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Matthew 6:10
“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

In these words, Yahshua informs His disciples that the will of God is done in heaven. This is why
Satan and the angels who rebelled could not remain there. Willful disobedience cannot abide in the
presence of God.

Every word uttered by the Son of God was a manifestation of the will and wisdom of Yahweh. We
would err if we concluded that the words “in heaven” appended to the mention of the angels is in any
way superfluous. Yahshua was speaking of a very specific group of angels when He made reference
to them neither marrying, nor giving in marriage. He did NOT have in mind the fallen angels. They
are called fallen angels because they have been cast out of heaven. If Christ had meant to state that
no angels married, or took wives to themselves, He would not have added the limiting words “in
heaven” after naming the angels.

Let us move on to another common misunderstanding of the Scriptures that leads some to reject the
mention in Genesis of “sons of God” as a reference to angels. This objection is based upon the
following verses of Scripture.

Hebrews 1:3-5
When [Yahshua] had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;
having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.
For to which of the angels did He ever say, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You”?

Some point to this passage from Hebrews and say, “See, it says right here that God never calls the
angels His sons.” Brothers and sisters, we must do better in applying ourselves to an understanding
of the Scriptures. The apostle Paul has elsewhere admonished us to “rightly divide the word of God.”
Many people are wrongly dividing God’s word. They are wresting thoughts and doctrines from the
Scriptures that Yahweh never intended.

Even as we can easily arrive at a wrong understanding of Christ’s words in Matthew 22:30 if we
ignore the words “in heaven,” so too might a person derive a wrong interpretation of Paul’s words
above if they truncate the quotation. Paul is citing a specific Scripture (Psalms 2:7). Note that the
words “You are My Son, today, I have begotten You” are in quotes. Paul’s point is that this Scripture
quotation was spoken to Yahshua, and not to any other being. Only Yahshua was directly “begotten”
of the Father. All other creatures were created by and for the Son. Paul is NOT denying that angels
are called “sons of God.” He is saying that Christ has a higher, preeminent position than the angels
due to His being the only begotten Son of the Father. Only to Yahshua did the Father say, “You are
My Son, today I have begotten You.”

Let us look now to the testimony in the book of Job.

Job 1:6-7
Now there was a day when the sons of God (bene ha Elohim) came to present themselves before
Yahweh, and Satan also came among them. And Yahweh said to Satan, “From where do you come?”