rejected, but all who receive Him are given “the right to become children of God” (John 1:12). Angel (ʼάγγελος) is a common term in the book before us. The translation is “messenger.” In some of the seventy-six instances of its use in Revelation, the reference is to Heavenly beings. These “ministering spirits” the Hebrews’ author defines as creatures “sent to serve those who will inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14). But my personal guess is that the “angel” referred to in association with