Mormon Dilemma 513

Angels

Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg 162; “…An angel of God never has wings. Some will say that they have seen a spirit; that he offered them his hand, but they did not touch it. This is a lie. First, it is contrary to the plan of God; a spirit cannot come but in glory; an angel has flesh and bones; we see not their glory. The devil may appear as an angel of light. Ask God to reveal it; if it be of the devil, he will flee from you; if of God, He will manifest Himself, or make it manifest. We may come to Jesus and ask Him; He will know all about it; if He comes to a little child, he will adapt himself to the language and capacity of a little child.”

Isaiah 6:1-2; “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.”

Without having to get into a long theological discourse about the different types of angels there are, suffice it to say there are three. See Holman’s Bible Dictionary and David Jeremiah’s book “Angels”. 

There are indeed winged angels and none of the three different types of angels include resurrected people. 

One type of an angel is a messenger sent by God to man to deliver as their name implies  – a message. The focus isn’t on the angel but what God has to say. The second type is God’s entourage. We see this in the terms sons of God, holy ones or heavenly hosts. And the third category is the winged angel type and they’re referred to as Cherubim and seraphim. 

Anyone who’s ever lived on the earth is now either in Paradise with the Lord or in darkness. Remember, talking to dead people is necromancy.  If Joe Smith was truly from God he wouldn’t be giving instructions on how to talk to spirits.

Anything outside these parameters is demonic and what Paul referred to as an angel of light in his second  letter to the Corinthians – 2 Cor. 11:14.  Paul also warned us in Galatians that if anyone – even an angel – brings another gospel (testament) you can be assured it’s not from God – Galatians 1:6-9.