Concerning the Number of Angels

Although we cannot see angels (except when they assume some sort of special visible form), the Bible teaches that they do exist. Not only do they exist, they exist in stupendous and incalculable numbers.
We read this again and again in the Bible, giving us some idea of the great hosts which surround the Throne of God in heaven and the great company who dwell the earth today, going forth between heaven and earth, carrying out God’s orders.
Daniel tells us in Chapter 7:

“A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.” Daniel 7:10

Here we read a plain, unmistakable statement that the number of angels in heaven alone runs into countless millions. The Hebrew language had no word for million, but expressed it by saying, “a thousand thousands,” and so the expression, thousand thousands, means a million, and ten thousand times ten thousand, of course, equals one hundred million.

In the book of the Revelation we read:

“And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.” Rev. 5:11

The writer of Hebrews tells us:

“But ye are come unto Mount Sion and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.” Hebrews 12:22.

This too gives us insight into the meaning of the expression often found throughout the Scripture, “The Lord of Hosts.” The word “hosts” means literally “armies,” and refers to the armies of heaven, the holy angels. In heaven, here upon earth and in the atmosphere all about us, we find this great company of spirits, unseen but real, just as real persons and creatures we know, but belonging to a different order of created beings.

How many other creatures did God create in our universe — creatures without material, physical bodies like ours, nor spiritual like the angels — we do not know, but certainly God would not limit Himself to the creation of only two classes of creatures, physical and spiritual. A thousand other forms of created beings unknown and unimaginable to us may exist, but are nevertheless know to Him and created to give to Him glory, and to do His will

3 Responses to “Concerning the Number of Angels”

  1. timi uzakah says:

    i am in agreement with the host of “angels” spread across creation, i also believe that there are a lot of substantiate beings created by the Almighty Father, however, we are also told that there are about seven arcangels before His throne, so in hierachy which of the arcangels leeds others and what are names of these seven and do these seven exclude lucifar the fallen Angel?

  2. Brenda M.Jackson says:

    two touching and agreeing put ten thousand Demons of flight so 10 people agreed on the same thing put a hundred million Demons of light scattered back to the pit of Hell from whence they were sent from the Devil or Satan or Lucifer as you call him. There are many other forcing creatures in the universe but nevertheless they are real and they do exist just as angels in the Heavenly exist you can’t put a limit on what God can do.

  3. Michael says:

    May June this is July
    Ok u all need to know this vital piece of information ..
    There are only so many angels like there are only so many souls the almighty force of forces is not making any more
    Souls they all were made when it separated the light from the night creating the dusk and the dawn it was the blues and the greens that it pulled out of the black void vacuum which it all started

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