An angel is a pure spirit created by God. The Old Testament
theology included the belief in angels: the name applied to
certain spiritual beings or intelligences of heavenly residence,
employed by God as the ministers of His will. The English word
"angel" comes from the Greek angelos, which means 'messenger'.
In the Old Testament, with two exceptions, the Hebrew word for
"angel" is malak, also meaning 'messenger'. The prophet Malachi
took his name from this word. He was himself a messenger, and he
prophesied about the coming of "the messenger of the covenant",
Jesus Christ (Malachi 3:1). Although the word "angel" in the
Bible, meaning a messenger, nearly always applies to heavenly
beings, it can occasionally apply to human messengers. Malachi
himself said a priest was a messenger (malak) of the LORD of
hosts (Malachi 2:7), and in the Book of Revelation the elders of
the seven churches of Asia were called angels (1:20; 2:1 etc.).
But when we meet messengers doing supernatural things, there is
no doubt they are