resurrection and ascension (Matthew 28:2-8; John 20:12, 13; Acts 1:10,
11). They are now ministering spirits to the people of God (Hebrews 1:14;
Psalm 34:7; 91:11; Matthew 18:10; Acts 5:19; 8:26; 10:3; 12:7; 27:23).
They rejoice over a penitent sinner (Luke 15:10). They bear the souls of
the redeemed to paradise (Luke 16:22); and they will be the ministers of
judgement hereafter on the great day (Matthew 13:39, 41, 49; 16:27;
24:31). The passages (Psalm 34:7, Matthew 18:10) usually referred to in
support of the idea that every individual has a particular guardian angel
have no such meaning. They merely indicate that God employs the
ministry of angels to deliver his people from affliction and danger, and that
the angels do not think it below their dignity to minister even to children
and to the least among Christ’s disciples.
The “angel of his presence” (Isaiah 63:9. Comp. Exodus 23:20, 21; 32:34;
33:2; Numbers 20:16) is probably rightly interpreted of the Messiah as the
guide of his people. Others have supposed the expression to refer to
Gabriel (Luke 1:19).
- ANGER the emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil
that presents itself to our view. In itself it is an original susceptibility of
our nature, just as love is, and is not necessarily sinful. It may, however,
become sinful when causeless, or excessive, or protracted (Matthew 5:22;
Ephesians 4:26; Colossians 3:8). As ascribed to God, it merely denotes his
displeasure with sin and with sinners (Psalm 7:11). - ANIM fountains, a city in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:50), now
el-Ghuwein, near Eshtemoh, about 10 miles south-west of Hebron. - ANIMAL an organized living creature endowed with sensation. The
Levitical law divided animals into clean and unclean, although the
distinction seems to have existed before the Flood (Genesis 7:2). The clean
could be offered in sacrifice and eaten. All animals that had not cloven
hoofs and did not chew the cud were unclean. The list of clean and unclean
quadrupeds is set forth in the Levitical law (Deuteronomy 14:3-20;
Leviticus 11). - ANISE This word is found only in Matthew 23:23. It is the plant
commonly known by the name of dill, the Peucedanum graveolens of the
botanist. This name dill is derived from a Norse word which means to
soothe, the plant having the carminative property of allaying pain. The
common dill, the Anethum graveolens, is an annual growing wild in the