Bible Study – November 30, 2025
 

God’s Angels in Heaven

Lesson 1.06

 

The Creation of Angels

 

The name “angel” actually means “messenger,” and they’re created by God, which implies that the Lord has a message to send. We need to pay attention to angels, but more importantly to the message they bring.

 

Are angels in heaven? Of course, and there are millions roaming the earth all around you, too. I’ve personally never witnessed an angel for certain. Wish I had, but not yet. Maybe the Lord will send one to me now and show me what an angel looks like. I’ll snap a pic if I can get the phone out of my pocket! Some of these originally pure angels chose to rebel against God—a sad story, which we’ll talk about for a minute.

 

The Bad Angels

 

We shouldn’t allow our imaginations and discussions of angels to go beyond the biblical accounts. The reason is that there are good and bad angels. There are good angels in heaven and bad angels on earth and in hell. Unsuspecting people can be easily fooled by a bad angel with a false message (Jude 1:6)—it often happens.

 

We’re warned by God to biblically discern messages from these fallen angels (also known as demons).

 

The fallen angels are deceivers doing Satan’s work, and they can definitely deceive us—ANY of us. Falling for their lies usually ends up wrecking our faith.

 

False religions and idolatry all have their origins in demonic workings (1 Corinthians 12:1–2). King Nimrod was the world’s first known sorcerer, operating out of Babylon (Genesis 10:8–12). Noah’s grandson was a master at using fallen angels to create magic acts and perform dark miracles. Hidden, dark satanic worship in today’s culture still looks back to King Nimrod as their father. See the Book of Enoch for more details.

 

Finally, bad angels can be dangerously toyed with and eventually cost someone their opportunity of salvation (1 Timothy 4:1–2). You won’t find these bad angels in heaven, for sure.

 

You’ll notice there aren’t many pictures of angels because of the serious nature of this topic. There is already too much garbage on the internet that glorifies angels. We’re forbidden by the Scriptures to practice the veneration of spiritual beings other than God.

 

The Good Angels

 

Let’s return to the good angels in heaven who remain in fellowship with God. I’ll list some facts about the angels’ nature and being:

 

• Angels were created (Psalms 148:5) by Christ before the earth was formed (Job 38:7).

• Angels were created holy, but some were elect (1 Timothy 5:21), while others sinned (2 Peter 2:4). The fallen angels will be judged like all responsible, unforgiven creatures (1 Corinthians 6:3).

• Angels are a special class of created beings, separate and distinct from God, and in a totally different domain than humans (1 Corinthians 6:3; Hebrews 1:14).

• Angels are a lower class than God (2 Peter 2:11), but a higher creation than man (Hebrews 2:7–9).

• Angels are eternal beings (Luke 20:36) who do not marry (Matthew 22:30).

• Angels have a spiritual body, meaning they're not material and have no physical body (Hebrews 1:14), but a type of spiritual body (Matthew 8:16; Luke 7:21; 8:2; 11:26). They can reveal themselves to humans as they so often did in Scripture (2 Samuel 24:12–17).

• Usually, angels appear as male figures, but there is one instance in Zechariah 5:9 where two angels appear possibly as females.

• Good angels in heaven are God’s soldiers who carry out His will and judgment on earth.

 

The Angels in Heaven

 

The history of Jesus Christ would be incomplete without discussing His servants, the angels in heaven. He created them for the purposes of God, so they must be included in this study. Let’s take a look at some of their tasks:

 

• Angels praise God (Psalm 148:1–2; Isaiah 6:3).

• Angels in heaven worship God (Hebrews 1:6; Revelation 5:8–13).

• Angels rejoice in God’s wondrous works (Job 38:6–7).

• Angels serve God (Psalm 103:20; Revelation 22:9).

• Angels appear before the throne of God (Job 1:6; 2:1).

• Angels are instruments of God’s wrathful judgments (Revelation 7:1; 8:2).

 

Angels Throughout the Nations

 

Angels specifically work through the world’s governments—YES, both good and bad angels are at work in our world’s governments! Michael, the archangel, watches over and guards Israel, God’s chosen nation (Daniel 12:1). Angels also watch over the gentile nations (Daniel 4:17).

 

They can easily influence the government leaders of those nations (Daniel 10:21; 11:1). The angels will also distribute God’s wrath upon the evil nations of the world (see Revelation chapters 8, 9, 16). There’s a spiritual war happening right now, with battles for kingdoms, lands, and the nations’ peoples; and the angels are the warriors in this historical battle.

 

Angels Working with Unbelievers

 

Angels in heaven serve God by sending messages of pending judgments to unbelievers (Genesis 19:13; Revelation 14:6–7). They actually inflict the punishment upon disobedient humans (Acts 12:23; Revelation 16:1).

 

And the angels will finally separate the righteous from the wicked on judgment day (Matthew 13:39–40).

 

Angels Ministering to Believers

 

Angels help us in many ways (Hebrews 1:14). They’ve helped the Lord communicate heavenly truths to humanity for centuries and will continue into the future (Daniel 7:15–27; Revelation 1:1; 22:6). The angels from heaven also help true Christians in these ways:

 

• Angels bring answers to our prayers (Acts 12:5–10).

• Angels help save souls (Acts 8:26; 10:3).

• Angels celebrate a sinner at his true repentance and salvation (Luke 15:10).

• Angels observe Christian order, work, and sufferings (1 Corinthians 4:9; Ephesians 3:10; 1 Peter 1:12).

• Angels encourage us in times of distress and danger (Acts 27:23–24).

 

Angels Will Attend Our Death

 

I personally believe the first thing you will see as you take your last breath will be an angel—and here’s a passage on this idea (Luke 16:22). Again, this is an opinion with little evidence and only one person’s sense of initial post-death experience.

 

If you’re “in Christ” at death you’ll be visited by good angels; but if not, well, you’ll probably experience a couple of fallen angels (2 Peter 2:4), or even the angel of death, who will escort you to the outer darkness.

 

Again, this is serious business, and you don’t want to gamble with your soul. Give your life to Christ today and let the angels throw a celebration in heaven just for YOU!

 

Grasp This!

 

Whatever you do, don’t get caught up in some strange fascination of angels, because they’re not Jesus Christ. He is greater than the angels and a very jealous God. But you’re encouraged to call upon a ministering angel when you have no other option.