An
image depicting a cherub
Today,
reply is on the divine use of angels who also appear to mankind
displaying human form and process. The holy writings document
angelic visitations as one of the many divine operations used to
clarify both the sanctions of sacred law that oppose transgression,
and the sacred provisions for the correction and recovery of mankind
from sin. Included are death, deliverance, mortality, rebirth, and
the second death. Divinity now requires there be more than a
spirit form for things from GOD appearing in the earth; there must be
recognizable spirit content, process, and substance. It is written:
1st Corinthians 13: 1-3, King James Version (KJV): 1
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I
could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And
though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I
give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me
nothing. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on
Religion & Spirituality who uses the ID “Leila” (Level 6 with
19,240 points) posted the following:
Jehovah’s
witlesses, if God is not a man, then how did He appear alongside two
other men, and meet with Abraham ?
Genesis
18 1-8
Abe
even got Sarah to get some fine meal, knead it and make cakes for the
Lord and his companions.
Should’ve
made pie, but never mind.
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary
humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which
he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not
holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having
nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the
increase of God. (Colossians 2: 18-19, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Born Mortal or Immortal? (03/11/2020); Godliness
Characterizes Authentic Humanity (02/06/2020); Divine Dominion Over
Nature (02/04/2019); Opposing The Divine Will (03/30/2018); Lower
Than The Angels? (09/12/2017); Miracles Are Not Everlasting
(07/18/2017); Names of the Adversary? (03/19/2017)
“Leila”,
the process of Christian belief is one of gradually coming to
correctly know and understand the operations and substance of divine
spirit. Things that are too high for mankind because they
communicate awe, mystery, and wonder have been focused and softened
to be suitable for human experience; thus, the core of our sacred
knowledge consists primarily of human eyewitness reports and
testimonies. GOD is a spirit (we say, breath; active presence;
divine fullness; word from an anointed language and celestial
vocabulary) who appears and is manifest to mankind even without using
material form, measurable dimensions, familiar similitude, or any
fixed visual configuration. Divinity can be known to the living
because spirit may exist and occupy the consciousness and self-will
of created beings and living creatures. GOD has used various
settings and devices that provide men on the earth with material
experiences of immortal, invisible divinity that are graphic and
memorable. Included are the ram caught in the thicket that appeared
to Abraham, the burning bush that was displayed to Moses, the glory
of GOD that was proclaimed and shown while Moses was in a cleft of
the rocks, and divinity using human flesh and life process to appear
on the earth as Jesus Christ (we say, the Incarnation).
The
divine use of angels as companions, messengers, sentinels, or
spokespersons from GOD to mankind may be found within the holy
writings in accounts that go back as far as Eden. Descriptions and
depictions of angels as celestial beings, as those appointed by GOD
to exercise dominion over the natural world, and as those who may
continually appear in the presence of GOD often include their
adornment having multiple faces, lights, wheels, and wings. Thus,
the prophets describe cherubim and seraphs as “other worldly”.
No angels were reported to have appeared to Noah; and their
appearance having the form of ordinary men occurs with Abraham, with
Daniel, with Lot and his family delivered at Sodom, with Mary at the
tomb of Jesus, and with the apostles assembled at the ascension of
Jesus.
The
revelation of death as finite, and life to mankind as an eternal
purpose unfold over the course of thousand of years and includes the
use of sleep to protect Adam during the creation of the female; the
removal of Enoch from the earth through translation; the prophet
Elijah taken up by whirlwind and a chariot of fire; and Lazarus
called forth from the tomb. The angel who appeared to Joshua as
Captain of the Host is regarded as an early appearance of Jesus
Christ prior to his Incarnation. As with the use of miracles, the
use of angelic visitations did not always result in men having
greater faith; their responses included confusion, defiance, fear,
skepticism, superstition, and uncertainty. Consider again the
following that uses language from the Bible, and a selection from the
music ministry of John Michael Talbot:
(1.)
Isaiah 55: 6-11, King James Version (KJV): 6 Seek ye the LORD
while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the
wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
let him return unto the LORD, and he will have
mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than
your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain
cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may
give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word
be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me
void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
(2.)
Psalms 34: 6-8, KJV: 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD
heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel
of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear
him, and delivereth them. 8 O taste and see that the LORD
is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in
him.
(3.)
2nd Kings 6: 15-17, KJV: 15 And when the servant of the
man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed
the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto
him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 16 And he answered, Fear not:
for they that be with us are more than they that be
with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD,
I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD
opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the
mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about
Elisha.
(4.)
Revelation 22: 8-11, KJV: 8 And I John saw these things, and heard
them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship
before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9 Then
saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy
fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which
keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 10 And he saith unto
me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time
is at hand. 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy
still.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (5.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hYRA2PYkos.) Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
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