Opus 2025-425: Higher than the Angels?

If my memory serves me correctly, the book of Hebrews says that we were created higher than the Angels.  I could have that backwards, it doesn’t matter.  At least it doesn’t matter to me.  It may matter to the angels....I checked and I did have it backwards.

Which brings me to my thought.  When God created man in His own image, the implication is that this was a unique step.  It made me wonder if He had created the angels in His image.  I don’t see any reference to that.  It got me to thinking about the differences between us and the angels.

Angels by definition are powerful creatures.  They will be a large part of the heavenly host in the final battle.  I like the picture that Rose is Rose has of the guardian angel when he puts on his armor.  He is a fearsome and awesome creature.  He has power.  He can move between heaven and earth.  I’d have to look and see all the different things that Angels do, but are they created in the image of God?

There’s a part of me that would like to think so.  I am so grateful for what I considered to be my guardian angel that I want the best for him.  At the same time, I can’t make it a statement of fact, unless I have some scripture to back it up.

I think that humans are unique in the fact that we are created in the image of God.  Since I believe that angels rejoice in the presence of God and know what joy is and what worship is I can’t say that image is all there is.  Perhaps there’s a different word used in the angels’ language about their nature.

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