The Work of the Angels

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so the the work of the Angels is our x topic for this evening x so we're going to cover you know the x work of the angels and the life of the x Patriarchs right did they know that the x Angels were working in their lives x uh in the life of Jesus of course and x the in the overall workings of the uh x divine plan x and how the Angels might be working in x our lives x and you know we're gonna get some x insight x um from the angels as we look at the x work of the Angels just take note that x we're getting a inside look at what our x role will be during the kingdom age x so that should be quite exciting for us x so x we'll start with the angels well of x course they were there right from the x beginning x right at the Creed of I read at the x creation and they were part of the x process x by the word of the Lord where the x heavens made and all the hosts of them x by the breath of his mouth for he spoke x it and it was done he commanded and it x stood fast bless the Lord his angels x that execute in strength that do his x Commandments hearkening unto the voice x of his command he Ministers of his that x do his pleasure right that's what the x Angels do they do x the pleasure of God they they perform x his will they attend to his Commandments x we're not going to get into the whole x Fallen Angel thing but obviously that is x a false teaching so they're they're x writing the in the beginning x and they're there right at the end of x this age when Christ shall come he says x he shall send his angels with a great x sound and of a trumpet and they shall x gather together his elect from the Four x Winds right they'll be part of the x Resurrection they'll be gathering those x that will be raised they'll be gathering x those that are still alive x and in and all in between they've been x very active they're not just standing x around doing nothing they're very active x in the whole fine plan operation so a x few other things that we know about x the Angels is that well they serve God x they communicate his messages carry out x his judgments they deliver his people x they direct the movement of the Nations x and they have great interest in x involvement x in the divine plan x and we know that um it will be Christ in x the Saints that will subdue and heal the x Nations during the kingdom age the x writer in Hebrew says For unto the x Angels hath he not x put in subjection the age to come x so it will be we've got a great future x ahead of us and and the things that x we'll be doing we will take a heavy role x we will take on the role of the Angels x what they're doing today so just a few x uh passages that um of established x this behold the Lord cometh with ten x thousands of his Saints to execute x judgment upon all x the kingdom of dominion and the x greatness of the Kingdom Under the whole x Heaven shall be given to the people of x the Saints of the most high x whose kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom x and the psalmist writes let the Saints x be joyful in glory let them sing aloud x upon their beds but the high praises of x God be in their mouth and a two-edged x sword in their hand to execute vengeance x upon the Nations this honor have all the x saints so these are the Saints these are x those who are Sanctified those who are x set apart x called out that's us and this this is x the things that we're going to be doing x um in the Kingdom age to establish that x Kingdom uh with Christ that is uh our x honor x so of course uh you know Jesus sent his x Angel to John to tell him about those x things that uh surely to come x and it says and I John saw these things x and I heard them and when I heard them I x fell down and worshiped the feet of the x Angel which showed me these things then x saithion to me see thou do it not x for I am thy fellow servant right the x Angels uh servants as we are x right of course they've got the benefit x they have been freed from the carnal x mind right like we have uh they are of x course Immortal they only do the will of x God we try to do the will of God and x sometimes we do and sometimes we fail x however that day will come to an end one x day x Jesus says the sons of this age marry x and not giving him marriage x but those who accounted worthy to attain x that age that's the kingdom age and the x resurrection from the dead well they x need to marry nor are given in marriage x nor can they die anymore x for they are equal to the angels x and our sons of God being sons of the x Resurrection right so we we are training x now x uh to join the angels to be like the x Angels when we will be free of this x fleshly nature that we have and we will x be granted immortality and will be able x to worship and serve x uh Creator and a king x completely and perfectly x um x so again a great day to look forward to x and uh this is a quote from Brother x Thomas in Elvis Israel I think it um x I think it really sums this up really x well since you know this is the x perfecting of the sons of God x says behold x behold them the consummation mortal and x corruptable beings like ourselves become x Elohim Mighty in strength and framers of x the new world x behold says Jesus once an infant at the x breast powerless in death but now endued x with all power x I make all things new x he will induce from the things which x exist a new and magnificent world as a x fit in appropriate habitation for his x companions Redeemed by his blood for the x sons of men x This Is the destiny set before those who x shall become equal x unto the Angels by the resurrection of x eternal life x so these these you know he really I x think sums us up well right we're going x to be framers of the new world just as x the Angels were there in the in the x beginning in creation right and and you x know framing that new creation well x there's a new world to come Jesus says I x make all things new x and we're going to have a big role in x that right for we are his companions x redeemed from the son of man to become x the sons of God and we will be equal x unto the Angels you know of course uh x you know no more Throne to sin only to x do the will of God and mighty in x strength shall we be x so again a great uh time for us to look x forward to x now the Angels x um you know they didn't know everything x right we kind of think maybe they did x but but but they didn't know everything x they knew right they desired I think x that's in quote from Peter he says you x know they desire the Angels desired to x look into these things to the things of x God to the things he would do x with the seed of the woman x they knew there was one they knew that x this there would be this very special x son born one day but they didn't know x when x so it says here and in the sixth month x the angel Gabriel was sent by God right x so God would call Gabriel and he'd say x Gabriel you know that young woman that x I've had to keep an eye on x Mary I want you to deliver her this x message x he tells him this message right then x Gabriel goes and he gets to deliver this x wonderful message x and behold thou shall conceive in thy x womb bring forth a son and shall call x his name Jesus he shall be great she'll x be called the son of the highest and the x Lord God shall give unto him the Throne x of his father David and he shall reign x over the house of Jacob forever and of x his kingdom there shall be no end so he x gets to deliver this wonderful message x and how excited he would have been Now's x the Time We I finally here he is x and then and then it goes on with he x makes this announcement right the angel x they come upon these um Shepherds right x the angel comes to them and says fear x not for behold I bring you good tidings x of great joy which shall be to all x people for unto you is born this day a x savior x and that says and suddenly there was a x with the angel a multitude of heavenly x hosts praising God and saying glory to x God in the highest and on Earth peace x Good Will toward men right they were x excited the angels are excited finally x the one we've been waiting for all these x years he's been born and boy are the x people gonna they oh they have no idea x how great this is he's the Savior right x so we're going to be delivering good x news right I mean we like to deliver x good news right all you uh mothers out x there who became pregnant right right x yeah you were excited to tell your x husbands to tell your family of this x great news right it's exciting and of x course we have a great news to share x today and that's our job today to spread x the hope to be prepared to give an x answer x and sometimes it's difficult because x we the response isn't so great x um seems like maybe no one cares and we x get a little disappointed and maybe it x holds us back from doing it more than we x should x however x you're in the Kingdom age after x Armageddon in those events mankind will x be brought to his knees they have x trusted a man they've trusted in x themselves x and it's been a disaster they're going x to feel helpless hopeless x and they're going to be desperate x and they're going to be prepared to hear x the wonderful message x the good news that we're going to bring x they'll take any good news all they've x been getting is bad news the time of x trouble such as never was all they've x been getting is bad news everything they x thought would work hasn't worked and x here we come x have you heard of Jesus x right and all the wonderful things that x we'll be doing for them x so there will come a time when the x people will be prepared to hear the x wonderful message that will be able to x deliver x so if you by the way I don't know how x long this class is maybe 30 minutes 40 x minutes I'm not sure well so we'll have x time to um you can put in any thoughts x you've got but if you want to interrupt x me at any time feel free x so this is one of those Messianic Psalms x um of Jesus so if he says for he shall x give his angels charge over thee to keep x thee in all thy ways they shall bear x thee up in their hands lest thou Dash x thy feet against a stone x right so this is of course God saying x his angels there's my son take care of x him right they would know this hey this x is that this is the seed of the woman x as soon as Gabriel would have delivered x that message to Mary Boom the Angels x would have been around Mary and Joseph x we've got to protect her x as soon as Jesus was born the Angels x were there x protecting x that he wouldn't even Dash his foot x they knew that that was their x responsibility x and then in the Temptation when the x devil left him you know the angels are x waiting they're there x waiting for the temptation to be over x and behold the Angels Came and x ministered x unto him x they took care of him x and That's What Angels do x right writer of the Hebrews tells us are x they not all ministering Spirits x speaking of the Angels x sent forth to minister for them who x shall be Heirs of salvation x and the psalmist writes x the angel of the Lord and campeth about x those who fear Him x and delivereth them x so this is where people get the idea x that we all have God in angels x and I believe that we do I believe that x we uh ain't an angel or several angels x are assigned x to us but not to everyone x it tells us right in these passages x they minister to The Heirs of salvation x that's us with it we're The Heirs of the x promises x to those who fear Him x those who Marvel at his works x those who are at awe with his word x that's us it's not everyone so I I do x believe that we have an angel said to us x to minister to us to care for us x and yet there's also time and chance x that happens to all x so I remember one time when I was living x in the city and uh Tammy and I were x taking a ride I don't even know where x we're going but I wanted to get on the x road because it was a bit of a ride and x I ended up taking a wrong turn and I x haven't gone why did I take that turn I x what was it what was I thinking and it x set me back like 15 minutes and I got x back on the road now we hit a lot of x traffic x and there was a big accident was the x cause of the traffic and as we finally x passed this three four cow pile up I x thought wow x what if I hadn't taken that turn x like I I might have been in that x accident x and sometimes we have these types of x events in our lives that we can look x back and go geez I wonder x and maybe it was and and maybe it wasn't x and then there are other times I x remember x um x meeting a guy at the Bible school when I x was down in Connecticut he was a bit of x an older guy it came into the truth just x a few years prior I I don't even know x his name and I've never seen him since x and I asked him you know how did you x come into the truth and he said well you x know I like to read my Bible and I went x to the local churches and um x you know what they were saying wasn't x jiving with what I was reading x he goes so I prayed one night that x I would find my brethren x next day he got his newspaper and he was x reading through the newspaper and he x came across an ad on how to read your x Bible effectively given by the x christadelphians x brethren in Christ x and he said well that is an obvious sign x and went and of course yep that's what I x believe and he was baptized so in a x situation like that x yeah the Guardian Angels were working x the angels are working in that situation x my situation maybe maybe not will I ever x know yeah I think so I think one day we x will know x when that angel comes as the Lord said I x will send my angels forth to gather x the elect x and that angel will know all about us x and they'll probably tell us things like x let me show you x let me show you a vision x this is how often x we were in your life x and they'll say remember this what were x you thinking okay good thing I was there x and we'll be amazed at how often they x were in our lives and they were guiding x things x which were you going to uh jump to uh ax x and and talk about Peter's angel x no x could it could I uh just share hear that x then yeah absolutely to this idea x yeah so you remember that uh Acts x chapter 12 x is this account of Peter being in prison x and uh you know all the brothers and x sisters are praying for him for his x Deliverance x and it's the story of uh Peter sort of x you know being released from the prison x and and he goes and he finds his x Brethren and uh I'll just read from Acts x chapter 12. x um x of x on the night before Herod was to bring x him to trial Peter was sleeping Between x Two Soldiers bound with two chains with x entry standing guard at the entrance to x the prison uh acts 12 verse 7 says x suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared x at the as the light Shone in the sweat x cell he tapped Peter on the side and x woke him up saying get up quickly and x the chains fell off his wrist right so x this is the this is sort of the the lead x into this x so Peter then shows up at the house x where everybody's praying and we're in x verse uh 11 x um verse 12. x um x he went to the house of Mary the mother x of John also called Mark where many x people had gathered together and with x praying he knocked at the outer gate and x a servant girl named Rhoda came to x answer it and when she recognized x Peter's voice x she was so Overjoyed that she forgot to x open the gate and she ran inside and x said Peter is standing at the gate x you're out of your mind they told her in x verse 15 but when she kept insisting it x was so they said x it must be his angel x and so Butch I think this is an example x and you know a passage from the x scripture where you know another passage x from the scripture where where people x come to that same conclusion that you x described earlier about you know the x quote-unquote guardian angel that we x might each have angels that that watch x over us yeah and so and obviously x um the deci uh you know the people uh in x that first generation uh they believe x that x right you know that that hey yeah of x course there's Angels right and yeah x they do work in our lives x um oh uh John yeah x so do you think that uh that angel that x appeared at that time would that be a x Heavenly angel or would that be a mortal x man as a messenger behold Messengers at x the door I can't be handled it must be x one of his Messengers x um x um yeah probably Heavenly I would think x that's probably more likely I mean an x angel can be mortal or Immortal right x yeah x I would think in that case probably x yeah so you're thinking what Bob you're x thinking that they that the they were x thinking it was a a mortal Angel a human x Angel a human messenger yeah I think he x just said about Peter couldn't be there x he's in jail so it must be somebody who x sent us a messenger to deliver a message x but turned out it was actually Peter x himself x and and and not necessarily that they x were thinking it was a a Heavenly angel x I I don't think so Steve okay x interesting x maybe yeah so we'll see plenty of um x plenty of examples so you know and you x know so do they work in our lives yes x but there's also the time and chance so x just because you get a flat tire on the x side of the road doesn't mean oh this x must be an angel trying to tell me x something uh so and everyone's got these x type of examples in their lives you know x you hear them many with like how did you x come into the truth right it's not by x accident Brother Richard Lee I think is x on tonight and uh you know he he she has x a story that she had several times with x us uh when he was teaching brother Phil x has it and um Richard prayed and uh said x I know he's gonna ask me something about x the devil so he was all prepared and x Phil walked in and said I gotta ask you x a question what about the devil and x there was Richard prepared look it I've x already got it open I'm ready x the question about the Fallen Angel x Butch the Fallen Angel there we go yeah x Lucifer right I open right up and there x it is right yeah so uh for sure x the angels are working in those areas x and we'll touch upon that a little bit x more too x but how many angels are there well x there's a lot right Jesus said that you x know when Peter pulls his sword he says x listen don't you know I can call upon my x father and I can call 12 Legions of x angels some say that's above 72 000 x angels and that was their job they x weren't going to leave Jesus aside and x he knew it he knew they were there x um in Revelations it says that the you x know the angels of many that x Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand of x thousands and thousands and you know x that's probably a symbolic number and it x just means they're innumerable there are x a lot of them so certainly we could all x have our own Angel looking after us x while other Angels had taken uh to the x Affairs of the Nations and other peoples x and things of that nature so there are x many many many angels x um at work x so we'll take a look at Abraham of x course there's as many examples we could x look at with Abraham x um of course the angel that stays his x arm from sacrificing Isaac x um you know another thing to think about x when maybe you don't think about with x that sacrifice of course he's right x there right he's already at the top of x the mountain when uh Abraham comes with x his son x and he's either got another angel with x him or he's already placed x the actual sacrifice the ram caught in x the thicket right how did you think that x was a coincidence that that got there no x that's the work of the Angels make sure x that that Ram is there that particular x time x but this is one I want to uh use uh it's x Abraham finding a wife for Isaac right x so he he calls his uh servant of his x house so I believe it to be probably x elieza he says you know do not let my x son uh get a wife x from the Canaanites x um and he goes go back to my homeland x and get him away from there and the x eliasa says well what if you know what x if she won't come x and then he says this x he says the Lord God Of Heaven who took x me from my father's house x from the land of my Kindred who spoke x unto me and who swore into me saying x unto thy seed will I give this land he x shall send his Angel before thee and x thou shalt take a wife unto my son from x there I mean Abraham he's very old at x this point he's coming near the end of x his days but God has worked in his life x and there's no passage that says and God x said to me he will send an angel before x go find a wife for Isaac but Abraham x knows hey this is part of the promises x when I'm doing the will of God x will be active the angels will be active x and this will come true x so uh Elias uh goes x and x he gets there in the office the prayer x right that we're familiar with you know x if you know so so I know this woman when x they come out for water I'll say to her x um you know can I have some water and if x she gives me water and then says and x I'll give some to your camels well then x Lord then I will know x that she is the one and then in verse 15 x it says and before he finished speaking x behold Rebecca came out and of course x all that happened x um so do you think you know the angels x went up before right the timing was x perfect right he gets the office this x prayer before he's done this Rebecca x comes over and does you know what were x the Angels doing was there an angel you x know making sure Rebecca's out there on x time making sure everything goes well x according to plan working behind the x scenes x and again Abraham he's quite confident x as we are in those promises and these x are the promises we're going to be able x to deliver to the people uh you know uh x after after Armageddon who are desperate x to hear the good words that we're going x to be able to deliver to them oh Jesus x uh the other one is David x uh let me read some passages here in x David of course it's a familiar one if x you want you can turn to First Samuel x 17. I'm just going to read a few x passages x first Samuel 17 x verse 10 and 11 it says in the x Philistine said I defy the armies of x Israel this day give me a man and we may x fight together x when Saul and all Israel heard those x words of the Philistine they were just x made and greatly afraid they should have x been afraid because they you know x Goliath was this great warrior he was a x champion x and he is called Goliath is calling out x Saul who should have went out to fight x him and the Army like hey you don't have x a man amongst that army that can come x take me on x and then David you know David comes upon x the way he's going to come visit his x Brethren and in verse 26. uh David says x you know for who is this uncircumcised x Philistine that should defy the armies x of the Living God x right that's the angels x then you know David knew that this x battle was not going to be you know him x versus Goliath this guy's defying the x Angels doesn't he know the angels will x destroy him and then he comes in verse x 34. x and David said unto Saul thy servant has x kept his father's sheep there came a x lion and a bear and took a lamb out of x the flock x I went down after him and smote him and x delivered it out of his mouth then he x arose against me and I caught him by his x beard smote him and slew him thy servant x slew both The Lion and the bear and this x uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one x of them seeing that he is defy the x armies of the Living Lord of the Living x God David said moreover the Lord who x delivered me out of the power of the x lion and out of the power of the bear he x will deliver me out of the hand of this x Philistine so David was quite confident x that it would be God's Victory and when x he tells them don't be afraid he's x quoting from Deuteronomy and that is the x um the law of warfare where God says x hero Israel he approached this day unto x battle against your enemies let not your x hearts faint x Finn are do not tremble neither be x terrified because of them for the Lord x your God is he who goeth with you to x fight for you against your enemies x to save you x and David David knew this but you know x sometimes and maybe this was happening x with Israel at the time so you know God x helped us x um you know back in The Exodus right he x freed us from the from the Egyptians and x and then you know in the future x he's gonna send the Messiah x but you know in between I don't know x maybe he's silent right so so we x shouldn't take on that type of thought x either as far as the Angels working with x us yeah they they go you know we know x we're all here by grace and mercy in in x works of the Angel Andes one day Christ x will come but he's still working in us x all in between just as God was using his x angels with Israel and working in their x lives x then David says x in verse 45 he says then said David to x the Philistine thou cometh to me with a x sword a spear and with a shield but I x come to thee in the name of the Lord of x hosts x right the Lord of hosts the armies of x God the angels in verse 46 and this day x the Lord will deliver thee into my hand x now David x may have been good with a slingshot x but there's no doubt and David knew it x that it was that stone was Guided by the x Angels x now this is uh this is this is an x interesting one x all right x we know God rules in the kingdoms of men x he removes Kings he sets up Kings x and at this time here he wants to remove x uh Ahab he's the king of Israel and he x says yeah his time has come x so kind of leading up to this uh Ahab x decides he wants to go against Ray math x Gilead and he calls on uh king of Judah x I believe it was uh Jehoshaphat and he x says hey let's uh will you come with me x and he says well okay let's uh why don't x we see what the prophets have to say x he says okay so he calls the prophets x and the prophets say yeah go yeah x definitely you've got Victory but of x course the prophets that Ahab called x were x um his wife's prophets Jezebel's x Prophets x and then x the king of Judas is I don't think x really any prophets to go out here well x there is there's this one but he never x says anything good about me well let's x see what he says and so then the prophet x of God comes and kind of paints this x little picture for him he gives this x little vision that he had he says here x thou therefore the word of the Lord x I saw the wood sitting on his throne and x all the hosts of Heaven standing by x That's What Angels do standing by right x remember their fellow servants right x we'd like to be always standing by at x the ready to serve sometimes we uh x sometimes we know but the angels are x always ready by him on his right and on x his left hand and the Lord said who x shall be persuade Ahab that he might go x up and fall at Ramos Gilead x and one said on this manner and another x said on that manner x and they came forth a spirit and stood x before the Lord and said I will persuade x him x and Lord said unto him by what means and x he said I will go forth and I will be a x lying spirit in the mouth of All His x prophets x and he said Thou shalt persuade him and x Prevail also go forth and do so x so I think it gives us a little bit of a x look at how it will work for us in our x role in the Kingdom age right we're not x going to be robots x we're going to be given the skill set x and the means to be able to accomplish x yes so here goes he's asking his angels x what do you think this is what we need x to accomplish how do you want to go x about it one says one thing one says x another and then they decide yeah this x one's good in fact there's going to be x like committees hey right remember the x world's going to be in chaos okay listen x we got a problem Jesus is going to x direct us we need 50 you uh Saints to go x down to this Village there's 500 people x there they need a lot of help go down x right angels will go down assess the x situation hey we need shelter we need x food we need this and that we need to x tell them what's going on right and x divide up the work right there'll be x this you know committees so to speak you x know we don't know exactly how it's x going to be but we're given some Freedom x we're already given the skill set now go x and do it remember this is going to be x very pleasurable work that we have x the other thing that was kind of funny x is I remember reading that going well x really the angel lies right he puts a x lying spirit in the mouth of the x prophets but again remember these are x false prophets these are Jezebel's x prophets and they are liars they do lie x right and they want to believe the lie x and if you want to believe the lie well x go right ahead right so I think that x kind of goes along with with the whole x false prophets anyway but you know and x another thing with um know another x example we could look at that that's the x way we might deal with x the Nations hey this nation won't submit x go and talk to their leaders okay they x won't listen remove the leaders talk to x the people x we have x um you know remember when Daniel he's x praying he's in captivity he's praying x he's praying and finally Gabriel comes x and Gable says she's sorry Daniel I x heard your prayer but x the the King of Persia was you know x preventing me from coming I was working x and working he couldn't get them to do x what I wanted to do and then Michael the x Archangel came and he took care of it x right so we're going to be working and x working together x um in this we're not just gonna be x robots right we're going to have this x pleasurable work to do uh and a lot of x it I think that gives us a little x insight perhaps into how things might be x might be done x of course the uh Angels heavily involved x with the resurrection right and again x they're going to be delivering good news x right remember how distraught the x disciples were when Jesus died I mean x Peter right he just goes back to his old x life and and yet here the Angels ah x right and the two Mary's come and x they're like check it out he's been x raised he's gone he's not in here x anymore go tell everyone x and of course when Jesus ascends there's x the two angels why do you look like this x don't you know he's coming back x right and of course the Angels would be x heavily involved in that work x and again just a little bit more on the x you know the Angels uh working in our x lives right so of course they are x because you know Jesus says like I say x unto you there is joy in the presence of x the angels of God over one sinner that x repents and this is from the parable of x the lost coin right one who was lost and x then found right the Angels rejoice when x we have a baptism x they rejoice when someone leaves then x comes back x of course I think they would also sorrow x as we do when when someone Falls away x and you know you know we do so because x we feel like man maybe there's not much x we can do about it yeah we reach out we x set a card we try to talk to them but x you know maybe they're going through x something and maybe they don't want to x hear it but the one thing we can do x and that we do do is pray x that the angels will work in that x individual's life x to bring them back x to the fold x and this is another thing the Angels do x it says and it came to pass when I x Daniel had seen the vision and sought x for the meaning then behold this stood x before me one having the appearance of a x man and I Heard a Voice who called and x said Gabriel make this man to understand x the vision x for those who are seeking to know the x truth x the angels can work x they'll work they'll respond x to someone who wants to understand x and they'll find a way to make that x person understand I can tell you anyone x who has put together any type of a Bible x class that's what you do right you pray x for understanding you pray for guidance x and um in that see if the the Angels x work in our lives when x we are performing the will of God x if we're not working if we are idle x then there's not there's not anything x for the angels to do x so yeah they're they're working you know x that no one goes away to one of those x um you know goes out into the mission x fields x um as far as I know and comes back and x says well that was a waste of time yeah x usually they come back with great x excitement and say yeah people receive x the message you know so when we're x working x um x in the things of the truth then the x angels are able to work with us x and we see that you know of course the x Angels who are supporting the uh the x preaching efforts right Christ was not x going to die in vain so of course there x was going to be heavy Angel involvement x helping the apostles and of course the x story of Philip and the eunuch right an x angel of the Lord spoken to Philip x saying arise and go towards the Thousand x so towards the South and he arose and x went and behold a eunuch of Ethiopia and x he came to Worship in Jerusalem sitting x in his Chariot reading Isaiah in the x spirit said unto Philip Gautier and x joined thyself to this Chariot and he x ran over says you know do you understand x what you're reading and he says no and x of course he explains it all to him x and again you know many who have uh come x from the outside has been that someone x right there's been this sort of x connection somehow you ran into this one x and you know there were some great x there's some great stories out there x from brothers and sisters I've heard x through the years and there's no doubt x um guided x by the Angels right and Paul knew God x was helping him right he says he goes up x and they preach the good news in the x city and won a large number of disciples x and when they returned they strengthened x strengthened on the disciples and x encouraged them to remain in the faith x and when they had come and gathered the x church together they reported all that x God had done with them that he had x opened the door of Faith to the Gentiles x it's exciting when you get someone who's x got some interest and you can teach them x well these guys they were out there in x the beginning preaching in and the x response was great x because God was helping Paul he knew it x with x um and of course God protects his people x we're running out of time we know this x right but you know you might say hey x that's Daniel of course God is gonna x send his angels to protect Daniel x but you don't know that he hasn't done x it in our lives I think one day we will x find out when that angel comes but we x can't be for certain that that's never x happened in our lives x and that the mighty Angels deliver the x Judgment of God right then the angel of x the Lord went out and struck down 185 x 000 men in one night one angel x they're pretty mighty x and that's what they do they they x described in the Psalms as a destroying x Angels God unleashes his Fury and wrath x by the destroying angels x angels can save and destroy x this is a time when Israel was x completely lost x and given over to idolatry right they're x going to be Go off into Babylon and uh x Ezekiel writes you know God says to the x angels go through the city of Jerusalem x and put a mark on the forehead to those x who grieve and lament over all the x detestable things that I've done in it x here they are saving right Mark out the x remnant x save them because for the rest of them x go after him through the city and smite x let not your eyes spear neither have x pity x and they destroy the Wicked the x idolaters x but save the remnant x and the angels both gather and remove x all right of course he as we've already x read he sends they gather the elect x and then the wheat and the tears the son x of man will send his angels and they x will gather out of his kingdom all x causes of sin and wall breakers and x throw them into the fiery furnace x gathers the Saints and removes x the wicked amongst the Saints x so just some quickly some final thoughts x I know we're running out of time here I x went too long uh we should be very x confident that the angels are working in x our lives and you know so so some things x you know hey life is not going to go as x we would like to script it we live in a x cursed world we are mortal and we are x sinners x but their focus is on our eternal life x it's a lot of some curveballs are going x to come our way you know again the focus x of the Angels is to get us into the x kingdom x Mighty in strength shall we be are you x out there feeling your age brothers and x sisters well one day you'll be Mighty in x strength performing the work of the x angels in the Kingdom age are you a x little bored in your job right now well x you got a great job coming x immortalized and free from alcohol Minds x will serve our God and King in x Perfection as they ought be x and brothers and sisters what will our x response be when our Angel comes x will it be joy and excitement x or worry that we wasted x the opportunity x it's now that we prepare for that time x because one day with the angels x we shall sing a new song x in gratitude for what God has done in x the life of his son x then I heard every creature in heaven x and on Earth and under the Earth and on x the sea and all that is in them saying x to him who sits on the throne and to the x land be praised on a glory and power x forever and ever x you know that new song is what we want x to be singing so that