Supernatural Intervention

One of my first studies and writings 3/2001
Messenger Angels

The word angel is used nearly 300 times in the Bible. Nearly always carrying the idea of messenger. The regular Hebrew word malak, translated angel, has several meanings.

 One sent, a messenger, e.g., from a private person (Job 1:14); or from a king 1 Sam. 16:19.
 A messenger of God, i.e, an angel (Exod 23:20) a preacher (Hag. 1:13) an intercessor or priest (Mal. 2:7) a chosen people like a nation ( Isa. 42:19)
 To perform a ministry, work, service (Exod 20:9, 10). Since man is made, but a little lower than the angels, this meaning of malak implies both are to render a ministry, deliver a message.
 Message – (Hag. 1:13). Here the root word for angel is the same as that used to form the word for the message of that angel.

Gabriel appears to Mary with a message from God.
Luke 1:26-38
“And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth. 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And the angel came unto her, and said, Hail, thou that are greatly favored, the Lord is with the blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this could be.30 And the angel said unto her, fear not, Mary: for thou has found favor with the Lord. 31 And, behold thou shalt conceive in thou womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and He shall be called the son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of his Father God. 33And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.34 Than said Mary unto the angel, How can this be, seeing I know not a man. 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also that Holy thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the son of God. 36 and, behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said, behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her”.


We see in Luke 1:19 the messenger angel Gabriel is being sent to speak and to announce the good news. “To bring order.

In (Daniel 8:16) we read that the angels appear in visions with interpretation. We also see an example, were the angels have the ability to touch us, talk with us, and provide us with skill and understanding.

(Daniel 9:21-22) “While I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel whom I had seen in a vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 and he informed me, and talked with me and said, “oh Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and understanding”.

Ministering Angels

Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted. He remained there forty days and nights without food. He was hungry and the tempter did come to tempt him. Despite the fact that He was hungry and Satan offered him all that he had to offer, Jesus resisted the enemy and Satan had no alternative but to flee from the presence of the Lord. After all of this had taken place the angels came and ministered (cared for) Jesus.

(Matthew 4:11) “Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. (Mark 1:13) and He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beast; and the angels ministered unto Him”.

Why did the Angels wait until the battle was over before they come to comfort and minister to Jesus?
Could it be that it was necessary to resist alone? Would the Angel have shared the honor of the victory?
Instead, they waited until the tempter was gone.

The angels were always near Jesus, hovering and waiting to intervene if they needed to. They were a bodyguard around the Lord as they are today around His people.

(Hebrew 1:4) “Are they all not ministering Spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”

The Word of God gives us example of God using angels as messengers; Bringing into our lives instruction, direction, and order. (Matthew1:20) “An Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying, Joseph thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit”. Here an angel appears with instruction for Joseph.

(Matthew 2:13) an angel appeared unto Joseph again in a dream with direction. Saying, “arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I bring thee word”.

Why was it necessary for the angels to come to Jesus? As a man he was hungry and exhausted. The strain of forty days of temptation must have been tremendous.

We can become tough and strong under stress, but when it is all said and done, we tend to stumble. (A good example of this is the story of Elijah).

God has appointed angels to watch over his own people. Jesus is our brother and is a partaker of the ministry of angels. He took our weakness upon Himself, and therefore needed and received the help that the Father has promised all Gods children.

The angels must loathe the fact that Satan could come near Jesus. And they feel the same about the children of God. It is in their character to protect and guard against those things that are not of God. They are eager, ready and capable of comforting and ministering today, the same way as they did in the wilderness for Jesus.

The angels can minister to us in many ways. In the sermon on Sunday, through reading the Word of God, and suddenly the page starts to burn and glow and your soul is warmed from the heat. They can suggest Holy thoughts to bring us comfort, and, yes, even today they can and do appear in the dreams and visions of Gods’ children.

There are many examples in Gods word of ministering angels coming and ministering to His children; Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, (Luke 39-44.) Lot in (Genesis 19:15) Peter in prison (Acts 12:7)And many more”.


Guardian Angels

(Psalms 91:11) “For he shall give his angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways”.
(Psalms 103:20) “Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, harkening unto the voice of his word”.

How do we get the angels to work on our behalf? We heed to the voice of the Lord. We ask the Lord to send the angels and we speak the Word and they harken to it.

Saying and speaking the word of God makes the angels perk up, stand, guard and protect. The angels desire to look into the things of the Holy Spirit. (1Peter 1:12).

A Guardian angel, released Peter from jail, after he struck him, he opened the prison Gates, and Peter was able to actually see the angel.
This was a supernatural intervention on behalf of Peter. (Acts 12:7-17)

(Psalms 34:7) “The angel of the Lord campeth about those that fear him, and delivereth them”. They assist in delivering us from world circumstances, from our own flesh, as well as demonic influence and evil spirits.

If we had bodyguards around us and we were in trouble we would no doubt call on them and expect them to do their job. Yet our Father has provided angelic protection for those who are heirs of salvation (Hebrews 1:4) and we tend not to acknowledge they are even there.

Warfare Angels

“We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places”. (Ephesians 6:12). Most of us have no problem understanding this scripture. We have learned that there are supernatural evil influences that we are fighting against in our lives.

God has provided weapons to help us defeat the assignments from hell that come against us. They are the armor of God, (Ephesians 6:13) the word of God (truth), the blood of Jesus, and many others.

Scripture shows us by many examples that we have angels that war for us. This is a powerful weapon. Yet somehow the enemy has blinded the children of God from partaking this wonderful gift from our Father. We are being cheated from experiencing peace and freedom because of our lack of faith in the existence of the angels.

(Daniel 6:22, 27) “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me. 27 He (the Lord) delivers and rescues, and works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, He who has delivered Daniel from the lions den”. The angel was sent to deliver Daniel from the attack of physical lions. God uses the angels to work signs and wonders and to war on our behalf so that we can be delivered and rescued from the things that come to harm us. (Do you have lions in your life that need their mouths closed?)

Michael is referred to in Daniel as a “warring prince” he came to assist the angel Gabriel in the twenty one-day fight, against Persia. In (Daniel 12:1) He is a great prince that stands, defends, guards, and watches over the sons of God.

We can and should strengthen the Angels by speaking the Word of God, by praying and helping them war against the things of hell. Then we thank and praising the Lord for having mercy upon us and providing this awesome intervention. (Psalms 103:
20 ) “Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, harkening to the voice of his word”.

Revelation is full of scripture referring to the angels and their assignments. (Revelation 12: 7,8) “And there was a war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels; and prevailed not, neither was there place found any more in heaven”.

Till the end of the earth the angels will war and defeat the enemy on our behalf. (Matthew 13:39) “The enemy that sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels”. {They will throw all that was sown by the devil into the eternal lake of fire.}

Throne Angels

(Revelation 7:11) “And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beast, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God’. Angels have access to the throne of God. They are of great significance to God.

In (Exodus 25) we read about the mercy seat in which there were Cherubim’s of gold at each end. They covered the mercy seat with their wings. This is where God chose to meet and commune with the people of (Israel 22) “And there I will meet with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim’s which are upon the ark of commandment unto the children of Israel”.

Isaiah 6:1-3 “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphim’s; 3 one cried to another, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of host, the whole earth is filled with his Glory. At the throne of the Lord Angels are standing and worshiping and praising Him”.

Seraphim means fire, the angels of Gods’ fire, are standing with the Lord on the throne and are here on our behalf. (Psalms 104:4) “Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire”. They are given the power to become refining angels to assist us in taking away the iniquities in our lives.

Isaiah 6:4-7) And when the house filled with smoke Isaiah said, Woe, is me, for I am a man of unclean lips. Than flew one of the seraphim’s (angel of fire) unto me, having a live coal in his hand, he laid it upon my mouth, and said, lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thy iniquities is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Psalms 99:1 “The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he that sitteth between the cherubim’s; let the earth be moved”. There are many examples of angels at the throne complementing and praising the Lord.

Holy Angels

When the son of man shall come in His Glory and all the Holy angels with him, than shall He sit upon the throne of His Glory. (Matthew 25: 31) Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He cometh in the Glory of His Father with the Holy angels. (Mark 8:38)

The word of God speaks of Holy angels. They are the host of heaven, mighty in strength and power, ready to obey the Lord on command and constantly working for the salvation and redemption of Gods children. We must learn to accept the ministry of angels and receive in full the potential God has for us through this wonderful gift.

Evil Angels

He will say to the ones on his left hand – depart from me ye everlasting cursed, into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. (Matthew 25:41) He cast upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil, angels among them. (Psalms 78:49)
Spirits (modern)
Destroying (living)
Destroying (revised)

It is clear through the scripture that the devil has angels. They will be with him as he comes for the Cursed and unredeemed. God also has the authority to release the evil angels.

Ex. (Jude 1:6) “The angels which kept not their own estate, but left their own habitation He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the darkness of the great day”. The evil angels were once holy; they lived in the presence of God. They obviously made their own choice to follow Satan as the scripture says, “they left”. There is a place prepared for them because of their rebellion. “A place with chains and darkness”.

(Revelations 12:9) “And the great dragon was cast out. The old serpent called the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out unto the earth and his angels were cast out with him”.

The devil and his angels were and are defeated. God is their creator and He has power and authority over them.

We also have the same power and authority through the blood of Jesus over the assignments of hell in our lives. God has provided us with weapons and supernatural intervention through His Holy and elect angels. They help provide us with skill and understanding, they minister to us. They are messengers from the Lord, they strengthen us, and war on our behalf, and they guard and protect us, and have charge over us and keep us in our ways.

We have to find the faith to receive the gifts of God for what they are. The Grace of God is His willingness to use his power and ability on our behalf even though we don’t deserve it. This includes Gods willingness and ability to give us the host of heaven to help and guide us.

Keep a healthy balance
(Colossians 2:18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding in those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind.

Remember:
(Above the angels, far superior to angelic help is the Holy Spirit the Comforter.)

My prayer is that this teaching will bring to life the precious gift and weapon that God has given us. To help Gods children to understand the angelic ministry and develop faith in doing so. I do not worship angels or put them in the same category as God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit.

The word of God tells us to test all spirits. I urge you to do this at all time. As we get closer to the coming of Christ the enemy becomes more desperate and cunning I would suggest to double test not only spirits but people that claim to be spiritual.

03/15/01