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Essay on Angelology - The Study of Angels
Do you know what the word "angelology" means? Anytime you see "ology" tacked onto the end of a word, it means "the study of" something. So what you are about to read on angelology is the study of angels. What do you know about angels? What is their origin? When were they created? Where are they now? What do they do? Are there such things as "guardian angels"? How many angels are there in existence? When we die, do angels carry our spirit back to God?
The answers to each of these questions can be found in God's Word, the Bible. First, let's examine the idea which some people have that angels are in heaven. That is true, but not all angels are to be found in heaven. In his second letter, Peter wrote that "…God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment.
What is the origin of angels? Scriptures like Exodus 20:11 make it clear that God created "...the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them...." Additional scriptures like Revelation 4:11 tell us that God "created all things," and as the Creator, He is to receive "glory and honor...." One of His creations was the angels. But when did God create angels? In Job 38, God talked to Job about some of the things He did while He was creating the Earth. God said that when the Earth was created, "...all the sons of God shouted for joy" (38:7). Who were these "sons of God" that "shouted for joy" when God created our planet? They could not have been men, because God did not create man until the sixth day of creation................
