Who is God's angel of death?

Before the creation of man, Azrael proved to be the only angel brave enough to go down to Earth and face the hordes of Iblīs, the devil, in order to bring God the materials needed to make man. For this service he was made the angel of death and given a register of all mankind.
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Who are the 7 angels of death?

Chapter 20 of the Book of Enoch mentions seven holy angels who watch, that often are considered the seven archangels: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, Saraqael, Raguel, and Remiel.
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Who is God's main angel?

Answer: The Big Three archangels are Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, and those are the only three venerated by Catholics. Protestants and Jehovah's Witnesses venerate Michael as the only named archangel.
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When God sent the angel of death?

The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. So God, brought about one last plague, which was so terrible that it was certain to persuade Pharaoh to let his slaves go. That night, God sent the angel of death to kill the firstborn sons of the Egyptians.
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What is the meaning of angel of death?

angel of death (plural angels of death) A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion. An angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed death. An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death.
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Is Grim Reaper an angel?

The Grim Reaper is also called the Angel of Death. However, there are many angels that are associated with death in both a positive and negative context.
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What angel is Gabriel?

Who is the Archangel Gabriel? The angel Gabriel is the herald of visions, messenger of God and one of the angels of higher rank. He makes God's message understandable to people and helps them to accept it with a pure heart. Until 1970, Catholics celebrated the feast of the Archangel on March 24.
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Is angel of death good?

One of the best anime made me cry two time. Ending is so good and beautiful. And the music of this anime is so amazing every scene music is top masterpiece level. Story is also so good and character are deep.
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What is the spirit of death called?

Shinigami (死神, literally "death god") are gods or supernatural spirits that invite humans toward death in certain aspects of Japanese religion and culture. Shinigami have been described as monsters, helpers, and creatures of darkness.
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Who is God's first angel?

Therefore, the first creation by God was the supreme archangel followed by other archangels, who are identified with lower Intellects.
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Who is God's right hand angel?

Enoch was instrumental in establishing the pre-eminent place of Michael among the angels or archangels, and in later Jewish works he is said to be their chief, mediating the Torah (the law of God) and standing at the right hand of the throne of God.
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What is Lucifer's angel name?

While Satan describes his function as an "accuser," Samael is considered to be his proper name. He also fulfills the role of the Angel of Death, when he comes to take the soul of Moses and is called the leader of satans.
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Are there female archangels?

She is listed as one of the Seven Archangels in Pseudo-Dionysian teachings. Due to the association with beauty, Jophiel is one of very few angels to be sometimes portrayed as female. However, angels have no canonical gender, and are most commonly referred to by male pronouns.
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Who is the angel of the apocalypse?

In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21–27). The archangel also appears in the Book of Enoch and other ancient Jewish writings.
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Where is the angel of death in the Bible?

In 2 Samuel 24:15-16, the destroying angel kills the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In I Chronicles 21:15, the same "Angel of the Lord" is seen by David to stand "between the earth and the heaven, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out against Hebrews's enemies".
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Is Azrael Lucifer's sister?

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Azrael is an Angel and one of Lucifer Morningstar's younger siblings. She served as the Angel of Death and was responsible for collecting Human souls from the dead, to bring them to either Heaven or Hell. She was granted her own unique blade that eradicated anyone killed with it.
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Who is Gods wife?

God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshipped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar.
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How do I find my angels name?

Learn their names.

Sit still, close your eyes, calm your mind, and ask your higher self for the name of one of your guardian angels. The name will then be placed in your head. If no name comes, it might be that your guardian angels are inviting you to name them yourself.
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Who is the highest angel?

Tradition places seraphim in the highest rank in Christian angelology and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy. A seminal passage in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1–8) used the term to describe six-winged beings that fly around the Throne of God crying "holy, holy, holy".
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Who sits on the left hand of God?

In Jesus' parable "The Sheep and the Goats", the sheep and goats are separated with the sheep on the right hand of God and the goats on the left hand.
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Who created death?

Death first appeared in The Sandman vol. 2, #8 (August 1989), and was created by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg.
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Is Azrael the angel of death?

Azrael, Arabic ʿIzrāʾīl or ʿAzrāʾīl, in Islam, the angel of death who separates souls from their bodies; he is one of the four archangels (with Jibrīl, Mīkāl, and Isrāfīl) and the Islamic counterpart of the Judeo-Christian angel of death, who is sometimes called Azrael.
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