NOVEMBER 2005

NOVEMBER 2005 continues with THE ANGELIC CONFLICT 2005 lessons from our Philippians series as well as other subjects in order by date, (0190) 1380-1385 with notes and links attached below.
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THE ANGELIC CONFLICT. INTRODUCTION. DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION. JOH 15:23-27; 7:37-39; 16:1-15; MAT 25:41, 2CO 4:5-12; 11:21-12:10

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 1. Definition and Description.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005


1. Verse 18 - because the kosmos system hates Christ.
2. Once a person is in the plan of God, as a believer priest, they no longer belong to the world.
3. Verse 20 - the slave is not greater than His master.
4. JOH 15:21 - the kosmos is ignorant of the plan of God.
5. Because their old sin nature is exposed.
6. JOH 15:23-24 - the world hates God the Son and therefore they hate God the Father Who sent Him.

1CO 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

Pres-act-ind - this same intense verb for hate means that they keep on doing it.

The Lord said, “My Father is the author of the divine plan, and since God the Father sent God the Son, hatred of the Son is hatred of the Father.”

These miracles were not designed to alleviate suffering, but they were designed to reveal Christ as Savior, and the Father’s plan of grace.

7. Verse 25 - the world hates the believer because the Old Testament prophesied it.

The word refers to the Old Testament scriptures, PSA 35:19; 69:4.

PSA 35:19 Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Neither let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

PSA 69:4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies,

One of His primary functions is the communication of doctrine, so that we will have from residual doctrine in the soul, an edification structure whereby we can stand up against the pressure and antagonism of the Cosmos.

The ministry of God the Holy Spirit will terminate at the Rapture, 2TH 2:7, For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

The Holy Spirit comes for the first time on the day of Pentecost in 30 AD, when the Church-age began, and when the Church is raptured, this ministry of the Holy Spirit will go up with the church.

The second witness is the believer himself, verse 27, in the ambassadorship of the believer.

They have been with Him from the beginning of His earthly ministry, and when the Church-age begins, they will bear witness, and this witnessing principle has been perpetuated from the disciples who became apostles right down to us today.

1. The ministry of the Holy Spirit.
2. The witness of the Gospel through the individual believer.

This chapter continues on the study of the angelic conflict from the standpoint of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in verses 1-15, and the ministry of God the Son in verses 16-33.

TLJC is anticipating the coming of the Church-age, the dispensation in which He is glorified at the right hand of God the Father, absent from the earth, the dispensation in which the intensification of the angelic conflict begins


The Angelic Conflict. Part 1. Definition and Description. 1Ti 5:21, Rev 12:3-4, 14:10; 15:4; 16:5; 7:10-12; Rev 5:2-5; Psa 89:5-8; Col 1:19-20; Heb 2:2-4; Gen 3:21,7; Exo 26:31; Mar 16:5; Mat 17:1-2

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The Angelic Conflict Part 1. Definition and Description.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Point 1. Definition.
The angelic conflict is the result of the fall of all angelic creatures with one third ending up in opposition to God, which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God.
“Did one third of the angels fall or did they ALL fall and two thirds came back to Christ?”
because they are said to be ELECT.
"Did one third of the angels fall or did they ALL fall and two thirds come back to Christ?”
We can see the results in the restoration of planet earth, the creation of mankind, the continuing angelic conflict.
Coming into the creation of mankind Satan had fallen, ISA 14:12; EZE 28:15.
How did this fall occur and what did God do?
Did just one third of the angels fall, or did all of the angels fall and then two thirds accept a salvation offered by God?
MAR 8:38, LUK 9:26 - “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in His glory, and {the glory} of the Father and of the holy angels.”
The only reason why the angels are called “holy angels” is because God made them holy by providing for them some non-meritorious way to receive His righteousness, REV 15:4; REV 16:5.
If Jesus Christ is called the only Holy One - He alone is the only one who remains experientially holy - and the elect angels are called holy, how can this be unless they were made holy after they were found unholy?
REV 7:10-12 - resurrected believers praise the Lord for salvation and the angels join in by twice saying Amen, in which they concur, agree, express that they believe it.
In the Tribulation, while angels bring divine judgment upon the earth, no angel is allowed to execute this judgment apart from Jesus Christ because He alone is worthy, REV 5:2-5.
The argument would lack logic if only some angels were charged with error - JOB 4:17-18 Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error.
We only have one vague reference to Angelic salvation in the Scripture: HEB 2:2-4.
True salvation looked ahead to Christ - GEN 3:21 And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Satan’s counterfeit was fig leaves - GEN 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
A counterfeit presupposes understanding of the real.
HOLY - hosios - o@sio" = used to express the uniqueness of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hosios is used of His person, ACT 2:27, ACT 13:35.
As the guarantor of blessings for the believer, ACT 13:34.
As His qualification to be High Priest, HEB 7:26.
Jesus Christ is seen as the “unique holy One,” the only one to remain experientially holy.
Hosios is also a prerequisite for prayer, 1TI 2:8.
Hosios is that which should become a believer’s testimony, 1TH 2:10.
Hosios is the believer’s goal, LUK 1:75.
A characteristic of the New Self or New Man, EPH 4:24.
LUK 9:26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
If Jesus Christ is called the only Holy One, REV 15:4 - He alone is the only one who remains experientially holy (other things even animal sacrifices are called holy) - and the elect angels are called holy, how can this be unless they were made holy after they were found unholy?
a. Christ is the ONLY Holy one.
b. Since others, men, angels, things are called holy, His unique holiness must be in that it is a perpetual holiness, passed down to others and not merely present only.
c. Angels are called holy and thus must have been made holy from a status of not being holy, like the Christian.
Reconciliation is the making of peace between those who are enemies.
The condemnation against Satan in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 is very specifically against him and him alone.
God did not interfere with this evil scheme because in His omniscience He knew they would buy the lie, and yet He had something better for them, salvation.
JOH 16:11 - the ruler of this world has been judged.
Upon being judged and found guilty and condemned, Satan objected and accused God of not being a just God, violating His essence, His love, His fairness, His omniscience, etc.
As Satan stood condemned, all the angels stood condemned, but condemnation only sets up the divine provision of reconciliation.

Satan fell due to his own initiative and then deceived other angels. In the same way Satan as the serpent deceived the woman, GEN 3:5.
Adam fell without deception.
He chose to disobey God just as Satan did.
Satan disobeyed by his own initiative, and the other angels were deceived.
At the fall, Satan had offered man a counterfeit salvation prior to God offering man a true salvation.

THE ANGELIC CONFLICT. PART 2. EVEN ANGELS BENEFIT FROM THE WORK OF CHRIST. GEN 3:21,7; EXO 26:31; MAR 16:5; MAT 17:1-2; REV 19:6-8; COL 1:19-20; HEB 2:9-10; COL 1:16-20; MAT 25:41; GEN 2:15-17; 3:6-7

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 2. Even angels benefit from the work of Christ.

Friday, November 18, 2005


Point 1. Definition.
The angelic conflict is the result of the fall of all angelic creatures with one third ending up in opposition to God which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God.

“Did one-third of the angels fall or did they ALL fall and two-thirds came back to Christ?”
because they are said to be ELECT.

1TI 5:21 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.

The only reason why the angels are called “holy angels” is because “God made them holy” by providing for them some non-meritorious way to receive His righteousness, REV 15:4; REV 16:5.

We can see in the initial fall of man and the subsequent attempt at deception by Satan and then the salvation offered by God a possible parallel to angelic salvation.

Satan fell due to his own initiative and then deceived other angels. In the same way Satan as the serpent deceived the woman, GEN 3:5.
At the fall we have one who disobeyed out of his own initiative and one who was deceived, 1TI 2:11-15.

Satan disobeyed by his own initiative and the other angels were deceived.
At the fall, Satan had offered man a counterfeit salvation prior to God offering man a true salvation.
A counterfeit presupposes understanding of the real.

Satan would have had to have some prior knowledge of salvation in order to offer a counterfeit plan for covering sinfulness and disobedience.

The only sin that is unpardonable is the sin of rejecting the Gospel in the allotted time, JOH 3:18,36; 16:7-9.

If only one third of the angels fell, would not God have offered some salvation to them?
If offered, are we to suppose that not one of the angels who fell accepted it?

If we suppose only one third of the angels fell and God did not offer a plan for reconciliation, then God would be unfair if He then offered the reconciliation to man who also fell.

Satan would have had a very strong objection if God was willing to offer a means of salvation to man and had not offered a means of salvation to the one third of the angels who fell.

1. The Ark of the Covenant illustrates that angels benefit from the work of Christ.
Two cherubim are over the mercy seat of the Ark.

2. The Veil of Exodus 26:31-35 in the Temple was a reminder of the humanity of Christ.


3. The linen curtains of Exodus 26:1-6 were also of the same color scheme and looked ahead to the person and work of Christ in salvation, and they too were to have embroidered upon them figures of angels.

4. Angels also are often pictured as wearing white garments.
MAR 16:5 - the two angels at the tomb are said to be in white garments - “stole.”

Perf-pass-part = they were clothed in these garments by God at a point in past and continue to wear them in the present.

Luke uses the word esthes for these garments as he also does in Acts 1 with the angels at Christ’s final ascension into heaven.

At the transfiguration the humanity of Christ was seen in His glorified state, and He was in a white, brilliant, dazzling garment that looked ahead to glorification following the Cross.

REV 19:8 - the church, the bride of Christ, is also clothed in white linen garments.

Angels are now clothed with white garments, passive voice, clothed by God as we will be so clothed in the future and as Christ is clothed right now.

This white garment looks at God having made us +R in Christ and would be the same for the angels who accepted angelic salvation.

1. Satan counterfeited salvation to Adam and the Woman prior to God’s offer of salvation to them which would indicate a prior knowledge of salvation.

2. Any position regarding what happened in the fall of angels, their salvation, etc, is an argument from silence and with that, the only value of one over the other is its consistency with the character of God and the parallel to other known events.

3. God is a God of mercy and the greatest expression of mercy is to offer peace or reconciliation to one’s enemies.

4. God is absolutely just and fair and could not have offered salvation to man and not offered it to another creation, angels, who had fallen.

5. Only Christ is forever holy and pure and blameless. For another creature to have these characteristics inherent in them and maintained in them by freewill, would have meant that they could have died for the sins of creation.

6. Angels are very much a part of the tabernacle, the ark, the veil, and the curtains, which all look ahead to Christ and His salvation work.

7. Hebrews 2:9-10 indicates that Christ would taste death for all creation.

8. The garments of angels are the same garments given to saved mankind in eternity.

9. 1TI 5:21 - angels are called chosen or elect which would indicate that there was a time when they were not chosen and not elect.

10. COL 1:20 indicates that Christ reconciled all things to Himself, things on earth and things in heaven.

The angelic conflict refers to the two trials of Satan and the fallen angels, one in prehistoric times, the other during human history.

“Accursed ones” -
perf-mid-part - kataraomai = to be under a curse, or to cause injury or harm.

1TI 5:21 - His chosen or elect angels,

Point 1. The angelic conflict is the result of the fall of all angelic creatures with one third ending up in opposition to God which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God.

The trial phase begins with the fall of man in the garden and continues until the beginning of the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union.

Mankind was created and human history began in order to duplicate the conditions of the prehistoric angelic conflict.


THE ANGELIC CONFLICT. PART 3. THE TWO TRIALS OF SATAN AND THE FALLEN ANGELS, ONE PRE-HISTORIC, ONE DURING HUMAN HISTORY. JOH 16:1-14; JOB 4:18; COL 1:16-20; MAT 25:41; GEN 2:15-17; 3:6-7; ISA 14:12-14; 1TI 2:11-14

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 3. The two trials of Satan and the fallen angels, one pre-historic, one during human history.

Sunday, November 20, 2005


This chapter continues on the study of the angelic conflict from the standpoint of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in verses 1-15, and the ministry of God the Son in verses 16-33.

TLJC is anticipating the coming of the Church-age, the dispensation in which He is glorified at the right hand of God the Father, absent from the earth, the dispensation in which the intensification of the angelic conflict begins.

The Doctrine of the Angelic Conflict.
Point 1. Definition.
The angelic conflict is the result of the fall of all angelic creatures with more than one third ending up in opposition to God which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God.

“Did more than one third of the angels fall or did they ALL fall and some came back to Christ?”
because they are said to be ELECT.
The angels are called “holy angels” because God made them holy by providing for them a non-meritorious way to receive His righteousness, REV 15:4; REV 16:5.

REV 7:10-12 - resurrected believers praise the Lord for salvation and the angels join in by twice saying Amen, in which they concur, agree, express that they believe it.

In the Tribulation period, while angels bring divine judgment upon the earth, no angel is allowed to execute this judgment apart from Jesus Christ because He alone is worthy, REV 5:2-5.

COL 1:20 - Christ reconciled all things to Himself, things on earth and things in heaven.

The angelic conflict refers to the two trials of Satan and the fallen angels, one in prehistoric times, the other during human history.

“Has been prepared” - perf-mid-part - hetoimazo = to prepare, to make ready, to be ready.
1TI 5:21 - His chosen or elect angels,

Point 1. The angelic conflict is the result of the fall of all angelic creatures with more than one third ending up in opposition to God, which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God.

The trial phase begins with the fall of man in the garden and continues until the beginning of the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union.

Mankind was created and human history began in order to duplicate the conditions of the prehistoric angelic conflict.

The fall of man in the garden of Eden actually duplicates the fall of Satan in the garden of God, Eze 28.
Both falls occurred during perfect environment.

God created man as a rational creature lower than angels, duplicating on a reduced scale, the conditions of the prehistoric angelic conflict.

With the fall of Adam, Satan became the ruler of planet earth from which position Satan provides the defense in the historical appeal trial of all fallen angels; 2CO 4:4, he is the god of this world.

The courtroom is planet earth because planet earth was the same place the angelic conflict took place in before.

Eze 28 - at one time Satan led all the angels on planet earth in worship toward God.

The human race provides evidence, arguments, and precedents in the appeal trial whether winners or losers.

God entered His evidence by creating man just as the angels were created: innocent (or perfect) with the potential to love and worship God through right decisions and the potential to become imperfect by wrong decisions.

Satan had been created perfect and Adam was created in perfect.
The angels have free will; mankind has a free will.
Adam freely and deliberately chose to follow the pattern of arrogance with characterized Satan’s original revolution, ISA 14:12-14, 1TI 2:11-15.

The rebellion of Satan in the garden of God resulted in the fall of all angelic creatures, and the rebellion of Adam resulted in the fall of all mankind.

THE ANGELIC CONFLICT. PART 4. THE HUMAN RACE PROVIDES EVIDENCE, ARGUMENTS, AND PRECEDENTS IN SATAN'S APPEAL TRIAL. 1TI 5:21; COL 1:16-20; ROM 5:12; MAT 25:41; REV 20:10; GEN 2:16-17; PSA 8:3-6; 2PE 2:4-11

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 4. The human race provides evidence, arguments, and precedents in Satan's appeal trial.

Sunday, November 27, 2005


Point 1. Definition.
The angelic conflict is the result of the fall of all angelic creatures with one third ending up in opposition to God which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God.

They apparently, COL 1:16-20, were elected to some form of salvation.

With the fall of Adam, Satan became the ruler of planet earth from which position Satan provides the defense in the historical appeal trial of all fallen angels; 2CO 4:4, he is the god of this world.

Eze 28 - at one time Satan led all the angels on planet earth in worship toward God.

The human race provides evidence, arguments, and precedents in the appeal trial whether winners or losers.

God entered His evidence by creating man just as the angels were created: innocent (or perfect) with the potential to love and worship God through right decisions and the potential to become imperfect by wrong decisions.

Satan had been created in perfect innocence; Adam was created in perfect innocence.

The angels have free will; man has free will.
Adam freely and deliberately chose to follow the pattern of arrogance which characterized Satan’s original revolution, ISA 14:12-14.

In angelic history, God had provided a decision making process by which angels could express non-meritorious positive volition.

The Bible seems to reveal some sort of reconciliation for angels, COL 1:20, PHI 2:10.

God provided salvation for all mankind so that man can express non-meritorious positive volition through faith in Christ, JOH 3:16.

Through the exercise of their free will, angelic creatures are divided into two categories: elect and fallen angels,REV 12:7, 1TI 5:21, MAT 25:41,
MAR 8:38.

Through the exercise of their free will mankind is divided into two categories, believers and unbelievers, JOH 3:36.

First, the formal presentation of the case: the prosecution presents its case, followed by the defense presenting its case - O.T. history, Israel the new racial species - accompanied later by the Church, the new spiritual species.

1. The chief antagonist in the angelic conflict is called Satan or the devil.
His title in the Hebrew is ha Satan = an attorney who slanders and gets away with it because of some legal loophole, an adversary.
Greek - diabolos [devil] = an adversary, an attorney in opposition in law, or a slanderer.

2. The fact that an appeal was filed with God is presumed from the lapse of time between the sentence of fallen angels, MAT 25:41, in eternity past and the execution of that sentence at the termination of human history,REV 20:10.


Between the passing of the sentence in eternity past and the execution of that sentence at the end of the Millennium, an appeal trial is occurring in human history.

There is the formal presentation of the case: the prosecution presents its case, followed by the defense presenting its case.

The trial phase begins with the fall of man in the garden of Eden and continues until the beginning of the dispensation of the Hypostatic Union, when God became a man.

The fall of man in the garden of Eden actually duplicates the fall of Satan in the garden of God. Both falls occurred during perfect environment.

God created man as a rational creature lower than angels, duplicating at a reduced scale, the conditions of the prehistoric angelic conflict.

When Adam and the woman willfully sinned, Satan became the ruler of planet earth from which position Satan provides the defense in the historical appeal trial of all fallen angels, 2CO 4:4.

God entered His evidence by creating man just as the angels were created: innocent (or perfect) with the potential to love and worship God through right decisions and the potential to become imperfect by wrong decisions.

Point 2. The Existence of Rational Creatures.

a. The prehistorical category called angels, PSA 8:4-6; HEB 2:6,7; 2PE 2:11.

HEB 2:7 “Thou hast made him for a little while lower than the angels.”

The first category of rational creatures is the superior category; angels are superior to mankind.

b. The historical category called human beings, mankind, or man.


THE ANGELIC CONFLICT. PART 5. THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCES OF RANK AND WINGS AMONG THE ANGELS. GEN 1:27; 5:1-2; 1TI 2:3-4; ROM 7:17; 7:20; ISA 6:1-7; REV 5:2-5; REV 10:1; 14:18,15; 18:1; 20:1-3; 4:5-4:8

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The Angelic Conflict. Part 5. The reason for the differences of rank and wings among the angels.

Wednesday, November 30, 2005


Point 1. Definition.
The angelic conflict is the result of the fall of all angelic creatures with at least one third ending up in opposition to God, which began with the fall of Satan and continued until all angelic creatures had made a decision for or against God.

Point 2. The Existence of Rational Creatures.
a. The prehistorical category called angels, PSA 8:4-6; HEB 2:6,7; 2PE 2:11.
b. The historical category called human beings, mankind, or man.

Angels are created beings, PSA 148:2,5, and while they are superior to us by creation, we have in common with angels the structure of our souls; the two are very similar.

He is the son of the morning, the anointed cherub - EZE 28:14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there.”

Doctrine of angelology - today the seraphim are the highest ranking angels above the cherubs.

One of the most shocking things for most believers to ever hear is that the cherub angel called the devil is not interested in getting people to sin. He is vitally interested in getting you to perform human good.

2CO 2:11 in order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

Satan is interested in performing all the good he can and eliminating the bad.

Immorality is embarrassing to him because he is the ruler of this world.

Satan’s plan is to get human beings to produce as much human good as possible and to infiltrate the plan of God with human good, and the only way he can do so is to persuade believers to perform human good.

He cannot do this to a believer who has a knowledge of doctrine, but to a believer who is ignorant of doctrine and therefore a sucker for human good every time.

Human good appeals to approbation lust and self-righteousness.
As far as most believers are personally concerned, the only contact the devil will have with them will be the fact that they performed an X amount of human good to help the devil clean up his world.

Government, morals, education, art, commercialism, vast enterprises and organizations, and religious activity are included in Satan’s plan to deceive the human race.

God’s plan for the human race is not to clean up the devil’s world; it is to offer salvation to the unbeliever and knowledge of doctrine to the believer.

Adam was created perfect in the garden of Eden, but he fell, and now anyone who believes on TLJC actually becomes greater than Adam who was created perfect.

We now have the very righteousness of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In the eternal state, the difference between the perfection of Adam in the garden and the perfection we will all enjoy is the fact that we have all received a nature that cannot sin, 1JO 3:9, whereas, Adam, even though he was created perfect, could sin.

1JO 3:9 No one who is born of God sins, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1PE 1:23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and abiding word of God.

Adam was created perfect, he fell or sinned against God, and a higher category of humans came into existence called the children of God.

Heylel, the son of the morning, the anointed cherub, was created perfect and was the highest ranking angel at that time.
Just like Adam was created perfect and he fell, and anyone who follows God will become greater than Adam, so certain angels were rewarded a higher rank than Satan after his fall - the seraphim, angels with 6 wings.

As a result of the pre-historic angelic conflict certain elect angels received blessings and rewards which are comparative to our escrow blessings in time.

In the Old Testament, we have TLJC appearing as a theophany - an O.T. manifestation of TLJC in bodily form. When He appeared in the Old Testament, He was called the angel of Jehovah.

The highest ranking ones are called seraphim.
A seraph is an angel with 6 wings.

Because of the character and nature of God, He is righteous and just and immutable, we are forced to the conclusion that, just as members of the human race are rewarded for their faithfulness to TLJC, so the angels were given awards for doing something similar to living in the plan of God for their life.

There is a special group of angels who in eternity past made the right possible grace decisions for our Lord and therefore differ in glory, 1CO 15:40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.

The highest rank under the theophany of Christ is the seraphim who have six wings.
Next are the cherub ranked angels who have four wings.
Then the cherub angels who have two wings, Exo 25.
The fourth category of angels are the wingless angels.
The seraphim have six wings, ISA 6:2.

One of the seraph angels is known as the king or arms, who is used to bring special messages and announcements, ISA 6:7.

REV 5:2 - he is known as the strong or powerful angel. He is clothed with a cloud which represented the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

ISA 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
ACT 1:9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

1TH 4:16-17 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.

REV 10:1 - the seraph angel has a rainbow over his head which represents the faithfulness and the integrity of God in protecting and perpetuating the human race as promised in GEN 9:13 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.

His face was like the sun which represents God’s grace provision for disaster.
His feet like pillars of fire represent the believer’s wall of fire.

In the seraph rank, we also have the officers of arms.

REV 14:15 - the seraphim serve as messengers between God the Father and God the Son in the administration of certain historical events such as the seven last plagues.

MAT 6:22-23 “The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!”

Full of eyes within is a reference to the uniform of wisdom or the maximum perception of Bible doctrine.


FULL DOCTRINE OF THE ANGELIC CONFLICT
DECEMBER 2005