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The Book of Revelation states that the New Jerusalem will be transported from Heaven to Earth, rather than people from Earth going to Heaven. [5] The description of the gates of New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:21 inspired the idea of the Pearly gates , which is the informal name for the gateway to heaven according to some Christian denominations .
There is no evidence in Judaism for the worship of angels, but there is evidence for the invocation and sometimes even conjuration of angels. [34] Philo of Alexandria identifies the angel with the Logos inasmuch as the angel is the immaterial voice of God. The angel is something different from God himself, but is conceived as God's instrument. [44]
“I think in, particularly, the times of the world that we’re in, where things seem kind of scary and weird, having a scary and weird angel sort of speaks to people,” Austin-Young said.
The life of angels is that of usefulness, and their functions are so many that they cannot be enumerated. However each angel will enter a service according to the use that they had performed in their earthly life. [15] Names of angels, such as Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, signify a particular angelic function rather than an individual being. [16]
It may be reassuring to think angels are with you, but to say, ‘I don’t have to take action, because the angels are going to do the work,’ or ‘the angels told me this is going to be OK ...
The seven trumpets are sounded by seven angels and the events that follow are described in detail from Revelation Chapters 8 to 11. According to Revelation 8:1–2 the angels sound these trumpets after the breaking of the seventh seal. These seals secured the apocalyptic document held in the right hand of Him who sits on the throne. [1]
The concept of a war in heaven at the end of time became an addendum to the story of Satan's fall at the genesis of time—a narrative which included Satan and a third of all of heaven's angels. Evidence for this interpretation comes from the phrase "the devil and his angels"; [16] this specific phrasing became paramount to the reinforcement of ...
Thomas Aquinas quotes Gregory the Great who stated that Satan "surpassed [the angels] all in glory". [228] Arguing that the higher an angel stood the more likely he was to become guilty of pride, [229] [227] the devil would be a seraph. But Aquinas held sin incompatible with the fiery love characteristic of a seraph, but possible for a cherub ...