Angels

[InCognitus]

12 hours ago, blackstrap said:

" And I saw another angel ,flying in the midst of heaven " . With a couple of exceptions, flying requires wings. Even if incorrect, angels with wings is not an irrational assumption. 

The book of Revelation is filled with prophetic imagery and symbolism.  Chapter 19 verse 11 has the heavens open and Jesus coming from heaven riding on a white horse with the armies of heaven following him on white horses (verse 14), while at the same time the beast and all the kings of the earth and their armies are gathered together to make war against him and they have their own "horses" (verse 18).   Is Jesus riding on Pegasus (a winged horse) as he flies down from heaven?  Or is this symbolism of the victory of good over evil?  While I think the white horse imagery is way cool, I'm not convinced it's literal (even though I secretly hope that it will be ).

And, as has already been mentioned, there are certainly other ways an angel can "fly" without wings.

[ksfisher]

On 2/4/2023 at 5:00 PM, Saint Bonaventure said:

Thanks. I have figured that out, but I have had moments of confusion when Latter-day Saints move from "Holy Ghost" to "feeling the Spirit." I don't mean this as a criticism; I'm just observing what I take to be a cultural pattern.

As you'd mentioned earlier it comes from the languages that have influenced religion.  Spirit from it's Latin roots and Ghost from the German.  Both meaning the same thing.

[The Nehor]

On 2/5/2023 at 11:06 AM, InCognitus said:

And, as has already been mentioned, there are certainly other ways an angel can "fly" without wings.

Angels ignore the curvature of space time and thus ignore gravity.