Angels: The Highest Created Beings

The Highest Created Beings

Psalm 8:4-5 What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. (NIV)

            Who are angels? Not many people can answer that question because their knowledge is limited to that of a painting, adornment, card, or simply put, a flashy reminder of the Christmas season. During the month of December, church choirs, musical artists and others sing a variety of Christmas carols commemorating the story of Jesus’ birth and the angels’ delivery of the good news. Nevertheless, there is a lot more to angels than a seasonal event.

            In the beginning, there was only God. We know that God, being the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, has always existed. He has no beginning nor will He ever cease to exist. Revelation 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. (NIV) Unlike God, angels did not always exist. Just as man was created by God, angels were also part of God’s creation as well; however, they were created first, but were not made to be equal to God. Hebrews 1:4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. (NIV)

            Angels, although being unequal to God, were made to be above man. They are servants of the Most High and were created to worship and honor Him. Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.” (NIV) Angels are God’s special creation and He affectionately called them Morning Stars in the Bible for they sang as He created the earth’s foundation. They worshiped God with great joy as He brought His creation into being. Job 38:4-7 ⁽⁴⁾”Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. ⁽⁵⁾Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? ⁽⁶⁾On what were its footing set, or who laid its cornerstone – ⁽⁷⁾while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? (NIV)

            God calls angels His chariots and there are thousands upon thousands of them in the Heavenly realm. Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary. (NIV) Chariots were considered to be swift modes of transportation during Biblical times; similarly, angels are moving about swiftly doing the work of God. Angels are everywhere to help attend to the affairs of mankind as directed by God. Psalm 103:19-21 ⁽¹⁹⁾The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. ⁽²⁰⁾Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. ⁽²¹⁾Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. (NIV)

            God created angels with the ability to sing. Angels are constantly present around the throne of God to worship and sing His praises. Revelation 5:11-12 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” (NIV) He is their God and they are His servants who goes about doing the business of the Father. They do not seek to be above Him, but they honor and adore Him as their Creator for God created all things and forever is to be praised. 

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