Men and Angels

How many times have you had your theology-lovin’ mind blown as you’ve come across passing references to angels in the New Testament? Apparently, we’re going to judge angels—and this should be common knowledge for Christians (1 Cor. 6:3). Women should have long hair or head-coverings because the angels will be scandalized if they don’t (1 Cor. 11:10). The gospel that we have preached to us is something into which angels long to look (1 Peter 1:12) and is something revealed to them through the Church (Eph. 3:10). Angels are “ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation” (Heb. 1:14). Yet they are heavenly rulers and authorities that appear to have command over nations and cities (Dan. 10:13). Whenever they appear, men are terrified and fall down to worship them. And, while worshipping angels and demons is a grave sin, so is blaspheming them (Jude 8).

What are we to make of such passages of Scripture?