[metmom]

Studying God’s Word ping

[ShadowAce]

But there are created beings even higher than man—angels.

Sorry--I don't believe that.

Man was made in God's image--angels were not.

Christ died for Man's sins--not angels' sins.

We are told we will judge angels--not that angels will judge us.

Sorry, but John is wrong on this point.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Interesting. When were the angels created?

[BuddhaBrown]

I don't agree with most of what has been said. I'm no bible expert but I have read it several times. Here is what I believe it says, for what it is worth...

We ARE the angels. Though temporarily lower than them, like Christ was when He was in the flesh as we are today.

In the first Earth age Satan rebelled, a third of the angels (us) followed him. Instead of destroying one third of His creation God created the second earth age (today) so that each of us could be born from woman unaware of our prior rebellion.

This IS our second chance. Well, at least those who rebelled.

We will be back in spirit bodies when we die here - angels. Those who have overcome by accepting Christ as savior will judge those who have not - at the end of this age and millennium period. Those still in rebellion will be destroyed in the lake of fire mentioned in Rev and will not be present in the final age.

There ARE also special angels which ARE better than us and did not need to be born of woman - archangels. But there is only a few of them mentioned in the bible. You are not one of them if you are here in the flesh.

Gen 1:26 - "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."

We currently lowly fleshies are made in the image of our spiritual selves. And we will be back to spirit bods in the third and final earth age when eternal heaven is here on Earth with God.

[ebb tide]

No kidding? And the Blessed Mother is also superior to the angels.

That was was the reason Lucifer’s pride caused his fall.

[LouieFisk]

“For the next several days, we’ll see in what ways Christ is superior to angels”
—
I didn’t know this was even an area of contention (Christ v. Angels, who’s the best?). Maybe with Jehovah’s Witnesses, otherwise it seems like one mighty odd strawman to offer up as some kind of debate among Christians.

[ransomnote]

I’m always baffled by friends who pray to angels. A big storm is coming and my friend waves her hand in the air and commands angels to prevent the storm from ruining the garage sale.

[Elsie]

"Open up your own Scriptures and I'll prove my claim from them." It results in a powerful and irresistible argument.

What a NOBLE concept!!