Truth About Angels
Truth About Angels
Truth About Angels
TRUTH
Prophecy Watch
Spotting a Counterfeit - pg. 20
An Amazing Fact
Did you know that angelfish are one of the most popular
freshwater aquarium fish? They were originally found in
the tropical waters of South America but have since been
bred into a wide variety, including marbles, zebras, and
leopards. Angelfish are carnivorous and become more
territorial and aggressive as they mature. They also breed
for life and can live up to 15 years. Their biological
name, pterophyllum, means “winged leaf,”
but the term “angelfish” caught on as
a nickname for their beautiful
and graceful fins, which
resemble wings.
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Scriptures reveal the role of angels in the plan of redemption. “Are they
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit
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By Pastor Doug Batchelor
TRUTH
king of Israel?” (2 Kings 6:11).
They replied, “None, my lord, O
king; but Elisha, the prophet who
is in Israel, tells the king of Israel
the words that you speak in your
bedroom” (v. 12).
Now enlightened, the king
of Syria decided to kidnap
the Lord’s agent. One night
he sent a large army to
encircle the little town of
Dothan, where Elisha
was staying. Early in
the morning, Elisha’s
assistant arose and
discovered they
were completely
surrounded.
When he saw
the glitter
of armor on
thousands of soldiers and heard the snort of stomping horses, Because, “The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who
he rushed to Elisha and cried out, “Alas, my master! What shall fear Him, and delivers them” (Psalm 34:7).
we do?” (v. 15). I also pray that God will open our eyes as we consider what
Elisha walked to the window, perhaps rubbing his eyes the Bible says about these very real but largely unseen beings.
from the sleep, and calmly responded, “Do not fear, for those
who are with us are more than those who are with them” (v. 16). Angels Everywhere
His young assistant must have been bewildered because of the It is probably safe to say that many of us have actually seen
huge army threatening them, but Elisha prayed, “Lord, I pray, these messengers from God but didn’t realize it. The Bible says,
open his eyes that he may see.” God immediately answered “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have
His messenger’s prayer. “Then the Lord opened the eyes of the unwittingly entertained angels” (Hebrews 13:2). Like many
young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of others, I believe I have been providentially protected by angels.
horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha” (v. 17). But that’s not why I am convinced of their existence. I
Who were these soldiers in chariots of fire? These believe in angels because the Bible plainly teaches that they
supernatural beings that surrounded the town were angels sent exist. From Genesis to Revelation we read all about them. At
from God. King David gives us this clue: “I will not be afraid least 250 Bible passages speak of angels. The last book of the
of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against Bible alone has 80 references. Surely, with so many Scriptures
me all around” (Psalm 3:6). Why could David be so confident? about them, it is a subject worthy of our careful attention.
Glorifying God
One of the paramount joys of angels is to glorify God. We see this in
Isaiah 6 and Revelation 7. When the angels came to announce the birth of
Christ to the shepherds, what were their words? “Glory to God in the highest!”
(Luke 2:14). Angels find no greater pleasure, and we were created for the same
purpose. “Therefore,” writes Paul, “whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). We ought to find our supreme
happiness in glorifying the God who saves, just like the angels.
Angels are ministering spirits who also live to obey God’s will. They constantly
surround the Lord. You can see this symbolized in the earthly temple. It was
”
about to embark on.” called a district leader in his
On a Tuesday evening denomination and asked about
the next month, they drove to the the change of the Sabbath. “He told
church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for their first meeting. me in a few words that it had been
“I thought they would make a few interesting statements, moved to Sunday by the disciples,”
pass the offering baskets to collect money, and we’d go he remembers, “and that he didn’t have a
home,” John says. “Then I’d show Mary where they were problem with it.” Then John decided to call his
wrong. Wow! Was I wrong!” local pastor to arrange a meeting so he could ask him
John says they were “incredibly shocked” because some questions. The pastor insisted on knowing the topic
they decided to double check everything the evangelist and when John said he had some questions about the
stated. “We were very skeptical. We looked everything Sabbath his pastor agreed to talk with him.
up!” And they prayed earnestly to learn the truth. Soon after this John attended the church board meeting.
They kept attending the prophecy meetings and found At the conclusion, the pastor announced before the other
themselves soaking up new light, including a clearer two members that he was ready to talk with John about the
understanding about the Sabbath. Sabbath. John was completely surprised and unprepared.
After attending their first Sabbath service, Mary He had carefully arranged his questions and made notes
wasn’t feeling good about going back to their Sunday- about specific Bible verses but left all of this at home. After
keeping church. “I wasn’t quite ready to leave our old his pastor repeated many of the first-day verses in the
New Testament commonly used to support a change from
Sabbath to Sunday, John did his best to share his newfound
understanding of the Sabbath. His comments were not
received well, and he was called a legalist.
John stood up and said, “I don’t like to call any man
wrong, but I believe you are wrong.” He then politely shook
hands with everyone and left the church. In October, John
and Mary attended their Sunday-keeping church for the last
time. They chose to follow the truth they were learning in
the prophecy meetings with Darrin. On March 14, 2015,
they were baptized into God’s end-time church!
The pathway to truth led John and Mary through
some difficult times, but God was with them every step
of the way. They were determined to keep their end of the
bargain with God. Through Amazing Facts and a loving
church family, they were honest seekers and followed the
light wherever it would lead.
Q.
Do people become angels when they die?
A. When the apostle Peter was miraculously delivered from prison, the young lady,
Rhoda, who answered the door could hardly believe it was him. In her excitement,
she left Peter locked outside and rushed to tell the others. Since he had been previously
delivered by an angel, the other believers in the house praying for Peter’s release
apparently thought this might be his angel.
It is not strange that these followers of Jesus believed Rhoda saw a spiritual being.
Even Christ’s disciples had moments when they thought they were seeing some type
of spirit. When Jesus came to them on the water during a storm, it says, “When they
saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ghost, and cried out” (Mark 6:49).
After the resurrection, Jesus’ appearance alarmed some. “As they said these things,
Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, ‘Peace to you.’ But they
Tune in to Bible Answers Live, were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit” (Luke 24:36, 37).
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Doug give biblical, straightforward theories about angels were formulated by Jewish teachers.
answers to difficult Bible questions. But the Bible teaches that angels are not of the same order as human beings (Psalm 8:5)
To get times and stations in your area, and existed before people were even created (Job 38:4–7). Before any person ever died
or to listen to answers online, visit angels existed in the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:24). God has provided each of His children
www.amazingfacts.org. a guardian angel (Matthew 18:10; Psalm 34:7). Someday God’s angels will come and gather
the Lord’s people at the second coming of Jesus (Mark 13:27).
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God years ago, but after watching
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Pastor Doug preach on the return
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of the prodigal son I broke down
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and wept. After 19 years I came back
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into the Lord’s arms, and I will never
and uploaded 17 new videos and is working on a new
leave Him again.” —Mr. Jhiang
smartphone app to make it easier for believers in China
looking for tools to help them grow in faith. After
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viewed during the summer months. That’s an increase of found our Chinese website. Though raised a Christian, she left the
37 percent! church for a decade, but then “stumbled” upon the Amazing Facts
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One of those who visited our website was a young man to.” After learning about the Sabbath, she requested help in finding
named Mr. Jin, who lives in Korea. He first learned about a church. An Amazing Facts web evangelist helped her find one
God while in middle school but wandered from the Lord and on August 8, 2015, she was re-baptized. “I want to thank the
in high school when he began selling phones to his fellow Amazing Facts workers for your website!”
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city to start fresh but could only find night work. about the Sabbath truth from watching programs on our website.
“One night,” he told us, “I got home late from work and She became so convicted by what she heard that she found this
couldn’t sleep. I started browsing YouTube on my phone and pastor and invited him to join their Bible study group. After just
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me of what I once learned in church. So I began watching of his church! Praise the Lord!
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life.” Mr. Jin is now seeking to conduct his business God’s China plans to produce eight more videos, print three books,
way. “Thank you,” he shares, “for Qimiaozhenxiang.com.” and launch the smartphone app to help spread the three angels’
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Why this emphasis on deception? Because but also carrying messages of
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many pretenders. False prophets might look and sound like bona God’s messengers are not controlled by what people want
fide seers, but outward appearances can fool you. “Beware of false to hear. They obediently communicate a message from the
prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they Lord no matter how it could be received. Paul explained to the
are ravenous wolves” (Matthew 7:15). Spotting a counterfeiter church in Galatia, “For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do
requires an educated eye. I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be
a bondservant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10). Real prophets are
The Role of Prophets not people pleasers.
Christ’s warning about false prophets actually tells us that Of course, a true prophet always speaks the truth. This is
the Lord has genuine messengers gifted by the Holy Spirit. A illustrated in the experience of Ahab when he called for the
true prophet is one sent by God to deliver messages. The word prophet Micaiah. The king hated this messenger, “because
“prophet” comes from two Greek words—pro, which means he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil” (1 Kings
“before,” and phemi, which means “to speak.” A prophet is a 22:8). Even when Micaiah spoke with tongue in cheek, Ahab
spokesperson for God, sometimes foretelling future events, snapped, “How many times shall I make you swear that you
Testing Prophets
The apostle John echoed Jesus’ warning about false proph-
ets. “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits,
whether they are of God; because many false prophets have Very Convincing
gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1). The church in Ephesus The devil is adept at deceit, and he knows that in order to
guarded against dishonest prophets. John quotes Jesus as say- convince people to follow him, he must come as close as possible
ing, “I know your works … that you cannot bear those who are to the genuine. In other words, he must look like Christ. He will
evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and use sleight of hand to fool as many as he can. Jesus warned, “For
are not, and have found them liars” (Revelation 2:2). false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and
The Bible provides us with ways to determine if a person wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect” (Matthew 24:24).
is truly speaking on behalf of God. There are four tests of a Christ showed signs and wonders in His ministry on the
true prophet found in Scripture: earth. Peter proclaimed, “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of
Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and
4 Predictions made by a true messenger of God are considered. What is the message of this prophet? What are the fruits
fulfilled. “As for the prophet who prophesies of of his or her life and work? Do they uphold Jesus as the Christ and
peace, when the word of the prophet comes to do their predictions come true? These are the security measures that
pass, the prophet will be known as one whom determine whether a prophet is genuine or counterfeit.
the Lord has truly sent” (Jeremiah 28:9). If their Let’s watch and be faithful through careful study of the Bible
prediction does not come to pass, you can know so we will be able to distinguish the genuine from the false as we
they are not speaking for God. approach the return of Jesus.
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Inside Report 22 4Q 2015
Blessings
Running Over!
Peter and Eleanor have given
many faithful years to serving God’s church and have been
energetic volunteers here at Amazing Facts headquarters.
But their devotion to sharing Bible truth goes even further.
“We feel Amazing Facts’ messages are right on target,”
Eleanor shares, “and we want to help advance the gospel.” So
the two worked closely with our planned giving department
to establish a soul-winning gift annuity, a practical and
mutually beneficial way to support Amazing Facts’ work of
spreading the everlasting gospel—while also receiving a tax
deduction and a lifetime income.
They took another step of faith recently to support the
Revelation DVD project, which has been seen by millions all
around the world. “We cashed in one of our annuities here to don’t need the income.” Because of God’s blessing, they were
help advance this outreach. … able to make this significant contribution right away.
We didn’t want to tie up those “The gift annuity program is a wonderful way to
funds in an annuity if we support the mission of Amazing Facts if you would like
to receive income,” the dedicated couple
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JOE CREWS CLASSIC
MAN’S
ONE of the clearest last-day signs
revealed in the Bible is the build- FLICKER
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up of spiritual and demonic forces for a final all-out
struggle that will settle the destiny of every living soul.
GOD’S
God and Satan will meet in the climactic confrontation
of Armageddon, and the age-long controversy between
good and evil will be resolved for all eternity.
FLAME
The Bible indicates that Satan will work feverishly
through all the artful devices that appeal to the human mind,
seeking to deceive the whole planet into his camp. John says that
he “has come down ... having great wrath, because he knows that
he has a short time” (Revelation 12:12). In preparation for this
encounter, which he has been planning for ages, the adversary
will manipulate both political and religious forces. The ultimate
goal of the devil is to make people sin, because sin is the only
thing that will keep anyone out of heaven. and establish some other authority that would still retain a
The focus of the final contest will be over obedience to respectable Christian image.
God’s great moral law. Satan despises the government of heaven In order to encompass all churches and faiths, the
and its law. He broke the concord of angels long ago by charging program would have to be outside of any doctrine, prophetic
God with requiring too much. He accused God of being unjust interpretation, or standards of living, since these would produce
by demanding obedience to a law that could not be kept. Ever only division and disagreement. It is not hard to see that all these
since that time he has tried to make his accusations come true elements would have to be incorporated into any vast trickery to
by leading people to break that law. For non-Christians the devil unite Christians in disobeying the Ten Commandments.
had no problem whatsoever, but how could he unite all the great
religious bodies in a program of disobedience? Are Miracle-Workers of God?
Obviously, some scheme would have to be devised that Now let’s study the actual inspired description of how
would make Christians comfortable in their transgression, these conditions will prevail at the end of the age. Incredibly,
which could be spread in the name of Christ, and which would the deceptive powers of the master counterfeiter will achieve
operate across all the boundaries of denomination and creed. all these objectives.
Somehow, the plan would have to destroy the traditional First, notice that Jesus confirmed how many would disobey
view of the Bible as the final authority in matters of faith, His law in the name of religion: “Not everyone who says to Me,
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Guardians
A brief reference made by Jesus about angels shows how
each one of us has at least one of these guardians of heaven Hebrews 13:2
watching over us. Christ said, “Take heed that you do not
despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven
their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven” comforted Jesus after 40 days of fasting in the wilderness and
(Matthew 18:10). Even the weakest Christian has the assurance in Gethsemane. Angels are all through the Bible.
that “their angel” has access to God. Pastor John G. Paton, a pioneer missionary in the New
David affirms the defense of angels when he writes, “Bless Hebrides Islands, told a thrilling story involving the protective
the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, care of angels. A hostile, man-eating tribe surrounded his mission
heeding the voice of His word. Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, headquarters one night, intent on burning the Paton family out
you ministers of His, who do His pleasure” (Psalm 103:20, 21). and killing them. John Paton and his wife prayed all during that
Most comforting are David’s words of the protective care terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight
angels provide God’s children. came they were amazed to see that, unaccountably, the attackers
had left. They thanked God for delivering them.
A year later, the chief of the tribe was converted, and Mr.
“Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Paton, remembering what had happened, asked the chief what
even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil had kept him and his men from burning down the house. The
shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your
chief replied in surprise, “Who were all those men you had
dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you,
with you there?”
to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall
The missionary answered, “There were no men there; just
bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
my wife and I.” The chief argued that he had seen many men
You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young
standing guard—hundreds in shining garments with drawn
lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot”
swords in their hands. They seemed to circle the mission station
(Psalm 91:9–13).
so that the tribe was afraid to attack. Only then did Mr. Paton
realize that God had sent His angels to protect them.
There are so many inspiring references to angels in the We are not alone in this world. Heavenly beings observe
Bible. We could go on for hours about the stories of these everything we do. Not only do they protect us, but they
heavenly beings in the Bible who visited Hagar, Lot, and Jacob, cooperate with God in guiding us into truth when we stray.
who fed Elijah, who saved Daniel in the lion’s den, who spoke Someday we will meet them face to face. I’m looking forward to
with Zechariah, who announced good news to Mary, who meeting my guardian angel; aren’t you? While we should never
freed Peter from prison, who guided Philip to an Ethiopian, worship them, we certainly should thank God for angels who
who encouraged Paul in a sinking ship, and who even live to serve our fallen world.
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