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Can you be in touch with an angel?
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This verse comes to mind: "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."~Hewbrews 13:2 KJV
AIR
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Myself, I'm not sure but I've got a story.
Years ago I woke up in the middle of the night and I was looking down to the ground and I saw a shadow figure laying on the mattress, yes a mattress because last night my friend were sleepovering at my house and the next day I didn't feel like to put the mattress away. Anyways, I was looking down and I was very scared, I was sure that someone was sleeping there. I felt very scared and suddenly there weren't nothing. I still felt very scared because I was sure that someone was there.
This year I was sleepovering at grandma's and I woke up in the middle of the night and I saw a figure standing there, however I wasn't scared. I felt very comfortable while I was watching the figure, I didn't scare at all. I saw a black man with a white costume on him but I couldn't recognize his face but I saw that he was black and a male. Weird, I'm not sure was it an angel but usually I'm scared when I see something but this time I wasn't and until today I started to think about it.
Years ago I woke up in the middle of the night and I was looking down to the ground and I saw a shadow figure laying on the mattress, yes a mattress because last night my friend were sleepovering at my house and the next day I didn't feel like to put the mattress away. Anyways, I was looking down and I was very scared, I was sure that someone was sleeping there. I felt very scared and suddenly there weren't nothing. I still felt very scared because I was sure that someone was there.
This year I was sleepovering at grandma's and I woke up in the middle of the night and I saw a figure standing there, however I wasn't scared. I felt very comfortable while I was watching the figure, I didn't scare at all. I saw a black man with a white costume on him but I couldn't recognize his face but I saw that he was black and a male. Weird, I'm not sure was it an angel but usually I'm scared when I see something but this time I wasn't and until today I started to think about it.
We have angels around us all the time for different reasons and with what you have seen it could be that God is trying to show you His protection against any evil that might try and come your way as the first scared you, but the second was very calming. You as a teen are on a good path as you place yourself in that which is Christ and are learning His ways for you in your life. Here is a study for you about angels that I pray helps your understanding of what and who they are and how they work in our life. God bless you and your studies of the Bible.
Angels are essentially “ministering spirits,” (Hebrews 1:14) and do not have physical bodies like humans. Jesus declared that “a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:37-39).
The Bible classifies some angels as “elect” (1 Timothy 5:21) or “holy” (Matthew 25:31; Mark 8:38). Angels were also organized in ranks or orders with some having wings, but not all had wings (Isaiah6:1-3; 1Thessalonians 4:16). All angels were created to be holy, enjoying the presence of God (Matthew 18:10) and the beauty of heaven (Mark 13:32).
Other angels oppose God under the leadership of Satan (Isaiah 14:12-20) whom even Satan is a created spirit of God that is why God could never destroy him because a spirit can not die. (Matthew 25:41; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6; Ephesians 6:12). We often call these types of angels demons for which an everlasting fire is prepared by God for these angels, (Matthew 25:41).
Angels have no gender (Matthew 22:30) and are innumerable (Hebrews 12:22). They are incarnate in human form at times (Genesis 18:2-8) for the purpose of ministry. Angels also express emotions (Luke 15:10), are wise (2 Samuel 14:20) and powerful (Psalms 103:20).
The unnamed angels who appear most often in Scripture carry out a variety of tasks—all designed to serve God…
Worship and praise - This is the main activity portrayed in heaven (Isaiah 6:1-3; Revelation 4-5).
Revealing - They serve as messengers to communicate God's will to men. They helped reveal the law to Moses (Acts 7:52-53), and served as the carriers of much of the material in Daniel, and Revelation.
Guiding - Angels gave instructions to Joseph about the birth of Jesus (Matthew 1-2), to the women at the tomb, to Philip (Acts 8:26), and to Cornelius (Acts 10:1-8).
Providing - God has used angels to provide physical needs such as food for Hagar (Genesis 21:17-20), Elijah (1 Kings 19:6), and Christ after His temptation (Matthew 4:11).
Protecting - Keeping God's people out of physical danger, as in the cases of Daniel and the lions, and his three friends in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3 and 6).
Delivering - Getting God's people out of danger once they're in it. Angels released the apostles from prison in Acts 5, and repeated the process for Peter in Acts 12.
Strengthening and encouraging - Angels strengthened Jesus after His temptation (Matt 4:11), encouraged the apostles to keep preaching after releasing them from prison (Acts 5:19-20), and told Paul that everyone on his ship would survive the impending shipwreck (Acts 27:23-25).
Answering prayer - God often uses angels as His means of answering the prayers of His people (Daniel 9:20-24; 10:10-12; Acts 12:1-17).
Caring for believers at the moment of death - In the story of Lazarus and the rich man, we read that angels carried the spirit of Lazarus to “Abraham's bosom” when he died (Luke 16:22).
You never know when and where and angel of God will show up and as Hebrews 13:2 says be careful for you never know when you are entertaining angels unaware.
Angels are essentially “ministering spirits,” (Hebrews 1:14) and do not have physical bodies like humans. Jesus declared that “a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:37-39).
The Bible classifies some angels as “elect” (1 Timothy 5:21) or “holy” (Matthew 25:31; Mark 8:38). Angels were also organized in ranks or orders with some having wings, but not all had wings (Isaiah6:1-3; 1Thessalonians 4:16). All angels were created to be holy, enjoying the presence of God (Matthew 18:10) and the beauty of heaven (Mark 13:32).
Other angels oppose God under the leadership of Satan (Isaiah 14:12-20) whom even Satan is a created spirit of God that is why God could never destroy him because a spirit can not die. (Matthew 25:41; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6; Ephesians 6:12). We often call these types of angels demons for which an everlasting fire is prepared by God for these angels, (Matthew 25:41).
Angels have no gender (Matthew 22:30) and are innumerable (Hebrews 12:22). They are incarnate in human form at times (Genesis 18:2-8) for the purpose of ministry. Angels also express emotions (Luke 15:10), are wise (2 Samuel 14:20) and powerful (Psalms 103:20).
The unnamed angels who appear most often in Scripture carry out a variety of tasks—all designed to serve God…
Worship and praise - This is the main activity portrayed in heaven (Isaiah 6:1-3; Revelation 4-5).
Revealing - They serve as messengers to communicate God's will to men. They helped reveal the law to Moses (Acts 7:52-53), and served as the carriers of much of the material in Daniel, and Revelation.
Guiding - Angels gave instructions to Joseph about the birth of Jesus (Matthew 1-2), to the women at the tomb, to Philip (Acts 8:26), and to Cornelius (Acts 10:1-8).
Providing - God has used angels to provide physical needs such as food for Hagar (Genesis 21:17-20), Elijah (1 Kings 19:6), and Christ after His temptation (Matthew 4:11).
Protecting - Keeping God's people out of physical danger, as in the cases of Daniel and the lions, and his three friends in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3 and 6).
Delivering - Getting God's people out of danger once they're in it. Angels released the apostles from prison in Acts 5, and repeated the process for Peter in Acts 12.
Strengthening and encouraging - Angels strengthened Jesus after His temptation (Matt 4:11), encouraged the apostles to keep preaching after releasing them from prison (Acts 5:19-20), and told Paul that everyone on his ship would survive the impending shipwreck (Acts 27:23-25).
Answering prayer - God often uses angels as His means of answering the prayers of His people (Daniel 9:20-24; 10:10-12; Acts 12:1-17).
Caring for believers at the moment of death - In the story of Lazarus and the rich man, we read that angels carried the spirit of Lazarus to “Abraham's bosom” when he died (Luke 16:22).
You never know when and where and angel of God will show up and as Hebrews 13:2 says be careful for you never know when you are entertaining angels unaware.
iLOVE
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Yes you can talk to God's Angels and see them who look as we do. When you accept Jesus as your personal Savior you received the full package from God. I am a testament that God Angel's are real!!!!!
From time to time, I smell incense. I remember the smell from being in a Church as a child where incense was burned. One time the whole house smelled of incense, the smell was so strong. But we all agreed it was a lovely fragrance.
Then I saw on a TV show dealing with paranormal phenomena that it was actually a very cheap psychic phenomenon. Apparently it's common for people to suddenly smell all kinds of smells when they're alone, but it never leads to a meaningful experience, angelic or otherwise.
Then I saw on a TV show dealing with paranormal phenomena that it was actually a very cheap psychic phenomenon. Apparently it's common for people to suddenly smell all kinds of smells when they're alone, but it never leads to a meaningful experience, angelic or otherwise.
Consider the following short link I posted about angels.
http://www.christianforums.net/showthread.php?t=47877
http://www.christianforums.net/showthread.php?t=47877
iLOVE
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Yes you can talk to God's Angels and see them who look as we do. When you accept Jesus as your personal Savior you received the full package from God. I am a testament that God Angel's are real!!!!!
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2
God sent the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (Jesus mother) and Elizabeth (John the baptist mother). Luke 1:26-38
There are many stories in the the bible when God has sent his Angels.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; Psalm 91:11