What do demons or angels look like?

Jahrule

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I know spirits are invisible to us, but I'm sure that doesn't mean they can't see each other. So they likely look like something. I imagine since we are made in God's image, that we all kinda have a similar appearance. Found an interesting video on the subject. It's worth checking out.

 

kirmmy

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Eze 28:11-19

You were in Eden,
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[a]
Your settings and mountings[b] were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were prepared.
14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.

Sounds like Satan was a pretty good looking spirit. I imagine it's the same for his pals and all angels really.

There is also an interesting scripture in Revelations that says "a man's measure the same as an angel's" Rev 21:17.

"He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement." ESV

This could be indicative of the proportions of angelic bodies but some translations put it differently

"Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel)." NLT
 

PJ54

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This have me wonder if a visitation from aliens could be considered a false Parousia since Project Blue Beam is considered to be used. I saw this video & it had me wonder about this.

 

The God Pill

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Eze 28:11-19

You were in Eden,
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[a]
Your settings and mountings[b] were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were prepared.
14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub,
for so I ordained you.

Sounds like Satan was a pretty good looking spirit. I imagine it's the same for his pals and all angels really.

There is also an interesting scripture in Revelations that says "a man's measure the same as an angel's" Rev 21:17.

"He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement." ESV

This could be indicative of the proportions of angelic bodies but some translations put it differently

"Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel)." NLT


I've read that there's division among scholars whether Ezekiel 28 is about Adam or Satan. There's considerable variation between the masoretic and septuagint I don't feel ready to promote either position but I'll share the lxx version of part of the chapter

11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation for the prince of Tyre, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou art a seal of resemblance, and crown of beauty.
13 Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.
14 From the day that thou wast created thou with the cherub: I set thee on the holy mount of God; thou wast in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast faultless in thy days, from the day that thou wast created, until iniquity was found in thee.
16 Of the abundance of thy merchandise thou hast filled thy storehouses with iniquity, and hast sinned: therefore thou hast been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought thee out of the midst of the stones of fire.

With the cherub and brought out of the garden by the cherub rather than being the cherub and 12 gems are listed rather than 9 same number as the high priest breastplate. The garden of eden according to jubilees in preflood times was part of one of Jehovah's four holy mountains. The chapter could be referring to Tyre, Turkey or Tsor meaning stone depending on the vowels Barker thinks the stones of fire can be translated as or might mean sons of fire the bible refers to Jehovah as a consuming fire could've been a way of saying he was amidst angels. In one of the targums the devil saying you will be like elohim to eve is rendered like great angels implying they were a common sight in Eden. Of course even if this were describing Adam in unfallen radiant garments of light priest state it'd still be beneath the angels appearance naturally.
 

kirmmy

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This have me wonder if a visitation from aliens could be considered a false Parousia since Project Blue Beam is considered to be used. I saw this video & it had me wonder about this.

That video PJ...you ever play the game Deus Ex? I think that woman lives in that universe. :)

I've read that there's division among scholars whether Ezekiel 28 is about Adam or Satan. There's considerable variation between the masoretic and septuagint I don't feel ready to promote either position but I'll share the lxx version of part of the chapter

11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation for the prince of Tyre, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou art a seal of resemblance, and crown of beauty.
13 Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.
14 From the day that thou wast created thou with the cherub: I set thee on the holy mount of God; thou wast in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast faultless in thy days, from the day that thou wast created, until iniquity was found in thee.
16 Of the abundance of thy merchandise thou hast filled thy storehouses with iniquity, and hast sinned: therefore thou hast been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought thee out of the midst of the stones of fire.

With the cherub and brought out of the garden by the cherub rather than being the cherub and 12 gems are listed rather than 9 same number as the high priest breastplate. The garden of eden according to jubilees in preflood times was part of one of Jehovah's four holy mountains. The chapter could be referring to Tyre, Turkey or Tsor meaning stone depending on the vowels Barker thinks the stones of fire can be translated as or might mean sons of fire the bible refers to Jehovah as a consuming fire could've been a way of saying he was amidst angels. In one of the targums the devil saying you will be like elohim to eve is rendered like great angels implying they were a common sight in Eden. Of course even if this were describing Adam in unfallen radiant garments of light priest state it'd still be beneath the angels appearance naturally.
Sure, it's possible. One thing for sure, it ain't the "king of Tyre"...:)

When Paul saw the glorified Jesus, it basically blinded him.
True, but what if Paul was wearing a welder's glass. Perhaps he could have made out form and line. Like you said though that's pure speculation.
 

The God Pill

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I've heard of that game. The last console I owned was a PS2. If my financial situation permitted then I'd check into the new ones.
I've only played deus ex mankind divided but it was pretty good. I'm with you it's not getting any easier to catch up with consoles.
 

The God Pill

Well-known member
I know spirits are invisible to us, but I'm sure that doesn't mean they can't see each other. So they likely look like something. I imagine since we are made in God's image, that we all kinda have a similar appearance. Found an interesting video on the subject. It's worth checking out.

I remember telling my mother and sister over the years that story of baby Noah glowing makes you wonder if Moses was like that as given he was divinely beautiful as a baby. John Milton seems to have agreed with this video on the bread of angels etc. In paradise lost heaven is depicted in a very quasi physical way like that.
 

Nomex

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When Paul saw the glorified Jesus, it basically blinded him. Perhaps spirit creatures exist more as a form of energy.
You are exactly right. Think of it this way, Jehovah and Jesus, created the sun and stars. Perpetual nuclear explosions. Think of the infinite power they have to be able to create that. Then think what kind of "body" they would have. I imagine they exists in a similar form as the sun and stars. They are spherical. They do not need arms and legs, they exists as energy, and create their own means for physical observations. Look at everything in creation that is spherical. It's way beyond our comprehension and understanding.
 

PJ54

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At one point I imagined that the physical universe is fully a simulation in the greatest computer in existence: Jehovah's mind. The reason we're retained in his memory at death is that's where we have always existed. And then, I imagined that humans are actually billions of years old because Jehovah stops the simulation periodically to make adjustments to the programming. From our perspective, everything is paused and so we have no knowledge of the passage of "real time" which only exists in the spirit realm. Time within the simulation is also paused. When the adjustments are complete, the program resumes.

After thinking about that, I got a feeling of dread because the concept started feeling like that might be real. So I stopped thinking about it so I wouldn't have an aneurysm or something. I took the blue pill.

But really, if the physical world is a simulation, how would you prove or disprove it? 😱🤪:unsure:

EDIT: I'm going to answer my own question in case someone reads this and doesn't catch my attempt at geeky humor. The simple answer is Galatians 1:1 and Hebrews 9:11. Jesus's sacrifice would be meaningless had he only sacrificed a "virtual" or "simulated" life. There had to be something tangible that was given up for it to have value.
Reality is mathematical in nature when you think about it. And that fear you have is what we call apeirophobia.
 

The God Pill

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You are exactly right. Think of it this way, Jehovah and Jesus, created the sun and stars. Perpetual nuclear explosions. Think of the infinite power they have to be able to create that. Then think what kind of "body" they would have. I imagine they exists in a similar form as the sun and stars. They are spherical. They do not need arms and legs, they exists as energy, and create their own means for physical observations. Look at everything in creation that is spherical. It's way beyond our comprehension and understanding.
I agree a fair bit for years I've seen Jehovah as spherical a singularity that via the begetting worked out a means to externalize his energy. Perhaps when heavenly beings see God enthroned it's a projected hologram. I don't have an opinion on the angels of course either way besides the Ophanim that are described as spherical but in Plato's Timaeus when the creation of the lesser gods by the demiurge is described it claims they were made spherical.
 

Jah-son

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My 2 cents on the nature of spirit creatures:

IMHO Most likely spirit creatures are beings of high energy light. They likely exist in the frequency above visable light on the electromagnetic spectrum. Anything higher than gamma rays would manifest into the material realm becoming hydrogen (the basic building block of the material universe) which is what we find being emitted from the galactic jets of a black hole (high energy light being compressed into matter). I hypothesize that if one could "see" into this particular frequency of the spectrum, spirit creatures inhabiting the general area could be detected. I believe that some animals can detect spirit creatures in some fashion (ie Balam's donkey). Although they may have ways of evading detection just as we do. As far as their appearance, I tend to agree with the humanoid type structure. My reasoning for this is that the Nephilim were hybrid Angel / human. They still had a humanoid form / appearance although distorted in size and power. Also all of the materialized Angels mentioned in scripture had a humanoid appearance. Although, these may have just been due to a choice by the Angel as to which form they chose to materialize though. I suppose they could choose to materialize into any form within the laws of the material universe.
Obviously we don't have the capacity to visualize the spirit realm but I believe in our minds eye, we can probably come close. Dream states, psychedelic or meditative states would probably be the closest we could get to experiencing higher dimensions as humans. I wouldn't doubt if we reach some kind of natural state where we can detect and interact with our spirit brothers in the future when it's safe to do so.
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Zane

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Asking what a spirit creature looks like is like asking what fear sounds like, or what sunshine tastes like.
Emotions are not sound waves so they do not effect the ear drum, and our taste buds do not register light.
Nor do our eyes see the spirit realm.
They can, on the other hand, take a physical form of their choice, therefore they would be deciding on what we see.

There had to be something tangible that was given up for it to have value.

I agree, but what tangible thing did he give up?
In his own terms, he merely slept for about 40 hours. (Mt 9:24; Mr 5:39; Lu 8:52)
And he didn't give up his life, since he is alive and well in heaven.
And don't say that he gave up his earthly existence, because he moved on to a superior form in a superior place.
It would be like claiming that giving up your old cheap unreliable car for a new expensive car was a sacrifice. (He 11:40; Ro 8:23; 2Co 5:2)

:)
 

MickHewitt

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My 2 cents on the nature of spirit creatures:

IMHO Most likely spirit creatures are beings of high energy light. They likely exist in the frequency above visable light on the electromagnetic spectrum. Anything higher than gamma rays would manifest into the material realm becoming hydrogen (the basic building block of the material universe) which is what we find being emitted from the galactic jets of a black hole (high energy light being compressed into matter). I hypothesize that if one could "see" into this particular frequency of the spectrum, spirit creatures inhabiting the general area could be detected. I believe that some animals can detect spirit creatures in some fashion (ie Balam's donkey). Although they may have ways of evading detection just as we do. As far as their appearance, I tend to agree with the humanoid type structure. My reasoning for this is that the Nephilim were hybrid Angel / human. They still had a humanoid form / appearance although distorted in size and power. Also all of the materialized Angels mentioned in scripture had a humanoid appearance. Although, these may have just been due to a choice by the Angel as to which form they chose to materialize though. I suppose they could choose to materialize into any form within the laws of the material universe.
Obviously we don't have the capacity to visualize the spirit realm but I believe in our minds eye, we can probably come close. Dream states, psychedelic or meditative states would probably be the closest we could get to experiencing higher dimensions as humans. I wouldn't doubt if we reach some kind of natural state where we can detect and interact with our spirit brothers in the future when it's safe to do so.
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My 2 cents on the nature of spirit creatures:

IMHO Most likely spirit creatures are beings of high energy light. They likely exist in the frequency above visable light on the electromagnetic spectrum. Anything higher than gamma rays would manifest into the material realm becoming hydrogen (the basic building block of the material universe) which is what we find being emitted from the galactic jets of a black hole (high energy light being compressed into matter). I hypothesize that if one could "see" into this particular frequency of the spectrum, spirit creatures inhabiting the general area could be detected. I believe that some animals can detect spirit creatures in some fashion (ie Balam's donkey). Although they may have ways of evading detection just as we do. As far as their appearance, I tend to agree with the humanoid type structure. My reasoning for this is that the Nephilim were hybrid Angel / human. They still had a humanoid form / appearance although distorted in size and power. Also all of the materialized Angels mentioned in scripture had a humanoid appearance. Although, these may have just been due to a choice by the Angel as to which form they chose to materialize though. I suppose they could choose to materialize into any form within the laws of the material universe.
Obviously we don't have the capacity to visualize the spirit realm but I believe in our minds eye, we can probably come close. Dream states, psychedelic or meditative states would probably be the closest we could get to experiencing higher dimensions as humans. I wouldn't doubt if we reach some kind of natural state where we can detect and interact with our spirit brothers in the future when it's safe to do so.
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Rev18:2 refers to them as hated birds!?
 
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Zane

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So the sacrifice is not the automobile in your illustration, it's the journey. His journey continues but elsewhere, with a different destination,
If that is the case then we make sacrifices all of the time, because whatever choice you make leads you on a different journey.
Do you turn left, or turn right?
If you turn left are you sacrificing what was to the right?
No. Because what would have been to the right never existed, and if something does not exist it can not be sacrificed.

In Jesus' case, it was supposed to be his life (his journey) that was sacrificed, not a potential journey.
Otherwise Jehovah accepted an abstract as a propitiatory sacrifice.

If that was a sacrifice that Jehovah accepted, then Jesus made thousands of such sacrifices because every decision he made every day of his human life was a sacrifice of a potential journey that he did not take.

No, we all have but one journey, and it is filled with decisions.
And death is the end of the journey.
But current teaching is that Jesus' journey did not end.
As you say, "his journey continues but elsewhere."

So the question remains: What sacrifice did Jesus make?

:)
 

Jah-son

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I agree, but what tangible thing did he give up?
In his own terms, he merely slept for about 40 hours. (Mt 9:24; Mr 5:39; Lu 8:52)
And he didn't give up his life, since he is alive and well in heaven.
And don't say that he gave up his earthly existence, because he moved on to a superior form in a superior place.
I'm a bit confused about this as well. He took on human form again on earth in a human body when he was resurrected. Was that body not perfect?
I have beleived it was the perfect fleshly body and life that he was "born" into through Mary that was sacrificed. Specifically the prospect of creating a perfect race of humans had he chosen to do so. That's what was given up so others could live. Maybe someone can confirm or clarify.
 

Truthseeker

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This have me wonder if a visitation from aliens could be considered a false Parousia since Project Blue Beam is considered to be used. I saw this video & it had me wonder about this.

Ok.. This had me a little curious until the important warning about 2022 suddenly turned into "well maybe it is 2030...Sorry just couldn't keep watching. I mean the whole meaning of the Title of the book she is referring to is based on 2022....
 

Jah-son

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Ok.. This had me a little curious until the important warning about 2022 suddenly turned into "well maybe it is 2030...Sorry just couldn't keep watching. I mean the whole meaning of the Title of the book she is referring to is based on 2022....
Same here...the never ending predictions of doom that are always just around the corner and oops...we need to correct that date. "New light" says its 1975...oops wrong again, actually the generation includes the people who interacted with that generation of people...oops wrong again...after re-examining this verse "new light" says...blah blah blah...
 
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