Another description given to certain angels is  the Angel of God .
"And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of  heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard  the voice of the lad where he [is]."  (Genesis 21:17)
This description is used ten times in the Old Testament and three times in the New Testament.  This description means either that the angel belongs to God or this angel speaks for God as an ambassador.  God gives certain angels the authority to bargain with man on God s behalf or to grant time or bring judgment.  Therefore, when an angel speaks as  the Angel of God  it is God speaking through that angel.

In Isaiah God is reminding Israel of his love and kindness toward them.  During the times of difficultly God had his  "angel of his presence" to help them.
"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old."  (Isaiah 63:9)
This means that this angel represented the presence of God with Israel.

Angels are sometimes described as stars, such as the angels of the seven churches.
"The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches."  (Revelation 1:20)
The angel of the bottomless pit is described as a star.
"And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit."  (Revelation 9:1)
The angels who sang together at the creation of the Earth are described as the morning stars.
"4  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
  5  Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
  6  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
 7  When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"  (Job 38:4-7)
This indicates that angels are assigned to other planets throughout God s universe.

Angels were described as the sons of God when they came with Satan  before the presence of God.
"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them."  (Job 1:6)
This is when God and Satan dealt with Job. This description of angels as the sons of God does not mean they were begotten of God as Jesus, but simply means that they were created by God.    The Bible is very clear that God never made an angel as his begotten son.
"5  For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6  And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him."  (Hebrews 1:5-6)
Jesus is the only begotten Son of God.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  (John 3:16)

Angels are described as sons of God  and as spirits in the time of Noah.
"That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.  And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh:  yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."  (Genesis 6:2-3)
In talking about the sons of God (angels), God referred to them as spirits and that they had fleshly bodies.
"And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire." (Hebrews 1:7)
"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"
(Hebrews 1:14)
One hundred and twenty years before the flood, these angels would sin against God.  At the time of the flood, these angels were put in hell.

Angels sometimes are referred to as the princes of the nations on earth.  Michael, the archangel, is the prince of Israel.
"But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia."  (Daniel 10:13)
There is an angel that is the prince of Persia, another that is the prince of Greece.  Therefore it is believed that all nations have an angel as their prince.  Some angels are those of Satan and some are of God.
"And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.  And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it."  (Luke 4:5-6)
Satan told Jesus that the nations of the earth were his to keep or give.  Satan is the prince of the power to the air.
"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:"  (Ephesians 2:2)

Angels are referred to as strangers that walk among humans on this earth.
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."
(Hebrews 13:2)
People are to be careful about how they treat strangers.  When a person is visiting with a stranger, they might be visiting with an angel.

Angels are referred to as the chariots of God.
"The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place]."  (Psalms 68:17)
The king of Syria sent an army to capture Elisha.  The servant of Elisha saw the army of Syria all around them and was afraid, but Elisha saw the chariots of God around the army of Syria.  Elisha prayed that God would open the eyes of  his servant so that he might see the angels of God. (2 Kings 6:8-23)

Michael is an angel that is the prince of the nation of Israel.  Michael is the only archangel mentioned in the Bible.
"Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee."    (Jude 1:9)
Michael has an army that will fight Satan and his angels at the beginning of the Tribulation Period.  

Gabriel is the angel that explains the vision of the ram and he goat to Daniel.  Five hundred and thirty years later Gabriel tells Zacharias that Elizabeth will give birth to John the Baptist.  Six months later Gabriel tells Mary that she will give birth to Jesus.
"26  And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
  27  To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name
        [was] Mary."  (Luke 1:26-27)
Many people think that Gabriel is an archangel, but the Bible nowhere states this.

Abaddon is the name of the angel of the bottomless pit, and in Greek his name is Apollyon.
"And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon."   (Revelation 9:11)
This angel is not the devil.  He is sent to punish those who have not the seal of God in their foreheads, the followers of the Devil.
"And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."  (Revelation 9:4)
Abaddon  is king over an army that is described as locusts.  This army will come out of the bottomless pit during the Tribulation Period.  This army will torment mankind for five months and not let them die.  This army is against the Devil and his people.

Satan is the name of the angel that sinned against God.  Satan was known as Lucifer, the son of the morning.  He is known as Beelzebub, the chief of the devils, and Belial, an infidel.  Satan is known as the great dragon in Revelation, and the old serpent, called the Devil.
"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out  with him."  (Revelation 12:9)
Satan has the appearance of that which is good, because he was transformed into an angel of light.
"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."  (2 Corinthians 11:14)

Copyright (c) 1999 by Jerry L. Wells