Angels help to keep the Christian congregation free of contamination by wicked people. —Matthew 13:49. Angels guide and protect those who are faithful to God. —Psalm 34:7; 91:10, 11; Hebrews 1: 7, 14. Soon, the angels will bring relief to mankind by fighting alongside Jesus Christ to eliminate wickedness. —2 Thessalonians 1: 6-8.

But it was wrong for angels to do that. Like those wicked angels, most humans at that time became corrupt and violent. Jehovah then decided to destroy wicked humans by flooding the whole earth. But he saved his faithful servants. (Genesis 7:17, 23) To survive, the wicked angels returned to heaven. The Bible calls those wicked angels demons.

Moreover, angels did not first come into existence as humans on earth —whether as babies, children, or adults. Angels were created by Jehovah; thus the Bible calls them “sons of the true God.” —Job 1:6; Psalm 148:2, 5. The Bible speaks of “the tongues of men and of angels,” indicating that spirit persons have language and speech.

After the angels “began taking as wives all whom they chose,” Jehovah said that in 120 years he would take action against the ungodly world of that time. ( Genesis 6: 1-3 ) The account adds that “in those days,” the materialized angels “continued to have relations with the daughters of men” and that they produced “the mighty ones ...

5 Two angels helped the righteous man Lot and his daughters to survive the destruction of the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by leading them out of that area. ( Genesis 19:15, 16 ) Centuries later, the prophet Daniel was thrown into a lions’ pit, but he escaped harm and said: “My God sent his angel and shut the mouth of the lions.”

(Hebrews 1:14) There are millions of angels, and each one is unique. (Revelation 5:11) They “carry out [Jehovah’s] word, obeying his voice.” (Psalm 103:20) In ancient times, Jehovah sometimes sent angels to deliver messages and to support and rescue his people. Today, angels guide Christians to people who want to learn about God. 2.

Jun 15, 2013 · A point in common was that both those angels and the Sodomites “committed fornication excessively and [went] out after flesh for unnatural use.” A similar passage in 1 Peter 3:19, 20 links disobedient angels with “Noah’s days.” ( 2 Pet. 2:4, 5 ) Consequently, the course that disobedient angels in Noah’s day took can be compared to ...

It describes “the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels in a flaming fire, as he brings vengeance.” (2 Thessalonians 1: 7, 8; Matthew 16:27) Jesus “went to heaven, and angels and authorities and powers were made subject to him.” (1 Peter 3: 21, 22) It would not make sense for God to set up Jesus and Michael ...

Demons are “angels that sinned,” spirit creatures who rebelled against God. (2 Peter 2:4) The first angel to make himself into a demon was Satan the Devil, whom the Bible calls “the ruler of the demons.”—Matthew 12:24, 26. Rebellion in Noah’s day

Sep 1, 2012 · In both cases, we read about angels appearing to them as strangers with important messages. In Abraham’s case, the message was about the fulfillment of God’s promise of a son, and in Lot’s case, it was about deliverance from the …