What does your religion teach about angels?

[Rainbow Mage]

Wondering what the similarities and differences between the Abrahamic religions and their view on angels is.

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each teach about angels?

Is it your belief that angels have free will, or that they must obey god without question?

Why is it in Christianity angels are sometimes called 'saints' like virtuous human beings are?

Just wondering, thanks

 

[Scott C.]

Wondering what the similarities and differences between the Abrahamic religions and their view on angels is.

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each teach about angels?

Is it your belief that angels have free will, or that they must obey god without question?

Why is it in Christianity angels are sometimes called 'saints' like virtuous human beings are?

Just wondering, thanks

As a Mormon, I believe that we all lived as spirits in heaven with God before we came to earth. You could say that we were angels then. After we die, we go to heaven as spirits and are eventually resurrected. We are angels after we die also. I believe this accounts for all angels. God frequently uses angels, which may very well be people that we know from the other side, as answers to prayers and to bless us.

 

[Aštra’el]

In my spiritual/ religious system, Angels, like Demons, are powerful classes of godlike Celestial and Infernal beings, who exist Above and Below and Within, who are in a special way affiliated with the God YHWH of Abrahamism, and fulfill certain roles of varying importance within the Heavens and Hells.
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[Jayhawker Soule]

I am Norse be we have Valkyre's.

This is the "Abrahamic Religions DIR." Please observe its rules.

 

[Quagmire]

***Mod Post***

^What Jay said ^.

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[David1967]

Wondering what the similarities and differences between the Abrahamic religions and their view on angels is.

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each teach about angels?

Is it your belief that angels have free will, or that they must obey god without question?

Why is it in Christianity angels are sometimes called 'saints' like virtuous human beings are?

Just wondering, thanks

I've not heard of them being called saints. Perhaps in Catholicism but not sure. I have always been taught that angels were messengers of God.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

In my spiritual religious system, Angels, like Demons, are powerful classes of godlike Celestial and Infernal beings, who exist Above and Below and Within, who are in a special way affiliated with the God YHWH of Abrahamism, and fulfill certain roles of varying importance within the Heavens and Hells.​

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"Sumero-Abrahamic Paganism" is a worthless pretense. I see no legitimacy to your continued participation in an "Abrahamic Religions DIR." Please stop.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Angeology was a work in progress in Judaism, but they were first and foremost Messengers.

 

[arthra]

Wondering what the similarities and differences between the Abrahamic religions and their view on angels is.

In the case of the Baha'i Faith I believe I can report that use of the term "Angels" are often referred to as virtuous selfless and perfected human beings...I'll add a few excerpts from Baha'i sources here:

Pray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world, and beacons of light to disclose the mysteries of the Kingdom to those with understanding hearts.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 62)

Array yourselves in the perfection of divine virtues. I hope you may be quickened and vivified by the breaths of the Holy Spirit. Then shall ye indeed become the angels of heaven whom Christ promised would appear in this Day to gather the harvest of divine planting. This is my hope. This is my prayer for you.

(Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 7)

By "angel" is meant the power of the confirmation of God; that the candle of the power of the divine confirmation shines forth and is illumined in those souls. That is to say, that each one of those souls will be confirmed by the mightiest power.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v1, p. 92)

Now is the time for you to divest yourselves of the garment of attachment to this world that perisheth, to be wholly severed from the physical world, become heavenly angels, and travel to these countries.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of the Divine Plan, p. 34)

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Catholicism teaches that Angels are purely spiritual beings that reside in realms beyond ours. They are basically another species and there's different classes of Angels with their own vocations to fulfill. They have names, too. Humans were never Angels and do not become Angels. Angels have free will and can choose to obey God or not. Some of them carried out a rebellion in Heaven (which is the ultimate dimension, where God resides in His fullness of Glory) before humans and maybe before the Earth itself existed. About a third of them were basically "kicked out" of Heaven and are now malicious interdimensional beings that enjoy causing strife and harming God's creatures (demons). (Demons aren't really all that powerful, but can seem to be when you are afraid and they enjoy "feeding" off of fear and other negative emotions.)

Sometimes Angels can appear on earth in the guise of humans (or maybe even of other animals) to carry out certain duties and deliver messages. Each human is said to have a guardian Angel that watches over us and tries to help us along the right path:

We call the good Angels Saints because all citizens of Heaven are called Saints, regardless of if they're humans, Angels or whatever else. All beings in Heaven are holy and worthy of honor.

 

[DawudTalut]

Wondering what the similarities and differences between the Abrahamic religions and their view on angels is.

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each teach about angels?

Is it your belief that angels have free will, or that they must obey god without question?

Why is it in Christianity angels are sometimes called 'saints' like virtuous human beings are?

Just wondering, thanks

Peace be on you.
Here is general understanding of angels:

1= Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

2= Angels

 

[Tumah]

- They are the third stage of manifestation of the Divine inhabiting the dimension directly above man.
- There is one for everything from entire nations down to an individual blade of grass.
- Although we describe them as spiritual beings, that's only in relation to our fourth stage: they are more physical than second stage manifestation.
- They have free will, however the concealment of G-d's Unity in their dimension is so thin as to render their ability to choose to disobey G-d virtually meaningless.
- They can't read thoughts however they can 'smell' degree of intent.
- They have no physical form unless they descend to our dimension whereupon physical bodies are created for them to inhabit. The descriptions provided by the prophets are metaphors for their functions in their natural habitat not physical depictions.
- If they do descend to our dimension, upon their return they need to immerse in the metaphorical river of fire that feeds Hell, to cleanse themselves of the impurity that exists in our dimension.
- An angel exists only so long as he has a function. Upon completion of his purpose he ceases to exist. As such, there are two types of angels, ones with permanent functions, and ones with temporary functions.
- There are two groups of angels: angels of service and angels of destruction. The former perform positive functions and the latter, negative functions.
- There are ten types from the holiest ones that have the highest functions to the least ones that have the smallest functions. The latter are the ones that show prophecies to prophets.

 

[Rainbow Mage]

Sounds like neither one or the other
An athiest liberal christian , is a mouthful to say the least
Yeah I guess you could be , is a way of life .
Athiest Hindu in old words
No those UU people believe in god they just accept your interpretations freedom of choice .
Belief in higher force was No1 top of statements UU.
Whatever works for you )

Yes, specifically: belief in the interconnected web of life. Don't tell me about my own religion, thank you.

 

[Rainbow Mage]

As a Mormon, I believe that we all lived as spirits in heaven with God before we came to earth. You could say that we were angels then. After we die, we go to heaven as spirits and are eventually resurrected. We are angels after we die also. I believe this accounts for all angels. God frequently uses angels, which may very well be people that we know from the other side, as answers to prayers and to bless us.

Interesting- so Mormons don't believe humans are angels now?

 

[Rainbow Mage]

- They are the third stage of manifestation of the Divine inhabiting the dimension directly above man.
- There is one for everything from entire nations down to an individual blade of grass.
- Although we describe them as spiritual beings, that's only in relation to our fourth stage: they are more physical than second stage manifestation.
- They have free will, however the concealment of G-d's Unity in their dimension is so thin as to render their ability to choose to disobey G-d virtually meaningless.
- They can't read thoughts however they can 'smell' degree of intent.
- They have no physical form unless they descend to our dimension whereupon physical bodies are created for them to inhabit. The descriptions provided by the prophets are metaphors for their functions in their natural habitat not physical depictions.
- If they do descend to our dimension, upon their return they need to immerse in the metaphorical river of fire that feeds Hell, to cleanse themselves of the impurity that exists in our dimension.
- An angel exists only so long as he has a function. Upon completion of his purpose he ceases to exist. As such, there are two types of angels, ones with permanent functions, and ones with temporary functions.
- There are two groups of angels: angels of service and angels of destruction. The former perform positive functions and the latter, negative functions.
- There are ten types from the holiest ones that have the highest functions to the least ones that have the smallest functions. The latter are the ones that show prophecies to prophets.

Thank you, that is very interesting

 

[Zardoz]

- They are not our friends, objecting to our creation.

- There is no such thing as a fallen angel, while demons do exist they were never angels.

- An ordinary angel can have only one function, but this function can change as required.

 

[Jane.Doe]

Interesting- so Mormons don't believe humans are angels now?

Angel simply means "messenger".

If God sends a spiritual messenger, it is called an "angel" because they are specifically sent as a messenger.
Us living our life nowadays though, are currently tasked with many other things than delivering messages, so it doesn't make sense to call us "messengers".

 

[Rainbow Mage]

Angel simply means "messenger".

If God sends a spiritual messenger, it is called an "angel" because they are specifically sent as a messenger.
Us living our life nowadays though, are currently tasked with many other things than delivering messages, so it doesn't make sense to call us "messengers".

I see. Thank you

 

[NewChapter]

Wondering what the similarities and differences between the Abrahamic religions and their view on angels is.

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each teach about angels?

Is it your belief that angels have free will, or that they must obey god without question?

Why is it in Christianity angels are sometimes called 'saints' like virtuous human beings are?

Just wondering, thanks

My religion just teaches to obey God and not eat the knowledge of good and evil.

Angels have free will in my belief because the Bible (in the Book of Revelation) says that satan has angels.

 

[Nadia Faiazova]

God created angels with the will power, and for certain purpose. Why is that so? Angels are mighty spirit creatures. Bible says at the beginning of creation ALL angels rejoiced with God over his marvelous works. Bible also teaches that one particular angel opposed himself to God, and thus became a "demon" or a wicked angel. God's Word says that many more angels joined him in this rebellion. Nonetheless, there are still many (or "myriads") of angels who now serve God in accomplishing his will.