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When we think of angels, we often think of the glowing, friendly helpers who carry messages between God and man. And perception isn’t wrong—throughout the Bible, angels act primarily as benign messengers.
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These divine creatures are spiritual in nature, and possess incredible power, as well as the accumulated wisdom of centuries. Among their other functions are praising God, bringing answers to prayer, providing encouragement and comfort, and protecting and caring for righteous humans.
But as we’re about to find out, that’s not all they do.
There are a handful of cases, in scripture, that show angels carrying out the judgment of God upon humanity through violence.
In some cases, that judgment is death.
Angels are capable of incredible destruction, and can destroy a city with a mere gesture of the hand, as we can see in 2 Samuel 24:16. And because they are spiritual beings, once sent on their mission, they cannot be stopped by any human means.
These angelic attacks are reminders of God’s sovereign power, as well as the lengths He will go to in order to protect and guide humanity. And so, lest we forget, let’s take a look at the 5 deadliest angels of the Bible.
The Angels of Sodom and Gomorrah
The Angels of Sodom and Gomorrah
In Genesis 18, God came to Abraham with two angels, declaring His intention to pass judgment on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. A great “outcry” against these cities had reached God, and He called the sin therein “very grave.”
Before God acted, however, Abraham pleaded that the city be spared so that the righteous might not be slain along with the wicked. God agreed to allow his angels to investigate the city, promising to spare it if He found fifty good people. Abraham pleaded that number down to ten.
Abraham’s nephew, Lot, lived in Sodom, and recognized the angels when they arrived, giving them a place to sleep in his house.
It wasn’t long, however, before Lot’s house was beset by the men of Sodom, who wanted the angels—who they thought were simply male visitors—brought out for their own sexual pleasures. When Lot refused, they broke down his door, and Lot only escaped through the power of his angelic guests.
When they reached safety, the angels asked lot, “Have you anyone else here…bring them out of this place. For we are about to destroy this place…”
So Lot gathered his family and left the angels to their work. These two divine beings rained down “sulfur and fire from the Lord,” reducing the cities to nothing but smoke.
For destroying two entire cities, these angels earned their place amongst the deadliest angels of the Bible.
The Army Killer
The Army Killer
In 715 BCE, the Israelites made a stand against Assyria, which had forced them to pay tribute to their empire for years, and so Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, attacked Jerusalem.
This was a grave mistake.
Sennacherib’s sent messages to Jerusalem, mocking God in an attempt to terrify the Israelites into giving up, saying “Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered?”
When the leader of the Israelites, Hezekiah, read this, he was afraid, and prayed that God would deliver his people from danger. Not long after, Isaiah, a prophet of God, sent Hezekiah a message from God: “I will defend this city and save it.”
And so when the Assyrians arrived, God sent an angel to them that put to death 185,000 soldiers in total silence. When the army awoke the next morning, they found the dead and immediately withdrew, never to return.
This unnamed angel, one of the deadliest in the Bible, singlehandedly won a war.
The Destroyer
The Destroyer
Most of us are familiar with the story of the Passover, but few consider the role of a certain angel in this tale.
After Pharaoh’s stubborn refusal to release the Israelite slaves, God sent the plagues. When Pharaoh still refused, God sent an angel with an all-too-familiar name, telling Moses how to mark each Israelite door so that “His angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons.”
This angel is the Angel of Death.
Also known as the Destroying Angel, this may very well be the same being that killed Sennacherib’s army, and that threatened Jerusalem with annihilation in 2 Samuel 24:5.
In the Passover story, it moves from home to home in Egypt, killing the firstborn sons of any whose door was not marked. “In every Egyptian home,” as Exodus 12:30 says, “someone was dead.”
The trauma of this act caused Pharaoh to finally free all of the Israelite slaves—the rest is history, but the idea of the Angel of Death was so powerful and that it still resonates in our minds to this day.
Michael
Michael
Michael, the only angel in the Bible called an “archangel,” which means “angel of highest rank,” is described in the books of Jude, Daniel, and Revelation as a powerful warrior who leads armies against evil spirits.
He may very well be one of the most powerful angels in existence.
It is he who fought and led the war against Satan, driving him from Heaven to fall “like lightning” to earth. Keep in mind that Satan, in the Bible, is described as having once been God’s greatest and most beautiful creation—an angel unsurpassed.
Although Michael has never carried out God’s judgment against humanity, the fact that he went up against Satan—and won—marks him as an especially deadly foe, and an angel not to be trifled with.
It’s no wonder, then, that traditional depictions of Michael have shown him in full battle gear, sword drawn and ready for the coming battle.
Lucifer
Lucifer
And then there is the deadliest angel of them all—the Devil, himself.
Ezekiel 28 describes Lucifer as the “guardian cherub,” a creature of utmost beauty and station who was “the signet of perfection, full of wisdom.” He was placed “on the only mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.”
But the very perfection that made Lucifer so great an angel was also the source of his corruption: pride. Lucifer made war against God, Himself, but was repelled by Michael and the forces of Heaven.
He was cast down to the earth, where he was allowed to go about “like a roaring lion,” devouring people through temptation and sin.
The angels of God may have claimed the lives of armies and cities so that the whole of humanity might live on in peace, but Lucifer has claimed countless millions of souls for the sole purpose of thwarting God’s plans.
Because of this, he is the very deadliest angel of the Bible.
The Messengers of God
The Messengers of God
Angels—at least those who aren’t fallen—do the work of God, and so work for the good of mankind. Even when they pass judgment through death, it is to forestall some greater calamity that only God can know.
The angels do not avenge senselessly, but avenge they do, and these 5 angels are the deadliest of them all.
It depends on what you believe about the universe. Do you believe the universe is infinite in size? If so then the odds of life being created spontaneously, no matter how high, are immaterial.
If you believe that there is only one universe and it's finite and it is the only universe to have ever existed and the only one to ever exist then the odds do matter.
But it's all conjecture anyway, we don't know how many universes existed before us that didn't have intelligent life develop in them, nor will we ever know how many will come after our current universe.
I'd like to see the RIAA, or in my case BPI, try to revoke the license on the 200 CDs I own simply because I've ripped them to my HDD to load onto my iPod. Removing the DRM to load songs I have purchased onto my phone, media streamer or Panasonic digital music player seems very similar to me, as does buying them without DRM.
Bingo. This is EXACTLY right.
Anyway...
I spent some time at an Apple store today. I messed around with the Macbook Air machines mostly. It's gonna take a few visits to have a better idea of things.
Frankly I'm a little bummed, since I was quite tempted to get a Mac -- pretty soon, in fact. Now I'm really not so sure. I (personally) might be better off with Windows 7. Not sure.
One thing I learned while at the Apple store: I'm pretty sure I'll be getting an iPad 2. :)
Greenpeace is not exactly 'agenda-less'. But that seems sort of paranoid to say that they're clearly trying to kill technology, capitalism and innovation. If they wanted to target Apple, or get a lot of publicity, they surely could have done something more dramatic than put them fourth from the bottom of a list.
And honestly, what do we know about Apple's environmental standards (materials used, manufacturing processes, disposal methods, etc.)? I really doubt that most of you (myself included) are industrial engineers, environmental standards auditors or something. Like some previous replies said - some people can't stand the idea that Apple is not great at something, and will lash out at those who criticize it. I mean, I like Apple's stuff, but it's just a company. Keep an open mind...
I completely agree with you. These Abrahamic religions do have a lot in common.
Edit, a few Christians tried to sue a Muslim representative here. It failed.
That's hilarious! Do you really believe that? Half of the people I know started out with Windoze, and have since migrated to Mac. They've never looked back. None of them would think of contaminating their Mac with Winblows. I don't know a single person that started out Mac and moved to PC. Not one. And none of them feel any need to run Windows.
So, aside from the ability to do multiple processing, what advantages does Woodcrest have that make it mandatory to go in the pro-line? How much 'faster' is it going to be over the Conroe? It's my understanding that they are identical in that respect.
if you don't need all the power you can get the mac pro is not for you, apple does not do a consumer tower and most likely never will, they simply must have a quad settup and if they have two configs of them (a 3GHz and a 2.66) they may as well keep the low end option on the same platform, this has been said again and again and again, conroe is not bad it just does not make sense for apple to use it in the mac pro, conroe goes in the imac.
Sorry ur SF AT&T service is lousy, but I disagree...AT&T is crappy in many parts of Santa Clara County (San Jose) as well.
And, I think its worse in NYC than in SF, based upon my personal experience.
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said the Roman Catholic Church deeply believed that human sexuality was a gift reserved for married heterosexual couples. But those who express these views are faced with 'a disturbing trend,' he said.
'People are being attacked for taking positions that do not support sexual behaviour between people of the same sex,' he told the current session of the Human Rights Council.
'When they express their moral beliefs or beliefs about human nature ... they are stigmatised, and worse -- they are vilified, and prosecuted.
'These attacks are violations of fundamental human rights and cannot be justified under any circumstances,' Tomasi said.
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You, sir have hit the nail on the head.
While the idea is ridiculous Lewis Carroll (who was a mathematician amongst other things:rolleyes:) did some work on the problem and in a fictional work came up with this:
'In Chapter 7 of Lewis Carroll's 1893 book Sylvie and Bruno. The fictional German professor, Mein Herr, proposes a way to run trains by gravity alone. Dig a straight tunnel between any two points on Earth (it need not go through the Earth's center), and run a rail track through it. With frictionless tracks the energy gained by the train in the first half of the journey is equal to that required in the second half. And also, in the absence of air resistance and friction, the time of the journey is about 42 minutes (84 for a round trip) for any such tunnel, no matter what the tunnel's length.'
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Hmmm ;)
I think it is precisely that so many people do enjoy, not only playing games, but going to the movies, bars etc that what is considered 'hard-core' gaming has become marginalized and frankly irrelevant.
Many many people, myself included' have spent endless hours playing games on both consoles and custom gaming rigs. I take issue when someone who knows nothing about me suggests that because I now have that same need satisfied by an iOS device means that I know nothing about gaming, whereas it is far more the case of 'been there done that'.
The stereotype of a person describing themselves as a 'hardcore gamer' being an adolescent boy with more disposable income than social skills seems, unfortunately, to be more than justified by some of the posts written here.
As someone pointed out a true 'hardcore gamer' plays games..full stop.
Games such as 'Bejewelled' and the Zynga 'Farmville' Facebook games, are played for hours and hours and hours, by millions of mainly women, who would never think of describing themselves as 'gamers', and yet to ignore that market sector, or the iOS devices is not only commercial suicide, but shows an ignorance of where the true future of gaming lies.
When I went to the Verizon store, they told me that there shouldn't be a problem since I live in the middle of a 'very strong' signal area. :eek:
Even if I had a call going, it would drop as soon as I walked downstairs. The final straw was one day in the supermarket just 3 blocks from home. I could not get a signal on Verizon, yet there was someone talking on a cell phone right next to me. Yep! They had AT&T!
Now I have my iPhone and it works great...even in my basement AND in the store. My friend came over one day and said he tried to use his phone while he was here. No Signal! Yep! He has Verizon. He also said that he can't use his phone at the same store: No signal!
It all depends on the area. No carrier has as good of coverage as they claim in their ads. (Commercials are misleading? No! Say it ain't so! :D)
Go with the carrier that works for you and don't assume that yours is best for everyone. For me, AT&T works great...but I can't wait to upgrade my original iPhone and get rid of that annoying AT&T Edge buzz in my computer speakers and interference on my TV screen.
Bottom Line: I AGREE that Apple should open the iPhone up to other carriers. That way everyone can use the one that's best for them and just end this whole debate!
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Gotta agree with you there. Im sure they get bullied like everyone else, but I remember in high school an experience where I was harassed and picked on, beat up, hit in the head with a chair, etc, etc, and the administration did nothing. I was bigger than this guy, but I really didn't want to fight him, violence doesn't solve violence, finally the principal gave him a warning, which he laughed about.
You know, while I'm loathe to actually suggest violence, the few times I actually did hit someone it really had a profound effect. In one instance I actually was on friendly terms with the bully after I socked him in the nose.
Not saying this should be encouraged, but it's an interesting insight. Some bullies were sadistic and cruel and sick, no doubt. But I wonder if there isn't some instinct to 'test' you out, to see if you're worthy to tag along on the caribou hunt or something... and you get a little respect back when you prove yourself with a little friendly violence.
So, is this god news for consumers? Hell no!
It is good news for wall street and stock holders.
Android=lots of ads to plague you with.
OK, that's an extreme example since we all do have computers at home already, and it is nice to back up your iPad at least some time. But with cloud computing coming very quickly in the Apple world, soon you won't even need to plug in that iPad even once. It will be done over the air, and then all the naysayers will understand what we are talking about when we say we are living in the post-PC world.
Not everyone has a PC at home, or at least not one capable of running iTunes. Most famous iPad 1 user in .nl, at 86 years of age:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IdXcD4X7bQ
(also see his iPad 2 review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6yB8IYl3UE )
It's gotten allot better for us since September when they announced 850MHz or whatever that is. I think I have only had one dropped call in all these months. Our download speed have also increased to just under 3Mbps. :)
I am also wanting to know that if I have decided that the current 2.66 GHz meets my needs, should I hold off because they may bump the speed, lower the price, etc., etc. I also understand that everything is pure speculation. I am also not wanting to shoot myself because something else happens to the current line up.
I appreciate the thorough & in-depth responses. It helps.
http://ndcc.gov.ph/attachments/article/165/NDRRMC%20Advisory%20Tsunami%20Bulletin%20No.%202,%2011March2011,%203PM.pdf
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productResults.asp?whichpage=3&pagesize=10&keywords=wind&form=KEYWORD
Pretty much like a weather vein or TV aerial. Provides a couple of hundred watts at 24V or 12V. I was thinking about one for if there is ever a blackout (ie a drunk hitting a power pole, it's happened) instead of needing a petrol generator.
Every home generating 500W of their own wind power with one of these little things on their roof in a city of Los Angeles with a million homes = 500,000,000 watts. As well as a solar panel at 500W too is up to a billion watts not required from any central power source.
California is making great strides in this area. Through creative financing, tax breaks, and fairly high electric rates, quite a few people have solar. It's especially important here in the summer when electricity use is at its greatest.
However, the one thing that nobody has brought up is that evil word..... CONSERVATION
Not using electricity is a lot cheaper all around than building a new power plant, no matter the fuel source.
i totally agree that it's still way to early to tell. Now they have to keep those containments intact at all costs since they pretty much have written off the reactors 1-3 anyway by now (i suspect there were at least partial meltdowns in all 3 of them)
if anything this event shows how reactor designs, where emergency power/pumps are required to cool an already shut-off reactor down, simply have to go
something i noticed from the diagrams of the reactor layout: the water basin where the spent fuel rods are temporarily stored is actualy outside of the steel+concrete containment: so that might explain why some reactor only isotopes were detected
i just hope none of those depelted fuel rods where scattered around from the top superstructre explosion
edit: the french Autorit� de s�ret� nucl�aire (ASN) is expecting that the incident will get rated higher on the INES scale than the current 4. They are estimating that it will get rated as 5 or even 6 after talking to japanese experts. That would put it on the same level or higher than Three Miles island, Sellafield or Lucens