Bible Question: Where are guardian angels mentioned in the Bible? |
Bible Answer: Gomar, Consider these passages... Dan 10:13 "But 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. Dan 10:21 "However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these (forces) except Michael your prince. Dan 12:1 "Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands (guard) over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. Rev 1:20 "As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. We see from this that indeed there are "guardian" angels, but I prefer not to use this term. If I am not mistaken, the notion of personal guardian angels comes from Catholicism; however, there is nothing biblical which states that each person is given an angelic guardian. In terms of kingdoms though, it seems that each nation (or prominent nations) have national angelic princes, i.e. Micheal is the prince of Israel. In the Revelation, we see that each of the early churches had an angelic gaurdian. Moreover, the angel that came to Daniel was witheld 21 days from reaching him by the prince of Persia, and Michael had to come to his aid. From this scriptural account, we get a small glimpse at the angelic order and heirarchy, yet still, it is not even enough of a glimpse to fully support the claim I've made concerning national guardianship. How much more then should we question such a doctrine as "personal guardian angels" (for which there is no scripture for)? To believe this doctrine would require believing in something that the Bible doesn't fully back up. I don't think it's possible to fully comprehend the angelic order; after all, we have our own world to fully make sense of, which for any of us is plenty. Take care, -Rob |