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Th© story in Gsnssis 18 is again worth men tioning for a comprehensive understanding of the
issue. When God appeared to Abraham in a vi sion, there also came angels to Abraham, and he received them in his house. The angels came in
human form, they ate and drank, and they had their feet washed. But God, as invisible Spirit, nei ther ate nor drank, nor had His feet washed. "No one hath seen God, at any time" (John 1:18). Again, while two angels headed toward Sodom
and Gomorrah to destroy them, God remained
with Abraham in the vision. The two angels were
received in Lot's house, where they ate and drank,
and on the following day they destroyed the two
cities with fire and brimestone according to the
commandment of the Lord. Actually, we read that it was God who sent the fire and brimstone from
heaven, yet He used the angels as instruments of the intended destruction (Genesis 19:24-25). Thus angels are but the messengers and agents of God. (See also Genesis 19:13; Exodus 23:20-25; Hebrews 13:2.)
The all-knowing, almighty, perfect God needs no counselor and never had one. "Who hath di rected the Spirit of the LORD, or being his coun sellor hath taught him? With whom took he coun sel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understand-ing?" (Isaiah
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The Invisible God and His Angels