AboutClifford H. Readout, Jr. Expertise Expertise:
Preferred subject areas: Biblical doctrine, problem texts, and application
of Bible teachings in daily life. Willing to consider questions concerning
other aspects of Christianity, as well. Experience and qualifications:
Converted to Christianity in 1970 while a student at Indiana University;
active in Christian ministry since 1971; President, 1971 - 1973, then
Chaplain, 1973 - 1975 of a campus ministry at Indiana University; Director
of Campus Ministry for North Central Region of the U.S.A. and Canada, 1975 -
1976; director, dean, and teacher for a Bible College in Kaiserslautern,
Germany, 1977; Pastor of the same church since 1978; founder and director of
The Foundations Forum (Christian think tank), 1991 to present; District
Foreign Missionary Director, 1981-2000; District Superintendent, 2000-2009; Founding Coordinator of Friendship International, a ministry to
college and university students around the world, 1997 - 2001; Special
Advisor to Friendship International, 2001 to present; Secretary and member
of the Board of Trustees for a Graduate School of Theology, 1999 to present; Chairman of the Board of Directors and faculty member at the Apostolic Leadership Institute, 2000 to present;
internationally known and requested Bible teacher, ministering by missionary
and other official invitations in more than forty nations, and at least
thirty-three of the United States; and other minor functions. Husband to the same
wonderful lady since 1970, father of three college graduates, and one
delightful Down Syndrome son born in 1994.
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Question what happens to a guardian angel when we die?
Answer The Bible does not mention anything about personal "guardian angels."
The text that contains a statement closest to the idea of "guardian angels" is:
Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
However, the context of that verse, many verses before and after, and the examples of the ministry of angels that are recorded in the Bible, do not allow for the idea of an angel being assigned to be a personal guardian for anyone but Christ:
Psalms 91:11-12 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
The meaning of this promise is abused by Satan when he used it to tempt Christ. What Satan implied that it meant is NOT what God intended. (See Matthew 4:6 and Luke 4:10-11.)
All angels belong to God, even the fallen ones (devils), and all obey Him. Even Satan is never anything more than a tool in the hand of The Almighty God.
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
The modern "craze" about angels is not based on the Word of God, but rather on a gross misapplication of a very few verses.
