Angels look nothing like we often think. They can be terrifying! All about them!
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:41 am
When we think of angels, much of our mental imagery of them are formed by popular media and illustrators. Typically, they are depicted as beautiful, winged women, with long, blonde hair, and dressed in brilliant white attire. Or, they are illustrated as little, chubby, winged, sweet-faced babies. But this is NOT how the Bible describes them. They are spiritual beings that we cannot normally see, but when they take on physical appearance in Scripture, we see they have often appeared absolutely terrifying! In Matthew 28, upon the Resurrection of Jesus, the Bible says: "2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men." These hardened Roman soldiers did not react in tremendous fear at some beautiful, mesmerizing, angelic woman figure - as there was something about it that absolutely terrified them. And angels frequently looked so bizarre that the Biblical writers describing them were forced use figurative language of animals and things of earth to explain their appearance. While angels can appear as ordinary people, in Scripture, they often appear so frightening and intimidating that they told people to not be afraid. There also seems to be differing orders of angels that not only look different (when physically seen), but that God employs in differing roles.
What Do Biblically Accurate Angels Really Look Like? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/angel ... -like.html
See this short video about angels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5dRxAUXBj8