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God’s Secret Agents … (June 2025 Update) 

Everyone loves a great spy novel or movie. There is something exciting and mysterious about spies and secret agents. They are accomplishing their work often behind the scenes. To most people, their work is unseen. But their work is crucial to the success of the misson!  

That’s why I love the subtitle of Billy Graham’s book about angels: Angels: God’s Secret Agents. That’s a great title because the work and ministry of God’s angels are usually “secret” or behind the scenes. But the Bible tell us a few things about the purpose of these “secret agents.” The Bible does not give us a list of the reasons why God uses His angels. But here are some possible reasons. 

“She’s Such An Angel” … (May 2025 Update) 

This past Mother’s Day, many people spoke about their mothers in angelic terms, saying things like, “What an angel my mother was!” Or “my mother is such an angel!” We even use this expression to speak about children and especially little babies. In general, we use this expression to tell how wonderful and special a person is. But, in reality, people are not angels and never will be.  

It is hard to trace the idea of people as angels. It is not found in the Bible though there are many references to people and children being “like the angels” which may have led to the idea that people become angels at death. This idea was popularized in many books and movies, the most popular being the famous Christas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” In that movie, ZuZu says, “Teacher says, every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” The whole premise of the movie is based on a character named Clarence who died and became an angel 2^nd class. Only when he did some good deed would he get his wings. 

But what does the Bible tell us about angels? Over the next two updates, we will look at a few biblical facts about angels.