, to whom I belong and whom I serve.
Rom 8:38 : For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels.
– Angel is the messenger, herald, announcer of divine orders, sometimes identified with God himself (angel of the Lord):
Gen 16,7-8 : The angel of the Lord, finding her in the desert by a spring.
Gen 22:11 : The angel of the Lord, however, called out to him from heaven: “Abraham! Abraham! Here I am!”.
Ex 23,20-21 : I will send an angel ahead of you to protect you on the way and to lead you to the place.
Num 22,22-23 : The Lord was angry at his departure, and the angel of the Lord stood in his way as an obstacle.
Judg 6,11-12 : Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth of Ephra.
Judg 13:3 : The angel of the Lord appeared to that woman and said to her: “You are barren, and you never had children”.
1 Kings 19 :7 : The angel of the Lord touched him a second time.
2 Kings 19:35 : Now that same night the angel of the Lord appeared in the Assyrian camp.
Mt 1,20-24 : While he was thinking this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream.
Mt 2,13-13.19 : After his departure, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.
– Is the executor of your orders:
Ps 102,20-21 : Bless the Lord, all his angels, valiant heroes who carry out his orders.
– He is an intermediary presence between man and God:
Tobias 6,1-2 : So Tobias left with the angel.
Ps 102,20-21 : Bless the Lord, all his angels, valiant heroes who carry out his orders.
Ps 148,1-2 : Praise him, all his angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
Is 6,1-2 : The seraphim stayed with him. Each of them had six wings.
Dan 3 : But the angel of the Lord had gone down with Azariah and his companions to the furnace.
Dan 7:10 : A river of fire flowed out from before him. Thousands upon thousands served him.
– Makes up the celestial army:
1 Kings 22:19 : Hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne and all the host of heaven.
Ne 9,6 : It is you, Lord, you alone, who made heaven out of heaven and all the host thereof.
Ps 148,2 : Praise him, all his angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
– It is called holy:
Job 4:18 : He does not even trust his own servants; even in his angels he finds fault.
Job 5,1 : Call to see if they answer you! Which of the saints will you turn to?
Job 15:15 : Not even in his saints does God trust, nor are the heavens pure in his eyes!
Ps 88 :6: Lord, the heavens celebrate your wonderful works, and your faithfulness in the assembly of angels.
Dan 4:10 : In the visions of my spirit, when on my bed, I saw (also) a holy watcher coming down from heaven.
– Sons of God:
Ps 28 :1 : Ascribe to the Lord, O children of God.
Ps 88,7 : Who is like the Lord among the children of God?
Deut 32 :8 : When the Most High divided the peoples and scattered the sons of men.
Gen 6:2 : The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they chose wives from among them.
– Messengers of good and evil:
Ex 12,23 : When the Lord passes by to strike Egypt, seeing the blood on the frame.
Ex 23,20 : I will send an angel ahead of you to protect you on the way and to lead you to the place.
Job 1,1-2 : There was, in the land of Hus, a man named Job. He was a man […], who feared God and kept away from evil.
Job 2,1-2 : Well, one day when the sons of God presented themselves before the Lord, Satan appeared.
Ps 77:49 : He discharged the heat of his anger, indignation, fury, tribulation, a squadron of angels of doom.
– After the exile there is talk of angels and demons:
Zec 3,1-2 : The Lord showed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord.
– And the angels are good:
Tobit 3:25 : And a holy angel of the Lord, Raphael, was sent to heal Tobit and Sarah.
Tob 12,12-13 : When you prayed with tears […] I presented your prayers to the Lord.
Ps 90:11 : For he commanded his angels to guard you in all your ways.
Dan 3,49-50 : But the angel of the Lord had gone down with Azariah and his companions to the furnace.
Dan 10,13-21 : However, Michael, one of the main leaders, came to my rescue.
– They explain the visions to the prophets:
Ez 40,3-4 : Son of man, […] pay close attention to everything I am going to show you.
Dan 8,15-16 : A being in human form and I heard a human voice coming from the middle of Ulai: “Gabriel”.
Dan 9,21-22 : Gabriel, the being I had seen before in a vision.
Zec 1,8-9 : And the angel spokesperson answered me: “I will explain to you”.
– Some angels have names:
Tobit 3:25 : And a holy angel of the Lord, Raphael, was sent to heal Tobit and Sarah.
Tb 12,15 : I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven that we assist in the presence of the Lord.
Dan 8,16 : I heard a human voice coming from the middle of Ulai: “Gabriel”.
Dan 9.21 : Gabriel, the being I had seen before in a vision.
Dan 10,13.21 : However, Michael, one of the main leaders, came to my rescue.
Dan 12,1 : At that time, Michael, the great chief, the protector of the children of his people, will arise.
– The AT also speaks of archangels, cherubim and seraphim; the NT cites as heavenly categories also powers, virtues or powers, thrones, dominions or lordships, principalities.
Rom 8:38 : For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels.
1Cor 15:24 : After having destroyed all principality, all power and all dominion.
Eph 1:21 : Above every principality, power, virtue, dominion, and every name that there may be.
Eph 3:10 : Thus, from now on, the heavenly dominions and powers can know.
Eph 6:12 : For it is not against men of flesh and blood that we have to fight, but against principalities and powers.
Col 1:16 : Thrones, dominions, principalities, powers: all things were created by him and for him.
Col 2,10.15 : You have everything fully in him, who is the Head of all principality and power.
1Pt 3:22 : After receiving submission from angels, principalities and powers.
– Angels relate to Jesus:
Mt 4:11 : Then the demon left him, and the angels approached him to serve him.
Mt 25:31 : When the Son of Man returns in his glory and all the angels with him.
Mt 26:53 : Do you believe that I cannot call on my Father and he would not immediately send me more than twelve legions of angels?
Mt 28,5-6 : But the angel said to the women: “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.”
Lk 1,9.26-27 : In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth.
Lk 2,9-10 : The angel said to them: “Do not be afraid, behold, I bring you Good News that will be joy for all the people”.
Lc 22,43 : Then an angel from heaven appeared to him to comfort him.
Heb 1:14 : Are not all angels spirits at the service of God, who entrusts them with missions for their good?
– They contemplate the face of the Father:
Mt 18:10 : For I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
– Angels rejoice at the conversion of sinners:
Lk 15:10 : I tell you, there will be joy among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
– They will gather the elect for judgment:
Mt 24:31 : He will send his angels with strident trumpets, and they will gather his chosen ones.
– They will accompany Jesus in the Parousia:
Mt 25:31 : When the Son of Man returns in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne.
Lc 9,26 : Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory, in the glory of his Father and of the holy angels.
Lc 12,8 : The Son of Man will recognize him before the angels of God.
– They will carry out the final judgment:
Mt 13,39,41,49 : The harvest is the end of the world. The reapers are the angels.
Mt 16:27 : For the Son of Man is to come in the glory of his Father with his angels.
Mt 24:31 : He will send his angels with strident trumpets, and they will gather his chosen ones.
Mk 13:27 : He will send the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds.
Luke 16:22 : Now the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom.
1Th 4:16 : When the signal is given, with the voice of the archangel and with the sound of the trumpet of God, the Lord himself will descend from heaven.
2Th 1,7 : He will descend from heaven with the messengers of his power.
1Tm 5,21 : I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels.
– Celebrate the heavenly liturgy:
Rev 4,8-9 : And each time those Animals rendered glory, honor and thanksgiving.
Rev 5,8 : The four Animals and the twenty-four Elders prostrated themselves before the Lamb.
Rev 8,3 : Another angel came forward and stood at the altar, with a golden censer in his hand.
– Preachers are called “angels”:
Mal 2,7 : It is from his mouth that doctrine is expected, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Mal 3,7 : Return to me, and I will return to you – says the Lord of hosts. You, however, say: But return how?
Mt 11:10 : Behold, I send my messenger before you to prepare your way (Mal 3:1).
Mc 1,2 : Behold, I send my angel before you: he will prepare your way.
Lc 7,27 : Behold, I send my messenger before your face; he will prepare your way before you.
Gal 4:14 : You welcomed me as one sent by God, like Christ Jesus.
Revelation 2 :3 : You persevered, you suffered for my name and did not lose heart.
– See CHERUBS, PARUSIA.
