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Some time ago the number one single on Billboard's hot 100 list was "Angel" by Sara McLachlan.  It pushed out the previous number one "Angel" by Celine Dion and R. Kelly.  Coming up fast was the number four son, "Angel of Mine" by Monica, which hit number one two weeks later.  Interestingly enough, the number three song was "Believe" by Cher.  Am I jumping to the conclusions if the conclusion I make is that popular culture is intrigued (obsessed?) with angels? "Touched by an Angel" is a top 10 television program.  "City of Angels" was one of the top movies last year, and it's soundtrack, which features the Sara McLachlan tune already mentioned, was the top selling album last year.  Books about angels have constantly been on the New York Times Bestseller list for almost a decade.  More of us believe in angels (96%) than believe in God (91%)(explain that if you can).  Along with our cable TV, our gourmet coffee, our lying President, and our pro-wrestlers, we Americans love our angels. The movie, "City of Angels" is about an angel, played by academy award winner Nicholas Cage, who falls in love with a human woman played by Meg Ryan.  His dilemma is this: Does he give up his status as and angel in order to become human and have the women he loves.   There is much about the movie I appreciate.  In it angels are men (as in the Bible), and they are everywhere, ministering to humanity (as in the Bible - Heb. 1:14, Matt 18:18). But as the the dilemma he suffers - it is the stuff of Hollywood - No angel would turn down the opportunity to be human, whether or not Meg Ryan was part of the bargain.  An angel will never be God's child, but a Christian is. "Beloved, look at the great love the Father has bestowed upon us that we should be called the children of God - and indeed that is who we are." 1John 3:1 see also  John 1:12-13.   Hebrews chapter 1 and 2 makes this very point.  Christ is superior to angels (1:4-13,2:5-9).  Angels are servant-spirits for our benefit (1:14).  We are the very brothers and sisters of Christ, and the very children of God (2:10-18).  Jesus died for us, not for angels.  Jesus became us - not and angel.  In the 1049 movie " the Bishop's Wife" the Bishop, played by David Niven has to compete for his wife's (Loretta Young) affections with the angel Dudley, played by Cary Grant.  He feels he's at a great disadvantage (of course he is, he's competing against Cary Grant) until his friend, played by Monty Wooley, reminds him the mere fact he is human means there is no contest. There is none. It is much better to be human, if one is God's child, than it is to be an angel

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