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99 Answers to Questions about Angels, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare
Millions are curious about UFOs, angelic encounters, afterlife experiences, the paranomral, and angels and demons. How can we know fact from fiction and what the Bible really says about such issues? In your hand you hold solid responses to 99 of the most basic questions about the spirit world. If you want to know more about angels, demons, Satan, the paranormal, and solid, biblical answers to such issues, then this book is for you.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 1997
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March 12, 2011
As a theological work or as a Christian work this is (in my opinion) simply a curiosity. There is and has been of late an almost radical reawakening of interest in Angels. Angels are mentioned in the Bible (as are many other topics) not in detail nor in a "this is how they exist" or "this is how it works" manner but in a matter of fact manner. "the Angel of the LORD did or said this". The Bible isn't a treatise on Angels (nor for that matter on demons, the Devil, Hell, or a dozen other topics that snatch our attention). What has happened is that as in the case of so many other peripheral topics that seem so very exciting or interesting we have lost sight of the main topics.
The Bible is clear that Angels are messengers of God. There are two named Angels in the Bible Gabriel and Michael. There are other Angels that are named in some Christian traditions but these names come from Apocryphal works not the Bible. These may be the names of Angels, I don't know, but only the two above are named in the Bible. (Note: Raphael is named in the Book of Tobit which is found in the Latin Vulgate edition, or the Catholic and Anglican Bibles so it could be said that three Angels are named in the Bible. Being a non-Catholic Christian only two are in the Cannon of the other editions of the Bible.) BUT Angels are as I said messengers of God and not the subject of Christianity, and I'm sure the Holy Angels would say the same...they'd turn and point us to God. Demons don't get a lot of ink in the Bible either, they are fallen or rebellious angels.
While this book is an attempted reaction to some of the New Age ideas of Angels, demons and spirits it falls into the trap it's apparently trying to help people avoid getting side tracked and trying to answer greatly detailed questions. It uses Apocryphal references and quotes and simply moves beyond what is actually spelled out in "scripture".
I really don't care for it in that it could be misleading. It's focus is not on God but elsewhere. So, I'd treat it as possibly an interesting read, as I said a curiosity, a pass time. I really don't think it helps much from a Christian stand point. I put it down when it got to trying to answer whether Jesus was an angel in any sense. My reaction was..."I didn't know that was even a question".
Later it got into what's the occult and so on and I just didn't see any point to it other than "ooow isn't this neat". There are questions like "Are there territorial angels?""is rock music Satanic?" and so on. While they do answer some of the questions accurately as to Christian belief, it's still mostly peripheral. This is of course, my opinion.
(The Angels of the New Age movement are not the Angels of the Bible by the way.)
Two stars because I know some will simply find the reading interesting. But as a Christian read I found it of very little value. I skimmed it and put it down unfinished. (Of course in saying that I could be setting myself up as somewhat pompous couldn't I? Oh well.)
The Bible is clear that Angels are messengers of God. There are two named Angels in the Bible Gabriel and Michael. There are other Angels that are named in some Christian traditions but these names come from Apocryphal works not the Bible. These may be the names of Angels, I don't know, but only the two above are named in the Bible. (Note: Raphael is named in the Book of Tobit which is found in the Latin Vulgate edition, or the Catholic and Anglican Bibles so it could be said that three Angels are named in the Bible. Being a non-Catholic Christian only two are in the Cannon of the other editions of the Bible.) BUT Angels are as I said messengers of God and not the subject of Christianity, and I'm sure the Holy Angels would say the same...they'd turn and point us to God. Demons don't get a lot of ink in the Bible either, they are fallen or rebellious angels.
While this book is an attempted reaction to some of the New Age ideas of Angels, demons and spirits it falls into the trap it's apparently trying to help people avoid getting side tracked and trying to answer greatly detailed questions. It uses Apocryphal references and quotes and simply moves beyond what is actually spelled out in "scripture".
I really don't care for it in that it could be misleading. It's focus is not on God but elsewhere. So, I'd treat it as possibly an interesting read, as I said a curiosity, a pass time. I really don't think it helps much from a Christian stand point. I put it down when it got to trying to answer whether Jesus was an angel in any sense. My reaction was..."I didn't know that was even a question".
Later it got into what's the occult and so on and I just didn't see any point to it other than "ooow isn't this neat". There are questions like "Are there territorial angels?""is rock music Satanic?" and so on. While they do answer some of the questions accurately as to Christian belief, it's still mostly peripheral. This is of course, my opinion.
(The Angels of the New Age movement are not the Angels of the Bible by the way.)
Two stars because I know some will simply find the reading interesting. But as a Christian read I found it of very little value. I skimmed it and put it down unfinished. (Of course in saying that I could be setting myself up as somewhat pompous couldn't I? Oh well.)
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