In this blog, we have worked on helping men grow in faith. We have worked on helping men have eyes to see. Angels is a topic that comes up. Today we are going to talk about angelology, and why it has often been an avoided topic in theology.
I am going to list off some reasons why someone probably didn’t know much about angels.
- The topic of Angels delves into extra Biblical territory. There has been a rejection of a Tradition of Revelation for Sola Scriptura.
- In Liberal Christianity, there was a rejection of Christian Mysticism towards looking to please man. This could be looking to please atheist in academia, or pagan Occult people more similar to Freemasons. This trend has been in both Protestantism and Catholicism.
- Angels are created beings with functions having to do with aspects of creation. In Job 38+, God lists some awesome things God has done. There may have been angels with delegated authority tied to those things.
- There has been a proclivity to worship angels. Angels were created beings with functions having to do with aspects of creation…..like many false gods from the Middle East.
- We are to judge the angels. (1 Corinthians 6:3) The context there is extra Biblical. What is man’s relationship with the angels? What exactly did the angels do where they may have been judged? Given there was a threshold of faith and holiness for man to meet to judge the angels, then there may have been some entities out there working to keep man from reaching said threshold.
In 2014, I started being aware of, and learning about angels through God. I became aware that certain knowledge had been forbidden. That wasn’t a forever forbidden, but for a time. With all the divisions in Christianity, who gets the angels? Man may have started a war.
Man is made in the image of God or “Our Image.” Our Image would be God and the angels. The spiritual is like a mirror. The spiritual reflect. Given man was following the teachings of The Lord Jesus Christ, mankind may have been reflecting The Kingdom of God. In rebellion, man was reflection something else.
These are some things to reflect and pray on. God’s plan is God’s Kingdom. God’s Kingdom has particular values. At some point the Greater Church comes back together through God’s Holy Spirit. Would you like to help build the Kingdom of God, and work for God’s Glory?
Addendum -
Question: How long does it take to reach a threshold of Holiness where a man may judge the Angels?
Holy means to be separate. Towards becoming holy, men have lived in isolation and fasted. Prior to working for God, I was a depressed disabled veteran who spent a lot of time alone. As a man around 30, who receiving a calling, I may have had a head start. Hitting that threshold, for me, was mostly learning to live in obedience. I heard God’s voice. I learned to live in a personal relationship where I may have asked God what to eat for breakfast in the morning, and we conferred.
As a man around 30, who received a calling, and started working for God full time, several weeks. The threshold wasn’t very high. It is mostly about living in obedience.
Question: Some people from Ireland still believe in Fairies. What are they?
In various superstitions and mythology, there may have been a something to it. Satan was a liar with a paintbrush who painted various truths into a mysticism in deceiving ways.
Fairies would be demons. Demons were born of the sins of men.
There was a mysticism in Ancient Egypt. There was a mysticism in Ancient China and in today’s Buddhism. There was mysticism in pre-Colonial America. There is one Truth. A teacher of religious law, he shaped how man perceived himself, and how man perceived God. Jesus is the stone rejected. (Psalms 118:22)(Luke 20:9-19)(Acts 4:11) All mysticism worked in particular ways.
In Buddhism, for example, there is mention of two souls or a “Master Soul.” There is one soul. You are a soul. A “Master Soul” would be a spirit, a demon.
Question: Did early Christians have a role in ending Ancient Egyptian paganism?
Yes. What someone may be looking for is a documentary on what happened to Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Enduring Theme:
Part of Spiritual Warfare has been a war of words, a war of thoughts. (2 Corinthians 10:5) How does a man perceived himself? How does man perceive God?
In Egypt, the teaching to read hieroglyphics was taught out of pagan temples by pagan priests. A Christian looking to close to God and holy would have separated himself.
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