Angels

Michael,the Archangel, is the angel, that cast Lucifer ,out of  heaven.He is also,the one to pray to for comfort in personal battles. He is the protector for the people of God as the defender of Heaven.He is the Patron saint of Police Officers.He is often invoked during times of illness and especially at the hour of Death. His Feast Day is September 29.

Hi Deborah, you sound like a Bible reader so the following scriptures will answer your questions: A. led Israelites thru wilderness-Exodus 23:20, 21, 23; 32:34; 33:2. B. One of two angels named in the Bible-Daniel Chapt.10 & Jude 9. C. Evidence points to him as being God's son (name used before coming to earth and after his return, he was Jesus on earth). D. Revelation mentions him in connection with establishing God's kingdom-Rev. 12:7, 10, 12. Michael is God's great Champion or Vindicator but not equal to Almighty God.

I'll have to answer in 2 "Answers Places" as I don't think that it will all fit in 1 "Answer Place.   Enjoy!!!   John

DOCTRINE OF THE ANGELIC COLLEGE OF HERALDS

A.  The Commander-in-Chief.
    1.  The angel of the Lord is Jesus Christ.  This is a theophany of
Jesus Christ.  The elect angels are always under the command of Christ.
This implies that the angelic salvation is related to Christ, just as ours
is.
    2.  There are four manifestations of our Lord:
        a.  A theophany is a manifestation before the First Advent.
        b.  The incarnation is an appearance in Hypostatic Union.
        c.  Christophanies are post-resurrection appearances in Hypostatic
Union.
        d.  The Second Advent is His return in Hypostatic Union.
    3.  The angel of the Lord is identified as the Lord or Jehovah in Gen
16:7-13, 22:11-18, 31:11-13, 48:15-16; Ex 3:1 cf Acts 7:30-35; Ex 13:21,
14:19; Jud 6:11-23, 13:9-10.

B.  The Seraphim Heralds.
    1.  Seraph is an order of rank created as a reward for angels who
achieved maximum glorification of Christ.  The seraph is distinguished from
all other angels as the highest ranking angel because of his six wings, Isa
6:2.  Angels do not have wings except for seraphs and cherubs.  Wings are an
insignia of rank.
     2.  The pair of wings covering the face of the seraph are analogous to
his integrity and humility.  In the angelic conflict, these angels learned
more doctrine and achieved a higher rank than anyone else.  Their six wings
indicate that Bible doctrine was more important to them than anything else.
        a.  Four of these seraphs are the heralds of Rev 4 and following.
They had the coat of arms of the Lord and eyes on each side of the coat of
arms, which indicated their great wisdom from their perception of doctrine.
        b.  The reward of "seraph" is related to the fact that part of
their escutcheon is the uniform of wisdom ("full of eyes") which describes
their maximum knowledge of doctrine.
        c.  Without humility, they would have no capacity to enjoy the
fact that only seven angels hold this highest rank and always will.
    3.  The pair of wings which cover the feet refer to their respect for
divine authority.  They serve the Lord best in worship.  Note that the
highest ranking person is the greatest servant of all.
    4.  The pair of wings with which they fly indicate their function,
production, and modus operandi in the communication of divine policy, Isa
6:6-8 (where an angel communicated doctrine to Isaiah and gave him a
personal sense of destiny.)
    5.  There are three categories of seraphs:
        a.  The king of arms, the highest ranking seraph.  This is the
powerful angel of Rev 5:2 and 10:1;
        b.  The officer of arms, Rev 18:1, 20:1-3.  This angel has the key
to the abyss.
        c.  The four angelic heralds, Ezek 1, 10 cf Isa 6.  These angels
are "full of eyes [doctrine], both inside [perception] and outside
[application]."

C.  Cherubim Heralds.
    1.  These angels were originally the highest ranking angels prior to
the prehistoric angelic eternal state.  They have four wings, Ezek 1:4-6,
14, 15f.  Also known as the pursuivant officers, these angels are high
ranking noblemen who wear the coat of arms of their Lord.  One officer is
found in Ezek 1 at every wheel of the chariot of fire, a vehicle of judgment
which Jesus Christ rides, Ezek 10:9-10.
    2.  There are seven other functions of these cherubs:
        a.  The two cherubs who guard the gates of the Garden of Eden, Gen
3:24 (analogous to the port cullis, meaning the officer of the gate.)
        b.  The four cherubs of the chariot of fire, Ezek 1,10.  These are
also the administrators of historical disaster in 2 Sam 22:11 and Ps 18:10
(analogous to the royal dragoon.)
        c.  Lucifer, the son of the morning,  Ezek 28:14.
        d.  The pursuivant officer who commands the weather machine, Rev
7:2.
        e.  The angel with the golden incense shovel, Rev 8:3
        f.  The seven thunders are teachers of eschatology, Rev 10:3-4.
        g.  The seven angels of judgment, Rev 14:6,8-9,15,17-19.

D.  Pursuivant, the Wingless Rank and File Angels.  Generally, these angels
are messengers of judgment.  They are wingless messengers.  There are nine
categories of them:
    1.  The angelic messengers with Lot, Gen 19:13ff.
    2.  The destroying angel of 2 Sam 24:16.
    3.  The destroying angels of Ps 78:49.
    4.  The executioners of the city of Jerusalem, Ezek 9:1ff.
    5.  The man clothed in linen who acts as the messenger of the chariot
of fire, Ezek 10:6.
    6.  The four angels each having a hemisphere who restrain the wind
cells of the weather machine, Rev 7:1.
    7.  The seven angels with the seven trumpets, Rev 8:6.
    8.  The seven angels with the seven plagues, Rev 15:1, the same ones
having the libation bowls.
    9.  The seven thunders who accompany the King of Arms, Rev 10:3-4.

E.  Human Heralds.  There are human heralds for both advents as well as
angelic heralds.  Lk 2:9-15 cf Jn 3:28-31 mentions John the baptizer as the
human herald for the First Advent.  In the Second Advent, along with the
angelic herald of the King of Arms, "the mighty angel," of Rev 10:1, the
human heralds are Moses and Elijah, Rev 11:3-12.

Here's the Rest I have for U.   Enjoy!!!   John

DOCTRINE OF ANGELIC HIERARCHY

A.  Introduction.
     1.  The billions of angelic creatures fall into two
categories: the elect angels and the fallen angels.  Operational
fallen angels are called demons.  
     2.  The angelic hierarchy of elect angels is divided into
two categories:  the college of heralds and the angelic order of
battle.  There is order and rank among both elect and fallen
angels.
     3.  Prior to the fall of Satan, the cherub was the highest
rank of angel.  Most angels do not have wings.  Cherubim have
four wings, plus the uniform of wisdom, Gen 3:24; Ezek 1, 10,
28ff.  Wings are an insignia of rank. Satan was a cherub.  A new
rank of angels was created after the fall of Satan and the fallen
angels called seraphs.  Seraphs have the highest rank with six
wings, Isa 6:2; Rev 4:8.  Only elect angels are seraphs.
     4.  Satan and all fallen angels were tried and sentenced by
the justice of God to the Lake of Fire.  Satan appealed the
sentence and God permitted an appeal trial.  Man was created to
provide evidence and resolve the appeal.  God restored Satan's
headquarters (planet earth) for man's occupation.  Man was
created physically inferior to angels but having a similar soul
(mentality, volition, a conscience, emotion).  Every dispensation
is a different set of circumstances similar to what existed for
angelic creatures in prehistoric times.  Every dispensation
reproduces the same situations the angels had.  In the Old
Testament we have the formal trial of Satan's appeal.  In the
Church Age we have God's rebuttal to Satan's appeal.  In the
Tribulation we have Satan's rebuttal--violence.  The second
Advent of Christ terminates the appeal trial.  We are here to
glorify God by the execution of His plan, to have an invisible
impact on history, to evangelize the human race and perform
certain spiritual functions (teaching doctrine) in order to
resolve the angelic conflict.
          a.  At the point of the fall of mankind, Satan
complained throughout the Old Testament formal trial that God did
not sentence fallen mankind to the lake of fire like Satan and
the fallen angels.  Adam and the women were not sentenced to the
lake of fire because they took the redemption solution provided
by God.
          b.  The divine institution of marriage then became a
corporate witness against Satan.  The corporate testimony of two
believers against Satan is critical during the Church Age,
because when both execute the spiritual life of the Church Age
that slams the door on Satan's appeal.
     5.  The fallen angels function under the command of Satan to
hinder the success outcome of any part of the appeal trial.  The
elect angels function under the command of the Lord Jesus Christ
for the divine purposes related to human history.

B.  Order of Rank in the College of Heralds.
     1.  The angel of the Lord, or Jesus Christ, is an appearance
of Christ as an Old Testament theophany.  The Lord Jesus Christ
is the ruler of all elect angels, as seen in the title in Rev
19:16, "Lord of lords."  There are four categories of our Lord's
appearance in human history.
          a.  As a theophany.  A theophany is an appearance of
Christ before the first Advent in angelic form.  He took upon
Himself an angelic body.  Passages which identify the angel of
the Lord as God include: Gen 16:7-13, 22:11-18, 31:11-13,
48:15-16; Ex 3:1ff cf Acts 7:30-35; Ex 13:21, 14:19; Jud 6:11-23,
13:9-20.
          b.  The Incarnation.  Jesus appeared as a man during
the dispensation of the hypostatic union.
          c.  As a christophany.  A christophany is a
manifestation of Jesus Christ in resurrection body during the
forty days He was on earth between His resurrection and
ascension.
          d.  The second Advent.  Jesus Christ appears as the
God-man in resurrected, glorified body.
          e.  The angel of the Lord is revealed as being distinct
from God the Father as Adonai in Gen 24:7,40; Num 20:16; Zech
1:12f.
          f.  Jesus Christ is the visible God of the New
Testament, Jn 1:18, 6:46; 1 Tim 6:16.
     2.  At the time of the judgment of Satan and the fallen
angels, the elect angels received their eternal awards.  Cherubs
were the highest creation of angel from God prior to the fall of
angels.  Seraphs were designated a higher category after the fall
of angels.  Cherubs have four wings and seraphs have six wings.
Wings are a badge of rank.  Angels are made of light, and so can
be visible or invisible.  The college of heralds is a whole
system of aristocracy.
     3.  Seraphs have six wings and the highest rank among all
angels.  They have two categories:
          a.  The King of Arms or Officer of Arms, Isa 6:6; also
called the "powerful angel" of Rev 5:2; 10:1; 14:18; 18:21;
19:5,17.
          b.  Under the king of arms are the angelic heralds of
Rev 4:6-8, called "the living creatures."
     4.  Cherubs or Pursuivant Officers.
          a.  Gen 3:24 mentions the cherubs who guard the gates
of Eden.
          b.  Ezek 1 and 10 mentions the four cherubs of the
chariot of fire.
          c.  The four cherubs who command the wind cells and the
weather, Rev 7:1-2.
          d.  Satan is a cherub who was court-martialed, Ezek
28:14.
          e.  The angel with the golden shovel of Rev 8:3.
          f.  The messenger of judgment in 2 Sam 22:11, Ps 18:10.
          g.  The seven Thunders are teachers of eschatology, Rev
10:3-4.
          h.  The evangelistic cherub in charge of all evangelism
in the Tribulation, Rev 14:6.
          i.  The cherub or pursuivant officer who announces the
fall of ecumenical religion in the Tribulation, Rev 14:8.
          j.  The cherub who warns the human race about the
consequences of being converted to ecumenical religion during the
Tribulation, Rev 14:9.
          k.  The cherub who carries a sickle and administers
judgment in the last half of the Tribulation as a representative
of the supreme court of heaven, Rev 14:17.
          l.  The cherub commanding the judgment or execution
squad, Rev 14:17, 19, who administers the bowl judgments of Rev
16.
     5.  Pursuivant messengers are also wingless elect angels.
          a.  Angelic messengers who spent the night with Lot and
destroyed Sodom the next day, Gen 19:13.
          b.  The destroying angel of 2 Sam 24:16.
          c.  The destroying angels of Ps 78:49.
          d.  Executioners of degenerate in Jerusalem, Ezek 9:1.
          e.  The man clothed in linen, Ezek 10:6.  The messenger
for the chariot of fire.
          f.  The four weather angels who hold back the four
winds of judgment, Rev 7:1.  The messengers from the east, Rev
7:2.
          g.  The angels with the seven trumpets, Rev 8:6ff.
          h.  Guardian angels for believers and children, Mt
18:10.
          i.  The angels with the seven plagues or bowls or Rev
15:1.

C.  The Order of Battle in the Elect Army.
     1. Order of battle means to deploy for battle.  It also
means the support for battle.  It means logistics and support for
those deployed for battle.
     2.   Jesus Christ, as the Lord of the Armies (TSEBAOTH means
"armies" not "hosts"), is the commander of the armies of elect
angels.  1 Sam 1:11; 2 Sam 6:2; 1 Chr 17:24; Ps 24:10; 46:7,11;
59:5; Zech 1:6; 7:12f; 14:16f, and many more.  The armies
appeared at the birth of Christ and passed in review.
     3  The archangels are seraphs and commanders of angelic
armies.  They are the guardian angels of any client nation to
God.
          a.  Michael is the Prince of Israel, Dan 10:13, 21,
12:1.  He defends all Jewish client nations.  He defends the Jews
in the Tribulation from the wrath of Satan, Dan 12:1; Rev 12:7,
"And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war
with the dragon.  And the dragon and his angels waged war."   He
fought with Satan over the body of Moses, Jude 9; 2 Pet 2:11.
Michael throws Satan and all the fallen angels out of heaven,
which begins the last half of the Tribulation.
          b.  Gabriel is not only the army commander (possibly
for Gentile client nations) in the angelic order of battle, but
he also functions as one of the officer of arms in the angelic
college of heralds.  This implies that archangels are seraphs.
Archangels are communicators of eschatological doctrine.  In Dan
8:16 and 9:21, he was sent to explain Daniel's vision.  He
announced the birth of John the Baptist, Lk 1:11, and the birth
of Jesus Christ, Lk 1:19, 26.
          c.  Extra-biblically (in the book of Enoch), Raphael
and Uriel are mentioned as archangels.  Also in this apocryphal
book, Gabriel is mentioned as "one of the chief of all angels
placed over all powers."
     4.  The angelic general staff is composed of the twenty-four
elders of Rev 4:4, 10; 5:11.  They are all cherubs.
     5.  "Hosts" are the rank and file angels, all guardian
angels, Ps 91:11f.  The river of fire battalions are found in Dan
7:10.  The function of the angelic armies described in Ps 103:21
is praising the Lord.  Ps 148:2.  When a pursuivant angel
announced to the shepherds the birth of Christ, he was joined by
a multitude of heavenly armies praising God, Lk 2:13.  The
ministering spirits of Heb 1:14 are also rank and file angels.

D.  The Guardian Angels.
     1.  There are three categories of guardian angels.
     2.  The guardian angels of children.  All children have a
guardian angel to protect them during their childhood.  Mt 18:10,
"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones.  For
I say to you that their guardian angels in heaven continually see
the face of My Father who is in heaven."
     3.  Angels are the guardians of Church Age believers who are
superior to angels.
          a.  The function of guardian angels in explained in Ps
91:7-14, "A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at
your right hand; but it shall not approach you.  You will only
observe it with your eyes, and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you make the Most High your dwelling place [occupation with
Christ], even the Lord who is my refuge, then no harm will befall
you, no disaster will come near your tent.  For He will command
His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.  They
will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your
foot against a stone.  You will tread upon the lion and cobra,
you will trample down the young lion and the snake.  Because he
loves Me, therefore I will rescue him; I will protect him,
because he acknowledges My name."
          b.  Heb 1:13-14, "But to which of the angels has He
ever said, `Sit down at My right hand, until I make Your enemies
a footstool for Your feet'?  Are they not all ministering
spirits, sent out to service those who inherit eternal
salvation?"
     4.  There are guardian angels of client nations, Dan 10:13,
20.

In Revelation he is the Warrior angel who battles against the devil.