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said, “Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread cakes.” Abraham also
ran to the herd, and took a tender and choice calf, and gave it to the servant; and he hurried to prepare
it. And he took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he
was standing by them under the tree as they ate.

Abraham and His Heavenly Visitors

As this passage continues, it declares plainly that two of the visitors that Abraham met with that day
were angels.

Genesis 18:22, 19:1
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing
before Yahweh... Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of
Sodom.

If angels manifesting in physical bodies are incapable of all physical sensation and function, it is
remarkable that these angels could sit down and eat the cakes and meat that Abraham served to them.
How could they even hold a plate of food if they had no sensory function? How could they see, touch,
hear, smell, or taste? Yet, the Bible reveals repeatedly that the angels are exercising these physical
senses as they interact with mankind. As Abraham was speaking with the angels, Sarah laughed inside
her tent when the angels announced that Sarah would have a baby the following year. The angels
asked “Why did Sarah laugh?” This is evidence of the exercise of sensory functions. They heard
Sarah laugh.

When the two angels arrived in Sodom, Lot took them into his home. That evening the wicked men
of Sodom surrounded Lot’s home and demanded that he send out the men (angels) who had entered
there. The men of Sodom wanted to have sexual relations with them. When the men of Sodom
pressed Lot, and were about to become violent, the angels reached out and drew Lot back into the
house, closing the door behind him. They later took hold of Lot, his wife and two daughters by the
hand and led them out of Sodom. How could they do these things if they did not experience physical
sensation? How would they know they had hold of someone’s hand? How would they know they were
not squeezing the hand too hard, or not hard enough?