An angel is the name given in the Bible to those super beings whose home is heaven and who function as the unseen agents in the carrying out of the will of God. Angels are created beings belonging essentially to the invisible realm. God's angels are supernatural, celestial beings of pure spirit, superior to humans in power, goodness, beauty, intelligence, and abilities, and they serve God in countless ways by doing His bidding only. Angels are messengers and attendant spirits, perfectly obedient to God. They exist solely to do His will, which includes the care and protection of humans as God directs.
Angels could be standing right next to you this minute. Angels can look like regular people and we don't even know it! They are invisible until the Lord permits them to reveal themselves, and then, wow! There they are.
What do Angels look like? They take on many appearances, God is an incredibly creative. Angels can be the blaze of a crackling brush fire or the flame of a slim wax candle, angels can be the wind rattling against the windows or the gust of a winter storm; angels can be flashes of dancing color, a snake in the apple tree, or the stranger next to you on the train.
Angels can be quite frightening, and we know this because most of the time when angels appeared to humans in the Bible they began their dialogue with, "Don't be afraid". Imagine Michael, God's glorious archangel, appearing to you in person. What would you do? Would you just roll over and drop dead? Would you gasp, "Hold it!" and run for your Bible to find a scriptural precedence for such and unusual occurrence? How did other people in the Bible react to the presence of angels? Read the accounts of the appearances of angels to humans in the Bible.
