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Essay / Who are angels and demons? - 659
Nowadays, people think a lot of different things about angels and demons. Some people think that an angel is someone who has passed away and is watching over them. Others believe that angels are those who are good and who sing and praise God in the kingdom of God. And some people think that angels are both people they know who have passed away and are watching over them, and that they are beings in the kingdom of God. Demons are viewed in different ways. Some people think that they are all bad people who died and that instead of going to heaven, they went down and lived around fire and evil. Others tend to think that they are evil spirits living among us, even if you cannot see them. Many theologians have found that the subject of angels is indeed a very difficult subject to discuss and prove. "Because, although angels are mentioned extensively in the Bible, the nature of this revelation does not have the same kind of explicit description that we often find with other subjects developed in Scripture: any reference “Angels is incidental to another subject” (Keathley). Many people in this world believe in angels, but whenever they are mentioned, they bring a message from God to the people of this world. In the Bible, angels are often mentioned. “They were created beings (Psalms 148:2, Psalms 148:5) and were exuberant witnesses when God created the world (Job 38:7)” (Wilson). In the Bible, they are mentioned mainly when God wants messages to be delivered to people. Now, in the Bible it says that not all angels were trustworthy and that they did not always listen and obey God. “By nature they were spiritual entities, and therefore not subject to the limitations of human flesh. Although holy, angels were created, but how they became demonic and their organizational structure are not given much attention in Scripture, as the emphasis throughout the Bible is on God and His work in Christ rather than demonic attempts to demean that work” (Bible.Org). Even though the Bible doesn't tell us much about how angels turned into demons, you know after reading in the Bible that it was about angels who "departed" from God and he turned their backs. Works CitedKeathley, III, J. Hampton. “Angels, God.” Bible.org. (2013).https://bible.org/article/angels-god's-ministering-spirits>.Wilson, John Macartney. "Angel." 2014. “Demon.” Bible.org. (2014).https://bible.org/article/angels-god's-ministering-spirits>.Moreau, A. Scott. "Theology of the Demon." 2014. .