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If angels have no free will, they are robots; if they have free will, why wouldn’t they be able to sin?

Answered by . September 14, 2010 - 1:20 am 3

All our temptations come from the natural instinct of independent biological organisms to self-optimize; that is, to improve their standard of living, to reproduce, and to take steps to survive (Genesis 3:6, Romans 7:23, James 1:14). Angels are not biological organisms (in the sense that they are not made of fallible biological material like we […]

Did Jacob see God’s face? (Gen 32:24f)

Answered by . March 13, 2010 - 2:59 am

Man cannot see God (Exodus 33:20; John 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:16). Hosea 12:4 states that Jacob wrestled with an angel. So Jacob did not literally see the face of God but saw God’s messenger, the Angel of the LORD. Compare Judges 13:21-22.

In the kingdom, will we still be called by our names?

Answered by . December 16, 2009 - 9:44 pm 9

We don’t know many of the details of the kingdom, but during the kingdom (the ‘1,000 years’ reign of Christ on the earth — Rev. 20:4; 5:10), and even after the kingdom (when God is ‘all and in all’ — 1Cor. 15:28), the saints will probably still be known by their names. We can see […]

Is or was Jesus an angel?

Answered by . December 3, 2009 - 9:04 am 4

No, Jesus is not — and never was — an angel. Hebrews 1 makes this clear, especially Hebrews 1:3-5 & 13: {3} …After making purification for sins, he [God’s son — v2 — i.e. Jesus] sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, {4} having become as much superior to angels as […]

Who are “the angels that sinned”?

Answered by . November 21, 2009 - 3:35 pm 14

This question refers to two verses: For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment. (2 Peter 2:4) And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, […]

Who are the devil’s angels? (Mat.25:41; Rev 12:9)

Answered by . November 21, 2009 - 3:13 pm

Jesus has already used similar language in saying that the Pharisees are children of their father the devil (John 8:44) Matt.25:41 is partly just apocalyptic language (no different from Rev.12:9) but there may be a literal edge to it as well, and the “angels” in this case are the same as the “goats”. Of course […]