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The Angels of God
Class 6: What do the
Angels want from you?
Angels work hard & get excited!
Zechariah 1:8-10
8 I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red
horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the
hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, and
white.
9 Then I said, "My lord, what are these?" So the angel
who talked with me said to me, "I will show you
what they are."
10 And the man who stood among the myrtle trees
answered and said, "These are the ones whom the
LORD has sent to walk to and fro throughout the
earth."
Building the Temple
Cyrus
Cambyses
Gomates
Darius
6 years
8 years
7 months
6 years
Time to finish = 20 years
Timeline of the Persian
Kings during the temple
building
Zechariah 1:11-14
11 So they answered the Angel of the LORD, who stood
among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked to
and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth
is resting quietly."
12 Then the Angel of the LORD answered and said, "O
LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on
Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You
were angry these seventy years?"
13 And the LORD answered the angel who talked to me,
with good and comforting words.
14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me,
"Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I am
zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal.
God will finish the temple in 4 years
Zechariah 2:1-4
1 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a
man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to
me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its
width and what is its length."
3 And there was the angel who talked with me,
going out; and another angel was coming out to
meet him,
4 who said to him, "Run, speak to this young man,
saying: 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns
without walls, because of the multitude of men
and livestock in it.
Angels work selflessly together. One is in charge,
others do what he asks. If we hope to be equal
to angels, we must learn to live like them now –
selflessly working in our ecclesias and families
Zechariah 3:1-5
1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing
before the Angel of the Lord (Michael – Jude 9), and
Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him.
2 And the Lord said to Satan, "The Lord rebuke you, Satan!
The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this
not a brand plucked from the fire?"
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was
standing before the Angel.
4 Then He (Michael) answered and spoke to those who
stood before Him, saying, "Take away the filthy
garments from him." And to him He said, "See, I have
removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you
with rich robes."
5 And I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head.“ So
they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the
clothes on him. And the Angel of the Lord stood by.
Zechariah 3:6-9
6 Then the Angel of the Lord admonished Joshua,
saying,
7 "Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'If you will walk in My
ways, and if you will keep My command, Then
you shall also judge My house, and likewise have
charge of My courts; I will give you places to
walk among these who stand here.
8 'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your
companions who sit before you, for they are a
wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth
My Servant the BRANCH.
9 For behold, the stone that I have laid before
Joshua: Upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I
will engrave its inscription, 'Says the Lord of hosts,
'And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one
day.
Zechariah 4:1-5
1 Now the angel who talked with me came back
and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out
of his sleep.
2 And he said to me, "What do you see?” So I said,
"I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid
gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand
seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.
3 Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the
bowl and the other at its left."
4 So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked
with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
5 Then the angel who talked with me answered
and said to me, "Do you not know what these
are?” And I said, "No, my lord.“
Zechariah 4:6-10
6 So he answered and said to me: "This is the word
of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by
power, but by My Spirit, 'Says the Lord of hosts.
7 'Who are you, O great mountain? Before
Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he
shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of
"Grace, grace to it!"'"
8 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me,
saying:
9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation
of this temple; His hands shall also finish it. Then
you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me
to you.
10 For who has despised the day of small things?
(Haggai deals with this!) For these seven (angels)
rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of
Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, which
scan to and fro throughout the whole earth."
Angels worked to save Jesus
Matthew 4:10-11
10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan!
For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God,
and Him only you shall serve.'"
11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came
and ministered to Him.
John 1:50-51
50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to
you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You
will see greater things than these."
51 And He said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you,
hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of
God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."
Matthew 26:36-38
36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called
Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, "Sit here while
I go and pray over there."
37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of
Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply
distressed.
38 Then He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly
sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with
Me."
In his time of great sorrow and
distress, Jesus needed his friends
Matthew 26:39-41
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and
prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this
cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as
You will."
40 Then He came to the disciples and found them
asleep, and said to Peter, "What? Could you not watch
with Me one hour?
41 "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
The disciples were overcome and
bewildered by what Jesus was going
through. They let him down.
Matthew 26:42-43
42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying,
"O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I
drink it, Your will be done."
43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their
eyes were heavy.
Luke 22:43-44
43 Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven,
strengthening Him.
44 And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His
sweat became like great drops of blood falling
Matthew 26:43
43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their
eyes were heavy.
When Jesus’ friends failed,
an angel came through for him!
John 20:10-14
10 Then the disciples went away again to their own
homes.
11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as
she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.
12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the
head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain.
13 Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you
weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken
away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid
Him."
14 Now when she had said this, she turned around and
saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was
Jesus.
These angels had brought Jesus through a perfect
life and finally could resurrection him for God
Angels are now subject to Christ
Matthew 28:18, 5-6
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been
given to Me in heaven and on earth.
5 But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for
I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
6 "He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where
the Lord lay.
1 Peter 3:22
Who (Jesus) has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God,
angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
Hebrew 1:6
But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all
the angels of God worship Him."
Hebrews 2:5-9
5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we
speak, in subjection to angels.
6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man
that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You
take care of him?
7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; you
have crowned him with glory and honor, and set him
over the works of Your hands.
8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For
in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing
that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all
things put under him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the
angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and
honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for
everyone.
Angels are subject to Christ
now, and in the kingdom
2 Thessalonians 1:7-8
7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us
when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven
with His mighty angels,
8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who
do not know God, and on those who do not
obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Angels will assist Jesus Christ when
he returns to establish his kingdom
Angels will gather the Elect
Matthew 24:30-31
30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in
heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will
mourn, and they will see the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of heaven with power
and great glory.
31 And He will send His angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they will gather
together His elect from the four winds, from
one end of heaven to the other.
Angels will eliminate wicked
Matthew 13:39-42
39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the
end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire,
so it will be at the end of this age.
41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will
gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those
who practice lawlessness,
42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire.
Matthew 13:49-50
49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come
forth, separate the wicked from among the just,
50 and cast them into the furnace of fire.
Angels at the judgment seat
Luke 12:8-9
8 "Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me
before men, him the Son of Man also will
confess before the angels of God.
9 But he who denies Me before men will be
denied before the angels of God.
Angels will probably bring us to the judgment
and explain why we are accepted or rejected
Some saints will rule angels
1 Corinthians 6:1-3
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against
another, go to law before the unrighteous, and
not before the saints?
2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the
world? And if the world will be judged by you,
are you unworthy to judge the smallest
matters?
3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels?
How much more, things that pertain to this
life?
As saints and angels merge in the Kingdom age,
some saints will be over some angels of today
Acts 1:9-11
9 Now when He had spoken these things, while
they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received
Him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward
heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by
them in white apparel,
11 who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you
stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who
was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in
like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."
As Jesus ascended into heaven, angels remained
to continue their work as ministering spirits for
the sake of those who will inherit salvation!
Acts 27:22-25
22 "And now I urge you to take heart, for there will
be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
23 "For there stood by me this night an angel of
the God to whom I belong and whom I serve,
24 "saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be
brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted
you all those who sail with you.'
25 "Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God
that it will be just as it was told me.
Angel reassured Paul in a crisis time for him.
Angels will stand by you too during tough times
Cherebim: Chariots of God
Ezekiel 1
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Angels brought the
Babylonians down to destroy
Jerusalem and picked up
God’s Glory from the ark in
the temple
Revelation 4
The faithful saints have
become members of God’s
family and manifest his spirit
in the Kingdom of God
So what do the
Angels want from
Us?
Be aware of their presence
Like Elisha who knew they
were all around him
Cooperate with their decisions
Don’t try force your own way
Thank God for their protection
Be aware of their constant help
Let them train us
Accept their discipline and let them
shape us into the image of Christ
Pray every day for their help
Without their continual involvement
in our lives, we could never
develop into God’s children
Listen to God, Jesus & the
Angels in our Bibles every day
Learn to Trust God like Angels do
Let them grow the faith of
Jesus Christ in You
Imitate their patience & mercy
If we want to join
them in God’s family
forever, we must learn
to live like them now
Let’s leave Bible School rejoicing in our
hope of being made equal to the Angels
and committed to live in Christ as
members of God’s family now & forever