God’s Invisible Agents God has had angels specifically assigned to supervise and protect his Church throughout all of its history (Revelation 1:4, 16, 20; 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14). He has angels who continually walk through the earth to observe and report back to him the overall conditions on earth (Revelation 5:6; Zechariah 4:10; 2 Chronicles 16:9). And God has angels specifically assigned to look after his begotten human children (Acts 12:15; Matthew 18:10). God promises: “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways” (Psalm 91:11). Twelve of God’s angels will be the gatekeepers in the new city of Jerusalem (Revelation 21:12), one for each tribe of Israel. These 12 may be assisting the archangel Michael now. Angels are messengers. They appeared to Abraham, Lot, Hagar, Moses, Manoah, Gideon, Elijah and many of the prophets and apostles. When these angels manifest themselves to human beings, they generally do so in the form of men. The Bible mentions three angels of high rank: Lucifer (Isaiah 14:12), now Satan the devil; Gabriel, who appeared to Daniel on two occasions (Daniel 8:16; 9:21), to Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:19), and later Mary, the mother of Jesus (Luke 1:26); and third, Michael, called one of the chief princes (Daniel 10:13), and whom Jude identifies as an archangel (Jude 9). Michael is the archangel specifically assigned to protect and minister to the 12 tribes of Israel (Daniel 12:1; 10:2-13, 21) and to the true Church of God today (Revelation 12:7).
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:13:46 +0000
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