Trinity Journal of Apologetics and Theology

JESUS IS SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS

(By William J. Peters, Ph.D. (C))

There are 273 references to angels in the Bible. What does the Bible say about angels? First of all, the term "angel" is derived from the Greek word angelos, which means: "messenger." Angelos and the Hebrew equivalent, malak (which also means "messenger"), are the two most common terms used to describe this class of beings (Richards).
In general, in texts where an angel appears, the task is to convey the message or do something on behalf of God. Since the focus of the text is on the message, the messenger is rarely described in detail. Thus, the divine emissary may or may not be some sort of supernatural being.

The Tomb of Christ — Empty: A Discovery Channel movie claims that the limestone boxes with the names of two Mary’s, Joseph, Jesus and the “Judah, son of Jesus” discovered in 1982 in Jerusalem actually contain the DNA of Jesus, his parents and his “wife” Mary and his child.

The New Testament
Canon Fire
On the Formation of the NT Canon – by J. P. Holding

One man saw another sitting at the table with a Bible, pen in hand. He was using the pen to make a series of horizontal lines in the Bible’s text.

“Underlining your favorite verses?” the first man asked cheerfully.

“Nope,” the man with the pen replied. “I’m crossing out the parts that don’t apply to me!”

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