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   THE ANGELS WERE CREATED BY JEHOVAH GOD!  Notice what
Job 38:4 and 7 relates:

 "Where did you happen to be when I founded the earth?
......  When the morning stars joyfully cried out together, and all the
sons of God  ["the godlike ones." (according to the LXX-  that is the
Greek Septuagint.)  or "my angels" or the "bands of angels" (according
to the Targums- the Jewish "interpretations, translations," of the exile
into Babylon.)  began shouting in applause?"   (Job 38:4,7- see the
footnote of verse 7 in the 1950 Edition of the "New World Translation.)

   The angels were created by Jehovah God. (see Psalm 148:1-5)
God is a spirit; (John 4:24)  and "He makes his angels spirits."
(Heb 1:7)  "A spirit does not have flesh and bones." (Luke 24:39)

   The angels did not come from humans that died and transcended
to heaven, because they existed before the earth was created and
were created individually by God.  (Job 38:4,7- above )

   THE ANGELS WERE CREATED IN HEAVEN  AS SPIRITS
AND ARE INVISIBLE TO US AS GOD IS INVISIBLE.
   The "angels in heaven always behold the face of my Father who
is in the heavens.."  (Matt 18:10)  "No man has seen God at any
time;  the only-begotten god who is in the bosom [position] with
the Father is the one that has explained him."  (John 1:18)

   Man was made,  "a little lower than angels."  The angels are
powerful "spirits,  His ministers..." (Psalm 104:4)  "Bless Jehovah,
O you angels of his, mighty in power, carrying out his word,  By
listening to the voice of his word...  You ministers of his, doing his
will."  (Psalm 103:20,21)

                        ARE  THE  ANGELS  GODS?

   In the same way that Moses carried the Word of God to Pharaoh
of Egypt and represented God to him;  So, in the same manner, the
angels, in the past, represented God to mankind.  "See, I have made
you God to Pharaoh."  (Exodus 7:1)  Since Christ Jesus, It is Christ,
himself that represents God;  He is God's exclusive spokesman.
(John 1:18--   see 1Tim 2:5,6; 1Pet 3:22; Phil 2:9; Hebrews ch 1)

   The Law covenant came from God but was transmitted by angels.
The angels served as God to bring to man what God sent them to
speak.  (Acts 7:53; Gal 3:19)  You will find that when God first
communicated with Moses he appeared in a burning bush.  And an
angel spoke from the bush.  (Exodus 3:2)  and the "angel" said to
Moses:  "And he went on to say:  'I am the God of your father, the
God of  Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.'  Then
Moses concealed his face, because he was afraid to look at the
[true] God."  (Exodus 3:5,6)   Jehovah was still invisible in  the
heavens,  but, he sent an angel to represent him.  The angel was
God to Moses.

   Again, at Psalm 82:1  it reads:  "God is stationing himself in the
assembly of the Divine One;  (or "God"- Hebrew Masoretic text;  or
"gods"- LXX; or "angels" - Syriac Peshitta Version)  In the middle
of the gods  (godlike ones- Hebrew;  "elohim"  or "theoi- LXX  or
"angels"- Syriac (see Psalm 8:5, footnote b)  Or according to
the Targums-  "judges.")  he judges:"  (Psalm 82:1

   "I myself have said, 'You are gods, (or "godlike ones."  As in the
Hebrew Masoretic text-  "elohim";  or "alahin"- Syriac;  or "theoi-
LXX;  or "like angels"  according to the "Targums.")  And all of you
are sons of the Most High."  (Psalm 82:6)

                             WHAT  DOES  THIS  PROVE?

   All of the above, and other references, prove that the angels are the
"Sons of God."  (Job 38:4,7)  They are direct creations of Jehovah God
and they are his messengers to carry out His will.  They are spirits for
public service.  They were sent by God to represent Him.

   They are higher than humans.  (2Pet 2:11; Heb 2:6,7)

   At this time the angels are made subject to Christ. (1Pet 3:22)

   In the past, the angels have been spokesmen for Jehovah and
the "Law" was transmitted through them.  They were given  the
authority to represent Jehovah God.  They spoke to men as though
they were God.

   It is true that there is only one True God and His name is Jehovah,
yet God sent spokesmen and representatives to speak for him.

   Today, Jesus, the "firstborn" and ""beginning of God's creation"
(Col 1:15; Rev 3:14)  has been given all authority to speak for God.
(John 1:18)

   God will never come down to earth and stand before you and say"
"I am God, listen to me..."  But, he has sent angels to speak for
him.   Today, God has entrusted all of his communication through
the Scriptures and through his son.  The angels are still God's
messengers and still carry out his will, But, they do not speak to
us in place of Christ Jesus.  If you pray to Jehovah God, through
Christ Jesus, God will receive your prayers and he will answer all
prayers in harmony with his will.  The angels are present to see
that God's will is carried out.  But, the angels no longer take on
human form and mediate between us and God.

    The angels are "god-like"  because they are representatives of
Jehovah God and they are more powerful than men.  They are sent
forth to carry out God's will when God decides to have his power and
will carried out.  However, the angels will not interfere in your decisions
to do good or evil, only when it effects God's will or purpose toward
the earth or mankind will the angels step in to intervene.   It is true
that if you pray earnestly to Jehovah God the angels may play a
part in helping you with your request,  But, they will not meddle in
your personal decisions, unless you ask.

   In some Scriptures, the angels have been said to be "gods" toward
mankind.  This was because they came as God's representatives.  But,
they are not equal with God nor are they part of a group that make up
the True God of the Bible.  Jehovah God is only one Jehovah and there
is no other God besides Him.  The angels were created by God and
only when they are sent to carry His messages and actions are they
as God toward us.  When they came down to represent God they were
respected.  They came in God's name and the people who intertained
them often bowed to them and honored them and treated them as if
they were receiving Jehovah.  Yet, those angels were humble and they
refused to be worshipped.  (see Rev 22:8,9)  Few were ever given names
and one angel when asked refused to give his name. (Gen 32:29)
Another angel said he was the "prince of the army of Jehovah"   and
when Samson's parents asked an angel his name, he said:  "Just why
should you ask about my name, when it is a wonderful one?"
(Judges 13:17,18)   We must be careful not to worship them.

   So, are the angels  Gods-  No!  But if they come in the name of
Jehovah and bring Jehovah's message they are to be treated with the
respect that would be given to Jehovah.  If we would disrespect those
angels we would be disrespecting Jehovah who sent them.

   It is true that angels are not Gods but the angels represent God
and we must respect them as though God were speaking through
them.

   Jesus made the point quite clear when the Devil ask him to
worship him and he would give him all the Kingdoms of the World.
Jesus said:  "Then Jesus said to him: 'Go away, Satan!  For it is
written, 'It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him
alone you must render sacred service."  (Matt 4:8-10; Luke 4:5-8)

   Only Jehovah is God;  Only him must we worship, and we must
know the difference between God and the representatives of God.

   The angels are not a part of Jehovah God  but they were "gods"
to men only when they represented God.

Addendum

Here is what the Dead Sea Scrolls give as to an insight of the early Jewish belief about Angels.
"Praise him, divine spirits, praising for ever and ever the firmament of
the highest heavens, all...and its wall, all its structure, its shape. The
spirits of the holy of holies, the living 'gods', the spirits of eternal
holiness above all the holy ones...The divine spirits surround the dwelling
of the King of truth and righteousness; all its walls" (Vermes 226 [4Q403 I
i, 30-46]).

"The figures of the 'gods' shall praise him, the most holy spirits...of
glory; the floor of the marvelous innermost chambers, the spirits of the
eternal gods, all...figures of the innermost chambers of the King, the
spiritual works of the marvelous firmament are purified with salt, spirits
of knowledge, truth and righteousness in holy of holies, forms of the
living 'gods,' forms of the illuminating spirits. All their works of art
are marvelously linked, many-coloured spirits, artistic figures of the
'gods,' engraved all around their glorious bricks of splendour and majesty.
All their works of art are living 'gods,' and their artistic figures are
holy angels. From beneath the marvelous inner most chambers comes a sound
of quiet silence: the 'gods' bless..."(Vermes 228 [4Q405 19ABCD]).

The author here describes the Most Holy chamber of the Temple. In this
chamber was were the Ark of the Covenant was kept. This is where Jehovah
dwelled symbolically. Everything in the Most Holy was made of the finest
gold. The Bible tells us that the Temple was ornamented with pictures of
angels (1 Kings 6:27-32). Therefore, this description of the "gods"
ministering to the Almighty fits perfectly with the Bible. The curtain
that separated the Holy from the Most Holy even has pictures of angels
("gods") woven into it (2 Chron. 3:14).

"The 'gods' praise him when they take up their station, and all the spirits
of the clear firmament rejoice in his glory...when the gods of knowledge
enter by the doors of glory, and when the holy angels depart the realm, the
entrance doors and the gates of exit proclaim the glory of the King...the
fear of the King of 'gods' is awe-inspiring to all the 'gods,' and they
undertake all his commissions by virtue of his true order" (Vermes 229
[4Q405 23i]).

The War Rule says that "the host of warring 'gods' gird themselves for
the Day of Revenge" (1QMXV, Vermes 121). We also find in the fragment
titled by Vermes as The Song of Michael and the Just (4Q491 fr. II, Ma) an
incomplete sentence that says that there is "a throne of strength in the
congregation of 'gods' so that not a single king of old shall sit on it,
neither shall their noble men...(Vermes 126). The one called Michael is
also held as saying "I am reckoned with the 'gods' and my dwelling place is
in the congregation of holiness" and "for I am reckoned with the 'gods,'
and my glory is with the sons of the King" (Vermes 126).

As D.S. Russell writes: "There is ample evidence to show that [the OT]
conception of monotheism was held in conjunction with a belief in a spiritual
world peopled with supernatural and superhuman beings who, in some ways,
shared the nature, though not the being, of God" ( _The Method and Message of
Jewish Apocalyptic_ P. 235).

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