Psalm 91:11

Angel’s transform God’s overwhelming and awesome power so we can contact God without being destroyed. Think of the way a transformer reduces electrical power to a level that can be used in your home without frying your television. God tells Moses that even he cannot look at God directly and live (Exodus 33:18-23). Angels make it possible for God to fit into our lives.

As we read in Psalm 91:11: “For He will give his angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways.” The God of the philosophers ( basically the god of Aristotle) is as far from us as the farthermost star, but the God of the Psalmist sends us angels so that God can be as close to us as breathing.

Angels are messengers of God. Gods gives us free will to make our choices in life, but He also sends us messages, hints and nudges about what we should choose to do next in our lives. These messages are given shape by believing that angels deliver them.

The main idea here is that there’s a spiritual component in all our human interactions. I love the passage from Hebrews 13:2: “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

Rabbi Mark Gellman