He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming swo

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He drove out the man, and at the east of the
garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a
flaming sword that turned every way to guard the
way to the tree of life. Genesis 324
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18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold of
?hammered work shall you make them, on the two
ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub on the
one end, and one cherub on the other end. ?Of one
piece with the mercy seat shall you make the
cherubim on its two ends. 20 ?The cherubim shall
spread out their wings above, overshadowing the
mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to
another toward the mercy seat shall the faces of
the cherubim be. Exodus 2518-20
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Daniels Reaction (Dan. 105-8) 5 ?I lifted up my
eyes and looked, and behold, ?a man clothed in
linen, ?with a belt of fine ?gold from Uphaz
around his waist. 6 His body was like ?beryl, his
face ?like the appearance of lightning, ?his eyes
like flaming torches, his arms and ?legs like the
gleam of burnished bronze, and ?the sound of his
words like the sound of a multitude. 7 ?And I,
Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who
were with me did not see the vision, but a great
trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide
themselves. 8 So I was left alone and saw this
great vision, and ?no strength was left in me. My
radiant appearance was fearfully changed, ?and I
retained no strength.
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Zachariahs Reaction (Lk. 111-13) 11 And there
appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on
the right side of ?the altar of incense. 12 And
Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and ?fear
fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, Do
not be afraid, Zechariah, for ?your prayer has
been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you
a son, and ?you shall call his name John.
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Marys Reaction (Lk. 130) 30 And the angel said
to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for ?you have
found favor with God.
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Guards and Women at Jesus Tomb (Matt. 281-5) 1
?Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the
first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and ?the
other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold,
there was a great earthquake, for ?an angel of
the Lord descended from heaven and came and
rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 ?His
appearance was like lightning, and ?his clothing
white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards
trembled and ?became like dead men. 5 But the
angel said to the women, Do not be afraid, for I
know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
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Johns Reaction (Rev. 228-9) 8 I, ?John, am the
one who heard and saw these things. And when I
heard and saw them, ?I fell down to worship at
the feet of the angel who showed them to me, 9
?but he said to me, You must not do that! I am a
fellow servant? with you and your brothers the
prophets, and with those ?who keep the words of
this book. Worship God.
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers
• Angel (Heb. Malak) (Gk. Angelos)
  literally means messenger

Jezebels Messengers (1 Kgs. 192ff.) Then
Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah,
saying Haggai was a messenger (Hag. 113) Then
Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the
people with the Lords message
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers
• Angel (Heb. Malak) (Gk. Angelos)
  literally means messenger

Gods Priests were messengers (Mal. 27) For ?the
lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and
people? should seek instruction from his mouth,
for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers
• Angel (Heb. Malak) (Gk. Angelos)
  literally means messenger

John the Baptist was a messenger (Mal.
31) Behold, I send ?my messenger, and ?he will
prepare the way before me.
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers
• Angel (Heb. Malak) (Gk. Angelos)
  literally means messenger

John the Baptist sent messengers to Jesus
(Lk. 724) When Johns messengers had gone,
Jesus? began to speak to the crowds concerning
John What did you go out ?into the wilderness
to see? ?A reed shaken by the wind?
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers
• Miraculous births
• Delivered messages to Abraham and Lot
  concerning the destruction of Sodom
• Gave Moses Gods message from the burning
  bush (Ex. 32)
• Told Daniel what was going to happen in the
  future
• Gave John the message of the book of Revelation

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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants

Helped Jesus in the wilderness (Matt. 411) Then
the devil left him, and behold, ?angels came and
were ministering to him. Helped Jesus in the
garden (Lk. 2243) And there appeared to him ?an
angel from heaven, strengthening him.
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants

Rolled away the stone from the tomb (Matt.
282) And behold, there was a great earthquake,
for ?an angel of the Lord descended from heaven
and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
Released the apostles from jail (Acts 519) But
during the night ?an angel of the Lord ?opened
the prison doors and brought them out, and said
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants

Carried away Lazarus (Lk. 1622) The poor man
died and was carried by ?the angels ?to Abrahams
side. The rich man also died and was buried
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants / as are we!
• Gods army

Genesis 1913 For we are about to destroy this
place, ?because the outcry against its people has
become great before the Lord, and the Lord has
sent us to destroy it.
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants / as are we!
• Gods army

Joshua 513-15 When Joshua was by Jericho, he
lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, ?a man
was standing before him ?with his drawn sword in
his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him,
Are you for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And
he said, No but I am the commander of the army
of the Lord. Now I have come
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants / as are we!
• Gods army

Joshua 513-15 And Joshua ?fell on his face to
the earth and worshiped and said to him, What
does my lord say to his servant? 15 And the
commander of the Lords army said to Joshua,
?Take off your sandals from your feet, for the
place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua
did so.
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants / as are we!
• Gods army

2 Kings 615-17 15 When the servant of the man of
God rose early in the morning and went out,
behold, an army with horses and chariots was all
around the city. And the servant said, Alas, my
master! What shall we do? 16 He said, Do not be
afraid, ?for those who are with us are more than
those who are with them...
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants / as are we!
• Gods army

2 Kings 615-17 17 Then Elisha prayed and said,
O Lord, please ?open his eyes that he may see.
So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and
he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of
?horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants / as are we!
• Gods army

2 Kings 1932-36 32 Therefore thus says the Lord
concerning the king of Assyria He shall not come
into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come
before it with a shield or ?cast up a siege mound
against it. 33 ?By the way that he came, by the
same he shall return, and he shall not come into
this city, declares the Lord...
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants / as are we!
• Gods army

2 Kings 1932-36 34 ?For I will defend this city
to save it, for my own sake ?and for the sake of
my servant David. 35 And that night ?the angel
of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in
the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose
early in the morning, behold, these were all dead
bodies. 36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria
departed and went home and lived at ?Nineveh.
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• Angels purposes are to serve God as
• Gods messengers / as are we!
• Gods servants / as are we!
• Gods army / as are we!