~ Angels Have Emotions ~
Prolog ~
While holy angels and fallen angels/demons are spirit beings (Hebrews
1:14), they do have personalities.
Angels Have Emotional Responses
~ “Now there were in the same
country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by
night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord
shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be
afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all
people. For there is born to you this
day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will
find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.’ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God
and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward
men!’” (Luke 2:8-14).
Angels Can Tremble ~ “But
someone will say, ‘You have faith, and I have works.’ Show me your faith without your works, and I
will show you my faith by my works. You
believe that there is one God. You do
well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!” (James 2:18-19).
Angels Can Be Angry
~ “Now when the dragon saw that
he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the
male Child. But the woman was given two
wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place,
where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence
of the serpent. So the serpent spewed
water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to
be carried away by the flood. But the
earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the
flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the
dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of
her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus
Christ” (Revelation 12:13-17).
Angels Can Experience Joy
~ “Or what woman, having ten
silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house,
and search carefully until she finds it?
And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together,
saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’ Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who
repents” (Luke 15:8-10).
Also see Post
#8 in this series!
Angels Have Desires
~ “Of this salvation the prophets
have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would
come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who
was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of
Christ and the glories that would follow.
To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were
ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who
have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into”
(1 Peter 1:10-12).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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