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Everyone Was Excited About This Timeline Until They Realized Angels Are Coming For Them · Off The Kirb Ministries

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  I am going to leave you speechless now, because this is
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  a timeline. Of every.
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  Angel that visited earth. So let's start right at the
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  beginning where Adam and Eve have just found out that they
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  are going to be removed from Eden for eating of the tree of
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  the knowledge of good and evil. And this is where we meet our
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  first Angel, because God ordered.
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  Cherubim to guard. The East of Eden with a flaming
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  sword which turned every direction, barring access from
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  this beautiful garden. OK, I want you to remember
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  something. You see these?
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  Angels. Represented separation between
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  man and God. The way is closed.
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  Paradise is lost because man has sinned.
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  But very soon we are going to discover some other angels who
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  will represent that the way is now open again.
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  So quite a bit of time goes by and we find ourselves in roughly
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  2000 BC. And it is here where we are
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  introduced to our second Angel. Visitation to earth.
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  You may already have heard of Abraham.
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  Perhaps you've even heard of his wife Sarai.
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  But have you heard of their helper, Hagar?
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  Sadly, Hagar was being wronged by her bosses, but especially
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  Sarai. And so she runs away into the
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  wilderness and hides by a spring of water.
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  So here she is. She's scared, she's confused,
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  she's thinking about her future when suddenly an Angel of the
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  Lord visits her and encourages her that she is going to be the
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  mother of an innumerable multitude because she's going to
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  have a son. It's absolutely critical at this
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  point that I tell you what many theologians and many Bible
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  scholars would believe about some of the angels on this
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  timeline. They would say that they are
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  what's called pre Incarnate Christs.
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  In other words, they are small glimpses of Jesus before he took
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  on a physical body and became the savior of the world.
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  So take all of that into your mind and then listen to what
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  Hagar, this forgotten outcast said about this visitation from
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  this Angel. She said you are the God who see
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  ease me. The fact is this guys there is a
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  God who notices everything even your tears and I wonder do you
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  have a relationship with this God?
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  In 1980 BC we see one of the most memorable appearances of a
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  pair of angels who warned Abraham's nephew Lot that there
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  was an impending wrath that was coming upon the city.
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  Why? Well put simply, evil was
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  rampant. Lot then pleads with the angels
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  to not stay in the city square at night, but offers them
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  hospitality at his house. The men of the city notice this,
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  and they encircle Lot's house, demanding that the angels come
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  out to them. This back and forth.
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  Continues until. Eventually the.
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  Angels intervene. With a shining light that stuns
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  the man and leads to them rescuing Lot and his family,
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  urging them to get out of the city immediately because the
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  wrath of God is about to fall on it.
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  I believe one of the most surprising angelic stories in
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  the Bible happened in 1000, 950 BC.
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  Here God commands Abraham to offer his son Isaac on the altar
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  as a test of faith. However, at the very last
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  second, God provided an Angel to shout from heaven Abraham.
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  Abraham. You see, God never had any
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  intention of allowing Abraham to go through with this because God
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  had provided another offering, a ram which was caught in the
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  thicket. This ram was then put on the
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  altar and this, can you see? It was a picture of what was to
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  come. It was a picture of the cross
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  that God would provide an offering for our sin.
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  His one and only Son would really trade places with us and
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  would really be the substitute for us if any of us are willing
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  to call on His name and ask for Him to forgive us and save us.
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  Big news did. You know that angels can
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  actually enter into your dreams. Well, they're.
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  Around 1850 BC, Jacob, the son of Isaac, was on a journey to
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  try and find a wife. Fellas, just hit the like button
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  if you've ever. Embarked on a similar.
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  Kind of journey. Unusually, Jacob uses a stone as
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  a pillow, and it is here that he sees a ladder.
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  And this ladder is stretching from earth to heaven, and on
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  this ladder is angels. Ascending and descending.
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  Up and down. I'm gonna let you into a secret.
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  This ladder is another picture of Jesus.
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  Why? Because there is only one bridge
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  between man and God, and that's through the mediator, Jesus
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  Christ. Because of this ladder that
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  connects earth and heaven, all those who believe on His name
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  can be reunited with their Creator.
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  And this is. Actually 1 proof that the way is
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  open, but there is an even clearer proof.
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  That I'm going. To show you a little later, in
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  1830 BC, this is. Roughly Speaking of.
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  Course, like all the rest of the dates that I'm offering you
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  today. Well, around this time, Jacob
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  encounters another host of angels just before he prepares
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  to meet his brother Esau. Who he had previously deceived
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  the angels did his soul good. And this is a sign that God's
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  presence is always with us. Even in difficult
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  confrontations. We are never alone.
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  So what did Jacob do? He called this place Mahanum,
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  which means. God.
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  'S camp between you and me, the next Angel nearly didn't make it
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  to our timeline. And the reason is this because I
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  am 100% sure that this Angel is actually God.
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  In around 1446 BC, the Bible says that the Angel of the Lord
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  appeared to Moses from the burning Bush.
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  So why am I so certain that this is God?
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  Well, because God himself tells Moses that it is God speaking in
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  Exodus 3 verse six. He also says in one of the most
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  powerful verses in the Bible, I am who I am.
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  So over to you. Do you also agree that the Angel
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  of the Lord is another pre Incarnate appearance of Christ?
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  But hey, now, another Angel that I know you're going to say that
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  I've totally missed out. And I wonder if there's already
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  a comment in the comments section.
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  Well, it's of course, the first Angel that ever visited her, and
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  that's Lucifer. You see, we believe as
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  Christians that there was an Angel called Lucifer, a
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  beautiful Angel who lived in heaven, but he was thrown out
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  for being proud. And then he sought to bring
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  others, in fact the whole world down with him.
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  And so we believe that it was Lucifer.
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  The Bible, I believe teaches this very clearly that he took
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  the form of a serpent. He went into the garden to
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  deceive Adam and Eve. OK, back to Moses because either
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  way, the unavoidable conclusion is this.
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  Moses saw some pretty incredible things Around the year 1446 BC
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  the Israelites finally had permission to leave Egypt, but
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  Pharaoh changed his mind and sent Chariots and men after them
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  to try and bring them back the. Israelites were boxed.
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  In by the Red Sea, but the Angel of God, the pillar of cloud
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  moved from the front of the Israelite camp to the back to
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  shield them from this perilous situation.
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  And this teaches us that God is always faithful to His people.
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  Just before this event, someone the Bible calls the destroyer
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  went through Egypt one night and only the doorposts that were
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  covered by blood. Was safe.
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  Now, the Bible doesn't specifically say that this was
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  an Angel, so I haven't actually officially placed him on the
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  timeline, but he's often referred to by Christians by
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  believing. As.
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  The Angel of death. But I suppose the real question
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  is this. Are you covered by the blood?
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  Are you safe from the Lord's judgement because you've been
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  washed by the blood of the Lamb, right?
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  This is the most unforgettable instance of an angelic
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  visitation on earth. In 1400 BC, a godless prophet
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  named Balaam was approached by the king of Moab with an offer.
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  Of financial. Reward if he cursed the
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  Israelites. God commanded Balaam not to go,
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  but he went against God's word on his journey, his faithful
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  lifetime. Donkey saw an Angel blocking the
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  path holding a drawn. Sword the donkey.
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  Refused to go any further and Balaam became angry.
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  Then God opened the donkey's mouth and so the donkey
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  unbelievably said, what have I ever done to you?
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  God then opened Balaam's eyes and he saw in front of him an
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  Angel and realised that all along his donkey was trying to
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  save his life. The fact is, this guy's donkey's
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  are very rarely used by God to share his messages, but angels
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  often are. In 1380 BC, God uses an Angel to
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  rebuke the people of Israel and to tell them to repent from
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  worshipping other gods as they have wandered from the Lord
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  straight after their leader Joshua's death.
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  So can I ask you a question I wonder?
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  Is God calling you to repent from a sin today?
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  And are you? Listening in 1200 BC, an average
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  fellow named Gideon was hiding from the Midianites who were
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  ruling over the Israelites. Gideon was threshing wheat when
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  an Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, You mighty man of
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  valor, you are going to be the deliverer of Israel.
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  But Gideon replied, Nah, you must have the wrong guy.
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  I'm the least of my clan. But God through many signs
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  proved to Gideon that he indeed was the man for the job.
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  Showing us that God sees our potential when we see ourselves
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  as losers and never forget this all that God calls for, a task
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  he always equips. Check this out.
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  Around 1100 BC, an Angel visited a man named Manoa and his wife
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  to announce the birth of their son Samson, who would later
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  become the strongest man ever to live.
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  After sharing certain instructions about his Nazarite
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  vow, how he must never have his hair cut and those kind of
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  things. Manoah wanted to offer a goat to
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  the Angel, but the Angel refused to eat anything but said instead
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  offer it to the Lord. When the altar was lit, the
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  flame went up to heaven and the Angel disappeared into the flame
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  and flew back to heaven. Manoah instantly fell on the
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  floor and we are doomed to die. We have seen God.
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  It does make you wonder, why would this Angel not eat?
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  And was this another pre Incarnate appearance of the Lord
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  Jesus Christ? It is almost unbelievable that
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  in 1000 BC an Angel of the Lord poured out God's judgment on
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  70,000 Israelites after David had displeased the Lord.
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  But angels can also be beautifully tender, like the
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  Angel who arrived in 870 B see to feed a discouraged Elijah who
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  was asleep under the broom tree having lost all hope because
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  Queen Jezebel had put a target on his back.
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  This Angel provided a cake and a jar of water to gently comfort
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  God's weary messenger. I almost hesitate to say this,
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  but there may be some people here today who are fearful of
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  how Christians are quickly becoming a minority and how we
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  are being silenced in every sphere of life.
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  If that's you, you need to hear this.
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  An Angel once came down in roughly 850 BC when Elijah's
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  servant was filled with fear as the king of Aram had sent a
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  massive army to chase Elijah and his helper.
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  Elijah prayed. That his helpers.
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  Eyes might be opened to the spiritual reality.
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  Suddenly this prayer was answered and he saw a vast army
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  of angels surrounding them. So.
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  Maybe, just maybe, someone needs to hear Elisha's words today
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  when he said do not be afraid for those who are with us.
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  Are more. Than those who are with them.
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  Let's Fast forward to 740 BC, where the prophet Isaiah is left
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  speechless by a vision of God's holiness.
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  There he sees these fiery angelic beings called Seraphin
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  surrounding God's Thrones, and Isaiah becomes overwhelmed with
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  his sin. So one of these Seraphin touches
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  his unclean lips with a coal from the altar to purify him,
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  showing us that we cannot cleanse ourselves.
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  But only God. Can make us clean by his methods
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  and for us, the only method that can make us clean is God's
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  method through Calvary, where Jesus shed his blood to wash
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  away all of our wrongdoing. Am I the only one who's noticing
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  a pattern on this timeline? We have angels who perform acts
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  of love and encouragement, and others who perform acts of
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  judgment. Our next Angel is the latter.
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  In 701 BC, an Angel took 185,000 Assyrian men out in one night
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  who were promising that they were going to take out King
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  Hezekiah and his people. King Sennacherib, their king,
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  was even sending mocking letters detailing how he was going to do
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  this plan. So God had to show him just who
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  the real boss was. Have you ever heard of Daniel in
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  the Bible? Well, the book of Daniel is full
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  of angels. In 582 BC we have the Angel who
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  appears in the fiery furnace. Next to Shadrach.
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  Meshach and Abednego when they refused to bow down to
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  Nebuchadnezzar's golden image. So again I'll ask you, was this
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  the Son of God himself? We then have the angels who shot
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  the lion's mouths after Daniel was thrown into the den by a
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  tricked king, Darius, because he'd been tricked by a scheme
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  that Daniel's enemies had plotted against him as a way of
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  catching him out for praying. We later in the book of Daniel
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  meet two prominent angels in the Bible, Gabriel and Michael.
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  Gabriel is known as the messenger Angel, and we're going
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  to meet him again very soon. He's described as being swift in
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  flight, and he explains many prophecies and many visions to
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  Daniel. Michael, however, is known as
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  the Warrior Angel. He is the chief of the angels,
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  the leader of the heavenly army with great authority.
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  In the New Testament, we are told that Michael even has a
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  dispute with the Evil One about the body of Moses, which I've
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  already discussed in this video here.
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  Some of you will also know that in Daniel we are told that
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  Michael was delayed by a spiritual battle that he had
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  with the Prince of Persia. The book then ends with Michael
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  foretelling a time of great anguish for Israel.
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  But Michael promised to protect the people during this period,
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  and This is why Michael is seen as the protector of Israel.
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  Now. Do you know what guys, We're in
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  the New Testament now and between 6:00 to 4:00 BC.
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  Many of you are very familiar with the story of the birth of
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  the Lord Jesus, and you remember that there were angels that are
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  mentioned throughout this story. Angels visit Joseph in a dream,
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  telling him that his. Wife has.
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  Actually been faithful and this child has come through the Holy
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  Spirit. There were angels who directed
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  Joseph to. Hide in Egypt.
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  From Herod again through a dream.
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  And Gabriel, I did tell you I was going to come back to
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  Gabriel. Well, Gabriel announced the
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  birth of John the Baptist to his mother Elizabeth, and Elizabeth
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  was a relative of Mary. He also announced the birth of
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  the Messiah Jesus to Mary as well in 27 AD.
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  We know that the angels ministered to Jesus after his
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  showdown with the evil One for 40 days.
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  And 40 nights. We also know that in 30 AD,
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  angels again strengthened our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane
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  just before he was about to go to the cross for our salvation,
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  after he completed this beautiful redemption that is
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  available to all who repent and trust in Him.
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  Jesus was laid in a tomb, but on the third day he would rise from
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  the grave. This is where we meet our
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  angels, who represent the way being open, Paradise regained.
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  We're still in 30 AD and it is here in Matthew's account that
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  we read of an Angel from heaven who descended down and rolled
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  back the stone and then sat on it of all things.
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  And as you can imagine, the Roman guards who saw this shook
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  with fear. Later in the other accounts we
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  read of the two angels announcing the resurrection of
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  Jesus to the two Marys, telling them that Jesus is not dead, he
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  is alive. This time instead of blocking an
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  entrance, they are opening it. The tomb is empty, the curtain
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  of the temple is torn in two, and the way is open.
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  Man can be reunited with God because of what Jesus Christ did
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  at Calvary for me and for you guys.
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  Listen to me. We're still in 30 AD and the
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  disciples have just witnessed Jesus Christ ascend back to
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  heaven after spending a few weeks with him just after he
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  rose from the dead, 2 angels instantly appeared to the
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  disciples, reassuring them that Jesus will return in the same
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  way they saw him go. But these men were going to see
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  plenty more angels. In 33 AD, we know angels freed
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  the apostles from prison, and in 34 AD, an Angel direct Philip to
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  share the gospel with just one person, which shows us that
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  every soul matters to God. It's not about the big numbers
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  sometimes, it's about the ones and twos.
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  In 40 AD, an Angel visits a Roman centurion called
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  Cornelius, instructing him to call for the Apostle Peter.
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  This would then be the beginning of God's plan of gospel outreach
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  for the Gentiles, too. In 42 AD, an Angel rescues Peter
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  from a jail before King Agrippa can finish, and this same king
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  got a visit from an Angel himself, but it wasn't a good
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  one. One day he was enjoying all of
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  the flattery from the people pretending to be God and not a
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  man, and an Angel struck him down in a flash because he did
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  not give glory to God. OK, now come with me.
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  Let's Fast forward to 95 AD and here we find the Apostle John
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  receiving a future revelation from an Angel where he sees many
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  angels in the end times, even many fallen angels.
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  These are things that are so deep, that are so powerful that
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  I couldn't talk about it quickly.
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  So instead I've made an entire different video here.