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The life of angels is that of usefulness, and their functions are so many that they cannot be enumerated. However each angel will enter a service according to the use that they had performed in their earthly life. [15] Names of angels, such as Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, signify a particular angelic function rather than an individual being. [16]
The Hebrew Bible strictly prohibits worship of idols made in the likeness of anything in heaven, according to the first commandment found in Exodus 20:4. For this reason actual "worship" of angels is not documented in Judaism beyond the following:
David Playing the Harp by Jan de Bray, 1670.. Knowledge of the biblical period is mostly from literary references in the Bible and post-biblical sources. Religion and music historian Herbert Lockyer, Jr. writes that "music, both vocal and instrumental, was well cultivated among the Hebrews, the New Testament Christians, and the Christian church through the centuries."
He is flanked by sixteen angels who sing (6) and play music (10). Their instruments are typical of the fifteenth century. The scene was possibly inspired by the passage from the Gospel according to Matthew , which mentions: "When the Son of man comes in his glory, accompanied by all the angels, then he will sit on his throne of glory" ( Matthew ...
According to Kabbalah, there are four worlds and our world is the last world: the world of action (Assiyah). Angels exist in the worlds above as a 'task' of God. They are an extension of God to produce effects in this world. After an angel has completed its task, it ceases to exist. The angel is in effect the task.
Mitatrush, Enoch (as human according to some) [13] Islam, Christianity, Judaism Archangel, The Celestial Scribe Michael: Mi-ka-el (Hebrew), Mikhail (Arabic), Saint Michael the Archangel Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Yazdânism, Bahai faith: Archangel, Cherubim, one of the seraph [14]
A possible reference to Jewish practices of angelic tongues is 1 Corinthians 13:1 "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." The distinction "of men" and "of angels" may suggests that a distinction was known to the Corinthians.
The King James Version of the Bible translates the words of the angels differently from modern versions, using the words "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men". [3] Most Christmas carols reflect this older translation, with " It Came Upon the Midnight Clear ", for example, using the words "Peace on the earth ...