While God’s angels are messengers and ministers, so are Satan’s. Paul says in Second Corinthians 12:7, “…a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me….” Angels are messengers of God, but in Paul’s case, he encountered a messenger of Satan. Angels are ministers of good or evil, depending on who they are working for. One of Satan’s angels had been assigned to Paul to afflict and buffet him.
