Angels

Hebrews 1-Part 3
Being made so much better than the angels, as he (Jesus) hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.   Hebrews 1:4


LET IT GLOW

I'm convinced that our son has an angel of protection, which has worked overtime to protect him throughout his 33 years of life. When he was a toddler, he fell out the door and down concrete steps without any damage. Then, while we were at college and had access to swimming pools, he fell in not once, but twice. Friends rescued him both times; he walked into the deep water over his head. (Both times we were there.) Later, he survived accidents, phenemonia, shock from an extension chord,  and hornets stinging. Just last year it was an unfriendly bull, a grass fire, a shock of an electric fence, and his two trucks burried in 3 feet of snow. So far so good. How blessed we are to have those protecting angels!

Who are angels? They are "messengers" from God. The Greek word is aggelos, according to Young's Concordance.
God used angels to deliver a specific message to several in the Bible. I can think of Hagar, Elijah, Joshua, Zacharias, Mary, and Joseph, just to name a few. Did you know 10,000 were active in Moses' day? (Deut. 33:2) Saints meant "holy ones" or "angels" in King James Version.  

In chapter 1 of Hebrews, we find 7 quotes from the OT, which prove the superiority of Christ to the angels.
(Maybe it was because some people during this age worshiped angels.)

1. Christ  is the Son. (verses 4-5)
    What is the "more excellent name" that Jesus possesses? It is "Son." (verse 4)
    Quote 1 is from Psalm 2:7. Jesus is declared to be the Son of God (Rom. 1:4).
    Quote 2 is from 2 Samuel 7:14.

2. Christ is the Firstborn who receives worship. (verse 6)
    The term firstborn means one of rank and honor; the one who received the inheritance and special
     blessing. Christ is the firstborn of all creation (Col 1:15) and to come back from the dead (Col. 1:18).
    Quote 3 is from Deuteronomy 32:43.

3. Christ is served by the angels. (verse 7)
    Quote 4 is from Psalm 104:4. Angels are created spirits without bodies, which assume human forms
    when serving on earth.

4. Christ is God enthroned and anointed. (verse 8-9)
    Quote 5 is from Psalm 45:6.
    Angels minister before the throne instead of sitting on the throne as Jesus does.

5. Christ is the eternal Creator. (verses 10-12)
    Quote 6 is from Psalm 102:25-27.
   
6. Christ is Sovereign while angels are only servants. (verses 13-14)
    Quote 7 is from Psalm 110:1.
    Today, angels are serving the Lord and us on earth.

[Resource: Be Confident by Warren Wiersbe]

It would be interesting to hear opinions on what kind of roles angels play in our world today.
Have you experienced an "angel unaware?"


LET IT GROW

The world has its own ideas about angels, which may or may not be Biblical. Probably we do, too.
In looking at verse 14, all angels are ministering spirits. They are serving God. Aren't you and I expected to do the same? Is my attitude that of a servant?


LET IT GO

I believe that Jesus is God, God's Son, my Creator, sitting on the right hand of God.

Be a servant like an angel.