Hi Gina, I am beginning to see your point, that 'angels' are God's servants. So to try to find just how angel is referred to in Scripture I scanned through all of the times the word angel/angels in used in the NKJV... what I found is that in 'every' case in the OT it is speaking of a angel/messenger of God. Now in the NT here are the exceptions of angels not spoken of as from God.
2Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;
Rev 12:7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
Rev 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Okay this is interesting because in the article 23 Mins in Hell Ray explain that in all of these cases it is speaking of 'human' messenger, not spirit beings. Now there is one more verse and I will not try to interpret what the meaning of what Paul is saying here is.
1Co 6:3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
So if angels are God's Holy servants from His throne, and a few times refer to human beings... well what about the wicked spirits and demons (I did not include a search for demons, as I believe that is self explanatory)? But here is what I found in a search of the word "spirit"... now there are numerous times that word is used in reference to the Holy Spirit, and to the spirit/breath of life in a person and the spirit/disposition of a person. What I have listed here is all the places where I could make out from the context and the use of the word that it was speaking of a 'spirit being.'
Mark 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.
Mark 5:8 For He said to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!"
Mark 9:17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit.
Mark 9:20 Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.
Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!"
Luke 4:33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,
Luke 8:29 For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man...
Luke 9:39 And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.
Luke 9:42 And as he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father.
Luke 11:24 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
Luke 13:11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.
Acts 16:18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And he came out that very hour.
Acts 19:16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Also I want to add that Christ actually used the word "spirit" when casting them out of a person on 3 of those occasions. Also after His resurrection when He appeared to his disciples where they were gathered and all of them had not seen Him yet, so they seemed afraid about what He was, He told them He was not just a spirit...
Luke 24:37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit.
v. 38 And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?
v. 39 Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have."
There is also one Scripture that shows that there is a difference in "a spirit" and "an angel" by referring to them both in the same sentence.
Acts 23:9 Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees' party arose and protested, saying, "We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God."
So that is what I have found, I think this is all very interesting, explains a lot.
mercy, peace and love
Kat