Christians usually think of angels as rather pretty little creatures flitting about the earth delivering messages from god to his chosen people. In Luke 1:26-32, for example, we discover that the angel Gabriel told Mary that she was about to become the mother of the Saviour of the World.
Here's a picture of Gabriel
(He really is pretty, isn't he?)
But the angels are more than just messengers from god. They actually go out of their way to protect god's chosen people from any problems that might arise. For example, in Acts 5:17-19, the Saducees have the apostles thrown into jail and bugger me if an angel doesn't get them out again!
during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. (Acts 5:17-19)
It all sounds so cutesy-poo doesn't it? Pretty little angels with lovely white wings politely delivering important messages and performing good deeds wherever they go. But the angels also have a dark side. According to the bible they can be real bastards if they want to:
And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. (2 Kings 19:35)
That's three times more than the Germans got on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 - and the Germans had machine guns!
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