What are angels and Demons?
What are angels? Simply put, angels are divine beings. They are God’s messengers and servants; in fact, the Hebrew for angel is ‘messenger’. The Greek “Angelos” also means angel or messenger. What they are and their roles are quite a bit more complicated than that, though. What are demons? Demons are angels who, through sin, are no longer divine. They cannot be forgiven, as humans can, because they had an understanding of God and the universe, and sinned anyways. We have no such knowledge, therefore, we can make mistakes without fully understanding the consequences, and can be forgiven because of this. *I will get into the difference between demons and devils later on, for now, consider demon a ‘blanket term’ that covers both of them. Section 2: What do they do/ look like? What do angels do/ look like? Angels are the protectors of the faithful and the innocent, as well as the dealers in divine retribution. They have a variety of tasks, which include maintaining order in the universe, a
