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Fun things Angels didFun things Angels did• Create this world and all the living creaturesCreate this world and all the living creatures• Guide stone from David’s sling into Goliath’s Guide stone from David’s sling into Goliath’s

headhead• Bring the plagues on the EgyptiansBring the plagues on the Egyptians• Knock the wheels off Pharaoh’s chariotsKnock the wheels off Pharaoh’s chariots• Chase Philistines out of the land with hornetsChase Philistines out of the land with hornets• Tear the veil in the temple when Jesus diedTear the veil in the temple when Jesus died• Lead Peter out of prisonLead Peter out of prison• Arrange worldwide tax so Jesus born in Arrange worldwide tax so Jesus born in

BethlehemBethlehem• Shower fire & brimstones on SodomShower fire & brimstones on Sodom• Lengthen the day for Joshua to take the landLengthen the day for Joshua to take the land• Bring the animals to Noah in the arkBring the animals to Noah in the ark• Rain manna & quail on the IsraelitesRain manna & quail on the Israelites• Guide the arrow that just happened to hit Guide the arrow that just happened to hit

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Job 4:17-1917 'Can a mortal be more righteous

than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?18 If He puts no trust in His

servants, if He charges His angels with error,19 How much more those who dwell

in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before a moth?

Don’t mistakenly think Eliphaz was right!

God entrusts His angels with awesome power and authority as they work to

accomplish His will

Matthew 18:1010"Take heed that you do not

despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.

Every brother, sister, and young person has an angel assigned to them. God doesn’t leave anything to chance! Be aware of their presence, thank God for them, and don’t frustrate their work.

Angels don’t know the final outcome anymore than we do today with our converts (1 Cor 3) until the fire tests our work. This adds to their excitement!

Acts 12:5-95 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but

constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, "Arise quickly!" And his chains fell off his hands.

8 Then the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and tie on your sandals"; and so he did. And he said to him, "Put on your garment and follow me."

9 So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.Note the power of this angel to free

Peter, and his compassion in dealing with Peter

Acts 12:13-1613 And as Peter knocked at the door of

the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer.14 When she recognized Peter's voice,

because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate.15 But they said to her, "You are beside

yourself!" Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, "It is his angel."16 Now Peter continued knocking; and

when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

They knew Peter had an angel watching over him

Genesis 28:12-1512 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was

set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.

14 "Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

15 "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."

This angel stayed with Jacob all his life, and Jacob learned to trust him!

Genesis 31:1111 "Then the Angel of God spoke

to me in a dream, saying, 'Jacob.' And I said, 'Here I am.'

Genesis 31:2424 But God had come to Laban

the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, "Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad."

Angels can influence human lives through dreams. Angels took care of Jacob in all his

troubles.

Genesis 31:2929 "It is in my power to do you harm, but

the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'

42 "Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

The angels are very aware of the way others treat us. They do intervene to help us out.

Genesis 32:1-2, 9-121 So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of

God met him.2 When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's

camp." And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

9 Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, (an angel – 31:11-13) 'Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you':

10 "I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.

11 "Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me and the mother with the children.

12 "For You said, 'I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'"

Genesis 32:24-2724 Then Jacob was left alone; and a

Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.25 Now when He saw that He did not

prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him.26 And He said, "Let Me go, for the day

breaks." But he said, "I will not let You go unless You bless me!"27 So He said to him, "What is your

name?" And he said, "Jacob."Jacob knew his family was in trouble. He needed his angel to save his family and held on till he received the angel’s

blessing

Hosea 12:3-53 He took his brother by the heel in

the womb, and in his strength he struggled with God.4 Yes, he struggled with the Angel

and prevailed; he wept, and sought favor from Him. He found Him in Bethel, and there He spoke to us--5 That is, the LORD God of hosts.

The LORD is His memorable name.Jacob prevailed through tears! He pleaded with his angel for

help. That’s what we need to do.

Genesis 32:28-3028 And He said, "Your name shall no

longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed."29 Then Jacob asked, saying, "Tell me

Your name, I pray." And He said, "Why is it that you ask about My name?" And He blessed him there.30 And Jacob called the name of the place

Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

Part of Jacob’s personal relationship with God, was through his relationship with his angel. This is an important step for

ourselves.

Genesis 48:15-1615 And he blessed Joseph, and said: "God,

before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,16 The Angel who has redeemed me from all

evil, bless the lads; let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."

There is no separation between God and his angels. Their work is

His work. Their blessing is His blessing.

Some angels may work in families.

Exodus 33:1-31 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Depart and go

up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'To your descendants I will give it.'

2 "And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

3 "Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way for you are a stiff-necked people."

Angels send other angels on missions. This angel was running out of patience with this stiff-necked people and wanted to send another angel in his place.

Exodus 33:9-119 And it came to pass, when Moses

entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud

standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door.11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to

face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

Moses knew this angel personally and had developed a trusting relationship

with him.

Exodus 33:12-1612 Then Moses said to the LORD, "See, You say

to me, 'Bring up this people.' But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.'

13 "Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people."

14 And He said, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."

15 Then he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.

16 "For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth."

Moses really wanted this angel to stay with him!

Exodus 33:17-2017 So the LORD said to Moses, "I will also do

this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name."18 And he said, "Please, show me Your

glory."19 Then He said, "I will make all My

goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."20 But He said, "You cannot see My face; for

no man shall see Me, and live."This angel mercifully agreed to stay with Moses and help him personally lead the nation. This angel was one of the most

powerful manifestations of our heavenly Father.

Exodus 24:1-111 Now He said to Moses, "Come up to the

LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.2 "And Moses alone shall come near the

LORD, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with him."

9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,10 and they saw the God of Israel. And

there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.11 But on the nobles of the children of

Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank.

Leviticus 10:1-31 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron,

each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.

2 So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

3 And Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; and before all the people I must be glorified.' "So Aaron held his peace.

Nadab & Abihu had seen an angel revealing the glory of God, but it didn’t change their lives. Feeling the presence of the angels

with us will help us to glorify & honor God at all times

Daniel 8:13-1613 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another

holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, "How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled under foot?"

14 And he said to me, "For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed."

15 Then it happened, when I, Daniel, had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning, that suddenly there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."

Some angels know more than others!Angels may help us understand God’s word.

Daniel 8:17-1917 So he came near where I stood, and

when he came I was afraid and fell on my face; but he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end."

18 Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright.

19 And he said, "Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be.

Angels want to help! Like true friends they touch, strengthen, and help us

understand.

1 Samuel 3:1-1011 Then the boy Samuel ministered to the Then the boy Samuel ministered to the

LORD before Eli. And LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.widespread revelation.

22 And it came to pass at that time, while Eli And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow so dim that he could eyes had begun to grow so dim that he could not see,not see,

33 and and before the lamp of God went out in the before the lamp of God went out in the tabernacletabernacle of the LORD where the ark of God of the LORD where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down,was, and while Samuel was lying down,

44 that that the LORD called Samuelthe LORD called Samuel. And he . And he answered, "Here I am!"answered, "Here I am!"

55 So he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you So he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." And he said, "I did not call; lie called me." And he said, "I did not call; lie down again." And he went and lay down.down again." And he went and lay down.

1 Samuel 3:1-1066 And And the LORD called yet again,the LORD called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel "Samuel!" So Samuel

arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." And he answered, "I did not call, my son; lie called me." And he answered, "I did not call, my son; lie down again."down again."

77 (Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor was the (Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.)word of the LORD yet revealed to him.)

88 And And the LORD called Samuel again the third time.the LORD called Samuel again the third time. Then Then he arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you he arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you did call me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD had did call me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD had called the boy.called the boy.

99 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down; and it shall Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, 'Speak, LORD, be, if He calls you, that you must say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down for Your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.in his place.

1010 Now Now the LORD came the LORD came and stoodand stood and called as at and called as at other times,other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Speak, for Your servant hears.""Speak, for Your servant hears."

This angel patiently introduced himself to the young boy

Samuel!

Luke 24:4-84 And it happened, as they were greatly

perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.

5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?

6 "He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,

7 "saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.'“ (see Mark 9:30-32)

8 And they remembered His words.

Angels are with us all the time. Even when we think we are alone. They hear and see everything we do and think. It’s essential

for their work. They patiently wait for us to develop.

Acts 27:22-2522 "And now I urge you to take heart, for

there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.23 "For there stood by me this night an

angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve,24 "saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must

be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.'25 "Therefore take heart, men, for I believe

God that it will be just as it was told me.

Angel reassured Paul in a crisis time for him. Angels will stand by you too during

tough times

Luke 15:8-108 "Or what woman, having ten silver

coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?9 "And when she has found it, she

calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!'10 "Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in

the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Angels rejoice together. Share each other’s joy. There’s no jealousy and no competition!

Now is our opportunity to practice living like angels!

Acts 1:9-119 Now when He had spoken these

things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.10 And while they looked steadfastly

toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,11 who also said, "Men of Galilee, why

do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."

As Jesus ascended into heaven, angels remained to continue their work as

ministering spirits for the sake of those who will inherit salvation!

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Angels brought the Babylonians down to destroy Jerusalem and picked up God’s Glory from the ark in the temple

Revelation 4 & 5

The faithful saints have become members of God’s family and manifest his spirit in the Kingdom of God

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Matthew 4:10-1110 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with

you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'"11 Then the devil left Him, and behold,

angels came and ministered to Him.

They

Matthew 26:36-3836 Then Jesus came with them to a

place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go and pray over there."37 And He took with Him Peter and

the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.38 Then He said to them, "My soul is

exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me."

In his time of great sorrow and distress, Jesus needed his friends

Matthew 26:39-4139 He went a little farther and fell on

His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will."40 Then He came to the disciples and

found them asleep, and said to Peter, "What? Could you not watch with Me one hour?41 "Watch and pray, lest you enter into

temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

The disciples were overcome and bewildered by what Jesus was going through. They let him down.

Matthew 26:42-4342 Again, a second time, He went away and

prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done."

43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

When Jesus’ friends failed, an angel came through for

him!

Luke 22:43-44 43 Then an angel appeared to Him from

heaven, strengthening Him.44 And being in agony, He prayed more

earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling

Matthew 26:4343 And He came and found them asleep

again, for their eyes were heavy.

John 20:10-1410 Then the disciples went away again to their

own homes.11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping,

and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.

12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

13 Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him."

14 Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.

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