Christ: The King of Angels

Jonathan Edwards, the New England eighteenth-century pastor, agrees with the medieval theologians that angels spend a substantial amount of time as ministering spirits to humanity. They exist, he says, as invisible armies around all true believers in Christ. The ultimate purpose of God in creating the world, for Jonathan Edwards, is linked with the incarnation of the Son of God—the joining of the eternal Son with human nature in the person of Jesus Christ. In this episode, we continue exploring the theology of angels in the thought of Jonathan Edwards.