Earth Interrupted! (Hebrews 1:1-9)
Gary McManus, 11/30/2014Part of the Christmas series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
9 Angels at Christmas
Author Joel Miller suggest: “say the word ‘angel’ and people
may conjure many different images.
Halos suggest the light and the holiness of angels.
See the descriptions at Jesus’ resurrection
(Matthew 28:3, Luke 24:4)
There are angels and other spiritual creatures
identified as Cherubim and Seraphim.
(also Revelation 8:13, 14:6; flying but wings
not mentioned)
Angels show in Luke’s book, first chapter,
verse 11! Luke doesn’t get far into the birth
without talking about angels!
What do we really know about angels?
Angels are mentioned almost 300 times
in God’s Word.
Hebrews makes clear the superiority of God’s
Son above the angels. There must have been
something going on [See Colossians 2:18
with Hebrews 1:6]
The word angel=messenger.
Angels are often messengers as a direct link
from the mouth of God Himself [See Isaiah 52:]
Angels are SPIRITUAL beings.
They live in the spiritual world which we may be
shown on occasion (or see in a vision or be
shown something of)
The spirit world is not predictable to us
(John 3:8). It is beyond our reasoning
(Philippians 4:7). [See the risen Jesus
in John 20:19 and 26.]
Also, the spiritual beings are holy and
we are not; in so far as we are “fleshly”
and “of the earth.” They are not of this
world.
Encountering a holy and spiritual presence
is usually unsettling. That is what the Bible
often describes.
Be assured:
The ministry of holy angels will never contradict
the Bible or God’s Will.
The job of angels is to do God’s Will--always.
The action of angels will be consistent with
the character of Christ.
An encounter with an angel will glorify God,
not the angel.
Given the difficulty of communicating with
us mere mortals, notice how the Lord works
to get His Will done at Christmas.
The Lord works with us to do His Will.
The Lord CONFRONTS people with HIS WILL.
No one in the Bible is expecting angels or the
angels’ message. Our earthly life is interrupted
with the plan and promise of God. God’s Will is
to save us. Amen.
For further reading:
Angels, Billy Graham
Angels, Dr. David Jeremiah
Lifted By Angels, Joel J. Miller
Unseen: Angels,Satan, Heaven, Hell, Jack Graham
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