Saturday, February 28, 2015

The Destroying Angel

"So let it be written, so let it be done
To kill the firstborn Pharaoh son
I'm creeping death!"
-Metallica

In the Cecil B. Demille movie, and in Prince of Egypt, the destroying angel was depicted as a mist. Mist? Why not this?


After all, this was the Destroyer, not a fart. Nowhere in the Bible does it say a noxious gas killed the firstborn of Egypt. No. it was the Passover Angel, the Death Angel, the Destroying Angel.


And definitely not a little cherub baby. Look, angels are scary. People trembled and quaked when they saw them. They fell on their faces, man! Daniel, Ezekiel, John; even Mary was taken aback by a friendly Gabriel.
So what happens when the Destroyer shows up?


People die, that's what happens.
In Genesis chapter 19, two angels showed up in Sodom. Three people lived. The rest were bombed.
Sucks to be a pervert.


In Exodus, the firstborn of man and animal died because of Pharaoh's stubbornness. The being sometimes known as the Angel of Death passed over the land and killed the firstborn males that were not in a marked home.


In the wilderness, The Destroyer sent a plague on a complaining camp of Hebrews. Thousands died.
God doesn't like grumblers.
In Jerusalem, David and the people angered the Lord with their pride, and the Destroyer showed up again. 70,000 people died before King David humbled himself and made a sacrifice. God had to hold back this angel so he wouldn't kill everyone!
Pride leads to destruction.


In the Assyrian camp, during the reign of Hezekiah, an angel again made his presence known by destroying THE ENTIRE ARMY. 185,000 men dead in one night!
Don't mess with Jerusalem.


Who is this Destroying Angel? Was it a pre-incarnate Christ? A powerful fallen angel? Michael? The Bible also mentions a "band of destroying angels", and six "men" who went out killing folk in one of Ezekiel's many visions. And in Revelation there will come a time where four mighty angels are set loose to kill a third of mankind.
Sometimes, angels aren't nice.


But then again, neither are we.

 

6 comments:

  1. This is a magnificent recounting of the awesome might of angels executing God's will. Don't forget He also may dispatch them to aid His servants as they fulfill the tasks He has given us even today ad we embark into these most dangerous end times and tribulation. Keep your faith for if God is with you who may stand against you!

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  2. A magnificent recounting of the awesome might if angels as they execute God's will. Don't forget that He may dispatch them even today to aid His servants as we complete the tasks appointed us. Keep your faith and go boldly in truth as we enter these most dangerous end times and tribulation. If God is for you who may stand against you?

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  3. Funny how Angels in art are portrayed as chubby children or beautiful woman, Fairy like creatures, but make no mistake the are creatures of great might and power.

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    1. That they are. And we can't forget about the one who was going to smite Balaam!

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