Angels are so great in number, and so powerful, that human beings are sometimes tempted to worship them. The apostle John fell down to worship at an angel’s feet, but the angel rebuked him. So theologians have often pictured angels as a type of being above men, even a kind of midpoint between men and God. But Scripture teaches us a remarkable fact: what superiority angels possess over us is only temporary. Human beings, not angels, are in the image of God (Gen. 1:26–27). And the world
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