Sometimes the Lord sends Angels to walk upon this earth. The forms they take are varied, from the moment of their birth. He sent them here to teach us, in so many different ways, the reason why we're living, and the purpose of our days.
We may not always know them as they pass along the way, but be sure there is a reason for the souls we meet each day. So be sure your always willing, and be ready with a hand, to help someone who needs it or just listen when you can.
For when we help another, and pass on hope and love our souls are one step closer to our Father up above.
"The Scripture says there is a time to be born and a time to die. And when my time to die comes an angel will be there to comfort me. He will give me peace and joy even at that most critical hour, and usher me into the presence of God, and I will dwell with the Lord forever. Thank God for the ministry of His blessed angels."
Billy Graham
How to know the difference between Good and Bad Angels:
All angels were created as holy angels, but about a third of them rebelled against God and fell from their sinless position (Revelation 12:9). Satan, the leader of the "bad" or fallen angels, is a liar, a murderer, and a thief. (John 10:10) He hates God and he passionately hates God's people. The Bible says that he prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). We need to remember that Satan and all the demons are supernaturally brilliant, and Satan disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14). Masquerading as a holy angel, Satan and his demons are behind the current angel craze in our culture.
We must always be aware of the two kinds of angelic activity in the world: good and evil. Be careful of the books you read or the seminars you attend. While there are a number of wonderful Christian books available, there are numerous publications filled with demonic deception of the ugliest kind! The Scriptures tell us to try or test the spirits to see if they are from God. How do we know if they have "passed" the test? There are at least four criteria to identify God's angels:
A spirit from God always acknowledges that Jesus is the Christ who came to the world to die for our sin and redeem us from Satan's bondage (1 John 4:1-6). An angel of God will always glorify God. Holy angels do not draw attention to themselves. They work quietly, most often behind the scenes, then when the work is done, they leave.
An angel of God will not accept worship, but will tell you to worship God (Rev. 2:18; 19:10; 22:9). Some "angel experts" instruct their followers to love their angels and call upon them for health, healing, prosperity, and guidance. God's angels, however, are His servants, and all this attention and emphasis and glory should go to God, not His servants. God says, "I will not share my glory with another" (Isaiah 42:8). Scripture makes no mention of loving angels. However, it does tell us to love God and His word. It also tells us to love each other. Never angels! And it never tells us to pray to angels, only to the Lord Himself.
An angel of God does not come when we recite a mantra, or formula, but at the command of God (Exodus 3:2; Luke 1:11, 19; 26; Hebrews 1:13,14).
And finally, an angel from God will not give you instruction or guidance that deviates from what God has already said in His Word Galatians 1:8). When an angel begins to tell you things that change God's Word, you know you are not speaking with a holy angel from God but a demon from hell. Satan misquoted the Scripture to Jesus. He is still disguising himself as an "angel of light" to deceive people (2 Cor. 11:14).
Remember do not pray to the Angels, pray to the Father and thank him for sending the angels. And remember, the good Angels do not come on your call to them, they come on the command of The Father, God.
Counterfeit Angels
Jesus declared that at the close of the age, He will send His angels to gather all unbelievers and "throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth Matthew 13:41-42;" these souls are doomed to spend eternity separated from God, tortured by Satan's Counterfeit Angels.
II Corinthians 11:13-15
"For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angle of light. So it is not strange if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds."
Romans 2:24-25
"Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hears to impurity, to the dishonoring of the their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen."
Genesis 16:7, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 22:11, Genesis 22:15, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 31:11, Genesis 32:1, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 23:20, Exodus 23:23, Exodus 32:34, Exodus 33:2, Numbers 20:16, Numbers 22:22, Numbers 22:23, Numbers 22:24, Numbers 22:25, Numbers 22:26, Numbers 22:27, Numbers 22:31, Numbers 22:32, Numbers 22:34, Numbers 22:35, Deuteronomy 32:43, Judges 2:1, Judges 2:4, Judges 5:23, Judges 6:11, Judges 6:12, Judges 6:20, Judges 6:21, Judges 6:22, Judges 13:3, Judges 13:6, Judges 13:9, Judges 13:13, Judges 13:15, Judges 13:16, Judges 13:17, Judges 13:20, Judges 13:21, 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 14:20, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Samuel 24:17, 1 Kings 13:18, 1 Kings 19:5, 1 Kings 19:7, 2 Kings 1:3, 2 Kings 1:15, 2 Kings 19:35, 1 Chronicles 21:12, 1 Chronicles 21:15, 1 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Chronicles 21:18, 1 Chronicles 21:20, 1 Chronicles 21:27, 1 Chronicles 21:30, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, Job 4:18, Job 33:23, Job 38:7, Psalm 34:7, Psalm 35:5, Psalm 35:6, Psalm 78:25, Psalm 78:49, Psalm 91:11, Psalm 103:20, Psalm 104:4, Psalm 148:2, Isaiah 37:36, Isaiah 63:9, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 6:22, Hosea 12:4, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:11, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 1:13, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 3:3, Zechariah 3:4, Zechariah 3:5, Zechariah 3:6, Zechariah 4:1, Zechariah 4:4, Zechariah 4:11, Zechariah 5:5, Zechariah 5:10, Zechariah 6:4, Zechariah 6:5, Zechariah 12:8, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:19, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:11, Matthew 13:39, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 22:30, Matthew 24:31, Matthew 24:36, Matthew 25:31, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 26:53, Matthew 28:2, Matthew 28:5, Mark 1:13, Mark 8:38, Mark 12:25, Mark 13:27, Mark 13:32, Luke 1:11, Luke 1:13, Luke 1:18, Luke 1:19, Luke 1:26, Luke 1:28, Luke 1:30, Luke 1:34, Luke 1:35, Luke 1:38, Luke 2:9, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:13, Luke 2:15, Luke 2:21, Luke 4:10, Luke 9:26, Luke 12:8, Luke 12:9, Luke 15:10, Luke 16:22, Luke 20:36, Luke 22:43, Luke 24:23, John 1:51, John 5:3, John 12:29, John 20:12, Acts 5:19, Acts 6:15, Acts 7:30, Acts 7:35, Acts 7:38, Acts 7:53, Acts 8:26, Acts 10:3, Acts 10:4, Acts 10:7, Acts 10:22, Acts 11:13, Acts 12:7, Acts 12:8, Acts 12:9, Acts 12:10, Acts 12:11, Acts 12:15, Acts 12:23, Acts 21:8, Acts 23:8, Acts 23:9, Acts 27:23, Romans 8:38, 1 Corinthians 4:9, 1 Corinthians 6:3, 1 Corinthians 10:10, 1 Corinthians 11:10, 1 Corinthians 13:1, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Galatians 1:8, Galatians 3:19, Galatians 4:14, Ephesians 4:11, Colossians 2:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Timothy 5:21, 2 Timothy 4:5, Hebrews 1:4, Hebrews 1:5, Hebrews 1:6, Hebrews 1:7, Hebrews 1:13, Hebrews 1:14, Hebrews 2:2, Hebrews 2:5, Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9, Hebrews 2:16, Hebrews 12:22, Hebrews 13:2, 1 Peter 1:12, 1 Peter 3:22, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:11, Jude 1:6, Jude 1:9, Revelation 1:1, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 2:1, Revelation 2:8, Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:18, Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 3:14, Revelation 5:2, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 7:1, Revelation 7:2, Revelation 7:11, Revelation 8:2, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4, Revelation 8:5, Revelation 8:6, Revelation 8:7, Revelation 8:8, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 8:13, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:11, Revelation 9:13, Revelation 9:14, Revelation 9:15, Revelation 10:1, Revelation 10:5, Revelation 10:7, Revelation 10:8, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 12:7, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 14:6, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:10, Revelation 14:15, Revelation 14:17, Revelation 14:18, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 15:1, Revelation 15:6, Revelation 15:7, Revelation 15:8, Revelation 16:1, Revelation 16:2, Revelation 16:3, Revelation 16:4, Revelation 16:8, Revelation 16:10, Revelation 16:12, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:3, Revelation 17:7, Revelation 17:15, Revelation 18:1, Revelation 18:21, Revelation 19:9, Revelation 19:17, Revelation 20:1, Revelation 21:9, Revelation 21:12, Revelation 21:15, Revelation 21:17, Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:6, Revelation 22:8, Revelation 22:16
The above is where you can read about Angels in the Bible, the word appears 297 times.
Should We Worship Angels?
And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, 'See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Revelation 19:10
Angels Are Created Beings
The Bible frequently makes it clear that angels are nomaterial; Hebrews 1:14 calls them ministering "spirits." Intrinsically, they do not possess physical bodies, although they may take on physical bodies when God appoints them to special tasks. Furthermore, God has given them no ability to reproduce, and they neither marry nor are given in marriage (Mark 12:25). -- Billy Graham (Angels, God's Secret Agents).
Guardian Angels??
Psalm 91:11: "For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways." Exodus 23:20: "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." Luke 4:10 "For it is written: "`He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully." Luke 4:11: "they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."
God's Army
Elisha, just one of God's prophets was sent to ancient Israel. Elisha was confronted with a human military that threatened their existence, Elisha's servant became scared. Knowing of God's spiritual might,Elisha prayed that his servant's eyes might be opened so that he could see the many heavenly beings that fought on their side. II Kings 6:17 "Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha."
The Nine Ranks of Angels
The nine ranks are usually listed as seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions (or dominations), principaklities, powers, virtues, archangels, and angels.
In the Old Testament and other ancient reliious texts the seven archangels named are Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Raguel, Sariel, and Jeramial.
FUN QUESTIONS!!
1. Why was Satan cast back down to earth?
2. How many Angels followed Satan into rebellion?
3. Satan got to our first parents. What did he promise them?
4. Jesus Christ proved he qualified to be earth's King by doing what?
5. Who are we fighting a battle against?
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