Angels to Help You by Lester Sumrall

Author:Lester Sumrall
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Body, Angelology & Demonology, Religion, Angels & Spirit Guides, General, Spirituality, Mind & Spirit, Angels, Christian Theology
ISBN: 9780883685648
Publisher: Whitaker House
Published: 1999-01-27T22:00:00+00:00

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ANGELS IN THE LIFE OF JESUS

When we consider those events in human history that have changed the world, there are really very few. Chief among those that do rank in that category, however, is the coming and walking among us of God Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. Certainly those were the most remarkable thirty-three years of all time.

Given the extraordinary nature of the Incarnation and the importance of the mission Christ came to accomplish, it is not surprising that angels were very much in evidence in association with the birth, life, death, and resurrection of the Lord. If ever there was a life in which angels had cause to be involved, it was the life of the Lord Jesus.

In this chapter, we want to look specifically at how angels were involved in the earthly life of Christ. We have already mentioned most of the relevant Scripture passages in earlier chapters, but we want to bring them together here with a few others and focus in one place on the role of angels in the life of the most remarkable man in history, God in human form.

Telling of His Prophet

The story of angelic involvement in the life of Christ really has to start before we even look at Mary and Joseph, for God had ordained that a prophet should go before the Messiah, both to announce His coming and to prepare the hearts and minds of the people for Him. And in His wisdom and sovereignty, God decided that the birth of this prophet should itself be a miracle.

The parents chosen for the prophet were Zacharias, a priest, and his wife, Elisabeth. They had never had children because Elisabeth was barren, and now they were also beyond the childbearing years (see Luke 1:7. Notice also how closely this account parallels the case of Abraham and Sarah in Gen. 18:11,12). But God sent the angel Gabriel to Zacharias, as we saw earlier, to announce that not only would he and Elisabeth have a child, but also that their child would be the Messiah's forerunner, John the Baptist.

Later, when John the Baptist and Jesus were grown, John did indeed prepare the people for Christ, pointing out their sins and calling for repentance. And when Christ was ready to begin His public ministry and John's work was through, John said, "Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him ... He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:28,30).

Telling of His Coming

Angelic involvement in Christ's life continued before He was born, for His birth was to be a unique act, a new life conceived apart from the normal human process, without a man, in a virgin. Certainly the woman who was to bear the Christ-child had to be told before the fact; she had to be prepared for an event that was impossible apart from the intervention of God. Also, even though the event was to be an act of the

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