Good Morning! Christianity and Judaism view the role of Satan differently. Judaism views Satan as a fearfully and wonderfully created agent of God whose distinct purpose is to serve Him as an accuser or adversary. He acts as an obstacle in the way of God’s people so they will learn to overcome the hindrance. The…
Image from Wikipedia Good Morning! This week in the Week 6 Lesson Plan of Angels of the Realm, we’ve been studying about angels and God’s justice. One of the stories from the Bible we’ve been studying is the story of the three visitors found in Genesis 18 and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah found in Genesis…
Good Morning! “Do not be afraid,” is a common opener between an angel and the recipient of their visitation. I have often wondered why. Given all that we have learned during this summer series on angels, I think we can safely assume one of the reasons is their fear inducing appearance. Their presence must resonate…
Good Morning! This week in the Week 5 Lesson plan of Angels of the Realm, we’ve studied some of the other extraordinary celestial creatures besides angels. I thought this video was fitting to conclude our week of study on the cherubim and seraphim. If you’d like to start at the beginning of the study, you…
Good Morning! In the Week 1 Lesson Plan, I introduced the idea of an angel hierarchal order. The popularity of this idea began during the Middle Ages. Pseudo-Dionysius, a 5th century theologian, first proposed the idea of an angelic order in his work, On the Celestial Hierarchy. In his work, he suggested three orders of…
Good Morning! The use of the phrase, angel of the Lord, is confusing and often misleading. Part of the confusion stems from scripture itself using angel of the Lord interchangeably for God/Lord within the same passages. This problem has led some scholars to adopt multiple viewpoints about the passages using this phrase for a particular angel. I shared…