Angels are actually Terrifying

       
 Imagine an angel. A divine winged human being surrounded by an aura of gentle white light.

So angelic.

           Now imagine that image was eaten and regurgitated by a codeine-fueled nightmare. Actual biblical angels look something like that.
           You see, painters took a lot of liberties with appearance of angels. They made them friendly and majestic. They also made them humanoid. Ultimately, angels looked a lot more... weird... before painters edited them.

        For example, lets look at a seraphim, the only type of angel that actually has wings.

          Oh did I mention it has six? And they're not for flying, they cover the body of the angel. Because if you saw the angel's real body, you would be either blinded or incinerated.

          Not "trippy" enough for you? Fine. There are also angels called thrones, which are described in the bible as "wheels within wheels." Oh yea, and the wheels are covered in eyes.

Click to see throne

         At least none of the angels are overtly terrifying. Ha! You obviously haven't seen the cherubim yet.
         "What, the cute little pudgy-baby-cupid type things?" You may be thinking.
         Well technically. Except they look like this:

Click to see Cherubim

      Yup, Ezekiel 10:14 describes them as "frightening four-headedmonstrosities that included the faces of a man, an eagle, and a lion." And sometimes he has a goat or an ox head in there just for good measure.

         The bottom line is that angels are terrifying.

Terrifying I tell you.