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A Biblical Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew 27:46
By M. L. Wilson
Continued from Page 4.
You see it is mere presumption to think that Jesus or Paul was referring to Satan when he
mentioned those particular angels. Firstly, contemporary theology teaches that there is but one Satan. (And Satan in this
context is used as a name even though it is merely an adjective. Satan simply means adversary or accuser. It isn’t a name
like Fred Satan.) Additionally, if there were but one Satan, then why do both Jesus and Paul talk as though there are a
multitude of these angelic beings in positions of authority? Why did the angel in Daniel chapter 10 refer to at least two
other angelic rulers?
The conclusion which is so provocative is that the god(s) of the Old Testament are in actuality angels of the Most High God.
In the beginning, they were created to act as liaisons between God Most High and this human creation. God always had a
relationship between Himself and man but it was a relationship from a distance; it was a relationship through proxy, a
position filled by these angels. This wasn’t an accident or an oversight; this was by design. God related to us solely
through His angels.
How is it that such a conclusion can be reached? Well Jesus Himself said it first. In John 5:37, Jesus says quite plainly
that no one has ever seen God or heard his voice. 1st John 4:12 mirrors the same statement. “No one has ever seen God.”
1st Timothy 6:15-16 is more expansive, ...God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who
alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, which no one has seen or can see.”
We in the flesh cannot behold what God is in His essence anymore than we could survive in the sun. God in His essence is so
far beyond us, the two cannot mix. It has nothing to do with the allegation that we are sinful and fallen; rather it has
everything to do with simple physics. Consider that if there is all of these repeated statements which insist that man has
never seen God, then exactly who has mankind been interacting with throughout the Old Testament? Enter the angels; beings
created that can traverse the two realms. They can be spectral and they can be corporeal. They can be wind and rain and they
can be fire. Essentially an angel can assume whatever shape and function that can be created with matter. That is how God
created them.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines angel as:
One of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of
the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or
princedoms, archangels, and angels)
A conventional representation of such a being, in human form, with wings, usually in white robes.
A messenger, esp. of God.
A person who performs a mission of God or acts as if sent by God: an angel of mercy.
A person having qualities generally attributed to an angel, as beauty, purity, or kindliness.
A person whose actions and thoughts are consistently virtuous.
An attendant or guardian spirit.
As a contemporary definition, this is somewhat satisfactory, but of more importance would
be how angels were regarded by the ancients. The Jews regarded angels primarily as messengers or workers of the Most High
God. (Hebrew: “Melakha” meaning work and “Mal’achut” meaning message.) However, Jews also tended to use the term to describe
others as well such as “kruv” which describes young children (and is where we get the term Cherub from.) as well as
“Gil-Gaulim” meaning revolving (Most likely alluding to the entity(s) in Ezekiel 1:24).
Paul’s views on angels are a bit more stark. To reiterate Ephesians chapter 6, Paul exhorts us to put on the “Full armor of
God” so that we are protected from these spiritual entities. In Colossians 2:17, he warns us to not be seduced by the
religion of angels.
(Not something to dismiss casually; such religions are more pervasive in our society than we’re willing to acknowledge or
admit.) And then of course there is Job 4:18 to wit:
If God places no trust in his servants,
If He charges His angels with error,
How much more those who live in houses of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
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