Why Biblically Accurate Angels Look Like Your Worst Nightmare - Angelology

Today we take a look at how angels were described in various religious texts and they look nothing like you'd expect, unless you imagined nightmarish Lovecraftian beings. These figures include the Seraphim, Cherubim, Ophanim and the Virtues.

Timecodes
0:00 - World Of Tanks/Intro
1:00 - Angels
1:45 Cherubim
3:26 Seraphim
4:58 Ophanim
6:16 Virtues
6:56 Summary
8:10 World Of Tanks
9:45 Credits

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Intro Artwork by Markus Stadlober -

#Seraphim #Cherubim #Ophanim

Title: Why Biblically Accurate Angels Look Like Your Worst Nightmare - (Exploring Angelology)

[camilab]

"you look like an angel"
"aww thanks :)"
"a biblically accurate one :D"

[dvilmaycry]

Angel: Be not afraid.
Ezekiel: (Screams)
Angel: I SAID BE NOT AFRAID!
Ezekiel (Screams LOUDER)

[grueslayer]

As a Christian myself I learned a long time ago that most of my peers have a hard time accepting them as angels and are usually uncomfortable talking about them because they are the things of nightmares. God created the entire universe... he's allowed to make whatever weird hybrid creatures/angles he wants. He made the duckbilled platypus and we accept it... why not an angel with 4 heads?

[gsf]

Seeing as Satan is a Cherubim is actual appearance is way more terrifying that man's version of a red guy with horns.

[johnnycage]

There's a reason why they start conversations with "Be not afraid"

[Light_]

There's a reason in the old testament angels say 'fear not' before they interact with humans

[kiennadeloach]

As my grandmother was going through the process of dying she told my dad that she sees a creator with alot of eyes trying to get her. My dad didn't see it neither did the family that was surrounding her bed side. She also said that she saw her mom and alot of her relatives from the past that passed away. She asked her mom to give her her robe. We thought that it was just normal for her to be that way since she was on alot of medications. But I believe deep down that she really saw what she saw because a few days later she passed away 😔

[joeytosoung]

CS Lewis had some interesting descriptions about spiritual beings: Hearing an Angels voice sends an eerie sensation thru the body, like the feeling of missing a step on stairs because it's a voice that doesn't rely on blood. Also seeing an angel is described to be uncanny, like seeing a new primary color. Our minds can't fathom that

[Dustdevil]

I think the biblical descriptions were basically the same thing Lovecraft did in that they're supposed to convey that angelic beings are so different from us that they basically don't even make sense to our limited perspective.

[robertjethrogallano]

Demon: BWAHAHAHA
Person: Oh no! Some demon is attacking me!
Angel: Fear not I shall protect you
Person and Demon: *Screams*

[leelabizbee]

I once read angels looked more terrifying than demons in order to keep them away. Made a lot of sense

[Distant_INC]

What would an extra-dimensional being look like when it appears in our dimension? We'd have trouble describing it, too.

[thugnasty]

Some Mom: "My baby's an angel"
👁
Her baby: 🧿👀👁👄👁👀🧿
👁

[shenloken]

Neon Genesis Evangelion wasn’t exaggerating when they made all the Angels as surreal looking as possible: from lanky humanoid freaks to simple geometric shapes.
It wasn’t just an “anime thing” to make them look unlike what we typically think of as an “Angel.”

[sarah_jessica]

"Be not afraid" suddenly makes a lot more sense.

[timothyxxxpaul]

If Angels are that intimidating imagine what demons actually look like

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

You gotta love it when the angels look more demonic than demons themselves

[arenidas]

When I hear "4 faces" I imagine them attempting to describe something they SEE in a higher dimension but they literally cant explain with limited vocabulary or draw which is why depictions look so weird. You literally have to see one and accept that no one will ever really understand what you saw no matter how hard you try to draw or explain them. Thus we have drawings of four faced freaky things that don't make any physiological sense.

[MsPatataVerde]

The funniest thing is that I got to this video, because I dreamed of this being that I would categorize as "Seraphim", I had never dreamed of something like that and it appeared, making strange noises, as I was intrigued, I began to investigate and I found this video, I am shocked to see that it is almost the same, without having seen anything like it in my life before.

[henrydnoah]

It’s fascinating, amazing to look at, yet unfathomably terrifying