You bet there is! "Throughout the Bible, there are many accounts of guardian angels providing help and protection to humans. In the life of Jesus, we read about angels protecting Him as an infant, serving Him in the desert, and strengthening Him during His agony in the garden (Mt 1:20, 2:13, 19, 4:11; 26:53; Mk 1:13; Lk 22:43; CCC 333) In the Acts of the Apostles," Peter was miraculously set free from prison and his friends thought that his angel was visiting them. (Acts 12:15) (Did Jesus Have a Last Name by Matthew Pinto & Jason Evert (c) 2005 Ascension Press, LLC. , West Chester, PA p 253)
Psalm 91:11-12 mentions guardian angels which guard us in all our ways. Their hands support us lest we strike our foot against a stone. The Bible also mentions Angels in charge of watching over cities/nations and even churches. Daniel 10 speaks of such an angel. The book of Revelation speaks to the Angels over the churches of Ephesus, and Smyrna, and Pergamum, and Philadelphia, and Laodicea, and Sardis, and Thyatira.
Isn't it a wonderful thought that God loves us so much that He has protectors over us in many places of our path!
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Friday, February 19, 2016
When I die, will I become an angel? - Tina
Tina,
The quick answer to your question is, NO. People don't become an angels when they die. People who go to heaven become Saints, not angels. Why? Because Angels aren't human people. They too were created by God, but as totally spiritual beings.
Humans were created as both spiritual beings AND also physical beings. We have a physical body. Angels do not. We know that we will have new bodies in heaven, perfect, resurrected bodies. We know that because Paul tells us that in his letter to the Philippians: Phil 3:21 "He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body ..." He also tells us that in 1 Cor 15:40 "There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies ..." and when the trumpet sounds announcing the end of earthtime, "we shall be changed." 1 Cor 15:52b
Angels will always be fully spiritual beings because that is the nature which God gave them when He created them.
The quick answer to your question is, NO. People don't become an angels when they die. People who go to heaven become Saints, not angels. Why? Because Angels aren't human people. They too were created by God, but as totally spiritual beings.
Humans were created as both spiritual beings AND also physical beings. We have a physical body. Angels do not. We know that we will have new bodies in heaven, perfect, resurrected bodies. We know that because Paul tells us that in his letter to the Philippians: Phil 3:21 "He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body ..." He also tells us that in 1 Cor 15:40 "There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies ..." and when the trumpet sounds announcing the end of earthtime, "we shall be changed." 1 Cor 15:52b
Angels will always be fully spiritual beings because that is the nature which God gave them when He created them.
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