Angels Watching

1 Peter 1:12 and 1 Corinthians 11:10 both talk about angels watching us. 1 Peter even says "eagerly watching" and that the angels are very interested in the gospel. 
Since I first heard this, maybe 13 years ago, I've been struck by the idea that angels watch us. It is interesting that angels are eagerly watching in matters of the gospel as the Bible indicates that fallen angels cannot be saved. I heard somewhere that they also watch us to know what a relationship with God is like, or what God is like, but I can't find a passage in the Bible that says that specifically.

But all this makes me wonder how they watch us.... do they come to earth and we just can't see them? Do they have some sort of super vision to watch from heaven? It also makes me wonder if they talk similarly to we do. We know that they sing praises to God and other related things, but is it from actual mouths? Some sort of mental communication? Do they even look like humans, just with wings? In describing the cherubim it talks about many sets of wings... how does that work? I often just wonder sometimes about what angels are really like. In some ways it is easier than to think about what God will look like or how he will present Himself to us when we see him. Perhaps because angels seem more... understandable, I guess, as the Bible does talk some about what angels look like, but not much about what God looks like as far as form. Mostly, it talks more about his "presence" or his character. By presence I mean: Holiness so blinding you can hardly look at him, shown on earth as fire on the burning bush, a pillar of fire and of cloud for the children of Israel to follow, a voice from heaven speaking. All this speaks to his majesty, greatness and transcendence, but it makes it a bit difficult to wrap your brain around and think of him in terms of a personal God (not that I disbelieve that he is a personal God, I'm just talking about the limitations of our understanding and lack of descriptors- purposely, I'm sure- about what God looks in the Bible).


Anyway, back to angels. Every few years I reread a series called Chronicles of the Host by D. Brian Shafer. It is a fictional series that tells the narrative told in the Bible from the angel's point of view, both heavenly and fallen. It was a bit eye opening to read the same events from the Bible from an angel's perspective, even though it's fiction. It helps me to see the same stories I've read for years from a different angle, not just skimming, skipping, or overlooking parts from familiarity. It actually starts before the world is made and kind of sets up the scene for the how and why of Lucifer's fall (from the author's perspective, of course, as well as biblical passages). Through the 4 books of the series, it runs from that beginning to shortly after Jesus' death and resurrection. It's interesting to see a potential scenario for how this played out from "behind the scenes", as well as motivations, and pictures of the... character, let's say... of both the heavenly and the fallen angels.

So, if you can, check it out. I wouldn't mind having a conversation or too afterward either. :)