There are few explicit references to angels in the earlier books of the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. They begin to appear in the later books, for instance, in the Book of Daniel and seem to date from after the Babylonian exile. However, in chapters 18 and 19 of the Book of Genesis, there are the three men who visit Abraham, who gives them hospitality. One of them seems to be Yahweh and the other two angels. While Yahweh stays with Abraham, the other two go on to Sodom.
There they are received by Lot and while in his house, the people of Sodom come and demand to have intimacies with his visitors. The next day, the visitors urge Lot to leave Sodom with his wife and two daughters. The city, along with Gomorrah is then destroyed. Angels are mentioned frequently in the New Testament. Angels brought messages to Mary, Joseph, Zechariah father of John the Baptist , the shepherds at Bethlehem, angels ministering to Jesus during his fasting in the wilderness, consoling him during his Agony in the Garden, at the tomb of Jesus after his resurrection, and the angel who freed Peter from prison in the Acts of the Apostles.
Michael In Jude, the author is speaking against false teachers. In the First Letter to the Thessalonians, Paul is speaking about the Second Coming of Christ which he believes will come in the lifetime of the present believers. At that moment:. In the Book of Revelation chapter 12, in a passage speaking of the power of evil in opposition to God and his people, we are told that war broke out in heaven between Michael and his angels and the dragon, representing the powers of evil.
Evil could not prevail and was driven from the presence of God. At the top of the spear there is a linen ribbon with a red cross. It is in the lovely scene in Nazareth where he visits the virgin called Mary and tells her that she will become pregnant, that she will bear a son who will be called Jesus, and that he will the Son of the Most High God.
Mary, who is betrothed to Joseph, but not yet living with him as his wife, is alarmed. But she is assured that the Child will be born by the power of the Holy Spirit.
