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Chapter27: Angels
In addition to the Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we are told there is one other group of inhabitants in Heaven. This fourth group are the angels, and the Course says a mysterious small amount about these beings. When it does mention them, it often does so as a side item. It may seem partially contradictory that there is a separate category of angels mentioned when we are told that: God created nothing beside you (the Son) and nothing beside you exists. The universe consists of nothing but the Son of God. Something else called angels apparently does exist. Here is one of the few pieces of knowledge given out concerning the angels. You were created above the angels because your role involves creation as well as protection. You who are in the image of the Father need to bow only to Him, before whom I kneel with you. So The Son, us, is created above the angels, apparently meaning we are of a higher order because we are creators as well as protectors. Protection seems to be the job of angels.
Apparently after the fall into illusion the angels tried to recover us but were unable to: The Atonement actually began long before the crucifixion. Many Souls offered their efforts on behalf of the separated ones, but they could not withstand the strength of the attack and had to be brought back. Angels came, too, but their protection did not suffice because the separated ones were not interested in peace. The only way to see harmony in this contradiction is to see the angels as a part of the Son ship, but as a group having a different job.
Also of note is that teachings in the Ancient Wisdom tell us that angels eventually become Sons of God. Here are some other quotes from the Course that gives some light on the purpose of angels. Your newborn purpose is nursed by angels, cherished by the Holy Spirit and protected by God Himself. Around you angels hover lovingly, to keep away all darkened thoughts of sin, and keep the light where it has entered in. This does the body's eyes behold in one, our brother, whom Heaven cherishes, the angels love and God created perfect. God's Name cannot be heard without response, nor said without an echo in the mind that calls you to remember. Say His Name, and you invite the angels to surround the ground on which you stand and sing to you as they spread out their wings. They keep you safe and shelter you from every worldly thought that would intrude upon your holiness.
The wings here must be symbolic, as ACIM says there is no form in Heaven. You do not walk alone. God's angels hover near and all about. His Love surrounds you, He will never leave you comfortless, nor fail to send His angels down to answer you in His Own Name. Thus, we complete our examination of the four groups of lives which compose Heaven, concerning who we are told are really one life to whom we give the generic title of God.
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