12 legions of angels

[Ghostdog]

ever wonder what the 12 legions of angels would do if jesus ask god to send them? if 1 angel could destroy a whole arny what could 12 legions do?

[walla299]

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[Mat 26:52-54 KJV] 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

Good question. There is more than one example of an angel destroying an entire army in the OT . . . and that's a lot of power for just one angel. He could have wiped everyone out that day either in Israel or the whole planet, but He didn't. That's the kind of God we serve. He showed mercy even when they were about to kill him.

 

[Vine Abider]

15 minutes ago, Ghostdog said:

ever wonder what the 12 legions of angels would do if jesus ask god to send them? if 1 angel could destroy a whole arny what could 12 legions do?

If it was the size of a Roman legion (5,000 men) that would be 60,000 angels - wow!

[enoob57]

only took one to kill 185,000 in one night ....

[ladypeartree]

I think that may be what people will witness at Armageddon 

[Vine Abider]

7 hours ago, enoob57 said:

only took one to kill 185,000 in one night ....

And they probably never saw him coming . . .

[Dennis1209]

Interesting subject. We cannot comprehend the power of one single angel. There is a hierarchy of rank and power within spiritual principalities, powers, princes, nations, and thrones.  

The 185,000 were destroyed overnight by a single angel, the death angel of the 1^st born, Sodom and Gomorrah, Balaam, the ass, and the angel (Num. 22), on and on.

Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Cherubim (or Beasts) and Seraphim job descriptions vary throughout the Bible.

Isaiah 6:2 (KJV) Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Revelation 4:8 (KJV) And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Seraphim has four wings (Eze. 1:1-12, and elsewhere). Messenger angels are never mentioned, seen, or witnessed to have wings.

Why was the way of the tree of life guarded by the highest-ranking beings, cherubim's, plural, more than one? Was a single angel not adequate for the job?

Jude 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

The above indicates the devil exceeded the archangel Michael in rank and power. Michael turned it over to the Lord, and the Lord buried Moses Himself.

One-third of the heavenly host rebelled against God and fell. Have they lost any of their rank and power yet? I suspect that Genesis 3:15 and 6:1- 5 play a part in this. Could it be a numbers game? Satan knows he is outnumbered in the final battle against his creator and wants to level the battlefield numerically, thus, the Nephilim-Demons, his followers, and what about the potential of using artificial intelligence for the devil's purposes.

[missmuffet]

5 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

ever wonder what the 12 legions of angels would do if jesus ask god to send them? if 1 angel could destroy a whole arny what could 12 legions do?

More than your human mind could comprehend.