[Phinneous]

Someone posted a modern Christian summary of angels. Here's a Jewish one. Enjoy.

[jimsin]

SARAH PALIN’S A LIVING ANGEL...I WILL SAY THAT....

[UCANSEE2]

Thank you for posting this article. I read the other article you referred to, just yesterday, I believe.

Both were very interesting, but this one seemed more informative and specific.

I might mention that Gabriel and Michael are also mentioned in the Koran.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Angels are created beings. God spoke them into being.

What is man?

God took the soil into His hands, shaped it into His image and breathed His breath into man.

Man was tied to creation and was filled with the breath of the Creator. That’s why creation fell with man.

That’s why God had to reconcile man to Him on the cross.

[Celtic Cross]

"Angels are like, these guys who fly around heaven and stuff, and they like, have white robes and little rings on their heads and stuff, and every time a puppy sneezes an angel gets his wings. And muslims have angels too."

Angels...As told to me (more or less) by a modern youth.

[Joe 6-pack]

They don't always look like you'd expect them too...

[MarkL]

I hope that nobody thinks I’m trying to hijack this thread, and if you do, please hit the “abuse” and pull this message.

Often, angels and demons are tied together (I believe that many Christians believe that demons are “fallen angels” who sided with Lucifer during the rebellion against The Lord.)

The reason I bring this up is that it seems most horror movies regarding demons have a Catholic background, like “The Exorcist,” “The Prophecy,” or “The Omen.” Other than “The Seventh Seal,” I don’t recall a single movie that has any Jewish references in it...

It seems that a movie coming out is (produced) by Sam Raimi (Evil Dead movies, Spiderman) is called “The Possession,” supposedly based on a true story, that directly involves Jewish mysticism (Kabalah), and I was completely unaware that there was any belief in Judaism in things like possessions and exorcisms. The story involves an ornamental box that was sold on eBay that it seems held some sort of demonic spirit.

Will anyone here go to see that movie? What are your beliefs on the subject. From my upbringing as a Jew, I’ve always believed in angels as The Lord’s messengers, but I never heard of, nor had I connected any sort of angel with evil that I know certainly exists.

Thanks!

Mark

[Salvation]

I like this one too.

[dr_lew]

Aquinas' notes on the subject of angels cannot fail to put one in mind of Quantum Mechanics:

2. By this sort of local movement an angel may, at will, be present successively in several places and thus may be said to pass through the space between the first and the last place of the series. Or an angel may cease to apply its powers in the first place and begin to apply them in the last, not passing through the space between.

Dude.

[onedoug]

Angels and devils undermine monotheism which is God alone.

[boatbums]

What is the Jewish view about the angel called Lucifer, aka, Satan?

[M Kehoe]

G-d is probably enjoying this thread.

5.56mm

[spunkets]

"What Are Angels"

Generally children 12 and under.