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Do we get wings or a halo when we die?

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. Isaiah 6:1-2

The word “halo” is not in the Bible. Halos became popular with artists who wanted to signify holiness with their subjects, so they drew a glowing circle of light over their heads.

Angels do have wings. When God designed the ark, He described the angelic figurines with wings. When Isaiah peered into heaven (Isaiah 6), he saw angels (or seraphs, a type of angel) with wings.   The "four living creatures" in Revelation are clearly angels and they have wings too.

However, when we die, we don’t become angels. We become spirits. The spirits of men do not change their appearance by growing wings when they die.

So angels have wings in the Bible, but not halos, and we don’t become angels, so we don’t get wings or halos when we die.