Friday 23 March 2012

'ABOUT ANGELS'

Title: 'MALE ANGEL' /Acryl - Prayer Art by Rev.Bola
*Christian Lessons - On ANGELS

ANGEL (Definition):-


A Created being whose primary function is to serve and worship God
A messenger from God who delivers God's message of instruction, warning, or hope.
A supernatural messenger from God, or a divine attendant; often represented  with wings.
They are regarded as spiritual beings. They are often depicted as messengers of God
The term "angel" has also been expanded to various notions of spiritual beings found in many  religious traditions.
Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God's tasks.

*BIBLE REFERENCES TO ANGELS AND ARCH ANGELS
See: Daniel 8:15-17, Luke 1:26  - On Angel Gabriel
See: Daniel 10:13, Daniel 10:21, Daniel 12:1, Jude 1:9, Revelation 12:7- On Angel Michael
See: 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - on Arch Angels

    Genesis 16:7
    But the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur....
    Genesis 16:9
    The Angel of the Lord said to her, Go back to your mistress and [humbly] submit to her control....
    Genesis 16:10
    Also the Angel of the Lord said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly,
    so that they shall not be numbered for multitude...

    Genesis 3:24
    He threw them out of the garden and stationed angel-cherubim and a revolving sword of fire east of it,
    guarding the path to the Tree-of-Life....
    Genesis 16:7
    An angel of God found her beside a spring in the desert;...
    Genesis 16:9
    The angel of God said, "Go back to your mistress....

    Gen 18:1-8
    ... others, that one of them was the Son of God, the Angel of the covenant....
    Gen 21:14-21
    HAGAR AND ISHMAEL ARE CAST FORTH,
   THEY ARE RELIEVED AND COMFORTED BY AN ANGEL....
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    ... But his rule on this planet and among a portion of the angel-spirit world has experienced a temporary rebellion....
    Matthew 1:20-21
    ... But when Joseph was approached by God through the angel,
he accepted his role and did precisely as he was instructed by God....
    Matthew 1:24-25.
    ... The dream that had begun for Joseph in verse 20 ends in these verses with him
waking and choosing to obey everything the angel had told him to do....

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    Mark 14:1-2
    ... The Passover was the annual Jewish festival or feast celebrating the time when
   the angel of the Lord passed over the homes of the Hebrews on the night...
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    Luke 1:11
    ... Zechariah was visited by an angel of the Lord....
   The angel stood in the holy place beside the altar where Zechariah...
    Luke 1:12
    ... Zechariah responded to the angel just as we would and as biblical characters usually did—
    with pulse-stopping fear and hair-raising terror....
    Luke 1:13
    ... God's angel responded in words God always used to announce salvation to the prophets:
    Do not be afraid....
    Luke 1:14
    ... The angel gave Zechariah no time to reply....
    Luke 1:19
    ... The angel had a quick answer....
    I am the angel Gabriel sent directly from God's presence to share this good news...
    Luke 1:26
    ... The angel Gabriel was again in action, but this time in Nazareth—
    an insignificant village known only as the home base for the eighteenth of the twenty...
    Luke 1:29
    ... An angel who promises a special audience with God is even more confusing....
    Luke 1:30
    ... The heavenly messenger understood her troubled mind,
     so the angel repeated the comforting words Zechariah had heard (v....
    Luke 1:31-33
    ... The angel's message did not ease Mary's confused mind immediately—
   not with a divine birth announcement for a baby named "Yahweh is salvation...
    Luke 1:38
    ... With his mission accomplished, the angel left.
   Your Prayer Has Been Heard (1:13)
    ... An angel told him that his prayer had been answered....
Never had an angel jumped in front of him with immediate response...
    Luke 2:8-12
    ... With the angel came God's glory, his shining majesty,
    the side of God humans can see and to which they can respond in confession, worship, and...
    Luke 2:13-14
    ... An angelic chorus burst on the scene, confirming the original angel's message and singing heavenly praise to God....
    Luke 2:17-20
    ... He would be called Jesus, just as the angel instructed (1:31)....
    Luke 2:27-33
    ... 21) and proclaimed by the angel as Savior

    ... In Luke the angel explained to Zechariah that he had been sent to tell good news (Luke1:19)....
    Luke 22:43

    ... Rather than tell him what to do, God sent an angel to feed and encourage him....
     Passover and Unleavened Bread (22:1)

Exodus Story
 ' ... from the lamb was placed on the doorposts of the house,
    reminding people how God had protected the Israelites from the passing of the death angel...'
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 John (5)
Stirring Up the Waters (5:4)
John 5:3 and all of John 5:4: "From time to time an angel of the...

"the angel of the bottomless pit" (Rev 9:11)

Abraham and Isaac
  ... and when about to slay his son, whom he had laid on the altar,
his uplifted hand was arrested by the angel of Jehovah, and a ram, which was entangled...
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For more information about Angels and working with them, 
in our Contemporary Times go here:- 
www.guidedbyangels.info
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