God's
plan was for Christ's sacrifice to enable even
the evil angels to be reconciled.
The Great Infinite One we
commonly refer to as God uses angels to carry out His plans:.2Chronicles
32:21 "And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men
of valour and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria.
So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come
into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew
him there with the sword."
And angels are used to
protect us.
Evil angels are also
ministers of this Infinite One, carrying out His specific instructions.
Sometimes we are able to
see angels and sometimes we can't.
Angels are some of the ever living creatures in the realm of the Infinite:.Matthew
26:53; Ephesians 3:10. How
many angels approximately would there be?
At certain times angels
have come here and used odd ways to heal people:.John
5:2-4 "Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which
is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these
lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting
for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season
into the pool, and troubled.(original
'agitated, stirred up').the
water. Whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in
was made whole of whatsoever disease he had."
At certain times angels
have come here and been with those who are believers:.Acts
27:10-25; Psalms 91. Even today!
Get the great book.And
Then I Saw Him, by Samuel Doctorian; his
site.
Matthew
11:10 "For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger.(the
original word for 'messenger' here is 'angel').before
thy face, which shall prepare your way before you."
Angels are spirits:.Hebrews
1:7 "And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits and his
ministers.(referring
to the angels).a
flame of fire.".(Hebrews
1:7 is from Psalms 104:4)
Or, as.Rotherham
Translation.(more
often accurate to the original Greek and verified with a.New
Testament Greek Interlinear)
has it:."Even
as to the messengers, indeed, he
says: Who maketh his messengers, winds and his ministers of state, a fiery
flame."
Daniel
10:11-14,20,21 "And he said unto me, O Daniel,
a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee and
stand upright. For unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this
word unto me, I stood trembling. Then said he unto me, fear not, Daniel,
for from the first day that you did set
your heart to understand and to chasten.(humble
so as to correct the self).yourself
before your God, your words were heard and I am come for thy words, but
the prince of the kingdom of Persia.(a
demon
or maybe the devil himself).withstood
me one and twenty days; but, lo, Michael.(a
good high ranking angel), one of the
chief princes, came to help me and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Now I am come to make thee understand.. ...Then said he, knowest thou wherefore
I come unto thee? And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia
and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will
shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth and there is none
that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.".Other
high ranking angels.
They can make themselves
visible and appear as human beings:.Matthew
28:2-8 "And, behold, there was a great earthquake. For the angel of
the Lord descended from heaven,
and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. His countenance.(appearance).was
like lightning, and his raiment.(clothing).white
as snow. And for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men.
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye, for I know
that you seek Jesus, which was crucified.
He is not here. For he is risen as he said. Come see the place where the
Lord lay. And go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen
from the dead; and behold he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall
you see him. Lo,
I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre.(burial
vault).with
fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples
word."
Hebrews
13:2 "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. For thereby some have
entertained angels unawares."
They carry out God's wishes
to give some people unusual skill and understanding:.Daniel
9:21,22 "Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel,
whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly,
touched me about the time of the evening oblation.(sacrifice).
And he informed me, and talked with me and said, O Daniel, I am now come
forth to give thee skill and understanding."
They
come to announce things as Gabriel did.
They
bring messages from God:.Revelation
1:1.
Angels are incredibly powerful,
but always act under God's instructions, and/or hey know God's will and
follow it:.2Samuel
24:16,17; 2Kings 19:33-35;
2Peter
2:11; Psalms 103:20.; 2Thessalonians
1:7; Psalms 103:20.
Their ministry is basically
for the physical well being and protection of God's
children:.1Kings
19:5,6;
Psalms 34:7; Daniel
6:22; Matthew 2:13; 4:11;
18:10;
Luke
22:43;
Acts 5:19; Hebrews
1:14; Psalms 34:7; 91:11;
Acts
5:19; 8:26;
10:3;
12:7;
27:23.
Angels are watching us (1Corinthians
4:9; Ephesians 3:10; Ecclesiastes
5:6), and watch over us.
The devil, an evil angel,
also has other evil angels
with him. We call them
demons.
Way back
when, some angels became demons:.Jude
1:6
They had thought that their
way was better than the way of the
Infinite One. We too, have that lesson to learn.
Overall, and allowing a
lot of latitude,
God controls everything except someone's mind, yet causes many things to
influence a person. He wants those that may be in a
relationship with Him to be in that relationship because they want
to be in it, because their heart is to be in it, not because they somehow
feel that they have to be or, should be, out of fear. One is in a relationship
with God because they have come to see that this is really 'where
it's all at'.....continue?