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Possibly the subject for another thread: angels. As bad doctrinally as many religious songs are, so are the typical representation of angels. For example, if this angel is Gabriel, then why does he appear so effeminate? Nowhere in Scripture are angels depicted as having wings and nowhere are angels described as other than having the appearance of a man. Something to chew on.


25 posted on 08/29/2006 2:09:54 PM PDT by gracebeliever (yet not I, but Christ liveth in me)
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To: gracebeliever

Didn't the Seraphim have a set of six wings?


78 posted on 08/29/2006 3:34:18 PM PDT by Eepsy (Hocus pocus alamagocus!)
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To: gracebeliever
Nowhere in Scripture are angels depicted as having wings and nowhere are angels described as other than having the appearance of a man. Something to chew on.

Seraphim, a Hebrew masculine plural form, designates a special class of heavenly attendants of Yahweh's court. In Holy Writ these angelic beings are distinctly mentioned only in Isaias's description of his call to the prophetical office (Isaiah 6:2 sqq.). In a vision of deep spiritual import, granted him in the Temple, Isaias beheld the invisible realities symbolized by the outward forms of Yahweh's dwelling place, of its altar, its ministers, etc. While he stood gazing before the priest's court, there arose before him an august vision of Yahweh sitting on the throne of His glory. On each side of the throne stood mysterious guardians, each supplied with six wings: two to bear them up, two veiling their faces, and two covering their feet, now naked, as became priestly service in the presence of the Almighty. His highest servants, they were there to minister to Him and proclaim His glory, each calling to the other: "Holy, holy, holy, Yahweh of hosts; all the earth is full of His glory."

90 posted on 08/29/2006 4:28:42 PM PDT by NYer ("That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah." Hillel)
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