The
Ministration of Good Angels
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God’s
Family
Of what family does
Paul speak in Ephesians?
“For this reason
I kneel before the Father, from whom the
whole family in heaven and earth
derives its name.” Ephesians
3:14,15.
By what name are
the members of this family called?
“One day the
angels [or sons of God] came
to present themselves before the
Lord, and Satan also came with
them.” Job 1:6. “How great
is the love the Father has lavished
on us, that we should be called
children of God! And that is what
we are! The reason the world does not
know us is that it did not know
him.” 1 John 3:1.
By what name do we
know the family in heaven?
“Then I looked
and heard the voice of many
angels, numbering thousands upon
thousands, and ten thousand times ten
thousand. They encircled the
thrown and the living creatures and
the elders. Revelation 5:11.
Did angels exist
before the death of any of the human
family?
“After he drove
the man out, he placed on the east
side of the Garden of Eden cherubim
and a flaming sword flashing back and
forth to guard the way to the tree of
life.”
Genesis 3:24.
Note – “The
morning stars sang together, and all
the sons of God shouted for
joy” at the foundation of
the earth. (Job 38:6,7.)
What does Paul say
of their number?
“But you have
come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly
Jerusalem, the city of the living
God. You have come to thousands
upon thousands of angels in
joyful assembly.”
Hebrews 12:22.
(See also Daniel 7:10.) [Innumerable
company of angels]
Are angels a higher
order of beings than man?
“You have made
him a little lower than the
heavenly beings.” Psalm 8:5.
[Angels]
Is Christ ever
called an angel?
“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.” Exodus 23:20. (See
verse 23; Acts 7:38.) “In all
their distress he too was distressed,
and the angel of his presence
saved them. In his love and mercy
he redeemed them; he lifted them up
and carried them all the days of
old.” Isaiah 63:9. “Michael
the archangel.” Jude 9. (See
also Daniel 12:1; 1 Thessalonians
4:16.)
Note - Angel means messenger.
In Malachi 3:1, Christ is called ‘the
messenger of the covenant.”
To whose authority
is the angels subject?
“And this water
symbolizes baptism that now saves you
also – not the removal of dirt
from the body but the pledge of a
good conscience toward God. It saves
you by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, who has gone into heaven
and is at God’s right hand
– with angels, authorities
and powers in submission to
him.” 1 Peter 3:21,22.
In what form did
Gabriel appear to Daniel?
“His body was
like chrysolite, his face like
lightening, his eyes like flaming
torches, his arms and legs like
the gleam of burnished bronze,
and his voice like the sound of a multitude.”
Daniel 10:6.
Note – The form
in which other celestial beings
revealed themselves in vision is
similar. See, for example, the
description of God, the “Ancient
of days,” in Daniel 7:9; and of
Christ, “the Son of man,”
in Revelation 1:13-15. The angel that
rolled away the stone from
Christ’s sepulcher is precisely
described: “His countenance was like
lightening, and his raiment white
as snow.” Matthew 28:3.
Why does Paul
encourage us to entertain strangers?
Do not forget to
entertain strangers, for by so
doing some people have entertained
angels without knowing it.”
Hebrews 13:2.
Character,
Power, and Work of Angels
What is said of the
strength and character of the angels?
“Praise the Lord,
you his angels, you mighty ones
who do his bidding, who obey his
word.” Psalm 103:20.
In
what work are the angels engaged?
“Are not all
angels ministering spirits sent to
serve those who will inherit
salvation?”
Hebrews 1:14.
In
his dream at Bethel, what did Jacob
see?
“He had a dream
in which he saw a stairway resting on
the earth, with its top reaching to
heaven, and angels of God were
ascending and descending on it.”
Genesis 28:12.
What
scripture indicates that each child
of God has an accompanying angel?
“See that you
do not look down on one of these
little ones. For I tell you that
their angels in heaven
always see the face of my Father in
heaven.” Matthew 18:10.
Note – Another
has said: “Christians who live
in the light of God’s
countenance are always accompanied by
unseen angels, and these holy beings
leave behind them a blessing in our
homes.
How is their watch
care over God’s people
expressed?
“The angel of the
Lord encamps around those who fear
him, and he delivers them.”
Psalm 34:7.
When
surrounded by the Syrians, what did
Elisha do?
“Don’t be
afraid,” the prophet answered.
“Those who are with us are
more than who are with them.”
And Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open
his eyes so he may see.” Then
the Lord opened his eyes, and he saw
the hills full of horses and chariots
of fire all about Elisha.”
2 Kings 6:16,17.
What
does the psalmist say of the chariots
of God?
“The chariots of
God are ten of thousands and
thousands of thousands; the Lord
has come, from Sinai into his
sanctuary.”
By what means were
the apostles delivered from prison?
“But during the
night an angel of the Lord opened
the doors of the jail and brought
them out.” Acts 5:19.
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