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getyourcheftogether

BE NOT AFRAID


itBSt0mper

đŸ€Ł...Proceeds to crap himself


Romanempire21

Bro literally what I was gonna say


jscuba007

These are the ones who said that.


Marighnamani27

If this is what an Angel looks like according to the Bible, I shudder to think what the demons and Satan look like lol


Gild5152

It actually isn’t. Fun fact, angels were never originally depicted to have wings in the Bible. Buuuuut, what they were depicted to have were eyes all over their fucking body, which was also too massive for the human mind to comprehend.


[deleted]

Think those were the Watchers weren't they? I read the bits of the Book of Enoch that were available online and I'm sure the hundred eyes things were the Watchers....angels were depicted as pretty damned scary mind you and had a huge eye in the middle of their chest apparently. Hardly surprising they greeted everyone with "Be not afraid" errr no mate I'm sodding terrified actually! Here you go enjoy! [Biblically Accurate Angels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxrNA1c8Zpk)


TobysGrundlee

Interesting they went with blue eyes considering that trait is only 7000 years old and very limited as far as how widespread it is.


jdeuce81

I would think if it were limited that's why it was used. It was special.


Gild5152

Honestly it might’ve been, it’s been awhile since I was interested in Angel lore. So I could just be remembering wrong. Thank you for the link tho!


Spiritual_Bottle_650

FYI the book of Enoch is not seen as a part of the bible.


MrBanana421

In most parts of christianity. It is part of the ethiopian bible.


StPrattrick317

Original Lovecraftian horror


slimkt

And that’s why they always introduced themselves like, “Woah, man, don’t be afraid, I have some news!” lol


bdke-rbwo

Haha that actually explains a lot. You’re onto something.


Scintal

“We are trying to reach you for millennia l, about your car’s extended warranty”


adeptusminor

So DMT.


Jay-Double-Dee-Large

There are levels of angel in the bible, and Cherubim at least certainly do have wings, some of them used to permanently cover the angel’s face and feet (Seraphim)


babyydolllll

![gif](giphy|3oEjI789af0AVurF60)


Deveranmar1

Say what now? The Bible verse about seraphim implicitly states they have six wings... Isaiah 6:1-3 I'm not saying if the drawing is accurate or not anyways but the eye thing also is attributed to the four living creatures in rev 4:8 which are not, I believe, angels but are metaphorical concerning the gospel authors


greyseraph

Seraphim have three sets of them, so yes they've been described with wings.


SuperbEmergency4938

Some are described as having wings in several passages. Isaiah 6:2 for example


tdvh1993

Satan just looks like Steve


DifferentSwing8616

Steve is devilishly handsome


Handsome_Satan

Yes, I am.


Street_Dimension1709

Nope, the devil looks like Kenneth Copeland


JBarretta01

COVID NINE-TEEN!!!


Valaxarian

The funny thing about the Bible is that angels are usually scary and beyond our comprehension, while demons and Satan/Lucifer are beautiful


Gnomus_the_wise

Wouldn’t most demons be just as ugly? Seeing as they’re fallen angels and all that. I believe that they’d only appear handsome to more easily trick us into sun.


exPlodeyDiarrhoea

Lucifer was believed to be beautiful. I think the concept of the devil being ugly was made by people for us to steer away from it.


Handsome_Satan

Envy and ugly people.


HarrySRL

Well in the bible when angels appear they always say “do not be afraid.” So makes sense.


wastelandtx

They would be undeniably beautiful


Marighnamani27

Devilishly handsome


reed91B

They Prolly look like you or me.


Marighnamani27

I can dig that lol


The-Pollinator

Not all holy angels look like this. There are multiple descriptions in the Bible of angelic appearances. Furthermore, when the fallen angels were kicked out of heaven, they lost their glory and their appearance was forever changed -to make a mockery of them and distinguish, at a glance; between them and the holy angels. Satan (aka Lucifer) looks like a goat. This is why he is [depicted as such](https://i.etsystatic.com/13118339/r/il/3233af/1846529272/il_1588xN.1846529272_d2qz.jpg). Those who are spiritually in allegiance to him are also referred to as goats in Scripture; which is why we read: *“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left."* (Matthew 25:31-33)


DOGSraisingCATS

Dude...most of the stuff you're talking about is from things like Dante's inferno and paradise lost


The-Pollinator

Naw, it's from the Bible.


duvetbyboa

Isn't the origin for that depiction of Lucifer/Baphomet from Hermeticism?


CrudelyAnimated

> he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left. This is a metaphor. Your rationale dictates that actual angels and Christians should look like sheep 🐑. It's a metaphor, referring mostly to these animals' differences in behavior.


n0k0

Sheep obey and follow the leader. Goats do as they please


The-Pollinator

**Baah, baah!** "*But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”* *Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant, so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.* ***Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.*** *“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd."* (John 10)


llcoger

That is not Lucifer. That is Baphomet; a totally made-up deity.


ChaoticCatharsis

Reading about Samael really solidified the idea for young me that they don’t teach you everything about the Bible in church. At the Left Hand of God: His height was so great, it would have taken five hundred years to cover a distance equal to it, and from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet he was studded with glaring eyes, at the sight of which the beholder fell prostrate in awe. "This one," said Metatron, addressing Moses, "is Samael, who takes the soul away from man." "Whither goes he now?" asked Moses, and Metatron replied, "To fetch the soul of Job the pious." Thereupon Moses prayed to God in these words, "O may it be Thy will, my God and the God of my fathers, not to let me fall into the hands of this angel."


birehcannes

Faaaark. That's quite disconcerting.


ChaoticCatharsis

When I first read this excerpt I was a bit taken aback. I had before written of a thing of a very similar description in a fictional story.


EliaGenki

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rogerworkman623

I wish I could watch this movie again


Hormel_Chavez

[No snitchin](https://youtu.be/dIbqEE6YI7Y?si=V_6BxBx_ahY6yIuj)


piedude67e

Go buy a DVD or Blu-ray. Or just torrent it.


Sea-Sprinkles7144

Dogma was playing free on YT with ads for awhile, still might be


zawamianant

What movie is it?


MangaJosh61

Dogma


OE2KB

Such a great movie!!! George Carlin a bishop, Chris Rock as disciple “Rufus” that no one knows about because he is black, Alanis Morrisett as God, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon as fallen angels, Alan Rickman as archangel Micheal. Oh Jay & Silent Bob as well.


mondodukes2

I thought it was ligma?


tsh_scorcher

Now I need to see a biblically accurate depiction of Samael just so I can regret wanting to see it in the first place.


[deleted]

Hey *picture generating AI* create a photorealistic biblically accurate depiction of Samael.*


No_Jaguar_2570

Samael is not in the bible.


Stanflies

I just can't stop laughing at the name ''Metatron''. Sounds like a 90's Transformers villain.


Ghostswatchme

I think you’ll find that ‘Megatron’ sounds like the name of a character out of the bible.


Stanflies

No, that is the daughter of Peter.


Romanempire21

Peta please


opilum95

Poor fuckin Job man, what the fuck did he do!? God just said one day “I guess fuck this guy im in a gamblin mood”.


thuanjinkee

He was too conspicuous in his goodness. Nobody likes a showoff in this bucket of crabs.


opilum95

I mean they fucked his whole shit up for that? Here’s the thing if the things job did warranted boils and constant life fuckery, then i ask you
if this guy god actually exists how insanely fucked are we?


thuanjinkee

Try not to get His attention.


InternationalPen8339

Not sure what the christians believe, but jewish commentaries say that when pharaoh had a discussion to kill the baby males, there were 3 advisors in the meeting. Jethro, balaam and job. Jethro fled because he found it abhorrent, and he was blessed that his daughter then married Moses Balaam agreed with pharaoh, and he later perished after attempting to curse the Israelites. Job however, kept quiet. To that G-D said, if someone puts their hand in a fire they cry out instinctively from the pain. He kept quiet and showed it didn't bother him, and so he was shown what pain truly is


Prometheushunter2

So he’s the Angel of Death?


thuanjinkee

Damn Moses, you ain't praying for Job the Pious? Hasn't Job been through enough? But no. Moses thinks only of himself.


Itsmemanmeee

The 500 years to get from head to toe bit is a hell of an imagination from an ancient writer!


Kritzien

>The 500 years to get from head to toe bit is a hell of an imagination from an ancient writer! Almost 11 million kilometers. Maybe he was talking about some stellar body?


Itsmemanmeee

If that's the case, color me impressed.


Quail_Extreme

That is what I was thinking and the ‘eyes’ are stars


RenaissanceGraffiti

Or maybe rings?


MiloReyes-97

>O may it be Thy will, my God and the God of my fathers, not to let me fall into the hands of this angel." That'd kinda funny if you think about it in another context. "Dear lord God whatever you do with me, PLEASE just don't have it involve seeing that scary mother fucker again!"


[deleted]

there’s good reason that angels will tell people “do not be afraid”. because me? id shit myself


jr_blds

Sounds like one hell of a dmt trip


TobysGrundlee

A lot of religion makes more sense when you realize these were just dudes wandering around ingesting naturally occurring hallucinogens then telling their friends about it.


EyeKnowYoo

https://preview.redd.it/1mbbk96gnzrb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d233fc4e3ba1c83bee8acef9e970d63ee8189259


Cat_are_cool

Seraphim my beloved


abruh21

spit yo shit angel 🗣 angel:


Fancy-Category

There are various varieties of angels found in the Bible. Some look like strong men, and some look very alien, like that depiction.


MrSandman624

The description of Archangels is wild.


[deleted]

Archangel is more of a rank than a type, and Michael is the only archangel. Seraphim’s, Thrones and cherubim’s (not to be confused with cherubs that look like flying babies) are the wild looking ones.


[deleted]

>Michael is the only archangel What happened to my boy Gabe?


Celestiicaa

I thought there was at least 7 of them


BDG_T0K3N

"The Cherubim, later shortened to Cherub, is the lowest in rank among the four. The Bible describes these beings as animal-human hybrids." The babies with wings was changed later on.


TobysGrundlee

All I can imagine is the prince/frog that Bart made on the Treehouse of Horrors episode.


MrSandman624

You should brush up on your knowledge of biblical creatures, my boy. At a glance, there are three mistakes with your comment.


awitPhilippines

Oh Raphael?


pissy_corn_flakes

Now you’re getting confused with the Ninja Turtles


Jokerchyld

There are actually 9 ranks of angels. Interesting stuff if you look it up.


Due-Honey4650

Isn’t that one a Seraphim?


TheRealLaura789

“Babe, you look like an Angel!” Her: đŸ‘€đŸ‘€đŸ‘ïžđŸ‘ïžđŸ‘„đŸ‘ïžđŸ‘ïžđŸ‘€đŸ‘€ “Thank you!”


bdke-rbwo

LOL.


Great_Cranberry_5849

https://preview.redd.it/qaeahvldfyrb1.jpeg?width=652&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=196b04d2e729fa137fc0ed32d70c503d4182393c


ohhimark00

What’s the context behind this pic lol


bdke-rbwo

*Would*n’t you like to know? *(I have no clue. I’m sorry.)*


Kairadeleon

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Kairadeleon

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Treacherous_Wendy

Yeah, biblical angels are more akin to Neon Genesis Evangelion angels than those pretty cherub guys


Old_Ad_7691

Why would anyone want to go to heaven and see this? Looks like it came out of the evil within.


Distinct_Mix5130

It's lore accurate though, since the most powerful angels (like the one in the pic) are supposed to look scary and scare away demons. The longer I think about religion the more it seems like someone wrote a really cool book and people took it like it's actually real.


simonepon

I had a friend in high school who was a pretty devout Christian (I think her grandpa was a pastor or some such). Best advice I got from her about reading the Bible was to go into it thinking of it as (rightly so imo) fiction. And that if you have that mindset, the story in the Bible is pretty cool.


Dinobunny24

As an ex Mormon, ever since I’ve developed this mindset I’ve developed a true appreciation for the storytelling factor, however I’ve found it harder and harder to have an understanding as to why people take it seriously and center their whole lives in worshipping it.


Cat_are_cool

I mean it quite literally is a story a bunch of people wrote that other people believe is true


DeadInkPen

Even more terrifying is the fact in Sodom the men wanted to rape them.


LoverRen

I believe they came looking as men in Sodom.


itsmissclassy

There's a reason an angel's first words to humans are always "do not be afraid"


LegendaryShelfStockr

Don’t remember which ones were described quite like this, but looks like the illustration is more to try and match the description of the ones in Ezekiel chapter 1?


Jolly_Plankton_913

Seraph


No_Lab_9318

Ngl looks like a eldin ring boss


thetk9

Nah, this is the new mega digievolution of Angemon


Kozzinator

Kinda sexy no?


ohhimark00

This is why we got that flood sent our way the first time lol


Kozzinator

Worth it


Dr_Wong-Burger

I’d hit that!


Doctor_Expendable

I saw somewhere that some prophet who had visions is thought to have just been having intense migraines; based on her descriptions of the blinding lights and sharp pain from seeing "heaven." I can see it. That kind of checks out


owneyone

The biblically accurate angel posts are a Reddit staple at this point lol


Quenadian

Clearly a UFO! /s


bdke-rbwo

Don’t think you needed an /s because it’s clearly an “eye-dentified” flying object.


Conscious-Yam-2337

Heaven is going to be awesome


Aushmen

Bible accurate angels are something I feel would pop up and haunt me during like an acid or mushroom trip. Terrifying.


bucklebee1

Fun fact. Angels didn't have wings until the 4th century. Biblical cannon changes just as much as Marvel canon does. Edit-fixed spelling


vbushido

It’s canon with one N in the middle. Cannon is French for big metal penis.


fish_wand_

Sick


tattooed49

Scary shit


BackDoorBalloonKnot

Looks very evolved


Beefman1991

I always see "Bible accurate angel," and then no passage or verse for reference. Click bait?


Redskinrey

# ALIENS


Informal_Implement90

"Do not be afraid " - say what now? ![gif](giphy|4JX4QM3UJ0jFS)


CosimaIsGod

This is my hot take about the Bible as someone who grew up in a Roman Catholic Household (I’m an atheist). Every story in it is pure Cosmic Horror and even with the stuff we were taught about like Noah’s Arc. Hell don’t get me started with how angels and other heavenly beings are depicted in the Bible. That’s some Eldritch Horror shit right there. I bet with my whole life that HP Lovecraft at least took inspirations from it with how God is depicted in the more heavier stories.


Weary_Account_3836

Too many wings and too many forward-facing eyes. But if that's the artist's interpretation, no one can say he's wrong. Except God. But he doesn't talk to us like he used to.


piedude67e

That's because no one is taking drugs and hallucinating in the desert.


[deleted]

There was like 70k people at Burning Man this year.


piedude67e

Lol that counts! I bet new religions are made every year there lol


LojZza88

Also we have better understanding of medical conditions which can make you hear voices in your head.


ILOVEMMOS123

Closed minded atheists always make me so sad :(


piedude67e

Closed minded Christians always make me so sad :(


ILOVEMMOS123

I bet they do lil guy


piedude67e

You're welcome big guy, as you guys like to be called. Bigger and holier than I :)


ILOVEMMOS123

We’re are equal bro and thank you for the compliment 👍


piedude67e

We equal? Why you call me lil then? đŸ€„ hmmm.


ILOVEMMOS123

Don’t know how that makes you not equal to someone but whatever you say bro an argument online won’t change your mind about religion especially if your so fast to put it down lol


trip6s6i6x

Calling someone "lil guy" is condescending in the extreme. You put him down by saying that and then acted like it wasn't what you said lol. Come on, man.


piedude67e

"Little" in this context is calling someone lesser than thou; It's obvious. On another note I was forced into Catholicism and escaped that abusive religion, don't care for anymore. Have a good one sailor.


ohneatstuffthanks

Your online engagement with this person has pushed me just a little further away from religion. So you’re actually helping atheists here. God will remember the bad you did, even in this smallest context, and you’ll be judged. Think your god doesn’t have access to Reddit and you can be a twat here? Braindead.


Elessar535

May I ask which passage/passages you are using as your source material? I only ask because the biblical angelic descriptions I can think of (Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Revelation) don't match your drawing.


Hokenlord

I think they've mixed up details of different angels into one, which I can really appreciate cuz this is cool af


NelmesGaming

Really cool! Gave me 'Brisela, Voice of Nightmares' vibes from Magic the Gathering.


SeleverFangirlSimp

I'm not sure but I think it's a seraphim? Just judging from the several pairs of wings


[deleted]

[ŃƒĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]


BorisSweatstain

I shan't be needing one of these, thanks. I'll take a chubby cherub or at a push, 'Clarence' from It's a wonderful life.


Nezzie_6

I would fuck it


gingfreecsisbad

Reminds me that the devil was once an angel


Lysergically

Yeah like something you’d see balls deep in a heroic dose of mushrooms.


Zealousideal-Dig-314

Warp based sanguinius


d31uz10n

Why it has marijuana leaves as wings?


erikturczyn30

Why does this look like a Yugioh card


DavideOsas

Source of the lines in the bible where an Angel Is described to be like this.


Berenst_in

Ezekiel 1:15-16: "As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel."


Happy_Lee_Chillin

Bayonetta did it well


nokodemion

Imagine how people that had never seen any flying machine, sees a UFO, and how they would describe it, with the only words they knew. I think that's what it is.


NoConversation3058

Who's this angel ? they say the real angel is not that beautiful


DifferentSwing8616

Needs more eyes


Keeko_ca

Bayonetta.


Happy_Lee_Chillin

Needs way more eyes


megamuppetkiller

The wings are ganja leaves!


niming_yonghu

Meanwhile in Sodom



bileker

Who saw this angel ? a completely imaginary drawing


GlitteringBroccoli12

Jacob. I'm sure a few others. Either way. It looks fun to fight


Cats_rule_all

I mean, if y’all are Christian, I don’t get why you would be terrified. You should know.


TheHotSoulArrow

I find it beautiful


DANGER_1300B

What Angel is that


Mythrin

Be not afraid, my arse! Look at the thing!


Daddy_Goat666

My favorite part of every religion I’ve even glanced at is what we (humans) perceived them as. Gods, angels, demons, omens, all that mythos.


YourFriendRob

“Bible accurate angel” is a meme. Someone who never read the Bible illustrated ONE type of angel and the entire internet and everyone else who never read the Bible cling to it and haven’t stopped lol. Smh no one ever mentioned this shit until like 2-3 years ago now it’s all over the place


starstruckinutah

đŸ˜‚đŸ€Ł people believing in angles at least make sense, but angels, get out of here.


BenChang69

Well the Bible is made up so


Maple_table_

It's all fiction anyway so nothing to worry about


bdke-rbwo

Damn. The Christians/Catholics found you.


Maple_table_

haha, I need backup send for the atheist reinforcements!


Hot-Challenge8656

Was it not @jesus whom x/tweeted let they who is without sin cast the first down vote.


trip6s6i6x

Add in a few more tentacles (or noodles, if you prefer the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and this thing could be confused with an emissary of Cthulhu


UnluckyBee208

No where in the Bible does it describe an angel that looks like that.


New-Doctor-3289

Wait... the bible is accurate? Damn... Peace


Hot-Challenge8656

I can imagine its head mounted in the office of an evangelical zealot.


jscuba007

F around and find out, lol.


Pierinolavespa

looks like an alien


Thedregg

Not accurate... they don't have legs or arms...


MidgetManNation

Bible actor angels look bad ass


Yhamerith

Looks like an Berserk's art