This whole thing is a little crazy making when on the one hand, the
apparent ordering is God - man - angels. And yet, on the other hand, God
seems to be involved in an extended and presently unresolved conflict
with an angel called satan. This seems to be one of those situations
where two conflicting beliefs are simultaneously held by a large number
of people.
JimA [Friend of ASA]
gordon brown wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, mlucid@aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>> Well, there it is, iddnit? I
>> never recognized an angel, but I know in my heart as well as I know
>> anything that if angels still exist they are unquestionably created
>> more in the image of God than I am. That the Bible doesn't
>> specifically address this precise hierarchy is not in the least a
>> factor in my judgment. That it might be a bad thing if I actually have
>> it wrong is not an issue for me either. That it might be a problem for
>> someone else to determine the relative deity of man vs angel without
>> concrete proclamation from the sacred text would never have crossed my
>> mind until now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe it's me. Maybe I have a feeling that no one else has, but I
>> don't think so. Aren't angels my deific superiors? Is that me taking
>> liberties I have no business taking or is it me making an obvious
>> rational association given the general implications about angels in the
>> Bible? Am I a blasphemer for my reflexive interpretations or is Gordon
>> not giving himself sufficient liberties with his faith? Is there
>> really a way to answer this question or is each of us judged
>> independently under our individual challenges and blessings? I can't
>> begin to answer for Gordon, and I'm not that all-fired sure about me
>> either, but I'm still pretty sure about the angels being created in the
>> image of God thing.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Mike (Friend of ASA)
>
>
> Mike,
>
> I feel as if I don't know much about angels, and so my comments about
> them are quite tentative. You seem to want to linearly order all
> beings and then find a dividing line between those who were created in
> God's image and those who were not. What is the criterion for such an
> ordering? Man was created a little lower than the angels (Heb. 2:7),
> but we will judge angels (I Cor. 6:3).
>
> The context of Gen. 1:26,27 seems to be that man was made in the image
> of God so that he would be qualified to rule over the others of God's
> creatures. It was only man that received such a stewardship.
>
> Gordon Brown (ASA membe
> r)
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