131-Points in Scriptural Edification on Angels Unawares: A Sermon on Hebrews 13:2 on the Biblical, Scriptural, Doctrinal and Theological Angelology in the Scriptures Alone, Pt 1

Dr. Michael A. Petillo

Hebrews 13:2 KJV

"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."

Ye holy angels bright,
Who wait at God's right hand,
Or through the realms of light
Fly at your Lord's command,
Assist our song,
For else the theme
Too high doth seem
For mortal tongue.
Ye blessed souls at rest,
Who ran this earthly race,
And now, from sin released,
Behold the Saviour's face,
God's praises sound,
As in his sight
With sweet delight
Ye do abound.
All nations of the earth,
Extol the world's great King;
With melody and mirth
His glorious praises sing;
For he still reigns,
And will bring low
The proudest foe
That him disdains.
Sing forth Jehovah's praise,
Ye saints, that on him call!
Him magnify always
His holy churches all!
In him rejoice,
And there proclaim
His holy name
With sounding voice.
My soul, bear thou thy part,
Triumph in God above;
With a well-tuned heart
Sing thou the songs of love;
Thou art his own,
Who precious blood
Shed for thy good
His love made known.
Away, distrustful care!
I have thy promise, Lord:
To banish all despair,
I have thine oath and word:
And therefore I
Shall see thy face
And there thy grace
Shall magnify.
With thy triumphant flock,
Then I shall numbered be;
Built on th'eternal rock,
His glory we shall see.
The heavens so high
With praise shall ring
And all shall sing
In harmony.  (TH, 17).

1.  Genesis 19:1 refers to two elect angels that came to the city of Sodom to the aid of Lot.  That is, holy angels will come to the aid of God's people in Christ to avoid cosmic judgment along with the reprobate outside of Christ.  

2.  Elect angels perfectly obey God's moral law in the Ten Commandments.  Holy angels hate deeds and doctrines of darkness that add or take away from God's holy written Word.

3.  The elect angels rescued Lot out of Sodom.  It is an indication of how angels think, feel and react about homosexual behavior.   Angels hate the doctrine of homosexual practice.  

4.  Elect angels are cosmic, spiritual and supernatural warriors to exalt, honor, glorify and magnify Christ alone as their Supreme Commander of the Lord of Hosts (we will get into further detail on this biblical topic).

5.  Genesis 19:15 refers to the command of the elect angels from Almighty God to Lot and his family to shun "the iniquity of the city of Sodom" because of coming and consuming judgment.

6.  Elect angels know that homosexual behavior (through the judgment of the historical city of Sodom) brings God's all-consuming wrath upon reprobates.

7.  Sodomy is a sin that has God's condemnation upon it.  Elect angels will protect God's people from those who are homosexual reprobates outside of Jesus Christ like Lot.

8.  Genesis 28:12 speaks a supernatural ladder where holy angels ascend and descend upon.  That is, Jesus Christ fulfilled the typology of being Jacob's ladder in John's Gospel chapter 1.  Elect angels ascend and descend upon King Jesus.  He controls them and they obey Him.  There is no biblical indication that Mary is apart of this scriptural Jacob's ladder but Christ alone.

9.  Genesis 32:1 refers to Jacob meeting the angels of God.  Sometimes we meet angels unawares.  Other times they could reveal themselves to us.  Whatever happens is God's predestinarian plan for every angel on a holy mission.  It is possible for angels in human form to be preachers of the gospel as instruments of God's salvational plan.  It is also possible for angels to minister to the people of God and protect God's people.

10.  It should be noted in all seriousness that elect angels want nothing to do with adding to the sole proliferation of the supernatural glorification and worship of Christ alone in how someone is right with God concerning the magnification of the person and work of the divine Lamb of God alone.

11.  Elect angels are not gods.  They do not follow the teaching of Satan in the Garden to make men gods nor themselves (Gen. 3).  Their exhortation in the Book of Revelation is "worship God."  That is, they serve and worship the self-existent Three in One alone.

12.  The angels of God cannot sin.  Some teach that elect angels can still fall into sin.  It should be noted that no elect angel can commit sin because they are immutability fixed to perfection.  I submit that only demons can commit sin (Job 4:18).  Everything is open to God and all the angels (elect and fallen) gather in God's presence.   The fallen angels were once God's holy angels, but they all had wills subject to changeability.   The fallen angels choose Satan instead of Christ.   The elect angels choose Christ instead of Satan.  God ordains everything and nothing is excluded out of His purpose.

13.  No body understands really why Satan fell.  I suggest to you that his will was mutable and subject to change.  Some say that one possible answer is that Jesus foretold of His miraculous incarnation (Jehovah becoming man as the Second Person of the Trinity) but he rebelled and rejected it and embraced cosmic sin.  All we know is that He rebelled in cosmic idolatry and pride to rise above God.  Satan was not trying to imitate Jesus to be like Him.  No, no!  He was not trying to rise above the Majesty of God.  His sin has left him in cosmic, supernatural and spiritual hyper-insanity.  He used himself as a means to bring our first parents into bondage of the will (original sin and actual transgressions).

14.  The only fear fallen angels know about is attrition and the love of super-self-destruction in an abandonment to reckless idolatry, deception and abounding wickedness.

15.  I suggest to you that demons lost their ability to become human when they fell like falling stars from heaven.  Some say that the demons become man as the "sons of God" in the Book of Genesis.   That is, they say it is because of this the flood of Noah occurred.  I suggest to you that such is a ant-scriptural mythology.  The "sons of God" were not demons in human form.  These were wicked human beings.  God destroyed the old world through a historical world-wide flood because of the abounding, radical and tormentive sinful nature of man.  God will only destroy the heavens and the earth again, but next time it is through fire not water!

16.  Elect angels are instruments of goodness (Ps 78:25).  Though this is the case, the divine righteousness of Christ is greater than all the angels combined.  That is, there is nothing better than possessing the unified merit of Christ alone by faith alone.  Angels are profoundly interested in the the work God in the life of the Christian, because their only aim is to glorify God alone not man.

17.  Elect angels do not support preeminent leadership like the evil tidings of Diotrephes (3 Jn 11).

18.  Elect angels are also stronger and more powerful than demons.  Throughout history elect angels have probably been on secret missions for the betterment of individual people and advancement of good especially during wars among nations.

19.  Holy angels are heavenly warriors as a instrument of the wrathful indignation of a holy God (Ps 78:49).

20.  Psalm 91:11 says God's angels "look out" or "watch over" or "protect" God's people in Christ.

21.  Psalm 103:20 is a hyperbole that speaks to the cosmic obedience of holy angels that obey God's holy Word.

22.  Psalm 148:2 speaks of angels praising God.  This is what angels do best: they perfectly glorify God alone.

23.   There is no evidence in the Bible that elect angels take orders from the Virgin Mary. Rather they take orders from the Jesus Christ alone; the Captain of the Lord of Hosts like in the days of Joshua.

24.  Matthew 4:6 shows that Satan knows and reads the Bible but he intentionally exalts rebellion against the Triune Majesty in utter abuse, misuse and misapplication of the written Word of God.

25.  In biblical Satanology, we recognize that he has had six thousand years to investigate the weakness of man.  That is, he is only a defeated foe if you stand on Christ the solid Rock.

26.   Elect angels were also furthering the plan of God in the OT in the ancient days of Moses to further God's people through the advancement of God's infallible Word.

27.  Matthew 4:11 speaks of angels ministering to our Savior and Creator Jesus Christ.  That is, touching His deity He needs none to minister but touching His humanity He needed the ministering influence of His angels friends after the temptation of Satan.

28.  Matthew 13:39 refers to angels as reapers.   That is, they help the body of Christ.  Without the means of elect angels, the kingdom of Satan would destroy the local fellowship of believers.  Humans have no inherit power, but elect angels partake of the awesome power of Jesus Christ.

29.  It is better to pray to the Blessed Trinity alone than to pray to a guardian angel.  Make sure to give God all the glory!

30.  Elect angels do not seek people to pray to them.   That is, prayer is worship and all worship is to God alone.  Do not break the First Commandment.

31.  Matthew 13:41 refers to elect angels who gather the lawless ones and throw them into outer darkness (that is, the eternal fires of hell).

32.   Matthew 13:49ff refers to the elect angels separating the wicked and the righteous, but those who are wicked will go into eternal punishment.  How can someone determine if someone is wicked?  The wicked are those who do not possess the unified imputed righteousness of Christ alone by faith alone.

33.   Matthew 16:27 refers to Jesus with His elect angels.

34.  Matthew 18:10 refers to a group of angels who always report on what children are "up to" to the Triune Majesty.  Remember what Jesus said about children: do not hinder them to come unto Him.

35.  Matthew 22:30 refers basically to the sinless perfection of saints in Christ alone who are glorified through the proliferating magnification of Jesus' unified merits alone.  I do not suppose it rejects marriage in heaven between a man and woman.  I do not have reason to doubt that marriage is in heaven.  There is strong reason to totally doubt and reject that we will be gods!  But the innumerable multitude described in the Book of Revelation refers to those who are owned by God and forever remain His.  By saying this, I also do not suppose that child-bearing is excluded in heaven for it is regarded by Scripture as sacred (that is, everyone who comes forth from the womb should be regarded as holy).

36.  Matthew 24:31 refers to the activity of elect angels who gather God's people in Christ together for the Day of Joy.  How do you take the Last Day?  Is it a Day of Joy or a Day of Wrath?  Do not hope you make it; know you make it!  Do you possess the purity of Christ alone devoid of sinner's merit?  Elect angels love the merit of Christ alone because He is glorified unto His perfect mercy in lost and poor sinners.

37.  Matthew 24:36 refers to all the elect angels who do not know the day or hour of the SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.  Some legitimately say this is not apart of the original.  But we know that the Triune Godhead knows all things because He is divine.  He knows exactly when the Second Coming will occur.

38.  Matthew 25:31 says Jesus comes with His elect angels, and He also sits on His glorious and matchless throne.

39. Matthew 25:41 refers to Satan and his fallen angels that go to hell forevermore.  They will NEVER be pardoned by God. 

40.  Matthew 26:53 refers to the question by Jesus that He could call on more then twelve legions of angels.  He does not do it because His appointed time had come.  That is, it was the reason why He became man; to die for the sins of His people alone (Mt 1:21).

41.   Mark 1:13 seems to suggest the elect angels were always with Him in the midst of Satan's attacks and the wild beasts.  Satan tempted Christ outwardly but He could not sin because of the supernatural impeccability of Christ.  He possess sinlessness as a sacred human being because of the Spirit of God in overshadowing the Virgin Mary in a virginal conception and He possess sinlessness as God the Son in human flesh.

42.  Mark 8:38 refers to those who are ashamed of Jesus and He will come in glorification of God the Father with the numerous company of God's elect angels.  We live in a wicked generation (as St. Peter says in the Book of Acts).  Jesus uses the divine title "Son of Man" to exalt Himself in obedience to His Father.

43.  Mark 12:25 refers to saints like the angels in heaven.  That is, the angels have a kind of perfection and worship God.  For example, Jesus had a perfection before His death.  You would think that perfection would make someone deathless, but He willingly surrounded to death as the forever-sinless God-man.  There is no doubt that after His bodily resurrection He was glorified with a unmistakable glorified body where now death cannot touch Him and He dies no more.  I suppose only glorified angels cannot die that are also sinless.  Saints will be perfected because of the glorification of the merits of Christ alone.  One day every saint who have a glorified body where death cannot touch us.  The only OT saints who have this body now (explicitly recorded in the Bible) that we are aware of is Enoch, Elijah and maybe Moses.  A theologian once said that it is better to have the imputed merit of Christ alone to be right with God than to be an angel.

44. Elect angels are always up to good things.  We should have caution in dealing with them, because they may be provoked by sinners because of human cosmic sin against the innocence of God.

45.  Mark 13:27 refers to God's elect angels who gather the elect of God from around the world.  That is, all the believing ones are from every tribe, tongue, people and nation.  We know Jesus intends to save a people unto Himself.   The identity of the elect is unknown except if you are convinced of your election in Christ by God's Spirit.  Everyone who is saved may not know it, but you are to examine yourself to see if you are in the faith of Christ.  No one is saved by works, but by the person and work of Christ alone.

46.  Mark 13:32 refers to the knowledge of the Father alone about the Second Coming of Christ, but I am convinced because of John 21 in the testimony of St. Peter that Jesus knows all things.  

47.  Luke 2:9 refers to the elect angels at the birth of Christ.  These elect angels are anonymous but possessed the glory of God.  Shepherds were terribly frightened at their awesome presence.

48.  Luke 2:10-12 refers to elect angels announcing the matchless birth of our Savior and Creator as little Lord Jesus.  I suppose it is logical also to say that elect angels HATE abortion.  If you support the birth of Jesus, you will also support His supernatural Spirit-driven miraculous conception in the womb of the Virgin Mary not of man in anyway.  The elect angels worship Christ as self-existent Incarnate Second Person of the Trinity as their Captain and Commander.

49.  Luke 9:13 refers to their immediate appearance of elect angels (that is, they can go in and out of this dimensions to heaven, hell and back) for their aim to praise and honor and glorify God alone.

50.  Luke 9:15 refers to the aftermath of the intercession in the heavenly mission of elect angels (without it being called meritorious work that adds to Christ alone).

51.  Luke 9:20 refers to the accurateness of the appearance and testimony of the elect angels.

52.  The elect angels seem to always be on duty for the things of God to aid God's people in Christ and surround them with the power of Christ like the invisible army of angels as "full of horses and chariots of fire" (2 Kin 6:17 NASB).

53.  2 Kings 6:17 seems to teach that there is largely more angels in the aid of God's people than a traditional or alleged guardian angel.  The Book of Acts records that St. Peter had the care of his elect angel who helped him out of prison and seemed to be known by the local church who were friends with St. Peter and his angel.

54.  Elect angels know that Christ alone is the only way of salvation.  How do I know this?  Because they honor God's infallible Word of the Father's declaration, "This is my well-beloved Son; listen to Him."  It means salvation is not a spiritual preference.  

55.   Luke 4:10 refers to angels guarding God's people in Christ, but Satan uses this verse to tempt Christ.  Jesus never fell into temptation because He is perfectly sinless.

56.  Luke 9:26 refers to those who are ashamed of Jesus Christ.  Do men add to the Cross of Jesus Christ to eliminate shame?   World religions seem to hate the shame of the Cross.  By nature, men hate God's redemptive program of salvation through the forgiveness of the Cross of Jesus Christ as the exclusive redemptive suffering for the spiritual remedy of God's elect people alone who are chosen before the world began by God's divine choice.

57.  Luke 12:8 refers to Jesus confessing God's elect to His elect angels who confess Him before men.  Elect angels are interested in the holy things of God among God's people in Christ.

58.  The elect angels are innocent and never commit crimes or violations of Romans chapter 13.

59.  Luke 12:9 refers to those who deny Christ will be denied before the angels of God.   The elect angels know who God's people are.  This is not referring to a believer in Christ who honestly struggles with doubt but constantly repents.  Rather this is someone who is like Judas Iscariot who is of the devil and denies Christ without cause.

60.  Luke 15:10 refers to the angels rejoicing over one sinner who repents.  Its not that the angels know of our repentance because they can read our minds or known because we pray to them.  God makes it known to them that a converted elect sinner repents.  The elect angels know that the only way of salvation is Christ alone through mortification of the flesh unto the command of repentance unto life for the remission of sin.

61.  Luke 16:22 refers to the company of angels who carry God's people in Christ to heaven.  Abraham's bosom was another way to described heaven.  Some evangelicals wrongly say that it was a place where Christ came to after His death to testify of the gospel to those who were in "spiritual prison."  Incidentally, some Catholics say it is some sort of evidence of purgatory.  They are both mistaken, because Abraham's bosom is heaven because there is both heaven or hell.  There is nothing in-between, but the prison is simply those who are sinners who are on earth who know not God nor obey the gospel.

62.  Luke 20:36 refers to the angels who cannot die because of glorified sinlessness.  That is, the saints in Christ once in glory are perfected and deathless like Christ in His glorified body.

63.  Luke 24:23 refer to the resurrection angels.  That is, there was a company of elect angels who announced the verification and confirmation of how someone is right with God (the person and work of Christ alone) in the real event of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.

64.  John 1:51 refers to the ascending and descending presence of elect angels on the divine Son of Man.

65.  John 20:12 refers to two angels in the tomb where Jesus bodily rose from the dead.  He never descended into to hell, because the Creed should be taken as He suffered HELL ON THE CROSS not that He literally entered hell.  It possible for Jesus to enter hell (that is, He controls who enters hell because He has complete authority over it), but also He is there in His divine omnipresent presence to punish damned sinners set apart in His fire-abounding indignation.  Jesus is the Incarnate Fire.  The gates of hell are all fallen because of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

66.  The power of hell is decreased in the predominating presence of elect angels that partake of the power of Jesus Christ.

67.  The power of darkness is decreased in the presence of elect angels that have the literal power of Christ.

68.  In Church History, the Pope made a prayer to Michael the Archangel.  The elect angels do not want to be worshiped.  Rather study the Book of Revelation "worship God."  They consider it an act of idolatry.

69.  Acts 7:53 refers to the work of elect angels in the furtherance and establishment of the ancient law of God in the Old Testament.

70.  The activity of angels is more dominate than love in the Bible.

71.  Romans 8:38 refers to the unbreakable separation believers have in Christ that no angel of any kind (fallen or elect) can undo.

71.  An elect angel would not want to undo a real believer in Christ because the angels by nature rejoice over repentance through Christ crucified.

72.  Elect angels are satisfied with the supremacy of the perfect justice of the Cross of Jesus Christ where sin was punished for those who repent through Christ crucified alone.  They do not engage in cruel hatred, blind presumption or acts of cruelty.

73.   Elect angels are always opposed to occultic wizards like Balaam who furthered advancement through wrongdoing to abound in just condemnation.

74.  1 Corinthians 4:9 refers to being in the presence of angels, because it seems they have a way to be known through spiritual, supernatural and cosmic manipulation of time and space for spiritual awareness without being omnipresent like God alone.

75.  Elect angels see every person as a cosmic fugitive and spiritual criminal at conception except Christ, but they truly respect and honor the person and work of Christ alone in behalf of sinners by faith alone.

76.  1 Corinthians 6:3 speaks of the elect body of Christ will judge the angels.  All the elect angels will be excused by King Jesus, but the fallen angels will be judged unto eternal punishment.

77.  Elect angels know the divine truth of the gospel, because they are able to rejoice over a sinner who is justified.

78.  1 Corinthians 11:10 refers to Christian women respecting angels in the body of Christ.

79.  1 Corinthians 13:1 refers to a Christian way of Christ-honoring love more than the words of angels.  That is, it is better to love.

80.  Galatians 3:19 refer to the ordination of angels in ancient times.  I suggest to you that Christ alone is the only capable Mediator of the New Covenant.  He is better than Moses or anyone because He is God Incarnate.

81.  Only fallen angels would lie about the gospel to a lost sinner, but we are called to test all spirits and hold to the right handling of God's Word through study and searching the written Word.

82.  Colossians 2:18 refers to self-abasement and worship of angels.  It is meant to call people to right worship before God to God alone.  We are not called to pray or worship angels.

83.  2 Thessalonians 1:7 refers to Jesus being revealed in His Second Coming with angels as a flame of fire.  The angels imitate God because God is called a "consuming fire."  Christians are called to bear the image of Christ but it is the only spiritual image approved in a way to live for Jesus in the conformity of the soul to Christ by His Spirit.   We are not called to use pictures of angels.

84.  1 Timothy 3:16 says that Jesus Christ was seen by angels.  That is, he was seen by fallen angels and elect angels.  It is probably beyond a number in how many witnesses there for those who saw God in human flesh.  It says in the New Testament that the Apostles handled the Word of Life and bore witness that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God.

85.  1 Timothy 5:21 speaks of the chosen angels.  Only the holy angels are chosen angels, but the fallen angels are called to damnation by God's divine choice.

86. Hebrews 1:4 speaks of Jesus as being GREATER than all the angels, because He is Jehovah God in human flesh.  Jehovah's Witnesses fail to understand the deity of Jesus.  Do not worship false gods but Jesus Christ as the only true God.

87.   Hebrews 1:5 speaks of the separate supremacy of Christ alone, because He alone is God.  Some Catholics teach that the Virgin Mary is the "soul" of the Holy Spirit.  Such is a doctrine of the pit of hell because she is a mere sinner; Jesus is the only God-man!

88.  Hebrews 1:6 refers to the angels of God worshiping Jesus Christ as the Incarnate Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.

89.  Hebrews 1:7 speaks of angels as wings and ministers of flames of fire.  That is, they are also able to take vengeance out on sinners as pure creatures of God that do the missions of Jesus.  Elect and fallen angels are also creatures of God and not self-existent like the Father, Son and Spirit alone.

90.  Hebrews 1:13 refers to the Father's choice of God's only Son.  That is, He puts all His enemies under His feet.

91.  Hebrews 2:2 refers to the unalterable words of elect angels.  That is, chosen angels speak God's divine truth.

92.  Hebrews 2:5 refers to man having dominion over the earth and angels in the activity for their particular mission from God.

93.  Hebrews 2:7 refers to God the Son becoming man and the reality of elect angels.

94.  Hebrews 2:9 refers to the humility of the incarnation of Jesus Christ and God's divine humility is all throughout the Bible but it is often overlooked, put aside or put alongside of man-made worship.

95.  Hebrews 2:16 says that God does not help the angels.  What does this mean?  Wasn't Michael the Archangel helped in defeating Satan in Jude chapter 1?  It refers to redemptive help.  That is, only the human race has a divine Savior but the angels do not have a Savior.  It is true that the elect angels believe Jesus, but they lack a divine substitute.  Some would say "it is better to be angel" but I think the Bible refers to apprehending Christ as Savior and Lord as the highest calling.  Yes, it is better than being an angel because Jesus is our Redeemer.  We did not have to earn our way to heaven because He lived a sinless life in our behalf.

96.  Hebrews 12:22 refers to myriads of angels.  I suppose there are more angels than the stars of heaven.  Saints will meet the elect angels in heaven and sing along with them in worship of God alone.

97.  Hebrews 13:2 refers to kindness to all people, but especially because they could be a incognito angel.

98.  1 Peter 1:12 refers to elect angels who long to look into the things of God from the supremacy and centrality of the Word preached as the purest form of worship to renew minds and conform God's people not by might nor by power but by God's Spirit.

99.  1 Peter 3:22 says that all angels are subject to Jesus Christ.  He possess all power and authority in heaven and on earth.

100.  2 Peter 2:4 refers to fallen angels unto eternal damnation.  God did not spare them because sin was found in them.  

101.  Some fallen angels are already in eternal punishment, and those who obey not the gospel will never inherit eternal glory.

102.  2 Peter 2:10 speaks of the damned reprobates who do not have any regard for angelic majesties.

103.  2 Peter 2:11 refers to elect angels who do not engage in accusations against people, but I suppose Satan and his legions always seek to accuse, harass and attack God's chosen people who believe in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12).

104.  Jude 1:6 refers to those angels who fell with and through Satan that are cast into everlasting chains.  Satan and his fallen angels are all in restraint by God.  For example, in the case of upright Job Satan had permission from God to do bad things to do Job but to spare his life in a cosmic test.  That is Satan is a raging lion seeking someone to destroy but he is on a cosmic leash.

105.  Revelation 1:20 refers to the seven stars that are angels for the seven churches.  Angel's protect God's people, reside in the local church and they are also messengers from King Jesus.   They evil angels seek to always deceive everyone because they are self-deceived.

106.  Revelation 3:5 refers to those who have Jesus' imputed white garments where his name will not be blotted out of God's book and his name will be known to God the Father and His elect angels.

107.   Fallen angels always seek to undo God's work.  Demons also hate people who engage them without being true followers of Christ (like those who were using the name of Christ against demons in an unlawful practice where the demons attacked them).

108.  Revelation 5:11 refers to many angels around the throne of Jesus Christ.  That is, they worship Christ alone in set apart praise and they are ready for their marching orders.

109.  Revelation 7:1 refers to the angels who hold back the winds of the earth.  Angels are assigned to a divine task by and for King Jesus.

110.   Revelation 7:2 refers to angels who have power over the earth to do what they were appointed to do without fail.

111.  Revelation 7:11 refers to the angels around the throne who worshiped God alone.  

112.  Revelation 8:2 refers to angels around the throne.  That is, they immediately obey orders from King Jesus.

113.  Revelation 8:6 refers to angels ready to obey God in whatever they are called to do in their task for King Jesus.

114.  Revelation 8:13 refers to a great woe through the means of angels in set apart jugdment.

115.  Revelation 9:14 refers to angels communicating to other angels in accomplishing some sort of task.

116.  Revelation 9:15 refers to angels in the service of God's wrath.

117.  Revelation 12:7 refers Michael the Archangel and his angels fought against Satan and his fallen angels.  I do not suppose that such a fall happened in the perfect purity of heaven, because nothing unclean or impure can exist there.  The fall, war and rebellion of Satan and his fallen angels took place outside of heaven.  I suggest to you that when it refers to "heaven" it refers to a kind of figure of speech.

118.  Revelation 12:9 refers to Satan and his fallen angels who were cast out of heaven and thrown to the earth.

119.  The devil has a short time because life is a vapor.  He wages war against Christ and His people because He is the essence of rebellion and cosmic abominations unto hyper-reckless treason.

120.  Revelation 14:10 refers to a unnumbered group of the presence of holy angels in God's presence in hell.  God's presence is in hell touching His wrath and separation of His mercy.

121.  The devil and his fallen angels will forever suffer in eternal torment with Nero (the ultimate Antichrist and False Prophet) and all those who did not obey the gospel.

122.  Revelation 15:1, 6-8; 16:1; 17:1 refers to angels as instruments of judgment.

123.   Revelation 21:9 refers to angels speaking and announcing the bride of Christ, the wife of the Lamb.

124.  Revelation 21:12 refers to the presence of the angels in the New Jerusalem.

125.  Matthew 7:21-23 says that even the unregenerate have the ability to cast out demons.   Love is better than performing miracles.

126.  The New Testament Gospels demonstrate the conquering power of Jesus Christ over demons and the real activity of the rebellion of fallen angels as satanic demons.

127.  1 Timothy 4:1 refers to such a thing in the end times as the doctrine of demons.  That is, the OT referred to anything place in place of God or above God.  

128.  James 2:19 refers to a dead faith as a faith of demons.  The Reformers taught a living faith that breathed obedience to Jesus Christ as their only Head.

129.  Revelation 9:20 speaks of those who worship demons.  It is best to remain in the honor of God in exclusively giving Him glory through prayers of any kind.

130.  Revelation 16:14; 18:2 refers to the presence and activity of demons.  Demons seek to further wrong doctrine and they know the pretenders who exorcize possessed people to give legitimacy to false ministries like Judas Iscariot.

131.  Elect angels are always loyal to God in the furtherance of their divine and heavenly mission.  They also should be cosmic caution in the drawn sword of a heavenly angel in the case of David in the OT.  Like David, we must use discernment because we are guilty sinners though he was the apple of God's eye.  It refers to chastening judgment not redemptive judgment.  The angels with a drawn sword slaughtered many for their mission of the cosmic wrath of God in the OT but they also know how to use restraint or remember mercy in jugdment like God.

Round the Lord in glory seated,
Cherubim and seraphim
Filled his temple, and repeated
Each to each the alternate hymn:
"Lord thy glory fills the heaven,
Earth is with its fulness stored;
Unto thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!"
Heaven is still with glory ringing,
Earth takes up the angels' cry,
"Holy, holy, holy," singing,
"Lord of hosts, the Lord most high."
With his seraph train before him,
With his holy church below,
Thus conspire we to adore him,
Bid we thus our anthem flow:
"Lord, thy glory fills the heaven,
Earth is with its fulness stored;
Unto thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!"
Thus thy glorious Name confessing,
We adopt thine angels' cry,
"Holy, holy, holy," blessing
Thee, the Lord of Hosts most high.  (TH, 42).