ANGELIC HOSTS(see angel/cloud studies, e.g. in [DS7]), the Shekhinah (see studies on the Shekhinah Glory), and Jehovah's train that fills the heavenly Temple (Is. 6:1).

VI. ANGEL-PRIESTS. There are angels, possibly other than the Seraphim, which function as priests at the Heavenly Altar and act as mediators in prayer between God and the Jews and Gentiles of Israel's ethnic kingdom. But not much seems to be explicitly known about them: see Rev. 8:3-5 14:18, Gen. 19:17-22. It is possible that the Genesis reference is to two angels in the strict sense (Archangels?, perhaps michael and Gabriel?), since all angels by administrative position are mediators between God and Israel; and is it possible in the Revelation reference that the angel referred to is an angel in the broad sense, broad enough to include the Seraphim, which are portrayed in Is. 6:1-7 as ministering at the Heavenly Altar, or to include the 'Irin-Qadeshin which are in white as priests anyway?

VII. ANGELIC HOSTS. I Kings 22:19, II Kings 6:13-18, II Chron. 18:18, Job. 1:6 2:1, Ps. 68:17 104:4, Is. 6:1, Dan. 7:10, Zech. 1:7-11, Matt. 18:10, Heb. 1:7,14-2:2, I John 4:1-3, Rev. 5:11, plus many more.

Location: Constitute the CONGREGATION of the Temple of Heaven, filling the general court of the Temple outside the 'Irin-Qadeshin, thereby giving a pattern for the COURTYARD of the Tabernacle, for the earthly is patterned after the heavenly (Ex. 25:40, Heb. 8:5 9:23).

Description: Apparently in the form of men, but at times in the form of chariouts, horses, etc. There are 10,000 times 10,000 of them, i.e. 100 million; but such language may intend the notion that man cannot count the heavenly host. Their infrastructure is not detailed for us (so far as I can tell), but they are under the supervision of the Seven Archangels, and some of the infrastructure may be inferred from the infrastructure of the natural order and of nations and regions (since these are under the host---see "Work" below). These angels constitute the body of the Cloud of Glory (see angel/cloud studies, e.g. in [DS7]), the Shekhinah (see studies on the Shekhinah Glory), and Jehovah's train that fills the heavenly Temple (Is. 6:1).

Work: Guardians of the created order and controllers of the natural processes (Greek text of Gal. 4:8-9, Col. 2:8,20) and as such are the "authorities" or the "gods" of the earth (see the discussion in [DS7] of Ps. 8:5 82:1,6 86:8 95:3 96:4 97:7,9 135:5 136:2 138:1, Dan. 10:13,21 11:36 12:1, John 10:34-6, I Cor. 8:5-6). Overseers of human government, especially ethnic Israel in her kingdom (Dan. 10:13,21 12:1). Constitute the armies of heaven (Jud. 5:20, II Kings 6:13-19, Rev. 12:7-8, etc). Immediate agents of Israel's charismatic gifts, and so revelation of Israel's Law, outpourers of the gift of tongues, bestowers of healing, etc (I John 4:1-3; also II Chron. 5:12-4 (cf I Chron. 25:1-5), Acts 7:53, Gal. 3:19, Heb. 2:2, Rev. 1:1,4, etc).