The word translated as Angel or Angels in the NT is the Greek word G32 ἄγγελος

Aggelos: A messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God.

It is used in the New Testament 186 times

179 times its translated as Angel or Angels

3 times as Messengers

4 times as Messenger

The word translated as Angel or Angels in the OT is the Hebrew word H4397 מלאך

Mal’âk: A messenger, representative, angel

It is used 213 times in the Old Testament

114 times it is translated as Angel or Angels

74 times it is translated as Messengers

25 times it is translated as Messenger

“It is important to understand that there are Heavenly messengers and Earthly messengers. Celestial and Terrestrial.”

Heb 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels (G32) unawares.

New Testament examples of G32 Aggelos:

Luke_7:24 And when the messengers (G32) of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Luke_9:52 And sent messengers (G32) before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

James_2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers(G32), and had sent them out another way?

Matt_11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger (G32) before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Mark_1:2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger (G32) before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Luke_7:27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger(G32) before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

2Cor_12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger (G32) of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Old Testament examples of H3497 Mal’âk

Gen 32:3 And Jacob sent messengers (H4397) before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Gen 32:6 And the messengers (H4397)returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

Num 20:14 And Moses sent messengers (H4397) from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

Num 22:5 He sent messengers (H4397) therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Num 24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers (H4397) which thou sentest unto me, saying,

Deu 2:26 And I sent messengers (H4397) out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Jos 6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers (H4397) that we sent.

“We need to retrain our brains to hear the word MESSENGER instead of ANGEL because our minds automatically go to the ethereal and the celestial when we think ANGEL, but the word properly translated is MESSENGER and can include YOU or ME in it’s description.”

Let’s do an experiment and see how the Scriptures speak to us with the proper translation…

Mat 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the messengers.

Mat 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Mat 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the messengers shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

Mat 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his messengers; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Mat 24:31 And he shall send His messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mat 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of his glory:

Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers:

Mar 13:27 And then shall he send his messengers, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

2Th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty messengers

1Ti 5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect messengers, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

Lastly, I would like to draw your attention to the word SAINT or SAINTS, in the Greek the word is G40 ἅγιος

hagios: sanctified, holy

It is used 62 times in the NT as SAINT or SAINTS

Mat 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints (G40) which slept arose,

Act 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints (G40) at Jerusalem:

Php 4:21 Salute every SAINT (G40) in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.

Jud 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his SAINTS (G40), To execute judgment upon ALL, and to convince ALL that are ungodly among them of ALL their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of ALL their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

“According to the scripture above in Jude, those (angles) we all think about in verses like these in Matthew and Mark, may just be US, the SAINTS of God.”

Mat 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the messengers.

Mat 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Mat 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the messengers shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

Mat 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his messengers; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Mat 24:31 And he shall send His messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mat 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of his glory:

Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers:

Mar 13:27 And then shall he send his messengers, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

I pray this article has you studying and seeking the TRUTH in the Word of God for yourselves.

God Bless all HIS SAINTS!