The Angel Myth
Most people think of angels as being, well, angelic. But the bible shows them to be winged killing machines that make the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz seem down right cuddly. Their body count includes untold numbers of first-born males in Egypt, 185,000 soldiers, 70,000 Israelites and Revelation tells us that four especially blood-thirsty angels of the Lord will slaughter a third of mankind upon Jesus’ return. And of course Jesus warmed all our hearts by promising that his angels would cast our unbelieving friends and family into a fiery furnace to roast forever.
In the movie, The Prophecy, Thomas Daggett asks, “Did you ever notice how in the Bible, whenever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?”
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