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TANGENT TIME - The basics on Angels
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- The same thing occurred in Genesis 6. Jude verses 6-7 speak of this occurrence
- Understanding the Principles of Better Living
- Angels execute judgment upon the wicked
- Angels test believers!!!
- This is a Theophany - an OT appearance of Jesus the Christ!
- Vs. 18 Again, the Spirit of the Holy God is in Daniel and able to interpret this dream!
TANGENT TIME - The basics on Angels1. they are created beings. o PS.148:2-5, Col.1:16 "They were not born - or children yet to be born. 2. we do not become angels o Matt.22:30, PS:8:5, Heb.2:7, ICor.6:3 - We will actually become "Higher than the Angels & Judge them". o The Wings & Harp - Theory is wrong!!! 3. they are spirits that can take bodily form o Heb.1:7, Luke1:26, Heb.13:2 4. they are at war with the fallen angels o Read Dan 10:10-13 o God heaars your prayers immediatly, however some times the answer appears to be delayed because of this battle. 21 DAYS!!!! 5. fallen angels are at war with believers o The "symbols" of belivers as soldiers are true - we are at war! 6. angels are self determinant and voluntary agents o Ez.28:15-17,IS.14:12-15 o Angels are intelligent viable beings. o They made a choice long ago to serve God or follow lucifer. 7. they are intricately involved in our lives
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed” (Gal. 1:8). Americans have been touched by the ANGEL CRAZE Angels are big business. “Angelmania” everywhere Angelic jewelry and figurines (mostly depicted as females or babies with wings and halos); Books about angels; paintings of angels (usually in serene settings, never lifting their hand to judge mankind); One of the top Gospel songs for 1998 was a song titled “Angels in the Room.” Popular movies like “Angels in the Outfield.” One of the most popular movies this year was “City of Angels.” It is about “an angel” who becomes a human in order to have sexual relations with a woman. This is nothing new: The same thing occurred in Genesis 6. Jude verses 6-7 speak of this occurrence “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation... giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh.” The popular television series Touched by an Angel, promotes another gospel that denies our need for the cross. The show’s producer portrays angels as nonjudgmental beings coming from a source of love. This definition translates into episodes where homosexuals are relieved from any requirement to repent and are resurrected to new life after death without the need for Christ. Actress Della Reese, who plays Tess in the show, is the founder of a church called Understanding the Principles of Better Living which promotes the idea that human beings are one with God, one with all people, and one with all life. The publisher of Angel Times Magazine points out, “Angels are a common denominator among the religions of the world and help to unite people spiritually.” Alma Daniels, author of Ask Your Angels, claims today's angels have become more accessible and willing to work with humans at a conscious level. To contact an angel, you simply go inside yourself, ask for what you need, and then sit back and wait. “It will come,” says Sophy Bumbam, author of two best-selling angel books. Paul warns, “Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels...” (Col. 2:18). The periodical Newsday reported, North American interest in angels is developing into an interest in the devil. Books about Satan, and the dark sides of angels, are the "hot button" in book publishing, said Phyllis Tickle of Publishers Weekly. I. The FACT of Angels A. Angels are REAL Over 300 direct references to angels in the Bible. B. Angels were created by God in the dateless past (Col. 1:16). C. Angels are ministering spirits (Heb. 1:7), and invisible (2 Kings 6:13-17). However, they can take human form (Heb. 13:2 Lot had no idea that the two “men” who met him at the gate of Sodom were angels. He washed their feet, and fed them.) D. Angels are powerful (Ps. 103:20) E. Angels are innumerable (Heb. 12:22) F. Angels are masculine. There is not one female angel in the whole Bible. G. Angels are inferior to God, but superior to man. However, in the kingdom, man will judge angels (1 Cor. 6:2-3). II. The FUNCTION of Angels.
B. Angels worship God (Heb. 1:6). C. Angels serve God (Ps. 103:20; Rev. 22:9). D. Angels execute judgment upon the wicked. This is how angels are portrayed most often in the Scriptures On Sodom; On Israel (because of David’s sin); On Sennacherib’s armies; On Herod (in Acts 12); Upon the inhabitants of the earth during the tribulation. 1. They were active in the creation of heaven and earth (Job. 38:4-7). 2. Cherubims guarded the tree of life at the conclusion of the dispensation of Innocence (Gen. 3:24). 3. Angelic beings left their habitation to co-habitate with men at the conclusion of Conscience (Gen. 6). 4. Abraham was guided by an angel when he left Er for the land of Canaan at the commencement of the dispensation of Promise (Gen. 24:6-7). 5. Angels attended the giving of the Law (Gal. 3:19). 6. Angels announced the birth of the Christ (Luke 2) 7. Angels announced the resurrection of Christ (Mt. 28:1-6) 8. Angels were very active during the Apostolic Age in the Book of Acts.
9. Angels will be present at the Rapture and extremely active during the Tribulation period. There are 76 references to angels in Revelation! 10. Angels will assist in setting up the Kingdom (Mt. 25:31).
2. Angels were present when God gave the law to Israel at Mt. Sinai (Ps. 68:17 cf. Gal. 3:19). 3. Angels assisted Israel in the conquest of the promised land (Ex. 23:20). 4. Angels protected Israel from the armies of Sennacherib (Isa. 37:36) 5. Angels protected the prophet Daniel in the lion’s den (Dan. 6:22). 6. An angel announced the birth of John the Baptist who came to manifest the Messiah to Israel (Luke 1:11-14). 7. An angel announced the birth of the Messiah of Israel (Luke 1:26-31). 8. The book of Revelation has more references to angels (76) than any other book in the Bible. The book of Zechariah (which relates to the coming Messiah to Israel) has the second greatest number of references (20) to angels. G. Angels are sent to minister to “them who shall be heirs of salvation” (Heb. 1:14). These are tribulation Jews. Today salvation is not an inheritance. Psalm 34:7 that says, “The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” We hear stories of how some have supposedly entertained “angels.” If this were true, how do they know it was an angel they entertained. Hebrews 13:2 says if someone did entertain an angel, they would no be aware of it! III. The FALL of Angels Some angels are called “evil angels” (Ps. 78:49). The Bible calls them “devils.” Where did these evil angels come from? A. Satan was originally Lucifer, the anointed cherub. He fell and became “the devil” when he was lifted up in pride and sought to exalt his throne above the throne of God That is, he desired to be worshipped like God. Satan still desires worshippers. One of his temptations posed to Christ was for Jesus to worship him (Mt. 4:9). During the tribulation period, almost the whole world will worship him “And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? ...And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb...” (Rev. 13:4, 8). B. All angels were originally created “holy.” God cannot create something that is sinful. Some angels chose not to obey God and sinned. Peter refers to “the angels that sinned” (2 Pet. 2:4). Jude mentions “the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation...” (Jude 6). C. Jesus referred to hell as “everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Mt. 25:41). Evidently, Satan’s angels are the angels which chose to follow Lucifer in his quest for the worship that belonged to God.
So Paul writes: "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?" Hebrews 1v14. Angels test believers!!! "Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it." Hebrews 13v2 So then Angels are messengers and servants from God who in appearance look like you and I. Now as to number of angels Daniel records Dan 7v10 "A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him." An innumerable number carrying out the will of God.
So God gave the word of command at creation and the Angels carried out His word, bringing all things into existence by the power of God, creating all things just as God commanded. Angels come to earth: "Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the LORD, and he said: "I am the LORD, he God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying." Genesis 28V10-13. John 1:51 Jesus will return and set up God's Kingdom on the Earth. The Angels will bring about all God has foretold will happen, as the signs we see in the world about us heralding the return of Jesus show, - a subject in itself. Thus we come on to another function of the Angels, that of representing God. Again we can go to the Old Testament for an example: "See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out." Exodus 23v20-23 Certain Angels then represent God, speaking words on his behalf, just as He commands them. For example we read that Abraham was approached by 3 men [Please read GEN 18v2,16-17 & 20-22.] Two of these 'men' go to Sodom, the third stays and talks with Abraham, being referred to as 'the Lord said' thus and so. So God speaks through the Angel to Abraham, yet the angel speaks as if he were God. This is a Theophany - an OT appearance of Jesus the Christ! Another example is where we read of Manoah and his wife who offered sacrifice to God: "As the flame blazed up from the altar towards heaven, the Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground. When the angel of the LORD did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realised that it was the angel of the LORD. "We are doomed to die!" he said to his wife. "We have seen God!" Judges 13v20-22 Why did Manoah fear death would follow seeing the Angel? Well surely he knew what God had said to Moses "No man shall see me and live" this was no mere angel - he saw God in Jesus, in His pre-incarnate state. Many times in scripture we read "The Lord said" this or that, but we must realise that it is not God directly in front of man speaking directly to him, but rather a Theophany. So the Promise to those who trust God and strive to serve him faithfully, those who believe his word and try to obey it:
Matthew 4:6 and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, {1} He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. {1) Ps 91:11, 12} Matthew 4:11 Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him. Matthew 13:39 and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is {1} the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. {1) Or the consummation of the age} Matthew 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, Matthew 13:49 So shall it be in {1} the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, {1) Or the consummation of the age} Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his {1} deeds. {1) Gr doing} Matthew 18:10 See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels {1} in heaven. {1) Many ancient authorities add of God} Matthew 24:31 And he shall send forth his angels {1} with {2} a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. {1) Many ancient authorities read with a great trumpet, and they shall gather etc 2) Or a trumpet of great sound} Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, {1} neither the Son, but the Father only. {1) Many authorities, some ancient, omit neither the Son} Matthew 25:31 ¶ But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, {1} Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: {1) Or Depart from me under a curse} Matthew 26:53 Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? Mark 1:13 And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; And he was with the wild beasts; And the angels ministered unto him. Mark 8:38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven. Mark 13:27 And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. Mark 13:32 But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Luke 2:15 And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this {1} thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. {1) Or saying} Luke 4:10 for it is written, {1} He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard thee: {1) Ps 91:11, 12} Luke 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
o Read PS.89:5-7 o Compare to Dan.4:17 o "Council" is a word indicating a group with the ability to make decisions & decree judgements (w/gods approval) o I wonder if we are ever brought up before the council of Angels? o Paul new something of Angels that we bypass 1Tim.5:21 o Paul thought it important to include Angels in this appeal to Timothy The Angels had seen enough of pride, and they cried out for a verdict against Nebuchadnezzar’s pride. Ez. 1:18, Zech 4:10, Is. 62:6 We are being watched! Vs. 17 is the Key sentence of the Book of Daniel - God is Soveriegn! Vs. 18 Again, the Spirit of the Holy God is in Daniel and able to interpret this dream! Yüklə 1,06 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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