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Continuing my earlier question about why God would send angels rather than putting in a personal appearance: in Exodus 30 God informs Moses that "Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live." Putting aside that they are conversing "face to face" (the rest of the chapter makes it clear that Moses cannot literally see God's face), this confirms the face-melting suspicion, but doesn't answer why God sends a messenger rather than just turning up in a hat two sizes too large.

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The question now is, what was the role of those Babylonian spirits - is it once again to do work which would be demeaning to a ruler?

I don't know. Babylonian mythology is a fuzzy area of knowledge for me. I'm wondering if the Babylonian hosts were messengers, or something else; in the story of Adam and Eve getting kicked out of the Garden of Eden, they're more like security guards. And today, angels are more like personified quilts -- our very own warm and fuzzy protectors against all that is spooky and scary.

Are you familiar with the comic strip Rose is Rose (http://www.comics.com/comics/roseisrose/archive/roseisrose-20050912.html)? The guadian angel there is cute and fuzzy, and looks exactly like the child he's protecting (except for the wings and halo) -- until the moment danger threatens. Then he turns into the giant warrior with sword and sheild.

God employs (enslaves?) angels because, for whatever reason, we humans tend to respond better to them than to him directly. The question I'm asking is why do humans need angels?