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1 posted on 04/27/2016 6:13:24 AM PDT by Gamecock

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2 posted on 04/27/2016 6:14:13 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)

Angels are amazing creatures. I have utmost respect for Michael, the Defender of Heaven, but will never worship him. We are to worship the Creator, not the created.

3 posted on 04/27/2016 6:24:05 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)

No matter how well-intentioned or how nuanced the defense showing acts of worship such as prayer to angels may be, under no circumstances are we to worship anyone else but the triune God. Hebrews 1 belabors the point that as mighty and holy as the angels are, they are still subservient to the Son of God. Just as we worship Him, the angels do too. It is a grave and serious error to treat angels as objects worthy of adoration and worship, and since the Bible commands us to flee idolatry (1 Cor. 10:14), we must take care that we worship only the Lord.

I wonder if Angel worship happens because they are a relatively blank slate for people to project their wants and desires? Or is it a just a human condition to sin and look for idols?

4 posted on 04/27/2016 7:27:47 AM PDT by dragonblustar

This commander visited Joshua just before the Israelites conquered the city of Jericho, and we see that Joshua worships the commander without being rebuked (v. 14).

Not to split hairs but it was my understanding from the text that Joshua was indeed mildly rebuked.

Jos 5:13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"

Jos 5:14 And he said, "No; but I am the commander of the army of the LORD. Now I have come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?"

Jos 5:15 And the commander of the LORD's army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.

It wasn't Joshua's battle or even Israel's battle, but it was the Lord's battle is the inference. Joshua was only a commander in this battle and the Lord let him know it.

I will say the commentaries I looked at are a bit sketchy. Any thoughts?

6 posted on 04/27/2016 12:39:21 PM PDT by HarleyD

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