24. What are angels? Answer: They are glorious beings sent by God on various errands throughout the universe?
Proof:
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. (Psa. 103:20).
Thou madest him (man) a little lower than the angels (Heb. 2:7).
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; (Gen. 19:1).
... the man (i.e., angel) Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; (Dan. 9:21-23).
... the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, (Luke 1:26).
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: ... And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. (Luke 2:9-14).
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: (Matt. 25:31).
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; (Rev. 5:11).
25. What is the nature of the angels? Answer: They are spiritual bodies, and like men in their form and aspect.
Proof:
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: (Psa. 104:4).
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (Heb. 13:2).
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. (Judges 13:3).
...the angel of the LORD ... Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD ... the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar... Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. (Judges 13:3,11,16,20-21).
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. (Matt. 28:2).
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. (Mark 16:5).
26. Are the angels, then, of the same nature as we shall become if we are saved at the resurrection? Answer: Yes, exactly the same. The promise to us is that we shall become equal to them, and die no more.
Proof:
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; (Luke 20:35-36).
27. Have angels ever been seen upon earth?
Answer: Yes, many a time. Three appeared to Abraham; two visited Sodom; one wrestled with Jacob, to whom also a host appeared; one led the Israelites out of Egypt; one withstood Balaam; one appeared to Gideon; one to Manoah, one to David; one to Daniel; one destroyed Sennacherib's army; one appeared to the father of John the Baptist; one to the mother of Jesus, one to the shepherds; a multitude sang on the plains of Bethlehem. They appeared also at the resurrection of Christ and at various times to the Apostles after Christ's ascension.
Proof:
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; (Gen. 18:1).
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; (Gen. 19:1).
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. (Gen. 32:24) in connection with:
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; (Hos. 12:4).
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. (Gen. 32:1).