2021/09/06

3. Angels

People today may not be interested in talking about angels and fallen angels. But, I believe in the existence of angels. I often think of my guardian angel in particular. On the other hand, I find it hard to take the story of the fallen angels seriously, for it seems that the existence of fallen angels is a fairy tale. This feeling may come from the fact that I grew up in Japan in a family that had nothing to do with Christianity and got baptized myself when I was growing up. I have never heard of angels or even fallen angels from my family since I was born. But I have developed a particular interest in the angels in the Book of Revelation. It may sound strange to say, but it seems that these angels are like an AI created by God. Their wills are divine programs that God installed on the bodies of them who neither marry nor are given in marriage. It is precisely because they do not have free will, as people do, that when the author was about to prostrate himself at the feet of the angel and worship him, he said, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." The author tries to worship the angels twice, and they respond exactly the same way choosing their words according to the situation (cf. Revelation 19:10, 22:9). The angels are reacting as God has programmed. They are like an AI that performs what is programmed with high reliability responding precisely to the situation without getting "tired." I am interested in these things thinking that the source of the worldview of Jesus Christ may be in such things.

Maria K. M.