Actually, there is little positive Scriptural authority for the popular conception of the angelic form as endowed with wings. The angels of the Bible, who visited men, seem to have appeared in the human form, and were often accepted and entertained as men until, through the utterance of some remarkable prophecy or the manifestation of some supernatural quality, their spiritual nature was disclosed. So were those mighty figures under whose outstretched pinions the ark was placed in Solomon's temple. Although most of those who claim they have seen angels are devout churchgoers, heavenly visitors also have high appeal among people who have moved away from organized religion. There's no dogma, nothing punishing.
Angels are purely good news.
Though they may have seen no angels. Their presence could explain why tragedy was averted. Those who have angel stories to tell relate how, invariably, angels come to the rescue in times of crisis, then disappear just as abruptly. The experience is usually so affecting that the individual's religious faith is dramatically strengthened. All rights reserved.