Angels in the Old Testament

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Angels in the Old Testament

• A survey

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Review

• God created spiritual beings as well as this
  physical universe
• He created a variety of such beings
• One type of such beings is Angels
• In this lesson, we will look at what angels did
  in the OT

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From the Beginning

• Job 387 present at the creation of the
  physical universe
• Gen 16 Prophesied to Hagar
• Gen 18 Prophesied to Abraham and Sarah
• Gen 19 Saved Lot family
• Gen 22 Saved Isaac
• Gen 24 Believed to have helped find a wife for
  Isaac

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In the life of Jacob

• Gen 28 seen in a dream before God spoke
• Gen 31 Helped against Labans deceit
• Gen 31 Sent him home
• Gen 32 Met him on the way home
• Gen 32 Blessed him after wrestling with him all
  night

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In the life of Moses

• Ex 3, Ax 7 - Appeared at burning bush
• Ex 14 Led Israel in the cloudy pillar
• Ex 14 Protected Israel from the Egyptians
• Heb 2 Gave the Law to Moses
• Ex 23, Num 20 Led them in the wilderness
• Num 22 Warned Balaam of his sin

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In the time of the Judges

• Jud 2 Rebukes Israel for sin
• Jud 523 Tells Israel to curse Meroz for its
  sin
• Jud 6 Calls Gideon to lead Israel
• Jud 13 Prophesies to Manoah and his wife

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In the days of the Kings

• 2 Sam 24 -- Punishes Israel for Davids sin
• 1 Kgs 19 Saves Elijah
• 2 Kgs 1 Sends Elijah on Gods errand
• 2 Kgs 615-17 Protects Elisha from enemies
• 2 Kgs 19 Slays 185,000 enemies

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During the Babylonian captivity

• Ezekiel sees various spiritual beings in many
  visions
• Dan 3 Rescues the 3 young men from fire
• Dan 6 Rescues Daniel from lions
• Dan 8-9 Prophesied to Daniel

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After the Return to Israel

• Zech 1-6 Appear in 8 visions to encourage the
  people to complete the building of the temple

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In the Psalms of Israel

• Psa 85
• Psa 347
• Psa 351-6
• Psa 7825, 43-50
• Psa 911-16
• Psa 10319-22
• Psa 1482

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Summary

• Angel means messenger
• Note In all descriptions, appeared as a man no
  wings, no halos, etc
• We have seen angels delivering verbal messages
  (prophecies) from God
• We have seen angels rescue and lead Gods people
  (a message that God was with them)
• We have seen angels warn and punish evildoers (a
  message that God is against them)
• In our next lesson we will study about Cherubim
  and Seraphim

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