Subject: Where are guardian angels mentioned? |
Bible Note: Dear Nolan, As I wrote in answer to HeirofGod, I certainly believe that angels are charged with protecting His people in accordance with His wishes, the reality of a full-time, personally-assigned angel or angels for every child or every saint is not supported in Scripture. I read all your references, as well as all the previous references in this line of postings. Your posting about Peter is the most challenging to understand, but not very conclusive about the existence of guardian angels. Why the others would taunt her that 'it was his angel' seems to be ridiculing her, as if she was seeing a ghost. Peter's angel was off the job? Guardian angels look like their charges? Why didn't they want to see who it was? I don't know. Matthew 18:10, These angels are constantly in heaven. Also, as every child does stumble on rocks and every other available protrubance, and suffer all kinds of accidents (some more than others), then God is a God Who does not send the angels to protect all that often. That God *withholds* His angels is a stumbling point. (pun intended :-) As a parent, I would be pretty upset every time my child skinned her knee, or got a fever. Those times are heart-wrenching! "Where were you, Guardian?!?!" That "more than 12 legions" are available at any time does not surprise me at all. I believe in myriads of angels! I have experienced angelic intervention both before and after I was apprehended by the Lord. However, *my own* angel is a bit hard to grasp. Possibly those few people that never have any problems could claim their constant companionship? In any case, dear friend, I don't lose sleep wrestling with this, and I hope you don't :-) In Christ Jesus, charis |