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167:7.1 As they [[journeyed]] up the hills from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_(Biblical_village) Bethany], [[Nathaniel]] walked most of the way by the side of [[Jesus]], and their [[discussion]] of [[children]] in [[relation]] to [[the kingdom]] of heaven led indirectly to the [[consideration]] of the [[ministry]] of [[angels]]. [[Nathaniel]] finally asked [[the Master]] this [[question]]: " Seeing that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] is a [[Sadducee]], and since the Sadducees do not believe in [[angels]], what shall we teach the people regarding the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 heavenly ministers]? " Then, among other things, [[Jesus]] said:

167:7.1 As they [[journeyed]] up the hills from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_(Biblical_village) Bethany], [[Nathaniel]] walked most of the way by the side of [[Jesus]], and their [[discussion]] of [[children]] in [[relation]] to [[the kingdom]] of heaven led indirectly to the [[consideration]] of the [[ministry]] of [[angels]]. [[Nathaniel]] finally asked [[the Master]] this [[question]]: " Seeing that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest] is a [[Sadducee]], and since the Sadducees do not believe in [[angels]], what shall we teach the people regarding the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 heavenly ministers]? " Then, among other things, [[Jesus]] said:

167:7.2 " The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 angelic hosts] are a separate order of created [[beings]]; they are entirely [[different]] from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE material order of mortal creatures], and they [[function]] as a distinct [[group]] of [[universe]] [[intelligences]]. [[Angels]] are not of that [[group]] of [[creatures]] called `[[Divine Sons|the Sons of God]]' in the [[Scriptures]]; neither are they the [[glorified]] [[spirits]] of [[mortal]] men who have gone on to [[progress]] through [[Mansion Worlds|the mansions on high]]. [[Angels]] are a direct [[creation]], and they do not [[reproduce]] themselves. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 angelic hosts] have only a [[spiritual]] kinship with the [[human]] [[race]]. As man [[progresses]] in the [[journey]] to [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]], he does traverse a [[state]] of [[being]] at one [[time]] [[analogous]] to the state of the [[angels]], but [[mortal]] man never becomes an [[angel]].

167:7.2 " The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 angelic hosts] are a separate order of created [[beings]]; they are entirely [[different]] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE material order of mortal creatures], and they [[function]] as a distinct [[group]] of [[universe]] [[intelligences]]. [[Angels]] are not of that [[group]] of [[creatures]] called `[[Divine Sons|the Sons of God]]' in the [[Scriptures]]; neither are they the [[glorified]] [[spirits]] of [[mortal]] men who have gone on to [[progress]] through [[Mansion Worlds|the mansions on high]]. [[Angels]] are a direct [[creation]], and they do not [[reproduce]] themselves. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 angelic hosts] have only a [[spiritual]] kinship with the [[human]] [[race]]. As man [[progresses]] in the [[journey]] to [[the Father]] in [[Paradise]], he does traverse a [[state]] of [[being]] at one [[time]] [[analogous]] to the state of the [[angels]], but [[mortal]] man never becomes an [[angel]].

167:7.3 " The [[angels]] never [[die]], as man does. The angels are [[immortal]] unless, perchance, they become involved in [[sin]] as did some of them with the [[deceptions]] of [[Lucifer]]. The [[angels]] are the spirit servants in [[heaven]], and they are neither all-[[wise]] nor all-[[powerful]]. But all of the [[loyal]] [[angels]] are truly [[pure]] and [[holy]].

167:7.3 " The [[angels]] never [[die]], as man does. The angels are [[immortal]] unless, perchance, they become involved in [[sin]] as did some of them with the [[deceptions]] of [[Lucifer]]. The [[angels]] are the spirit servants in [[heaven]], and they are neither all-[[wise]] nor all-[[powerful]]. But all of the [[loyal]] [[angels]] are truly [[pure]] and [[holy]].

167:7.4 " And do you not [[remember]] that I said to you once before that, if you had your [[spiritual]] eyes [[anointed]], you would then see the [[heavens]] opened and behold the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 angels of God] [[ascending]] and [[descending]]? It is by the [[ministry]] of the [[angels]] that one world may be kept in [[touch]] with other worlds, for have I not [[repeatedly]] told you that I have [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 other sheep not of this fold]? And these [[angels]] are not the [[spies]] of the spirit world who watch upon you and then go forth to tell [[the Father]] the [[thoughts]] of your [[heart]] and to report on the deeds of the [[flesh]]. [[The Father]] has no need of such [[service]] inasmuch as [[Thought Adjuster|his own spirit]] lives within you. But these [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 angelic spirits] do [[function]] to keep one part of the heavenly [[creation]] informed concerning the doings of other and remote [[parts]] of the [[universe]]. And many of the [[angels]], while functioning in the [[government]] of [[the Father]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15 the universes] of [[Divine Sons|the Sons]], are assigned to the [[service]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 human races]. When I taught you that many of these [[seraphim]] are [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 ministering spirits], I [[spoke]] not in [[figurative]] [[language]] nor in [[poetic]] strains. And all this is true, regardless of your [[difficulty]] in [[comprehending]] such matters.

167:7.4 " And do you not [[remember]] that I said to you once before that, if you had your [[spiritual]] eyes [[anointed]], you would then see the [[heavens]] opened and behold the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 angels of God] [[ascending]] and [[descending]]? It is by the [[ministry]] of the [[angels]] that one world may be kept in [[touch]] with other worlds, for have I not [[repeatedly]] told you that I have [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 other sheep not of this fold]? And these [[angels]] are not the [[spies]] of the spirit world who watch upon you and then go forth to tell [[the Father]] the [[thoughts]] of your [[heart]] and to report on the deeds of the [[flesh]]. [[The Father]] has no need of such [[service]] inasmuch as [[Thought Adjuster|his own spirit]] lives within you. But these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 angelic spirits] do [[function]] to keep one part of the heavenly [[creation]] informed concerning the doings of other and remote [[parts]] of the [[universe]]. And many of the [[angels]], while functioning in the [[government]] of [[the Father]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15 the universes] of [[Divine Sons|the Sons]], are assigned to the [[service]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 human races]. When I taught you that many of these [[seraphim]] are [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 ministering spirits], I [[spoke]] not in [[figurative]] [[language]] nor in [[poetic]] strains. And all this is true, regardless of your [[difficulty]] in [[comprehending]] such matters.

167:7.5 " Many of these [[angels]] are [[engaged]] in the [[work]] of [[Salvation|saving]] men, for have I not told you of the [[Seraphim|seraphic]] [[joy]] when one [[soul]] elects to [[forsake]] [[sin]] and begin the search for [[God]]? I did even tell you of the [[joy]] in the [[presence]] of the [[angels]] of [[heaven]] over one [[sinner]] who [[repents]], thereby indicating the [[existence]] of other and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_26 higher orders of celestial beings] who are likewise concerned in the [[spiritual]] welfare and with the [[divine]] [[progress]] of [[mortal]] man.

167:7.5 " Many of these [[angels]] are [[engaged]] in the [[work]] of [[Salvation|saving]] men, for have I not told you of the [[Seraphim|seraphic]] [[joy]] when one [[soul]] elects to [[forsake]] [[sin]] and begin the search for [[God]]? I did even tell you of the [[joy]] in the [[presence]] of the [[angels]] of [[heaven]] over one [[sinner]] who [[repents]], thereby indicating the [[existence]] of other and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_26 higher orders of celestial beings] who are likewise concerned in the [[spiritual]] welfare and with the [[divine]] [[progress]] of [[mortal]] man.

167:7.6 " Also are these [[angels]] very much concerned with the means whereby [[Thought Adjuster|man's spirit]] is released from the tabernacles of the [[flesh]] and his [[soul]] escorted to [[Mansion Worlds|the mansions in heaven]]. [[Angels]] are the [[sure]] and heavenly [[guides]] of the [[soul]] of man during that [[Transition|uncharted and indefinite period of time]] which [[intervenes]] between the [[death]] of the [[flesh]] and the new life in the [[Mansion Worlds|spirit abodes]]. "

167:7.6 " Also are these [[angels]] very much concerned with the means whereby [[Thought Adjuster|man's spirit]] is released from the tabernacles of the [[flesh]] and his [[soul]] escorted to [[Mansion Worlds|the mansions in heaven]]. [[Angels]] are the [[sure]] and heavenly [[guides]] of the [[soul]] of man during that [[Transition|uncharted and indefinite period of time]] which [[intervenes]] between the [[death]] of the [[flesh]] and the new life in the [[Mansion Worlds|spirit abodes]]. "

167:7.7 And he would have [[spoken]] further with [[Nathaniel]] regarding the [[ministry]] of [[angels]], but he was interrupted by the approach of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Martha], who had been [[informed]] that [[the Master]] was drawing near to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] by [[friends]] who had [[observed]] him ascending the hills to the east. And she now hastened to [[greet]] him.

167:7.7 And he would have [[spoken]] further with [[Nathaniel]] regarding the [[ministry]] of [[angels]], but he was interrupted by the approach of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Martha], who had been [[informed]] that [[the Master]] was drawing near to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] by [[friends]] who had [[observed]] him ascending the hills to the east. And she now hastened to [[greet]] him.

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[[Category:Paper 167 - The Visit to Philadelphia]]

[[Category:Paper 167 - The Visit to Philadelphia]]

[[Category: Angels]]

[[Category: Angels]]