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Angels are invisible

This is self-explanatory. God made us unable to see spirit beings in the spirit realm with our human eyes. In rare instances he opens the spiritual eyes of some of us. Remember how God opened the eyes of Elisha's servant to see in the realm of the spirit?

“Don't be afraid, the prophet answered. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them…Then the Lord opened the servant's eyes , and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all round Elisha,” 2 Kings 6:16-17 (emphasis added).

Also in rare instances he allows angels to manifest themselves with physical attributes – as the sections below show.

6. Angels among certain ranks can appear before God
In the bible Jesus says God's angels assigned to look over his disciples are able to see God's face in heaven. “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven ,” Matthew 18:10 (emphasis added).

Daniel received a vision of God whom he  referred to as the “Ancient of Days.” God was in his courtroom surrounded by countless angels. It is presumable they were God's angelic cloud of witnesses in his heavenly court:

“Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened,” Daniel 7:10.

This may surprise some: Satan too is able to appear before God. It's in the bible. This is because God kept Satan's privilege of being able to see him even after Satan fell. Remember before Satan fell he used to be an archangel, that is, among the highest ranking angels like Michael and Gabriel. He was called Lucifer which means “light,” something bible scholars assume meant light-bearing angel.

Thus although he was stripped off his importance and position in heaven his share of being able to meet with God was not taken away. God, not Satan, chose to have it remain that way. He could have banned Satan from ever meeting with him but he did not.

7. Angels are very powerful, with superhuman strength
Angels are very powerful, with superhuman strength including over the weather and the environment (land, water, air).

Angels cannot just exercise their physical powers on earth at their own will. They have to receive permission or request from God – whether God's angels or fallen angels. When they have God's permission they can fulfill astronomical physical events (good and bad)

 “Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word,” Psalm 103:20

“My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, O king,'” Daniel 6:22

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose,” Acts 16:25-26

8. Angels are wiser and more intelligent than humans
Angels are wiser and more intelligent than humans for two reasons. The first is that they have been alive since creation – over six thousand years. The second is that God made them more intelligent than us.

 “But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ,” 2 Corinthians 11:3.

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve,” 2 Corinthians 11:14-15.

However angels are not all knowing or omniscient. Only God is omniscient. For instance, if fallen angels were omniscient they would not have plotted the crucifixion of Jesus –bringing total defeat upon themselves.

Some people join cults including Free Masonry in order to understand secrets and mysteries of life. These mysteries are assumed to help them become more powerful, influential, prosperous, etc. They are able to yield themselves to Satan to the point of tapping into the spirit world to receive so called “secrets.” Many receive their earthly rewards BUT they end up loosing their souls to hell.

Smaller cults too promise worldly gain of power, wisdom, fame, wealth and so on. They claim to offer “secrets” that would make the recipient outperform others. Many cults offer charms and spells for business, for marriage/relationships, for politics, health, “wisdom,” and so on. Most differ in methods they use. The methods also differ for each area of “need.” My other book on breaking spells covers on this topic in detail. It's titled, Breaking Occult Spells: Protection from Witchcraft and Occult Influences.

9. Angels can see and observe events on earth
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,” Hebrews 12:1

“Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents,” Luke 15:10.

10. Angels like humans have a will
Angels have the ability to exercise their discretion and choice. That's how Satan and other angels he convinced chose to rise up against God.

Having this ability of choice does not mean they also have the power to fulfill their wishes. Angels were created with limited authority.

If they had unlimited authority Satan would have destroyed this world long ago – if God's angels chose not to intervene. Or on a better note God's angels would have easily decided to capture all the fallen angels and put them away in a secluded area. This will happen at the end of time as God has decided.

So both categories of angels though having a will do not have the power to fulfill their wishes.  God's angels follow God's orders and fulfill his will.

Fallen angels work along lines of their limited authority. Their authority is established where sin and violation of God's will is established. It means the hedge of God's protection has been lifted and they now have access to attack. Violation of God's will, even in ignorance creates doorways for attacks from fallen angels.

“And that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will,” 2 Timothy 2:26

However even in situations someone is trapped into Satan's schemes through sin or ignorance God can exercise his mercy and block Satan from lashing out his evil works. God can block Satan from profiting from the doorways. God's mercy through Jesus is greater than his judgment (James 2:13)

11. Angels like humans angels have geographical limitations
Each angel can only be in one place at one time, not several places at the same time. They are finite beings unlike God and his Spirit who is infinite and omnipresent.

The bible shows angels traveling from one place to another. Even Satan runs “to and fro” the face of the earth. Angel Gabirel when he needed help had to seek angel Michael who was not present at the time. Presumably he sent a fellow angel from God's kingdom to call Michael to come over.

“The prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia,” Daniel  10:13.

Satan is included concerning angles being finite or limited geographically. If archangels like Gabirel and Michael can be finite how much more Satan? Before Satan fell he was equal in rank with the likes of Gabirel and Michael.

Satan is therefore a limited being. That is why he needs the help of his fellow fallen angels in fulfilling his evil work. Had he been the only one that rebelled against God and got cast out he would not have accomplished the current level of corruption in this world. The major cause of evil would be humanity out of our free will choosing to do evil instead of good. It still would not be as bad as having the added influence of demons.

Satan would have been nowhere near the spotlight of being the cause of evil in this world. He can only influence one person per time and in one place per time. As he labors on the one person the rest of the people would have no pressure to sin. This world would have a far less magnitude of violence, greed, exploitation, immorality, and so on.

12. Angels when allowed by God can appear in visible form
Angels can appear in their angelic or non-human physical form in the physical world.

Appearance in any physical form (human or non-human) is always as a result of receiving permission or request from God – whether God's angels or the fallen angels. Usually it's God's angels that are given this permission not fallen angels. An exception we see in scripture is where Satan is allowed to appear physically to Jesus in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11).

As for God's angels being given this permit to appear physically scriptures have numerous accounts. Notable New Testament accounts include:

“Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him,” Matthew 4:11 (the angels came to strengthen and comfort Jesus after his ordeal with Satan in the wilderness).

“But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been…” John 20:11-15

"The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; and behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him…” Acts of the Apostles 12:6-10

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