Can they help us to understand ourselves and our world? Can we view them as “teachers,” who show us how we should act in the presence and service of our Creator? What can we learn from their presence, their choices, their worship, their service, and their struggle with defecting rebel forces?

We have seen in our day a reawakening of belief in the unseen world. In the following pages, senior research editor Herbert Vander Lugt leads us through an evaluative look at a race of beings who, according to the Bible, can teach us a lot about ourselves, our God, and our enemy.

Martin R. De Haan II