Angels

So much is said in the Scriptures of good and evil angels, and such important functions are ascribed to them both in the providence of God over the world, and especially in the experience of his people and of his Church, that the doctrine of the Bible concerning them should not be overlooked. That there are intelligent creatures higher than man, has been a general belief. It is so consonant with the analogy of nature as to be in the highest degree probable, apart from any direct revelation on the subject. In all departments of nature there is a regular gradation from the lower to the higher forms of life; from the almost invisible vegetable fungus in plants to the cedar of Lebanon; from the minutest animalcule to the gigantic mammoth. In man we meet with the first, and to all appearances the lowest of rational creatures. That he should be the only creature of his order is, à priori, as improbable as that insects should be the only class of irrational animals. There is every reason to presume that the scale of being among rational creatures is as extensive as that in the animal world. The modern philosophy which deifies man leaves no room for any order of beings above him. But if the distance between God and man be infinite, all analogy would prove that the orders of rational creatures between us and God must be inconceivably numerous. As this is in itself probable, it is clearly revealed in the Bible to be true.

Hodge v 1 p. 637

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1. Kathee is at a ladies' fellowship meeting tonight
   
2. This week I have dealt with the dreaded BSOD issue on about 100 workstations. It is not a Microsoft issue, but another (unnamed on this blog) vendor
   
3. Roger is at USMC reserves tonight through Sunday. They are going to Camp Ripley in Little Falls. Roger just has this month and then May and he will have completed his six year commitment to the Marines. Of those six years, he has been on active duty for 2 1/2 including 7 months in Iraq. We are glad for him to be finished!
   
4. I had coffee with my friend Scott today.