What Do Angels Look Like ?

The image most people get when they think of an angel is usually the same. They're people with two white wings with white clothes and a halo, some people will say they protect them our watch over then.

There are different kinds of angels in the Bible if you listen to any extreme metal band or watch Horror movies their names mite of popped up. The thing is they all look different and very few actually have wings. Those who do, like the ones called the Seraphim, have six wings to cover their body, cause if mortal eyes lay on them they will blind and incinerate you.  In medieval  Christian theology, the Seraphim belong to the highest choir of the Christian angelic hierarchy. They are the caretakers of God's throne.There was a X-Files episode called All Souls that touches on this a bit.

The Cherub which people would describe as a baby angel, sometimes with a little bow and arrow just like Cupid. Which couldn't be further from the truth as in The Bible Book Ezekiel Chapter 10 Verse 14 describes them:

"And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle"

Definitely a far image of a cute naked chubby kid with wings. But probably the most weird description of all is of the Thrones or Ophanim they are the carriers of the throne of god, hence the name, which comes from the same book Chapter 1 verse 16:

"The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel."

Hang on it gets more fucked up Chapter 1 Verse 18:

"As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four."

Now that is just plain fucking scary.