A Different View of Angels
Are Angels Always Divine
What are Angels?
The Greek word "aggelos" translated "angel" means "messenger, agent", and is used of both human and divine messengers. It is used of humans in the following places: Matt. 11:10; Luke 7:24, 27; 9:52; and James 2:25.
The phrase "sons of God" also must to humans in Deut. 14:1, R.S.V.; Psa. 82:6, R.S.V.; Hosea 1:10; Luke 3:38; John 1:12; 1 John 3:1.)
In the New Testament, Angel can mean "a heavenly spirit" that is the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
In view of the first century meanings of heavenly and spirit, we can understand that this phrase refers to a person who has the Christ consciousness.
"In the New Testament, as in the old, the Angel is sometimes no more than another word for a divine communication or divine operation personified."
Our angels are our spiritual perceptive faculties, which ever dwell in the presence of the Father (Matt. 13:49).
angel--A messenger of God; the projection into consciousness of a spiritual idea direct from the Fountainhead, Jehovah. "And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar" (Luke 1:11). The word of Truth, in which is centered the power of God to overcome all limited beliefs and conditions.
The phrase "sons of God" also must to humans in Deut. 14:1, R.S.V.; Psa. 82:6, R.S.V.; Hosea 1:10; Luke 3:38; John 1:12; 1 John 3:1.)
In the New Testament, Angel can mean "a heavenly spirit" that is the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
In view of the first century meanings of heavenly and spirit, we can understand that this phrase refers to a person who has the Christ consciousness.
"In the New Testament, as in the old, the Angel is sometimes no more than another word for a divine communication or divine operation personified."
Our angels are our spiritual perceptive faculties, which ever dwell in the presence of the Father (Matt. 13:49).
angel--A messenger of God; the projection into consciousness of a spiritual idea direct from the Fountainhead, Jehovah. "And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar" (Luke 1:11). The word of Truth, in which is centered the power of God to overcome all limited beliefs and conditions.
angel, of Yahweh--The quickening thought of God appearing in the form of light or divine intelligence, intuition, and understanding.
angels, ascending and descending--The imaging power of the mind receiving divine ideas and reflecting them into the consciousness.
The term 'holy spirit' applies not only to the divine, but also to those of us whose reasoning has reached the perfection of the Christ-consciousness. Angels, sons of God, saints, the chosen, the elect, and pneumatics can be spiritual individuals. Gnostic Christians use the term holy spirits to refer to those who have reached the Christ-consciousness.
"The indwelling of the spirit in the Christian makes him a holy temple…[holy also] indicates the sacred character of persons or objects belonging to God
angels, ascending and descending--The imaging power of the mind receiving divine ideas and reflecting them into the consciousness.
The term 'holy spirit' applies not only to the divine, but also to those of us whose reasoning has reached the perfection of the Christ-consciousness. Angels, sons of God, saints, the chosen, the elect, and pneumatics can be spiritual individuals. Gnostic Christians use the term holy spirits to refer to those who have reached the Christ-consciousness.
"The indwelling of the spirit in the Christian makes him a holy temple…[holy also] indicates the sacred character of persons or objects belonging to God
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