ROFL ... looking at some of the comments by people who never were able to figure out what the story was "really" about
yeah it was a very twisted look at monotheist religious belief ... using some VERY non-standard "angels"
this story is one of those I put in the category of "dark, and deliciously twisted"
why ... because it goes in to ideas that while they have been getting discussed in the occult community for a VERY long time ... those ideas are absolutely completely and totally forbidden for all "good" Jews, Christians, and Islamics to ever ever think about ... some of those ideas have also been getting discussed in the sci-fi community for many years, and shown in various movies/tv series for over half a century
for those of us capable of actual conscious thought, this was an absolutely great story ... the rest of the human race, that is only capable of mindlessly repeating what their priests tell them, will never "get" it