Posted in angels, biblical narrative, eschatology, law of god, nt on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
As we saw in the previous Jacob account, angels stood between God and Man in the Old Creation. Paul tells us that the Law was handed down by angels as well, and thus our no longer being under the law corresponds with our no longer being under angels.
Paul also mentions that we establish law and [...]
Posted in angels, church history, eschatology on June 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Augustine contends that God appeared to man in the Old Testament through the intermediate ministry of angels. After Adam and Eve are kicked out of the garden/sanctuary of Eden, an angel is placed at its gates to keep men out of the meeting place of God and man. Golden angels also guarded the [...]
Posted in angels, law of god, nt on June 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Peter Leithart makes some good connections:
One part of the connection of Judaizing and gnosticism appears to be this: God did indeed act through mediating beings under the old covenant. They delivered the law, and when Yahweh appeared in the OT, He appeared as an Angel. Judaizing is basically a denial of historical progress, an arrested [...]
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