Why do angels say "do not be afraid!" when they arrive to people in the Bible?
Do they look horrifying?
Why do angels say "do not be afraid!" when they arrive to people in the Bible?
Andrew Williams
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Cameron Johnson
Because they're Nordic aliens from Plaedes
You'd be scared too if some autistic Swede woke you up in the middle of the night saying he has a message for you from god
Liam Scott
horrifying or not, them just showing up out of nowhere delivering divine truths is gonna' freak people out.
also yes, some of them are.
Levi White
>also yes, some of them are.
source?
Carter Young
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Luis Gray
You tell me
Charles Rogers
it was a common belief that if you saw a god without the god wanting you to you could be killed. often in these encounters they aren't sure if it's YHWH himself or an angel
Nolan Peterson
where is this description taken from
Jose Barnes
probably shrooms
Anthony Cook
ED-E is that you
Oh God what the fuck
Jaxson Myers
Ezekiel
Cameron Morgan
DUDE
Nathaniel Nguyen
the bible
Jonathan Anderson
10 And their appearance (for they were all four of one fashion) was as if one wheel had been in another wheel.
11 When they went forth, they went upon their four sides, and they returned not as they went: but to the place whither the first went, they went after it, and they turned not as they went.
12 And their whole body, and their rings, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, even in the same four wheels.
Ezekiel 10:10-12
Connor Gutierrez
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Christopher Young
>evangelion
>having any knowledge of anything christian whatsoever
it was the equivalent of a western cartoon adding something superficially buddhist-seeming
Isaac Powell
See but I always find it very interesting to see how cultures misinterpret each other especially easy to see when they are lazy about it
Juan Cruz
that's metal
Robert Walker
yes.
Brody Turner
>jewish mysticism
Hudson Bell
Some of them were, there was also the possibility that any time an angel made itself known, something horrible was about to happen (not that they brought exclusively bad news, but when they appeared to someone directly it was typically something pretty big going on).
Christopher Sanchez
Biblical angels were never "dudes with wings" as they are portrayed today, that's just a Roman approximation. Pic related is a statue of goddess Victoria.
Actual angels in the Bible were absolutely terrifying at least according to the authors.
Andrew Green
They're powerful beings and therefore scary. And I'm sure anything remotely supernatural existing in the real world is scary.
Julian Reed
They could look like anything.
Remember when they came unto Lot and Abraham, they just looked like dudes. Same in Tobit.
Angel Hall
If somebody saw something so powerful, they'd probably be at least a little bit nervous.
Matthew Bennett
The better question is when angels become to be cute little gays with wings instead of monsters on par with demons.
Levi Rodriguez
kawaii
Ryder Turner
Its amazing how clueless are "christians" about their mythology, they live secular lives and are culturally dominated by european paganism completely ignorant about their own faith.
The blonde winged women imagery is not from your holy book lads.
Ryan Miller
I would be too
Michael Taylor
>11 When they went forth, they went upon their four sides, and they returned not as they went: but to the place whither the first went, they went after it, and they turned not as they went.
literally "turn 360 degrees and walk away"
Oliver Johnson
>The Apostles from fucking Berserk are more Biblically-accurate depictions of angels than are painted on the walls of most cathedrals.
Henry Lee
They can take any format. I imagine they choose one that makes a great impression to save some convincing
Caleb Martin
rlly makes u think
Jaxon Reyes
You got really excited about that revelation (or should I say revolution!?), didn't you?
Jackson Garcia
Why is the Bible so fucking spooky?
Levi Foster
euphoric
Adam Morgan
Because jews hate humanity
Charles Morales
checked
Dylan Reyes
Looks like some alien shit
Matthew Murphy
Juan Bailey
>guild symbol
my nigga
the god of the old testament was a pretty picky fucker. He literally strikes a dude down for accidentally dropping a quarter of the ark of the covenant. He tests people constantly. If you choose wrongly, you're dead.
Connor Watson
Because they bring God's message. Gods message is don't be afraid of his messengers. Horrifying looking is subjective. But no they're not horrifying.
The Angels sure look similar to subatomic particles no? Because it's finally time for you to understand. Google quantum.
Anthony Jenkins
Read what the fallen angels did in the Book of Enoch.
Henry Phillips
All metaphors. The eyes mean that they are very observant and that they are all-seeing to an extent. The wings are also most oftenly interpreted as them being able to be everywhere and do a proper job as god's messengers. The rings are pretty much the same as the story behind wedding rings, infinity and immortality and all that jazz. All the peope in this thread are retards if they believe the bible is literal in any of its descriptions.
Colton Diaz
what's the source on that pic, I would love to use it for an album cover. if it's not copyrighted
Hudson Morgan
>all those descriptions of angels as anything but human beings are metaphorical
>those ones where they look exactly like human beings are literal
Since God supposedly created them as functional entities embodying abstract concepts and ideals rather than biological organisms, why would they NOT look like floating metaphors?
Caleb Cook
>Because they bring God's message.
>Gods message is don't be afraid of his messengers.
I see.