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Message: <blockquote data-quote="med stud" data-source="post: 4193171" data-attributes="member: 1211">I got to think about an interpretation of a famous description of the actions of an angel, about angels not being the extension of a god's will:God: The Egyptians are defying me. After everything I have done, they still won't let my people go. I have a service I want you to do for me.Angel: Shoot.God: I want you to go to Egypt and kill every first born child, except for the children of my people.Angel: What do I get for not killing the children of your people?God: They will sacrifice animals and put the blood on their doors.Angel: Works for me.Not exactly as canon, but still. If the angel did exactly what God wanted, there would be no reason for the Hebrews to put blood on their doors.Another example:God wants Lot and his family to escape Sodom (or Gomorra, I don't remember which). To punish the city, he lets loose an angel. For their own protection, Lot and his family is adviced not to look back. Lot's wife looks back and turns to salt. Now, if God was in full control of the angel, there would be no need for that instruction. He could just tell the angel that Lot and his family is of limits for it.---Both of those encounters with angels tie in with the 4e paradigm. The angels serve the gods but they still have their own agendas. The angel of vengeance can strike someone, but it will strike on it's own terms. It needs some kind of motivation to not strike the ones that the god wants to protect.</blockquote>

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