Who Are the Angels?

If we had a full answer to this question, we would not have to ask it. But not knowing clearly,

prompts us to investigate who they might be. Some things we know and so we have to build on that.

But many things are left to our imagination. 

The following are things we know by Scripture, human experience, or insight;

      They are intelligent, usually using human language.

      They are from somewhere else.

       They come to humans for a purpose.

       There are good angels and bad angels.

       They can communicate to humans and are interested in human life.

        They relate to ultimate good or bad authority- God or the devil.

        They do not seem to respect gravity or inertia.

        They approach humans on their own interest or mission

         They might come by human request.

        They may take a physical form and be visible.

        Their presence may be clear whether they are experienced physically, emotionally, or spiritually.

        They may identify themselves or may not.

         They may appear to persons as a person or be incognito as far as being angelic or from God.

         Angels are only one way God communicates a message.

         They do not explain their usual place of existence.

          They may be known by their message more than by their form.

          Children have their own guardian angel according to Jesus.

What more we might imagine:

         They may be “extra-terrestrial, from another planet or place in space

         They may have movement possibilities that are different from anything we know on earth.

         They may have knowledge of earthlings not limited by physical connection.

          They relate for reasons of their own, which earthlings may not be aware of.

         They may be infinitely more intelligent than us.

          They may be present far more, in fact, more continuously than we have any concept of.

          They have a different mentality than humans which we would only have to guess about.

           Some may be from a “place or planet” where sin had not come. 

           They may be able to change the form of their being at will, e.g. physical vs spiritual, etc.

           They may not be confined to space and time as humans are.

           We do not know if their knowledge is limited or omniscient like God.

          They may be unlimited in number or limited.

          They maybe from eternity or in time.

           Whether adults have a literal personal guardian angel or just one when needed.