10) Angels, Ghosts and Miracles

The popular myth-conceptions of angels may be as far from the evidence as popular ideas of Extraterrestrials.

The English word 'angel' comes from the ancient Greek word aggelos, and all it means is 'messenger'. The Mighty Ones (Heb. Elohim) that the Hebrews saw brought messages. When they brought messages in New Testament times they were called the common Greek word for messenger aggelos. In Old Testament times it was recorded that the Mighty Ones (Heb. Elohim) were sometimes called malak, or the common Hebrew word for a messenger, when they spoke for 'He who will be'.

These messengers, or angels, are the human-like extraterrestrials that appeared and disappeared, glowed, rose vertically, that ate, and that could be touched and wrestled with. But none of whom had wings. The accounts speak of them having access to power and an energy we can only dream about. Jesus (Yeshua) says that all who are resurrected at the judgement and inherit everlasting life will be like angels and have their powers,

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels (messengers) of God in heaven. (Matthew 22:30)

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Ghosts

Ghosts popularly are described much in the way Jesus (Yeshua) was after his resurrection, as beings that can appear and disappear and walk through walls. Yeshua did this

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. (John 20:19-20)

After eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then said he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. (John 20:26-27)

However, it is to be noted that the disciples could handle the body of Yeshua. Somehow despite his body feeling solid, and just as any other human, he could go through walls. Jacob who wrestled with the angel shows that angels (Elohim) also can be held by humans. The angels can somehow also cause themselves to vanish.

One thing that ghosts cannot be from the Bible is dead humans of this creation!

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. (Psalm 146:2-4)

And

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. (Isaiah 38:18)

Miracles

Science is often brought forth as a reason to discount miracles. But science defines that it scope is observation of repeatable, present events in the material realm and theory making regarding these. Science so defined can have nothing to say regarding one-off events influenced by meta-physical beings, such as messengers from God.

Actually science tends to be at its limit even describing human interaction, let alone possible interaction with beings we might not see. A better way to understand whether miracles occurred is the same way we judge if any event occurred: We ask 'is the witness reliable?'

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