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Spiritual beings who assist God in carrying out his judgments. Angels will be especially active when Jesus Christ returns for the last judgment.

Angels as agents of earthly judgments

Psalm 78:49

Against Sodom and Gomorrah

See also Genesis 19:13,24-25

Against opponents of God

Exodus 12:23; 2 Kings 19:35 pp 2 Chronicles 32:21 pp Isaiah 37:36; Psalm 35:4-6

Against Israel

Exodus 32:35; 2 Samuel 24:16-17 pp 1 Chronicles 21:15-16; 1 Corinthians 10:10

Against Herod Antipas

Acts 12:18-23

Angels restrained by God's mercy

1 Chronicles 21:15-16 pp 2 Samuel 24:16-17 See also Genesis 18:20-32

Angels and final judgment

Angels proclaim God's sovereignty

Revelation 12:10-12 See also Revelation 10:1-4; Revelation 11:15

Angels announce God's final invitation

Revelation 14:6-7 See also Revelation 14:9-13; Revelation 19:9

Angels hold back the final judgment

Revelation 7:1-3

Angels carry out preliminary warning judgments

Revelation 8:1-13; Revelation 9:1-16; Revelation 10:5-7

Angels accompany Jesus Christ when he returns to judge

2 Thessalonians 1:7 See also Matthew 16:27; Matthew 25:31; Mark 8:38 pp Luke 9:26; 1 Thessalonians 3:13

Angels gather everyone for the final judgment

Matthew 13:37-41 See also Matthew 13:49-50; Matthew 24:31; Revelation 14:15-19

Angels announce the final judgment

Revelation 14:15 See also Revelation 10:8-11; Revelation 17:1-3,7,15; Revelation 18:1-2,4

Angels enact the final judgment

Revelation 15:1 See also Revelation 14:16-19; Revelation 15:6-8; Revelation 16:1-21; Revelation 18:21; Revelation 19:17-18; Revelation 20:1-3

Angels are subject to judgment

1 Corinthians 6:3 See also 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6

See also

1025  God, anger of
1055  God, grace & mercy
1310  God as judge
2309  Christ as judge
4508  sickle
4843  plague
5484  punishment by God
5978  warning
9210  judgment, God's
9240  last judgment