What kind of angels are the evil angels?

The evil angels are spirits. God created them holy, but they fell into sin and God rejected them forever. They are cunning, powerful and adept at doing evil. There is also a great number of them. They are the sworn enemies of God, of people and everything that is good and right, and they wish to corrupt and destroy God’s works. In particular they want to prevent people from being saved and to lead them, along with themselves, into the torments of hell. Their leader is the devil, whom the Bible also calls Satan or accuser, tempter, adversary or evil one. The Bible also calls the evil angels unclean and evil spirits and demons.

2 Pet. 2:4: God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.

Eph. 6:11-12: Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against... spiritual wickedness in high places.

Mark 5:9: The unclean spirit said to Jesus: “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Joh. 8:44: The devil was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.

1 Pet. 5:8-9: Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour; whom resist steadfast in the faith.

Assignment: Read Gen. 3:1-5: the devil’s deceitful temptation in Paradise, and Matt. 4:1-11: the tempation of Jesus. – To what animal does God compare the tempter?

What kind of angels are the good angels?

The good angels are holy spirits, that God has confirmed in their holiness, so that they are eternally blessed. There is a great number of them and they are very powerful. They praise God and carry out His commands. They were present during the various phases of Christ’s work of redemption and they will accompany Him when He comes for the final Judgment. They also especially serve believers on their journey to heaven.

Matt. 18:10: Their angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in heaven.

Dan. 7:10: Thousand thousands ministered unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.

Ps. 103:20: Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His Word.

Matt. 25:31: When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall He sit upon the throne of his glory.

Heb. 1:14: Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Heb 12:22:Ye (believers) are come unto... an innumerable company of angels.

Assignments: Read Gen. 3:24: the Cherubim guard Paradise, 2 Kings 6:12-17: the angels protect Elisha, Is. 6:1-7: the Seraphim proclaim God’s holiness, Dan. 6:22: angels protect Daniel, Luke 2:13-14: a great multitude of angels praise God when Christ is born, Luke 16:22: angels bear the soul of Lazarus to heaven, and Luke 24:4-5: angels announce Christ’s resurrection. – Recall what the Bible says about the
manner in which angels have appeared to people.

What are angels?

Angels are invisible spiritual beings created by God. There are two types of angels: the good and the fallen or evil ones.