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• Jacob's Ladder

  Jacob's Ladder is the dream Jacob had in Genesis 28 while fleeing from his brother Esau on his way to Haran. In the dream, angels ascended and descended on a ladder that reached to heaven, and God gave Jacob a promise.

• Matthew 22:30

  In this verse Jesus answers a question from the Sadducees, who did not believe in the resurrection, by saying that "in the resurrection" people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven. It is frequently cited in discussions of life after the resurrection, marital relationships in heaven, and the nature of angels.

• Sadducees

  The Sadducees were a Jewish sect of the New Testament era centered on the high-priestly families and the aristocracy of the Jerusalem temple. Because they rejected the resurrection, angels, and spirits, they came into conflict with Jesus and the apostles.

• Son of God

  "Son of God" is a biblical expression denoting a special relationship with God. In the Old Testament it refers to angels, Israel, and the king; in the New Testament it refers chiefly to Jesus Christ and is also applied to believers.

• Parable of the Net

  The Parable of the Net is a parable in Matthew 13:47-50 in which Jesus likens the kingdom of heaven to a net that gathers fish of every kind. It teaches about judgment, declaring that at the end of the world the angels will separate the wicked from among the just.

• Mahanaim

  Mahanaim was a town in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. Jacob met the angels of God there, and its name means "two camps." It later became the capital from which Ish-bosheth reigned, and David took refuge there during Absalom's rebellion.

• Lot's Wife

  Lot's wife was the wife of Lot, Abraham's nephew, and appears in Genesis 19. During the destruction of Sodom she disregarded the angels' warning, looked back, and became a pillar of salt. The Bible does not record her name.

• Colossians 2

  In Colossians 2, Paul urges the Colossian believers to stand firm in Christ and warns against teaching that promotes philosophy, human tradition, regulations about food and festivals, and the worship of angels.

• Hebrews 1

  The first chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews. It declares that God has spoken in the last days by his Son and weaves together quotations from the Psalms and other Old Testament passages to show that the Son is superior to the angels.

• Hebrews 2

  Hebrews 2 opens with a warning not to neglect so great a salvation. It then explains that Jesus, made for a little while lower than the angels, took on flesh and blood and suffered, thereby becoming the Savior of his brethren and a merciful and faithful high priest.

• 2 Peter 2

  2 Peter 2 warns against false teachers who will arise within the church. Citing God's judgment of the angels who sinned, the Flood in Noah's day, and Sodom and Gomorrah, it declares their destruction and likens their greed and licentiousness to the way of Balaam.

• Revelation 14

  Revelation 14 is the chapter of Revelation that presents the Lamb standing on Mount Zion with the 144,000, the proclamations of the three angels, the blessing on those who die in the Lord, and two harvest visions: the reaping of grain and the gathering of grapes.

• Revelation 9

  Revelation 9 records the fifth and sixth trumpet judgments. Locusts from the bottomless pit torment people, and four angels released from the Euphrates, together with an army of horsemen, kill a third of humanity, yet the survivors do not repent.

• Revelation 8

  Revelation 8 is the chapter in which the Lamb opens the seventh seal and heaven falls silent. Seven angels receive trumpets, and four of them sound in turn, bringing plagues upon a third of the earth, the sea, the rivers, and the heavens.

• Gabriel

  Gabriel is an angel of God named in the Book of Daniel and the Gospel of Luke. He explained the meaning of visions to Daniel and announced the births of sons to Zacharias and to Mary.

• Epistle to the Hebrews

  Hebrews is the nineteenth book of the New Testament. It presents Jesus Christ as the true High Priest who fulfilled the sacrifices and priesthood of the Old Testament, and it exhorts its readers to hold fast to the faith.

• Hebrews 1:10-12

  A passage that quotes Psalm 102:25-27 to declare that the "Lord" who made the heavens and the earth is the Son and that, unlike the created order, which will grow old and pass away, he remains eternally unchanging. It is frequently cited in discussions of the deity and immutability of Christ and of the end of the created world.

• Revelation 14:9–11

  The third angel's warning that whoever worships the beast and its image and receives its mark will drink of the wine of the wrath of God. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the identity of the "mark of the beast" and the nature of punishment in hell.

• Hebrews 2:3-4

  A passage in which the author of Hebrews warns readers not to neglect "so great salvation." It states that this salvation was first spoken by the Lord, confirmed by those who heard him, and attested by God through signs and gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is frequently cited in debates over the continuation of spiritual gifts and the authorship of Hebrews.

• The Love Chapter

  The Love Chapter is the name given to 1 Corinthians 13 in the New Testament. In this chapter Paul describes, in an almost hymnlike manner, the necessity, character, and permanence of love as a more excellent way than the gifts of the Holy Spirit.