Angels and Man

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This paper discusses the idea of guardian angels in the times of the Bible and today. It explores the incidences in the Bible where it is believed that angels have interacted with man. The paper further discusses how many people today talk of their 'guardian angel' when they believe that they have escaped something that could have turned out very badly such as a car accident or an attempt at harming them.

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"One of the first recorded events of angels interacting with man comes from the Bible. It is the story of Jacob's ladder, which is often taught in Sunday School but is likely forgotten in later years by most people. In this story, Jacob has a dream that there are angels ascending to and descending from Heaven on a huge ladder (Receiving, 2001). When he woke up, he believed that God had talked to him in the form of the dream. In the New Testament, there was a similar instance of angels interacting with man. It was believed, through a series of events, that Nathanael was given the gift of discerning spirits, which are also called angels. This was done when Jesus gave Nathanael a word of knowledge by saying that he saw him beneath the fig tree. Nathanael knew that there was no way that Jesus could have seen him there and so he believed that Jesus was truly the Son of God. When Nathanael recognized him that way in public, Jesus gave him 'spiritual eyes' and that was how he came to his understanding of angels (Receiving, 2001). "

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