1. Angels are personal beings:
(a) They have intellect (Matt.28:5; 1 Pet.1:12).
(b) They have emotions (Job 38:7; Luke 2:13; 15:10)
(c) They have will (Jude 6).
2. Angels are spirit beings:
(a) They exist as spirits – not with material bodies (Heb. 1:14).
(b) An angel can be in only one place at one time (Dan.9:21-23; 10:10-14)
(c) Although they are spirit beings, they can appear in the form of men (in dreams – Matt.1:20; in natural sight with human functions – Gen.18: 1-8; 22: 19:1; seen by some and not others – 2 Kings 6:15-17).
(d) They cannot reproduce (Mark 12:25).
(e) They do not die (Luke 20:36).
3. Angels have communicable attributes in a degree greater than man but less than God:
(a) Angels are more knowledge than man (Matt.24:31; Luke 1:13-16) but less than God (Matt.24:36).
(b) Angels have more power than man (2 Pet.2:11; acts 5:19) but less than God.
4. Angels are organized and ranked. One “archangel,” Michael is named (Jude 1:9). There are also “chief princes” (Dan.10:13), “seraphim” (Is.6:1-3) and “cherubim” (Gen.3:22-24).
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