Sometimes they seem to be obvious, by their effect on people leading to them saying "Fear not," and other times just like normal men. And then 5here are the ones like on Ezekiel's wheel, which sounds like an object, not a being.
Yep exactly. If I remember right, and correct me if I'm wrong, the different levels of angels (cherubim, seraphim, etc.) have different appearances. So I'm wondering if angels, and specifically archangels and lower tiered angels have the ability to appear as humans so as not to totally scare the crap out of us when they do appear. Doesn't Gabriel appear to Mary at one point? Gotta refresh my memory on this one. I'm a little rusty kek
Yes, Gabriel is "fear not" and so are the angels appearing to the shepherds. Although it could be the sudden appearance was startling. The somewhat apocryphal Book of Tobit is a long story of a man traveling around, unaware, with an angel. The angels who came to Lot in Genesis 19 seem to have been recognized as such by him, but not the townsmen, who wanted to sodomize them. They seem to be shapeshifters. The "cherubim" are not human-like, certainly not fat babies. There are familiar old statues from the middle east which have bodies of lions, wings of eagles, and human heads, usually some king, and they are sometimes called cherubim, but no telling what the connection is, if any.
The apocrypha interests me... Ive read a little out of curiosity but I'm not 100% sure they're divinely inspired so I stay at arms length. The book of Enoch is particularly fascinating cuz it deals with anti deluvian society which is a historical question mark for the most part. And I LOVE history
Enoch and I believe Jasher are both mentioned in the Bible, they were probably popular versions that got pared down. Read the Book of Jubilees. Like Enoch and Jasper, it's mostly an expanded version of Genesis. Good practice for datefagging. :)
Sometimes they seem to be obvious, by their effect on people leading to them saying "Fear not," and other times just like normal men. And then 5here are the ones like on Ezekiel's wheel, which sounds like an object, not a being.
Yep exactly. If I remember right, and correct me if I'm wrong, the different levels of angels (cherubim, seraphim, etc.) have different appearances. So I'm wondering if angels, and specifically archangels and lower tiered angels have the ability to appear as humans so as not to totally scare the crap out of us when they do appear. Doesn't Gabriel appear to Mary at one point? Gotta refresh my memory on this one. I'm a little rusty kek
Yes, Gabriel is "fear not" and so are the angels appearing to the shepherds. Although it could be the sudden appearance was startling. The somewhat apocryphal Book of Tobit is a long story of a man traveling around, unaware, with an angel. The angels who came to Lot in Genesis 19 seem to have been recognized as such by him, but not the townsmen, who wanted to sodomize them. They seem to be shapeshifters. The "cherubim" are not human-like, certainly not fat babies. There are familiar old statues from the middle east which have bodies of lions, wings of eagles, and human heads, usually some king, and they are sometimes called cherubim, but no telling what the connection is, if any.
The apocrypha interests me... Ive read a little out of curiosity but I'm not 100% sure they're divinely inspired so I stay at arms length. The book of Enoch is particularly fascinating cuz it deals with anti deluvian society which is a historical question mark for the most part. And I LOVE history
Enoch and I believe Jasher are both mentioned in the Bible, they were probably popular versions that got pared down. Read the Book of Jubilees. Like Enoch and Jasper, it's mostly an expanded version of Genesis. Good practice for datefagging. :)