It has been suggested that all angels fall into three classes. It is believed that when satan was kicked out of heaven, he took one third of the angels with him and now they are known as principalities, powers, rulers of darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places. These three classes of angels along with the leaders of each class and scripture quotations are listed below.
Warring angels
- led by Michael the archangel
o Revelation 12:7 - And there was war in heaven: Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his
angels,
o Daniel 10:13 - But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood
me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes,
came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
o Jude 1:9 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the
devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against
him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Messenger angels - led
by Gabriel the archangel
o Luke 1:19 - And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel,
that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee,
and to shew thee these glad tidings.
o Daniel 8:16 - And I heard a man's voice between [the banks of]
Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this [man] to understand
the vision.
Worshipping angels - led
by Lucifer
o (these references below are of earthly kings but the language
used cannot be properly applied to mere men but rather to the
spiritual king behind them)
o Ezekiel 28:
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone
[was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl,
the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was
prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set
thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast
walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou
wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst
of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will
cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy
thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast
corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast
thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may
behold thee.
o Satan/Lucifer and his angels get thrown out of heaven
o Isaiah 14:
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
[how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the
nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in
the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I
will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the
pit.
o Luke 10:18 - And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
o 2 Peter 2:4 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned,
but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains
of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
o the reason satan got thrown out of heaven was he had the
"I" syndrome (I will - 5 times in verses
13 & 14 of Isaiah 14)
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