Angels and the spiritual world

Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

¹¹ For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

¹² They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

⁴ So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.

⁵ For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?

⁶ And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

⁷ Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

¹⁵ Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

¹⁶ the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

⁴⁹ So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,

⁵⁰ and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

²¹ And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

²² who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”

¹³ And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

¹⁹ But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

²⁰ “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

¹ Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

² When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.

Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.

They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.

One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

²³ For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me

²⁴ and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

¹¹ But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,

¹² and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

² Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

³ His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.

²⁰ In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,

²¹ and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”