BIBLICAL APPEARANCES OF ANGELS

ENCOUNTERS WITH ANGELS

Friday, November 8, 2013

  God’s Word records the reality of angels at work. Examples:

·         With Hagar. Gen.16:7-13; 21:17-21

·         With Lot. Gen.19:1, 15

·          With Abraham. Gen.22:11-18; 24:7

·         Abraham’s servant confessing reality of. Gen.24:40

·         With Jacob. Gen.28:12; 31:11; 32:1; 48:15-16; Hos.12:1-4

·          With Moses. Ex.3:2; Act.7:30-38

·         With Israelites. Ex.14:19; 23:20-23; 32:34; 33:2; Num.20:16

·         Against Balaam the prophet. Num.22:22-35

·         In remonstrance of Israel. Judg.2:1-5

·         Cursing Meroz.  Judg.5:23

·         With Gideon.  Judg.6:11-22

·         With Samson’s mother, then father.  Judg.13:1-25

·         In retribution.  2Sam.24:16-17; Isa.63:9-10 (Take note of this result of sinful leadership.)

·         With Elijah. 1Kin.19:5-7; 2Kin.1:3, 15

·         Massacring 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. 2Kin.19:35; 2Chr.32:21; Isa.37:36

·         Against Israel. 1Chr.21:1-30

·         With Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Dan.3:28

·         With Daniel. Dan.6:22.

·         With Zechariah. Chapters 1 thru 6.

·         With Joseph and Mary. Mt.1:20-24; 2:13-1; Lk.1:26-38; 2:21

·         With Jesus in the wilderness. Mt.4:11; Mk.1:13

·         With women at Jesus’ tomb. Mt.28:2-5; Jn.20:12

·         With Zacharias.  Lk.1:11-18

·         Announcing to shepherds. Lk.2:9-20

·         With Jesus in Gethsemane.  Lk.22:43

·         At Bethesda pool. Jn.5:4

·         Freeing apostles. Act.5:19-21

·         With Phillip. Act.8:26

·         With centurion Cornelius. Act.10:3-22; 11:13

·         Freeing Peter from prison. Act.12:4-11 (Note “his angel” in verse 15.)

·         Fatally afflicting Herod.  Act.12:23

·         Messenger to Apostle Paul.  Act.27:23

·         Satan appearing as angel of light.  2Cor.11:14

·         Number of unrecorded unrecognized appearances.  Heb.13:2

·         Communicating to Apostle John the things that must happen. Rev.1:1

·         Seven individual angels to local Asian churches. Rev.1:20; 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14.  

·         And numerous other recorded appearances in Revelation -- 5:2; 7:1-2, 11; 8:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13; 9:1, 11, 13, 14-15; 10:1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10; 11:1, 15; 14:6, 8, 9, 15, 17, 18, 19; 15:1, 6, 7-8; 16:1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 17; 17:1, 7; 18:1, 21; 19:17; 20:1, 17; 21:9, 12; 22:6, 8, 16

  I pray you benefit greatly from my morning spent searching out, reading, and reviewing in context the above Scripture. I certainly have been blessed by the investment.  EBB4