Tag: Angels
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Two Camps, One Journey – Genesis 32:1-2
Genesis 32:1-2And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Jacob is heading home, but home is not simple. Not after twenty years away. Not with Esau still somewhere ahead. Not…
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Grace at the End of the Day – Genesis 28:10-12
Genesis 28:10-12 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed,…
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Heaven’s Air Support – Revelation 14:6
Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, What a scene this is. The one hundred forty four thousand have been on the ground, carrying the message…
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The Silence Before the Wind – Revelation 7:1
Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. After the terror at the end of chapter 6, this verse almost feels…
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When the Lamb Is Seen – Revelation 5:11-12
Revelation 5:11-12“And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and…
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When Worship Turns – Jude 6
Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Jude now moves to his second example, and it is a staggering one. Not only can the delivered fail to keep themselves in the…
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No Angel Gets a Pass – 2 Peter 2:4
2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. Peter now raises the stakes. He has been warning about false teachers, greed, looseness, and corruption. And now he says, in essence, “Do not imagine…
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Wonder from Heaven – 1 Peter 1:12
1 Peter 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. Peter says the prophets…
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Hospitality Without Knowing – Hebrews 13:2
Hebrews 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Brotherly love does not stay inside the circle of familiar faces. It reaches outward. It shows itself in the way we treat strangers. The writer says we should not forget to show hospitality, because in doing so some have entertained angels…
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Hebrews 1:7 — Servants Like Wind and Fire
Hebrews 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Having established that the Son is greater than the angels, the writer of Hebrews now describes what angels actually are. They are servants. The verse says God makes His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire. The…
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Hebrews 1:4 — The Son Above the Angels
Hebrews 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. The writer of Hebrews now begins drawing comparisons to show just how great Jesus truly is. The first comparison he chooses is angels. That choice makes perfect sense when you understand the mindset…
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No More Middlemen – Ephesians 3:12
Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. At Sinai, the mountain shook and burned. The people stood back. “Moses, you go,” they said. “You speak with God, then tell us what He said.” Distance felt safer. A representative felt less dangerous. But Calvary changed the posture…
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Watched From the Unseen – Ephesians 3:10–11
Ephesians 3:10–11 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: We tend to think the church exists so that the world might see something. But Paul lifts…