ENLIGHTENING VISIONS OF THE SPIRIT WORLD

 ANGELS MINISER TO GOD

"I [the prophet Daniel]kept watching until thrones were set in place and the Ancient of Days [Jehovah] sat down. . . .A thousand thousands kept ministering to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him." - DANIEL 7:9, 10.

In this vision of heaven, Daniel saw not just one angle but multitudes. What an awe-inspiring  vision that must have been!  Angels are glorious spirit persons, intelligent and powerful.  Their ranks include seraphs and cherubs. The Bible mentions angels more than 250 times.

Anges are not former humans  who had lived on earth.  God created angles long before man's appearance. At the founding of the earth, the angels were on hand to observe and to shout in applause. - JOB 38:4-7.

One way faithful angels minister to God is by being involved in the most important work being done on earth today-the proclamation of the good news of God's Kingdom.  (Matthew 24:14)   Their involvement in this work was revealed in a vision to the apostle John, who wrote: "I saw another angel flying in midheaven, and he had everlasting good news to declare to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people." (Revelation 14:6)   Though angels do not speak to people today as they did on occasion in times past, they do help guide those preaching the good news to honesthearted ones. 

Next time: ENLIGHTENING VISIONS OF THE SPIRIT REALM -SATAN MISLEADS MILLIONS 

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