To Glorify God!
And one angel cried to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the
whole earth is full of His
glory!”
Isaiah 6: 3
Early in the history of Christianity, “catechesis” became the
norm
for instructing new believers in the faith. Catechisms were
written
in question-and-answer formats—teachers would ask a
question
and converts would repeat the memorized
answer.
The most famous catechism used for children and young believers
was
written between 1646 and 1647, the Westminster Shorter Catechism.
The first question has become famous: “What is the chief end of
man?”
The answer: “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him
forever.”
Man’s purpose, along with all creation—including the
angels—
is to glorify God. Isaiah saw angels glorifying God in his
vision
(Isaiah 6:1-3), and John saw angels doing the same in his
vision
of heaven (Revelation
5:11-12).
John reckoned the number of angels he saw as “ten thousand times
ten thousand” or one hundred million. It was probably not meant to
be an exact number, but it was John’s way of saying “too many
to
count”—the number of angels praising God in
heaven.
Mankind and angels have the same eternal
purpose: to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
"Let earth and heaven combine, angels and men
agree, to praise in songs divine the incarnate
Deity."
Charles Wesley
