1. The existence of the angels and the time of their creation.
That there are angels, the scripture testifies, as was already noted, from Genesis to the Apocalypse. By these scriptural testimonies and not by reasons of probability, we believe the existence of the angels and there is a doctrine of the angels within the Christian church. — As for the time of the creation of the angels, it falls within the six-day work. The angels were not created before the world, because before the world there was only God, Jn. 1:1-3. They were not created after the world, because after the creation of the world God ceased to create, Gen. 2:2-3."1503) But on which day within the work of six days the angels were created cannot be determined with certainty, because there are no scriptural statements about it.1504)