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Amazing Facts

Angels

Joe Crews

The Angels, Part 1

The Angels, Part 2

Upon the very highest authority, it has now been established that spirits from other worlds do visit this earth from time to time.

You've probably encountered 1 of these visitors from outer space without realizing it.

In just a moment, you'll hear the amazing facts about these creatures and what they look like.

Hello, this is Joe Cruz and the Amazing Facts broadcast, facts which affect you.

You know, some of the most fascinating discussions taking place in the world today revolve around the possibility of visiting other planets in the space age future.

There has also been a great deal of talk about visitors from other worlds making contact with this earth.

Well, friends, the amazing fact is that these visitors are already here.

For many years now, visitors from outer space have been going back and forth and have actually appeared to individuals living right here in this world.

Now I don't want you to take my word for it today.

Here is a text right out of the great source book of all truth, the Bible.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Now notice this is talking about the angels who were sent forth from God in heaven to minister to people right here on this earth.

So it's literally true that these angels are called spirits.

They do come from another world and they are constantly speeding back and forth on their missions for God.

Now before we go any further today, let me clarify some false impressions held by many people regarding the angels.

Mothers have been known to tell their children that if they would be good, someday they could be angels in heaven.

Now is it true that the angels are actually the spirits of the dead?

Do the godly mothers of this earth turn into angels when they die?

First of all, we know that angels existed before any of the human family had died.

They don't depend on the death of mortals for their existence.

Notice these words in Genesis 3.24, So he drove out the man, and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword, which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." Now there you notice that no 1 had yet died, and there were cherubims, there were angels.

Furthermore the Scriptures make it clear that angels were made before man, and they belonged to an entirely different order of beings.

The psalmist tells us in Psalms 8, 4-8, What is man, that thou art mindful of him, and the Son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

Yes, the fact is that we can never hope to be angels.

Even though we belong to the same great family of God, there is a vast difference of order which separates the earthly from the heavenly members of that family.

All right, if they are not related to earthly beings, then where did the angels come from?

The answer is found in Colossians 1, 16, and 17.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.

All things were created by him, and for him.

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Yes, they were created by God, sometime back there in the vast eternity of the past, before the creation of this world even, they were formed by the power of God.

Apparently, of course, there are various types of good angels among those heavenly hosts.

Psalms 99, 1 describes the cherubim with their 2 wings arched over the very throne of God.

Isaiah 6, 1-7 speaks of seraphim who have 6 wings and seem to have separate duties to perform.

They are real beings who simply possess powers that you and I do not have.

In Genesis 18, 1-8, we are told that some angels appeared to Abraham in the plains of Mamre.

With typical Eastern hospitality, Abraham prepared a meal for his guest, and the record says, He stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Now, friends, if they had been bodiless spirits, this act of eating would have been an impossibility.

They had bodies just as real as yours and mine.

We find no evidence that these heavenly visitors are indefinite, formless, vacuous objects.

The Bible reveals they have personality, knowledge, and so forth.

1 Peter 1.12 says, Which things the angels desire to look into.

And then again in 2 Samuel 14.20 we read, According to the wisdom of an angel of God.

Now, if they are real beings, some might ask why we can't see them.

How many believe that a glass of water is full of little wiggling bits of life?

That water is full of germ life, And if we could look at a drop through the microscope right now, it would be alive with movement.

There are a lot of things that are real that we can't see or hear.

The room you're sitting in is full of voices and music of all kinds at this very moment, but you can't hear it.

However, all we need do is bring a radio into the room and turn it on, and immediately you will hear these sounds which fill the air.

The fact that we cannot see or hear a thing is no proof that it does not exist.

The truth is that men have seen angels, of course, and even animals have seen angels.

In Numbers 22, 20-33, a certain man by the name of Balaam was riding along on his donkey 1 day.

The animal suddenly stopped in its tracks at a narrow place between 2 walls.

Even though Balaam beat the donkey unmercifully, it refused to move because its eyes were open to an angel standing there.

In a few moments Balaam also saw the angel, and he realized why the animal had not moved forward.

Now 1 reason angels are not seen by men more often is that we are so awed by the supernatural.

In Revelation 22, 8 and 9 we read this, And I, John, saw these things, and heard them.

And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things.

Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not.

For I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book.

Worship God." Now here the great prophet John had to be rebuked for trying to worship an angel.

If their supernatural glory had such an effect upon that great man of God, What would our reaction be?

If God permitted them to make frequent appearances in their glory, men would make angels an object of adoration and worship.

Generally, the special appearance of angels on the earth today is in the form of human beings.

The apostle wrote this in Hebrews 13, 2, Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Now the fact is, friend, that you may have encountered an angel yourself in the form of a stranger without even realizing it.

Angels then should not be worshipped, but we ought to have a full appreciation of their power.

Sometimes they are commissioned from God to bring judgments upon the wicked.

1 notable example of this is found in the Old Testament experience of an Assyrian army which defied the God of heaven.

During the night an angel came down among the soldiers, and the next morning 186, 000 Assyrians were found dead.

Now this is in sharp contrast to the usual work of protection carried out by those angel hosts.

But we must remember that it is towards those who fear God that angels minister with the greatest power.

Psalms 34 7 tells us, "...the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them." Yes, angels are very real and have actually been seen.

Let's read another experience found in 2 Kings 6, 15-17.

15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, and host compassed the city both with horses and chariots.

And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master, how shall we do?

And he answered, Fear not, for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see.

And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw.

And behold, a mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

Now let me point out that angels are in close touch with members of this human family.

They watch the movements of humanity closely.

They know whether or not we pray, they know whether or not we give donations to God, whether or not we support His work.

For I turn to the book of Acts and find in the tenth chapter how an angel of God came to Cornelius and told him that his prayers and his alms had come up as a sweet savor before God.

But now listen to what he said in verses 5 and 6.

Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

Now send men to Joppa, and call for 1 Simon, whose surname is Peter.

He lodgeth with 1 Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside, and he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do." Now notice something very interesting here, friends.

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