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1 | female angels | Matt 22:30 | prayerw57 | 122376 | ||
is there female angels? | ||||||
2 | female angels | Matt 22:30 | Aixen7z4 | 122377 | ||
It is apparent that the angels are sexless beings. Though they are referred to always in masculine terms, it does not indicate gender. Jesus said that they are not the type of beings that marry (Mark 12:25). God created them for the purpose of being ministering spirits (Hebrews 1:14). They were created individually and they do not reproduce. Isn't it interesting though, that they do not understand the gospel? They are apparently interested, and desire to know about it (1 Peter 1:12) but they can never really know it, because they cannot experience salvation. Most of them have never sinned, and those who did are destined for hell together with the devil (Mat 25:41). They do not have the privilege of repentance. It is interesting also, that folklore usually refers to angels as females. As Jesus would say, they do err, not knowing the scriptures. It is good to know the scriptures, because they make us wise unto salvation (2 Timothy 3:15). This salvation is the main reason we search the scriptures (John 5:39). It is good to know many things, but better to know how to be saved, and best to know that we are saved. |
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3 | female angels | Matt 22:30 | JCrichton | 122684 | ||
"Isn't it interesting though, that they do not understand the gospel? They are apparently interested, and desire to know about it (1 Peter 1:12) but they can never really know it, because they cannot experience salvation. Most of them have never sinned, and those who did are destined for hell together with the devil (Mat 25:41). They do not have the privilege of repentance." Hi, Aixen7z4! How do you come to such interpretation? Is this passage not talking about the prophets who were "carriers" of the Word but knew not the Word because they were presenting Christ in a future yet to come? The reference to the angels is as witnesses of the Holy Spirit descending onto the earth to reveal all truth; the angels were not prevy to the revelations or events that He, the Holy Spirit, would unfold!: and you are sure of the goal of your faith, that is, the salvation of your souls. This salvation was the subject of the search and investigation of the prophets who spoke of the grace you were to receive, searching out the time and circumstances for which the Spirit of Christ, bearing witness in them, was revealing the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow them. It was revealed to them that it was for your sake and not their won that they were acting as servants delivering the message which has now been announced to you by those who preached to you the gospel through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even the angels long to catch a glimpse of these things. (1 Peter 1:9-12) The prophets knew only partially about Christ, and, though they searched the Scriptures in order to decipher the hidden mystery, they were only able to learn that they were given Christ's revelations in order to bring us the Good News! God Bless! Angel |
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4 | female angels | Matt 22:30 | Aixen7z4 | 122686 | ||
"The reference to the angels is as witnesses of the Holy Spirit descending onto the earth to reveal all truth"? Now I am wondering why you say that. The idea of angels witnessing the descent of the Holy Spirit, I have never heard of. Perhaps you can provide a cross-reference to it. In the passage at hand (1 Peter 1) from verse 5 on, Peter has been talking about our salvation. He says that it is a very interesting matter which prophets and angels have tried to understand. The prophets wrote about it as the Holy Spirit moved them, but they did not understand fully. At the end of verse 12 he simply says that the angels also have a desire to know about these things. Of course, it is the angels we are interested in because they are the topic of this thread. The person who started the thread is interested in their gender. Aixen is expressing the understanding that angels have no gender and no known interest in sex. (This comes in spite of the opinion of some that angels took on bodies in Genesis 6, and procreated). On the other hand, we are learning from Peter that they do have an interest in matters of salvation. The fact he mentions only their desire suggests that they are unable or not allowed to look into that matter. It is evident that the prophets were told about the fact of salvation in Christ. What they did not understand was the fact that Christ would both suffer and be glorified. They wrote about it (See Isaiah 53, for example) but they did not understand it. Even the people in Jesus day failed to understand, and it seems that resurrection was the main sticking point. In John 12:34 the people were saying, “We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up?” In Matthew 16, Peter himself was saying, “Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto you”. In Mark 9:10 they are questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. So the facts of salvation, and the manner in which it would be procured was only partially known by the prophets. Of course they have been revealed to us. Paul took lots of time to explain it in 1 Corinthians 15, and we know clearly how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. Meanwhile the prophets who wrote those scriptures searched but could not find the answers. The angels had a desire to look, but it seems they were kept at the "desire to look" stage. |
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5 | female angels | Matt 22:30 | JCrichton | 122695 | ||
"Now I am wondering why you say that. The idea of angels witnessing the descent of the Holy Spirit, I have never heard of. Perhaps you can provide a cross-reference to it." This salvation was the subject of the search and investigation of the prophets who spoke of the grace you were to receive, searching out the time and circumstances for which the Spirit of Christ, bearing witness in them, was revealing the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow them. It was revealed to them that it was for your sake and not their won that they were acting as servants delivering the message which has now been announced to you by those who preached to you the gospel through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even the angels long to catch a glimpse of these things. (1 Peter 1:9-12) WHO PREACHED TO YOU THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT SENT FROM HEAVEN. EVEN THE ANGELS LONG TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THESE THINGS. Did the Holy Spirit come to one prophet or to several? If to several, did He revealed everything all at once to all or was it individual revelation? If individual revelation, was He sent once to wait about until the last prophet or was He sent to each individual prophet during each prophet's individual corporal existence? We have one or two choices: a) the Holy Spirit was sent from Heaven once to the first prophet and remained on earth awaiting the corporal birth of each succeeding prophet (single occurrence--multi-revelations or single occurrence--individual revelation), or b) the Holy Spirit was sent from Heaven to each individual prophet as God inducted them into His service (multiple occurrences--individual revelation). Since everything is possible to God either situation may have occurred. But through the Scriptures it is revealed that God came to each individual prophet (even the ones that were contemporaries of others): hence multiple individual revelations: hence the Holy Spirit was sent multiple times! How I connect the angels witnessing the Holy Spirit and not searching the Scriptures for discernment: Holy Spirit -- Heavenly Host (for God is the Host of hosts) angels -- sentient beings aware of God and God's Plan (to the point of God's revelations to them!) The angels were not kept in a vacuum; the angels were used by God to bring the news at several different times of the history of God's people, towards the birth of Jesus, at the resurrection of Jesus, at the ascension of Jesus, and throughout the establishment of the Church. Why the prophets and not the angels: THIS SALVATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE SEARCH AND INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPHETS who spoke of the grace you were to receive, SEARCHING OUT THE TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES for which the Spirit of Christ, bearing witness in them, was revealing the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow them. It is clear from this passage that the prophets not the angels were searching, investigating, studying... Now I do find it interesting that someone other than Aixen7z4 has replied to this post: "Aixen is expressing the understanding that angels have no gender and no known interest in sex." So are you Aixen or is this someone else responding to the post as Aixen? God Bless! Angel |
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