Many people may not be aware but there are several truly amazing facts about angels, most especially since it literally bears reference in the Bible no less than 300 times- all the way from Genesis to Revelation. Other religious manuscripts and literature bear similar and fascinating facts about the existence of angels and how it continues to captivate and awe mankind.

In the Bible, the angel is portrayed at the beginning as a carrier of messages from God, while in the closing passages of Revelation the angel is the bearer of the message from Jesus Christ.

Here are some amazing facts that are seen in the Bible.
Angels also care for soldiers and members of the military. This is evidenced in scripture where it was identified that the very first Gentile convert was a military officer.

Acts chapter 10 verses 3 and 4 states that “About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in to him, and said to him, ‘Cornelius!’ and fixing his gaze upon him and being much alarmed, he said, ‘What is it, Lord?’ And he said to him, ‘Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God ”

In the same book if Acts, the scriptures vividly describe that no prison or jail cell can detain an angel, many instances of which angels have appeared to many Christian followers like Peter and Paul, among others, who were freed by angels from confinement in prison.

Angels are tasked to keep watch and safeguard little children. Jesus Christ fondly spoke of children being under the care of angels.
The scriptures also declare that angels are subject to Jesus Christ as the Supreme Commander, thus, angles cannot perform the works of the Holy Spirit nor can they grant forgiveness of man’s sins, as stated in I Peter chapter 3 verses 21 and 22.

A great multitude of angels descended on Mt. Sinai, the place where the prophet Moses received the tablet bearing the laws god wanted to bring to His people the Israelites, which had reference to the scriptures where the psalmist declared “Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain which God has desired for His abode? Surely, the Lord will dwell there forever. The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness” (Psalm 68:16,17)

Angels also live in constant communion with God, who continually praise and worship Him. “And Zacharias said to the angel, ‘How shall I know this for certain? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years,’ And the angel answered and said to him, ‘I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God: and I have been sent to speak to you, and to bring to you this good news.” (Luke 1:18,19)

Heaven remains to be the center of activity for angels and there exists the busiest traffic of angels from heaven to earth and back, which clearly indicates that to deny the existence of angels and of heaven is to deny the Deity of Christ.

Jesus Christ often spoke both of angels and heaven and one good example can be found in the book of John chapter 1 verses 50 and 51, “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.’ And He said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, you shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

These are but some amazing facts about angels, but if you find the time to read through the Bible, you may be surprised to discover a lot more amazing facts about angels that you may have ever imagined.

 

More Amazing Facts About Angels

People regard them as guardians, for others they are sentinels of good that champion truth and justice, but for most, they are heaven’s messengers but do we really know if they really exist, here’s how to look at some facts about angels.

Since time immemorial, the existence or even just the belief of angels have captivated and lingered on in the minds and lives of many people.
They do come in many names from seraphs, archangels, cherubs, guardian angels, spirit and messenger among others, but they all are perceived as just one and the same.

Many claim to have had ‘real’ experiences with angels, mostly in a spiritual nature and believe that their existence is as important to us as human beings in need of spiritual guidance and protection, especially with the notion of a higher spiritual being or deity that exists to appeal to a man’s need for a higher being.

There’s no definite information that teaches us how angels first existed, but it surely can be traced back to the history of man and the stories that come along with it.

They have been commonly perceived as spiritual messengers of a supreme divine entity, for which traditions and beliefs usually debates as to whether angels have their own free will or are just out to follow the supreme entity’s will.

Although many believe that angels carry on various appearances, depending on a people’s culture, tradition or belief, however, it does have one common denominator, that it takes on the shape of a human being.
This is mainly so because most people believe that angels were previously humans in an earlier life and took on the form of an angel after passing over to the afterlife.

Over time, different religious cultures have their own ideas and beliefs regarding the existence and characteristics of angels, from Christianity to Judaism and mostly every other religious discipline and has developed concepts of various similarities that make the concept of angels popularly held across all cultures.

Most of these principles revolve on a common principle of a ‘messenger’ tasked to do the work of a deity.

But in most cases, the most popular concept of angels are held strongly by the Christian faith.

This is strongly evidenced in Biblical scriptures that lend proof of their existence as messengers of God and has since then gained popular following among many devout Christians.

A similar traditional belief has is also being mentioned in post-Biblical Judaism, with almost similar  significance and principles as that of the Christian faith.

It was believed that early Christians inherited the Jewish idea of angels and in the early stages of Christianity, the concept held of an angel took a different twist as angels being messengers of God and a reflection or manifestation of God.

As time passed, angels then came to be individual messengers of God, with among those most commonly identified as Michael and Gabriel, among many others.

These angelic descriptions later took shape through studies in theology and popular art and centuries later, church leaders declared that angels belonged to different categories, with specific activities and missions that were assigned to them.

Other popularly held concepts of angels are carried on throughout the Christian world and has earned the respect of many Christians, regardless of whether angels exist in real to make contact with people or not.
But one thing’s for sure, these facts about angels are as important as our understanding of faith.