{"id":54811,"date":"2026-10-10T08:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T08:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=54811"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:04:30","slug":"what-do-angels-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/what-do-angels-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Che aspetto hanno gli angeli nella Bibbia? Di solito come uomini, a volte come fulmini"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>In the Bible, angels who come to people usually look like men, so much like men that they are welcomed as guests and fed. When their glory shows, they look like lightning, in clothes &quot;white as snow&quot; (Matthew 28:3). And the creatures nearest God&#039;s throne, the seraphim and cherubim, have six wings or four, and in Ezekiel&#039;s vision four faces. The first angels a reader meets in human form arrive at a tent door. Abraham &quot;sat in the tent door\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angels in the Bible usually look like men, welcomed as guests. In glory they shine like lightning; seraphim and cherubim have wings and faces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-54811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53682,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/bible-study-sodom-gomorrah-sin\/","url_meta":{"origin":54811,"position":0},"title":"What Was the Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? 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