The Bible clearly indicates that the angelic realm includes holy beings called “angels,” “archangels,” “cherubim,” and “seraphim.” It also suggests there is an organizational hierarchy of angels and even demons. In referring to “legions of angels” in Matthew 26:53, Jesus made an apparent reference to the organization of angels. As I mentioned earlier, a legion was a unit in the organizational structure of the Roman army. When Paul talked about “the voice of an archangel” (1 Thessalonians 4:16), he seemed to be alluding to a hierarchy in which some angels have more authority than others, an archangel being higher in rank than an angel. The Lord’s brother Jude mentioned the archangel Michael (Jude 9). Over the centuries, church tradition developed this hierarchy of angels, which is made up of nine orders or levels of angelic beings: angels, archangels, principalities, powers, virtues, dominions, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim. We can see how this list was formed in part from several of Paul’s writings, in which he gave us a glimpse into the organization of angels: For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers,...nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(Romans 8:38–39) [God] raised [Jesus] from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.(Ephesians 1:20–21) God...created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.(Ephesians 3:9–10) For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
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