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There may be a clue in the text of Gen. 3:7.
"Then the eyes of both were opened, aand they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths."
It appears that Adam and Eve only felt the need to cover their genitals not the whole of their bodies...
And to which of the angels has he ever said,
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?
Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:13-14)
I don't know about you, but I do not find any of that convincing.
He states: "A. It is believed that all angels were originally created without fault and, like Adam in the Garden, placed on a probation of some sort. They were theologically, during this time, posse non pecarre (able not to...
I would ask myself a few questions concerning those claims.
(1) What is the scriptural support for the claim angels cannot sin?
(2) Do angels have free will? If so, then why can't they sin?
(3) Many people hold the view that demons are fallen angels. If angels cannot sin, then who are these...
100% agree
The things is thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers are never called angels. I have no doubt they are heavenly beings, nevertheless they are not specifically identified as angels in the Scriptures. And this is my point.
Many people make that claim, but neither the cherubim or the seraphim are identified as angels in the Scriptures.
Here are all the occurrences of the word cherub\cherubim.
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=cherub&version=KJV
The word seraph/seraphim occurs only twice...
Here is another interesting point. Angels are never said to have wings in the Scriptures. Both the cherubim (4 wings, Eze. 1:6) and seraphim (6 wings, Isa 6:2) are said to have wings, but they are never called angels. The four living creatures in Revelation 4:8 also have six wings, but they...
I was thinking alone the same lines. In some ways it is similar to what happen to Ellen G. White. White was hit in the head with a stone at age nine. Or take the example of Mary Baker Eddy who was seriously injured after she slipped and fell on a patch of ice.
Shoshenq I was the first Pharaoh of the 22nd dynasty of Egypt. He is mentioned in the Bible by the name Shishak (also spelled Shishaq).
"Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon’s death" (1 Kings 11:4).
"In the fifth year...