Christ did
NOT
say in Luke that those believers graduated from this life
are EQUAL to angels
IN 100% OF ALL RESPECTS!
And, there is no Biblical hint that such believers are to be ministering spirits to still earth bound believers in any way.
It is POSSIBLE to construe the “cloud of witnesses” to include graduated believers.
But even that verse does
NOT SAY
“cloud of witnesses waiting in a Heavenly unemployment line for part time ministering spirits assignments.”
sheesh.
Agreed. Christ said only that they were like angels. He also mentioned they were children of God. In my own interpretation of scripture, guided by prayer and the Holy Spirit, I didn’t see any qualifiers in His words, so I took Christ at face value.
Maybe you have some authority for changing His Holy Words into something else?
Just checking....