It
was for good
reason, since
angels,
themselves,
appear as men
and are not
said to have
wings.
Cherubims
and Seraphims
are said to
have wings.
Also
the four
living
creatures that
Ezekiel saw,
and the four
beasts about
the throne in
Revelation,
have wings.
Also,
there are two
women with
wings of a
stork, that
are mentioned
in Zechariah
5:9.
However,
I could not
find where
wings of
angels were
ever
mentioned.
So,
because angels
appear as men,
and are not
said to have
wings, I have
always
believed that
they do not
have wings.
However,
for a long
time, I kind
of "got down"
on fellow
believers who
do believe
that angels
have wings.
I
recently
noticed two
scriptures
that do at
least say that
angels fly:
Revelation
8:13 And I
beheld, and
heard an angel
flying
through the
midst of
heaven, saying
with a loud
voice, Woe,
woe, woe, to
the inhabiters
of the earth
by reason of
the other
voices of the
trumpet of the
three angels,
which are yet
to sound!
Revelation 14:6
And I saw
another angel
fly in the
midst of
heaven, having
the
everlasting
gospel to
preach unto
them that
dwell on the
earth, and to
every nation,
and kindred,
and tongue,
and people,
Now,
I had always
knew that, and
had believed
that the
angels must
fly without
wings, it had
been logical
to me.
Yet,
I decided to
look to see if
any other
creature of
the LORD's fly
without wings.
There
is a roll that
flies in
Zechariah 5,
but that is
not a
creature.
I
could not find
it, it seems
that all the
other
creatures that
fly, are
mentioned to
have wings.
In
and of itself,
that does not
prove that
angels have
wings.
I
still believe
that angels do
not have
wings, but I
better not be
dogmatic
against those
who believe
that they do.
That
is because I
cannot "prove"
that they
don't have
wings, only
that the
scriptures
seem to infer
that.
I
need to
refrain from
doubtful
disputations
with the
brethren about
things that
are not
important
doctrines, nor
edify.
Romans
14:1 Him that
is weak in the
faith receive
ye, but
not to
doubtful
disputations.
I've
been guilty of
that.
However,
I have known
brethren who
have "gotten
down" on me
for not
speaking in
tongues.
They
would say,
"Gino, the
Bible says,
' I
Corinthians
13:1 Though I
speak with the
tongues of men
and of angels,
and have not
charity, I am
become as
sounding
brass, or a
tinkling
cymbal. '
"
They
would say that
this proves
that the
unknown tongue
is the tongue
of angels.
No,
it does not
"prove" that,
they "infer"
that.
Also,
I could not
find one place
in the
scriptures,
where angels
are speaking
anything but
in a tongue
"understood"
by men.
So,
if I stop
pressuring my
brethren about
angels not
having wings,
maybe
I'll no longer
be pressured
about the
"tongues of
angels".
Regardless,
I need to be
gracious unto
my brethren,
something that
independent
Baptists are
not prone to
do.