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“….while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wandering love…”
Another beautiful Christmas carol…angels hovering over the Christ child. The Holy One Himself, dressed in human infant flesh.
Angels are not at our disposal. They can be, and are, sent by God to minister to us, but only to serve His purposes and carry out His will. Certainly not ours.
I’ve had reason to look at some facts about angels this past week. I’m really glad I’m not an angel.
Angels obviously can choose poorly. “ …. the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home….”(Jude 1:6)
“God did not spare angels when they sinned. Instead, he sent them to hell. He put them in dark prisons. He will keep them there until he judges them.” (2Peter 2:4)
But there is no offer of redemption to them. Satan and his rebellious group were cast out. There is no Savior to angels.
Jesus stepped out of His deity within the Godhead, not to become an angel. He didn’t enter into the angelic realm, angels can’t reproduce. There are no baby angels.
But God’s created humanity procreates, and He chose to birth Himself into our race, become like us, to live the perfect life that we forfeited in The Garden incident.
He lived the perfect life that I can not, because of the sin nature passed on to me from my ancestors. He shares in my heritage thru His mother’s blood, formed in her womb, birthed from her body.
All humans ”…. have bodies made out of flesh and blood. So Jesus became human like them in order to die for them. By doing that, he could destroy the one who rules over the kingdom of death. I'm talking about the devil. Jesus could set people free who were afraid of death. All their lives they were held as slaves by that fear. It is certainly Abraham's children that he helps. He doesn't help angels. So he had to be made like his brothers in every way.”(Hebrews. 2:14-17)
I wonder if angels die. I wonder why it is that in scripture, when they manifest themselves, they are always portrayed as men, never female, and why we always see feminine figurines or pictures. I wonder what things they ‘long to look into’ (1 Peter 1:12) I wonder what they will be judged about, and what it will be like to judge them…because “ Don't you know that we will judge angels?” 1Cor.6:3)
I wonder lots…..we aren’t told lots. Just enough to make me really glad I’m not an angel. ….I know, I know…. you all already knew I’m not one…)
