Angels we have heard On High

Men have always been interested in angels, good and bad angels. Angels are very real. They are all around us, but they are usually invisible. People have portrayed angels as winged men, women and babies. But angels are not human, man or woman. They are very powerful spiritual beings. Just one angel destroyed 185,000 Assyrian warriors in one night!

There are good angels, who serve and worship God for ever and ever; but there are also bad angels called fallen angels, and these will be destroyed at the end of the world. These evil angels are what the New Testament calls demons, and they resist God by working for the Evil One.

Jesus Christ, on the night before he was crucified, told his disciples that he could ask his Father for more than twelve legions of angels to defend him, but that he must instead go to the cross to die. A legion of Roman soldiers, was 6000 infantrymen plus 120 calvary plus all the auxiliary troops necessary to keep a legion running. If one angel could destroy an entire army in one night, imagine what over 72,000 of them could do!

The good angels protect God’s children against the Evil One, who directs the fallen angels. The fallen angels also rule over the wicked on the face of the earth by using their powers to deceive men into thinking that lies are the truth, and that truth is a lie. Very seldom do angels take direct physical action in this earthly realm, but when they do, some very weird things can happen. But mostly, they cause men’s minds to be affected to the point they imagine things that are not true. But angels can assume human form and you probably wouldn’t know it until afterwards.

Some day, God will use His mighty angels to gather together all of the wicked people at the end of the world. The angels will cast them into a furnace of fire in which there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The bad angels will also be thrown into this lake of fire. So will their boss, the devil. Everything that causes sin and death will be tossed in along with the wicked. There are many more things that could be said about angels.

But more importantly, will you be among those whom the angels hunt down at the end of the world, or will you be among those who will rejoice at the coming of Jesus Christ with all his mighty angels? Starting today, bow your knee to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, the mighty Lord of Armies, Jesus Christ. You will make an enemy, but the devil hates you anyway. You will also be protected by the angels of God.

You should realize that you deserve the judgment God renders upon his enemies, but you must also realize that the only way to come out of that dreadful place is to believe that this same God sent his only Son, Jesus Christ, in order to put away all the judgment against you. He did this by dying the death that you deserve. By coming to this truth, you will be protected by God Himself, not only by his holy angels, but by his Holy Spirit, and by the Name of Jesus Christ.

For to what angel did God ever say, "Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee"? Or again, "I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son"? And again, when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."

Of the angels he says, "...who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire."

But of the Son he says, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, and a ruling rod of justice is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved justice and hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of rejoicing, placing thee above thy companions." And, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands; they will perish, but thou remainest; they will all wear out like a garment, like a cloak thou wilt roll them up, and they will be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years will never end."

But to what angel has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet"? Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?

 - Chris Simonson

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