There are many comments and scriptures inserted throughout the passage that will be displayed at the end to be referenced.

God’s First Creations

The bible tells us that the first thing God did was create the heavens, along with beings to do his work and give him praise.[a][b] Some people believe that the first thing God created was Jesus[c], and some people believe that Jesus is a part of God that has always existed. Either way, the bible tells us that through Jesus God created everything[d], including angels to do his bidding. God can easily do anything because of how powerful he is[e], nothing is too hard for him[f], and he doesn’t even ever get tired[g]. Why then, did he create other beings specifically to do things for him that he could do himself?

Not only did God create the angels to do absolutely anything he says[h], but he cares more about his human creations than the angels[i][j][k], even though the angels were created first.[l] How must the angels feel[m] to know that their creator loves his other creations more? Then, after commanding angels to do work for him and praise him, God makes sure to punish the angels that speak out against him or give information contrary to what God has commanded us to believe.[n] That means that if an angel doesn’t like the way God is treating him and tries to tell anyone, that angel gets sent to hell.[o][p]

What exactly do angels do for God, and why wouldn’t they want to do it?

One reason that God created the angels was for them to be messengers from him to humans. To give us directions, guide us, preach, and sometimes protect us.[q][r] Why would God create angels with the ability to feel and make choices[s], yet force them, with the threat of hell, to serve other creations that he holds in higher regard? Also, God doesn’t need angels to interact with humans[t], so why would he create angels specifically to serve humans before they even existed?

Not only did he create angels to praise him, do whatever he asks, and serve humans, but the bible indicates that he created them to live forever[u]. That means that not only do they have to do things that God has boasted of already being able to do himself[v], (Like patrol the earth[w] and look over us[x]) but they also must do them forever[y].

God also has used his angels to kill people. Either for his own gain, or to help certain people win a war. [z] There have even been times when angels were used by God to kill many innocent people[aa]. Is it unreasonable for an angel to not want to do such a task?

Finally, many people say that angels love God and love to praise him, which may be true for most angels. But the Bible indicates that a great many angels do not love God.[ab] How many? Well, the bible says that God has thousands of thousands of angels (even ten thousand times ten thousand)[ac], more than anybody really knows[ad]. And in the book of Revelations, the bible says that ⅓ of God’s angels choose to oppose him.[ae] ⅓ of all of God’s angels is a huge number. Angels can live forever, so they must be reasonably wise, and they must know a lot more about how heaven works than we do since they actually live there. Why would so many immortal angels who live in heaven with God decide to oppose him, even if they knew for certain that they would go to hell for it? If a church lost ⅓ of its members, and those members chose to die rather than stay with the church, wouldn’t it be suspicious?

[a]Job 38:4-7,

[b]Psalms 148:1-6

[c]Proverbs 8:22-31

[d]Colossians 1:15-18, Hebrews 1:1-2

[e]Job 42:1-2, Matthew 19:26, Mark 10:27, Luke 1:37, Revelations 19:6

[f]Genesis 18:13-14, Jeremiah 32:17,27,

[g]Isaiah 40:28

[h]Psalms 103:19-21

[i]Hebrews 2:16

[j]The interpretation of the passage can vary from translation to translation. It can be said that God was unconcerned with angels sinning whereas he was with humans. But considering a fair number of angels sinned and rebelled against God (about a third according to Revelations 12) this doesn’t seem to be a legitimate argument.

[k]In Psalms 8:4-5, David sings of how lucky mankind is to be initially made lower than angels, yet still get more of God’s attention.

[l]The Bible contains many stories of what is typically due to the firstborn son being given to another. Jacob gets Esau’s birthright and blessing, Joseph gets Jacob’s blessing and favor, and Joseph’s son Ephraim gets Jacob’s blessing over Manasseh, just to name a few, all within three generations. God tends to reject firstborn sons in favor of younger ones.

[m]Scriptures like Job 38:7, Luke 15:10, 1 Peter 1:12, Revelations 12:12, and Luke 8:28, show that angels and demons (who are deduced to be fallen angels) are capable of emotions like desire, fear, anger, and joy.

[n]Jude 1:6, Galations 1:8

[o]2 Peter 2:4

[p]Daniel 4:35, Romans 9:19-21

[q]Some claim that Angels are necessary for us to interact with God because of how great he is, which may be the case in current times. However in Genesis (after Angels were created) God speaks directly to Adam and Eve. And at Genesis 32:30, Jacob sees the face of God and lives, so it was at least at one point possible to look upon him.

On a side note, 1 Timothy 6:16 states that no man has *ever* seen him. Both verses use Greek and Hebrew words specific to visual, physical eyesight. (רָאָה and εἴδω)

[r]Hebrews 1:13-14, Psalms 91:11-12, Psalms 34:7

[s]As evidenced by their ability to rebel and be punished.

[t]Genesis 3:9-13, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 26:2, Genesis 32:30

[u]Luke 20:34-36

[v]Jeremiah 23:23-24, Proverbs 15:3

[w]Zachariah 1:9-12

[x]Psalms 34:7

[y]Revelations 21:12,25 indicates angels will be given menial tasks (guarding gates which never close and don’t need to be guarded) for eternity.

[z]2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Kings 19:34-35, Acts 12:23

[aa]The angel in 2 Samuel 24:15-17 kills 70000 innocent people because of David’s choice to take a census. David even begs for the killing of innocents to stop and for his own family to be punished instead.

[ab]Revelations 12:4,7-9 Enough angels opposed God so as to put up a fight for heaven. Daniel 8:9-10 can be combined with the previous scriptures to draw the conclusion that stars in Revelations are considered angels and 1/3 of them opposed God.

[ac]Daniel 7:9-10, Revelatons 5:11, Matthew 26:53

[ad]The Hebrew word used for 10,000 can also mean ’myriad’ and not a literal 10,000. It is thought by most that God has many, many more than this. There are also some people who interpret Matthew 18:10 to say that every person has their own personal guardian angel, which would put the number of angels in the billions.

[ae]Revelations 12:4-9

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