Have you any idea of how many Angels exist in the spiritual realm? [Spirituality & Religion]

The Greek word for angels is “aggelos" and in English is “engel.“ Either way, the name angel means “messenger of God." Angels are powerful spirit beings and they have specific jobs to do.

Angels are like the stars of the heavens. Only heaven knows how many God has created. There would be too many for man to count. The Bible suggests that there are at least 400 million.

Only three angels are identified by name in the Bible: Gabriel (Daniel 8:16), Michael the archangel (Daniel 10:13), and Lucifer the fallen angel (Isaiah 14:12). Yet angelic beings are mentioned at least 273 times in 34 books of the Bible. They even heralded in the birth of Christ.

The book of Hebrews describes a multitude of angels in heaven that are too great to count: “You have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering” (Hebrews 12:22). This expands in the book of Revelation: “Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders” (Revelation 5:11).

Scripture is clear that angels do guard and protect human beings (Psalm 34:7; 91:11–12; Matthew 18:10; Acts 12:9–15).  Also know, that when people die, they do not become angels. Angels are a different order of creation than people. God made Adam after his own image (Genesis 1:26).

We’re also told in Hebrews 13:2 “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing, some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”  So Angels are still amongst us. Their very name means “messenger” and we can be assured that when they are here, they have come for a certain purpose. For they have been sent by God.

Angels perform different tasks in the Bible. Some angels are God’s messengers (Daniel 4:13). Other angels are servants of God (Psalm 103:20; Hebrews 1:7; Psalm 104:4). “Watcher angels” are mentioned in the book of Daniel (Daniel 4:13, 17, 23). Angels are often described as military “hosts” of the celestial armies (Jeremiah 5:14; 38:17; 44:7; Hosea 12:5). Other times angels are called “sons of the mighty” (Psalm 89:6) or “sons of God” (Job 2:1).

Revelation 4:8 says, “Day and night they never stop saying, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.’”

Angels are worshiping messengers sent by God, on mission with a message that can lead to our redemption.

Angels are worshipping God every second, of every minute, of every day and night. They worship Jesus (Hebrews 1:6) and they surround God‘s throne as it says in Revelation 4:8, “Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come." The angels declare God’s glory.

God never intends for us to worship angels or to pray to them. He alone is worthy of our worship (Revelation 4:11). Fascination with angel-messengers can inch dangerously close to idolatry.