Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

The Ministration of Good Angels

God’s Family

Of what family does Paul speak in Ephesians? BR-ASI9 356.11

“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.” Ephesians 3:14, 15. BR-ASI9 356.12

By what name are the members of this family called? BR-ASI9 357.1

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.” 1 John 3:1. BR-ASI9 357.2

By what name do we know the family in heaven? BR-ASI9 357.3

“And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne . . . : and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.” Revelation 5:11. BR-ASI9 357.4

Did angels exist before the death of any of the human family? BR-ASI9 357.5

“So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims [angels].” Genesis 3:24. BR-ASI9 357.6

Note.—“The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God [angels] shouted for joy” at the foundation of the earth. Job 38:6, 7. BR-ASI9 357.7

What does Paul say of their number? BR-ASI9 357.8

“But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.” Hebrews 12:22. (See also Daniel 7:10.) BR-ASI9 357.9

Are angels of a higher order of beings than man? BR-ASI9 357.10

“Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels.” Psalm 8:5. BR-ASI9 357.11

Is Christ ever called an angel? BR-ASI9 357.12

“Michael the archangel.” Jude 9. (See also Daniel 12:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:16.) BR-ASI9 357.13

Note.—Angel means messenger. In Malachi 3:1, Christ is called “the messenger of the covenant.” BR-ASI9 357.14

To whose authority are the angels subject? BR-ASI9 357.15

“Jesus Christ: who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.” 1 Peter 3:21, 22. BR-ASI9 357.16

What description does Daniel give of Gabriel? BR-ASI9 357.17

“His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.” Daniel 10:6. BR-ASI9 357.18

Note.—Similar descriptions are given of God, the “Ancient of days,” in Daniel 7:9; and of Christ, “the Son of man,” in Revelation 1:13-15. The angel that rolled away the stone from Christ’s sepulcher is thus described: “His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.” Matthew 28:3. BR-ASI9 357.19

What shows that angels are real beings? BR-ASI9 358.1

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:2. BR-ASI9 358.2