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1 | Angel names. | Dan 9:21 | Makarios | 28104 | ||
Greetings Millenious! Angels have different orders, or rank (Isaiah 6:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Peter 3:22; Jude 1:9; Revelation 12:7). We know of Gabriel (Dan. 8:16; Luke 1:19,26), and Michael (Dan. 10:13,21; 12:1; Jude 9; Rev. 12:7), who are described as being of the order of the archangels. To find any evidence outside of Scripture that there are any more angels that are named, we must go into the Apocrypha. According to the Apocrypha, there are seven archangels (Tobit 12:13), and Raphael is one of them. Also, seven angels are presented as executors of divine judgement in Ezekiel 9. The concept of the archangel stems both from the NT (1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 9) and from the OT (Josh. 5:13-15). According to the Apocrypha, 1 Enoch 20 gives a list of the seven archangels. The names of these angels are: Uriel, Raphael, Raguel, Michael, Sariel, Gabriel and Remiel, all ending with the 'el' ending, which means 'God'. However, Uriel (2 Esdras 10:28) is sometimes referred to as "Phanuel" in 1 Enoch 40:9; 54:6 and 71:8-9 (Apocrypha). A couple of angels are named that are not of the archangel order (all in the Apocrypha), and they are Jeremiel (4 Ezra 4:36) and Phaltiel (2 Esdras 5:16). I write this post with the intent of answering your question, and with the reservation that the Apocrypha is a highly disputable source, since it should not be put above or revered on the same level of Scripture. If you decided to venture into the Apocrypha to see for yourself, then I would suggest that you read the Apocrypha like a good literary work (like Homer's Illiad), instead of treating it with the same reverence as Scripture. Sources: Nave's Topical Bible, Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible, and The Dictionary of Deities And Demons in the Bible (by Karel Van Der Toorn, Bob Becking, and Pieter W. Van Der Horst, 1999, Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands) Blessings to you, Nolan |
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2 | Angel names. | Dan 9:21 | Makarios | 28114 | ||
Greetings Millenious, I apologize, the reference to the mentioning of the seven archangels in the Apocryphal book Tobit was Tobit 12:15 not 12:13. I am not very fluent at all in the Apocrypha, and I'm doing well just to get my way around through it.. I've never read it in its entirety and I don't plan on doing it anytime soon. However, if you are Catholic, then you may feel a little differently. Blessings to you, Nolan |
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