Theology (1) Lecture Part IV: The Work of God Chapter 17 Angels (154-160)

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Theology (1) Lecture Part IV The Work of
GodChapter 17 Angels (154-160)

• Jintae Kim, PhD
• Alliance Theological Seminary
• Nyack, NY 10960
• [phone]
• E-mail Jintae.kim_at_nyack.edu
• Website http//all4jesus.net

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Chap 17 God's Special Agents Angels ???? ?? ??
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Definition of Angels ??

• The spiritual beings which God created higher
  than man, some of whom have remained obedient to
  God and carry out his will, and others of whom
  disobeyed, lost their holy condition, and now
  oppose and hinder his work.
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Difficulty on the Subject ??? ??? ????

• The biblical references on the subject are not
  very helpful for developing a comprehensive
  understanding of angels, every reference to
  angels is incidental to some other topic.
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  ??? ???.

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Good Angels ???? ???

• Terminology ??
• Their Origin, Nature, and Status ??? ??, ??, ??
• Their Capacities and Powers ??? ??
• Their Activities ??? ????

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Terminology ??

• (1) Hebrew mal'ak, messenger - either human or
  divine (?? 192)
•     sons of Elohim (? 16 21)
• (2) Greek. angelos, "messenger" (? 724 952)

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Their Origin, Nature and Status ??, ??, ??

• (1) Angels are spiritual beings they have
  neither souls nor bodies for souls to occupy. 
  They were created by God.  There is a great
  number of them.
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  ??? ???? ??.
• (2) They are invisible but can appear in the form
  of a human being. ??? ?? ??? ??? ??? ???? ??? ?
  ??.

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Their Capacities and Powers ??? ??

• (1) ???? ??
• ??? ?? ??.
• They are personal beings which means they can
  interact with.  They have intelligence and will. 
• ??? ??. They are also moral creatures. 

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• (2) ??? ??? ??
• They possess great knowledge but not
  omniscience. ??? ??? ???? ????? ??.
• They have great and superhuman power but not
  omnipotence. ??? ??? ???? ????? ??.
• This power is from God and they remain dependent
  on his will to exercise it. ?? ??? ????? ??? ???
  ???? ?? ?? ??? ???? ??.

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Their Activities ??? ?? 5 ??

• (1) Angels continuously praise and glorify God.
  (? 387) ???? ???????? ??? ??? ???. 
• (2) Angels reveal and communicate God's message
  to man. (? 753) ???? ?? ???? ???? ???.
• (3) Angels minister to believers. (? 519
  126-11) ???? ???.

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• (4) Angels execute judgment upon the enemies of
  God. (?? 2416 ? 1419-20) ???? ???? ??? ????.
• (5) Angels will be involved in the second coming.
  (? 2531) ???? ??? ???? ??.

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Evil Angels ??? ???

• The Status of Demonology Today ???? ??
• The Origin of Demons ??? ??
• The Chief of the Demons ???? ??
• Activities of Demons ???? ??
• Demon Possession ???? ??

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The Status of Demonology Today ??? ?? 3 ?? ??? ??

• (1) Demythologization Rudolph Bultmann ??? ??.
  ???? ??? ??? ????? ??? ??? ?? ???.

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• (2) ??? ???? Depersonalization  of demons Paul
  Tillich
• Demonic is viewed as a characterization of
  powerful social forces and structures rather than
  personal beings.  Evil being part of the very
  structure of reality.
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• (3) ??? ??? ??? ???? ??? ??? ?? ??. Antithesis
  between demons and angels Karl Barth
• They have nothing in common.  There is an
  absolute and exclusive antithesis between the
  two.  The origin and nature of demons lie in
  nothingness, chaos, darkness. 
• ??? ??? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ???? ??? ??? ??? ??.
• They are not created by God, but are part of the
  threat to God's creation.

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The Origin of Demon ??? ??

• Demons, then, are angels created by God and thus
  were originally good but they sinned and thus
  became evil.  This rebellion must have occurred
  between the time when God completed the creation
  and pronounced it all very good, and the fall
  of man (Gen. Ch.3).
• ??? ???? ??? ??? ????? ????? ?? ??? ?? ????? ???
  ??? ??? 2? ????? ??? 3? ??? ????? ????? ????.

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The Chief of the Demons ???? ??

• Hebrew name "satan" derives from the verb which
  means to be or act as adversary.  Greek word
  satan is just a transliteration of this Hebrew
  name.   However, Satan is also called devil,
  adversary, accuser.
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  ??? ????. ?? ????? ?? ?? ??? ?????? ??? ??? ???
  ?? (??), ??, ???? ? ?? ????? ??. ?? ? ???? ???
  ???? ??? ???? ??? ??? ??? ???.

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Activities of Demons ??? ?? 3 ??

• (1) ??? ???? ? ???? ??? ?? ???? ?? ??? ??? ????.
• As Satan's subjects, demons carry out his work in
  the world and engage in all the forms of
  temptation and deception.

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• (2) ???? ??? ????.
• They inflict disease dumbness (Mark
  917), deafness and dumbness (Mark 925),
  blindness and deafness (Matt.1222), convulsions
  (Mark 126 920 Luke 939), paralysis or
  lameness (Acts 87). 
• (3) ???? ???? ????? ????.
•  They oppose the spiritual progress of God's
  people (Eph 612).

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Demon Possession ???? ??
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Terminology ??

• The technical expression is to "have a demon" or
  to "be demonized."  Sometimes we find expressions
  like unclean spirits??? ?? (Acts 87) or evil
  spirits ?? ?? (Acts 1912).  

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Characteristics of Demon Possession???? ??? ???
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• (1) ??? ??? ???? ??? ??.
• Some physical ailments might be inflicted by
  demons. 
• (2) ???? ?? ????? ?? ????? ????? ??? ??? ?????
  ??? ??? ??? ??.
• Those demonized may have unusual strength,
  act in bizarre ways, or may engage in
  self-destructive behavior.
• (3) ???? ?? ???, ???, ?? ??? ???.
• Physical, emotional, or spiritual
  destruction is involved.     

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• (4) ??? ?? ? ?? ??? ?? ?? ? ??.
• Demons are able to speak and to inhabit animals.
• (5) ??? ?? ??? ???? ?? ??? ?? ???.
• However, the biblical writers did not attribute
  all illness to demon possession.

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Jesus Healing and Demon Possession ???? ?????
???? ??
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• (1) ???? ? ??? ??? ?????. Jesus distinguished the
  two types of healing.
• (Luke 1332) ???? ?? ? ???? ??? ??? ?? ?? ???
  ???? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ??? ??????? ??

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• (2) Nor was epilepsy mistaken for demon
  possession. ?? ??? ???? ????? ???? ??? ?? ??.
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• (Matt 1715) ?? ? ??? ??? ???? ?? ??? ?? ???? ??
  ??? ???? ??? ?????? . . . (18) ?? ???? ????? ???
  ??? ??? ???? ????
• (Matt 424) ?? ??? ? ???? ???? ???? ?? ?? ? ? ??
  ?? ??? ?? ? ?? ?? ? ???? ? ?????? ???? ??? ?????

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• (3) In the case of numerous healings no mention
  is made of demons. ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ???.
  (?85-13 919-20)
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• ???? ??? ???? ?? ?? ??? ??? ??.  ??? ?? ?????
  (?125), ??? ???? ??? (?1228), ? ????? ?? ?? ???
  ???? (?101), ???? ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ? ???
  (?1719-20) ?????.
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• ??? ??? ?? (?929), ???? ??? (?923-24) ?????
  ???.  ??? ??? ??? ???? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???? ??.
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Warnings concerning Demon Possession ???? ?? ???
3 ?? ????
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• (1) There is no reason to believe that demon
  possessions are restricted to the past.
• ????? ??? ??? ???? ??? ? ??? ??? ??.  ?? ??? ?
  ??? ??? ??? ????? ??? ??? ?? ?? ?? ???? ? ? ??.

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• (2) One should not too quickly attribute aberrant
  physical and psychical phenomena to demon
  possession.
• ??? ?? ??? ???? ??? ???? ??.  ??? ???, ??? ??? ??
  ?? ??? ???? ????? ???. 
•  

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• (3) Satan may be encouraging interest in demon
  possession in hopes that Christians will become
  careless about other more subtle forms of
  influence by the powers of evil.
• ??? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???? ??.  ? ?? ?? ???????
  ??? ?? ??? ???? ?? ??? ??.  ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ?
  ??? ??? ?? ???? ???? ?? ??? ????? ??? ?? ?? ??
  ???.

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The Role of the Doctrine of Angels ???? 3 ??
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• (1) It is comfort and an encouragement to us to
  realize that there are powerful and numerous
  unseen agents available to help us in our need.
• ??? ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ??? ? ?? ??? ???? ???
  ????? ??? ???? ?? ??? ??? ??.

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• (2) The angel's praise and service of God give us
  an example of how we are to conduct ourselves now
  and what our activity will be in the life beyond
  God's presence.
• ???? ?? ???? ???? ??? ? ??? ??? ?? ??? ?? ?? ? ?
  ??? ??? ??? ??? ???? ?? ? ? ?? ? ??.

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• (3) It sobers us to realize that even angels who
  were close to God succumbed to temptation and
  fell.
• ???? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ??? ????? ??? ?? ??? ???
  ??? ??? ?? ???? ??? ???? ??.

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• (4) Knowledge about evil angels serves to alert
  us to the danger and subtlety of temptation which
  can be expected to come from satanic forces, and
  gives insight into some of the devils ways of
  working.
• ??? ?? ??? ?? ??? ????? ?? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ???
  ??? ??? ? ?? ? ?? ??? ??? ?? ?? ????? ??? ? ??
  ??? ??? ? ??.

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• (5) We receive confidence from the realization
  that powerful though Satan and his accomplices
  are, there are definite limits upon what they can
  do.  We can, therefore, by the grace of God,
  resist Satan successfully.
• ??? ? ???? ?? ?? ??? ???? ?? ? ??? ??? ???? ???
  ??? ??? ?? ??? ???? ??? ??? ??? ????? ??? ? ???
  ??? ? ??.