Angels Bring Messages from God Angels Bring Messages from God Angels are a special order of God's creation. They are not people, any more than dogs are cats or birds are fish. Their purpose is to bring messages from God to his people on earth.
Angels are pure light.
They travel at the speed of light. In order to keep from frightening us, they may take human form. When they choose to do that, they look just like any ordinary person. Michael, the protector of all God's people, Raphael, who guided Tobias, and Gabriel, who appeared to Mary to tell her about the birth of Jesus . When we die and go to heaven, we will worship God in glorified bodies with the angels, but we will not be angels ourselves.