Angels of Promise, Angels of Judgment Part II
It is one thing to put our trust in God, but it is another to enjoy the camaraderie of others in our quest for more of Him. Knowing that we are not alone in this fight infuses us with a sense of community and releases a commanded blessing that comes through dwelling in unity with others (Psalm 133). In the same way, the angels and saints make up the Cloud of Witnesses who are always surrounding us (often unbeknown), which should infuse us with greater endurance. They release tangible impartations and minister breakthrough, but it’s also just good to know that angels are watching your back!
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (Heb. 12:1).
Right now, angels seem to be invading the affairs of men more than ever before. There are a great variety of tasks and assignments they perform. There are angels that function in each flow of God’s sevenfold nature (Isa. 11:1), including angels of revelation, angels of might, angels of wisdom, angels of knowledge, angels of counsel, angels of the fear of the Lord, and the Angel of the Lord. There are healing angels that show up on the occasional basis, as well as those assigned to permanently work with healing ministries (we operate with a number of these). There are little bartender angels, playful fat “Friar Tuck” sorts that minister the wine and joy of Heaven (we also operate with a number of these). In fact, there are far too many types of angelic hosts to list in one brief article: finance angels, Glory angels, angels of sovereignty, etc. There are angels that minister certain virtues and angels assigned to certain geographical regions.
Interestingly, there are angels assigned to specific types of miracles that require an override of the laws of physics. Angels are specifically assigned to enable supernatural abilities such as walking through walls, floating, glowing with luminescence, and other extraordinary acts as recorded in the lives of the saints both past and present. Angels have been showing up in a number of forums today, such as those in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho that have been dropping priceless, 50-carat gemstones in recent months. Angels can often materialize or create material objects. Many of us have seen angel feathers left behind in meetings, or as they swirl down from the ceiling at times of visitation. But angels can also bring food and other objects. In the life of Roland Buck (see his book Angels on Assignment), angels brought him food and drink at times that effected supernatural outcomes. For instance, after one of these angelic meals, Roland once lost five pounds a day until he dropped to a normal weight size. Our friends Gary and Sarah Morgan recently shared an encounter wherein angels came in and ate communion bread that was left out!
Stories of angels are without number in the history of God’s church. We should understand that He essentially does nothing without using his angelic delegates.
Bless the LORD, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word (Psalm 103:20).
We are in a time of great transition across the body of Christ, and this is why stories of angelic activity are becoming so commonplace. Angels are sent at times of major transition, just as they were when Jesus was born. Not only was the high-ranking angel Gabriel dispatched to announce the birth of Christ (Luke 1:26-33), but an entire heavenly host appeared as well (Luke 2:13). This is not to mention the angel that appeared to Zechariah, the three angelic encounters of Joseph and all the other supernatural activity at that time.
As angels press into earth in such a materialized nature, from spirit to substance, we can be sure that we are on the brink of serious times. In Genesis 19 when the angels came to Lot, they appeared in materialized form. “He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate” (Gen. 19:3). When angels enter this realm to such a degree – so materialized that they can even eat with you – judgment is at the door. Heaven has pressed into earth to such a degree that great shaking is at hand. In this particular story, Sodom and Gomorrah were burned to the ground.
I know other high level prophets today who have shared physical food with angels, just in recent months. Their stories are too complex to discuss here. But like the book of Acts, the church is stepping back into a realm where angelic interaction is not spooky or bizarre, but rather commonplace and ordinary.
Everywhere we travel these days, angels are coming into the meetings, pulling on people’s arms and legs, physically spinning them around and ultimately, launching them into destiny. Angels are likewise being assigned to those who are contending for the fullness of Kingdom power, in order to affect specific miracles such as bilocation, levitation and the like, to enable harvest Glory to spread throughout the earth. Although we are only seeing the first fruits of such interaction, we can be sure that the angels at hand are bringing us into the promised inheritance of the saints. When the angels appear, salvation, healing and deliverance is soon to follow.
I believe it is imperative that we begin to pay more attention to the realm of the angelic. Our ignorance of the angels has been one of the most devastating faults of the church.
How self-sufficient are our assumptions to think we do not need angelic assistance. Whenever someone speaks of them from a pulpit, someone inevitably trims the discussion, saying “All we need is Jesus. Don’t focus on angels.” Of course we focus on Jesus, but maybe he’s trying to inform us about something! We talk about people all the time in church. Most pastors have probably told more stories about their dogs from the pulpit than about personal angelic encounters. If the fear is idolatry, then I think we are more prone to worship people and dogs before we would worship angels, which we scarcely believe exist!
Likewise, we would never go as far as to reject assistance from fellow humans. But our rejection of angelic assistance is more a sin of omission than commission. Although few believers would reject an outright materialized angelic visitation, the truth is that all of us reject angelic assistance everyday by not volitionally choosing to step into the reality of their realm. Instead of waiting for angels to come into our world, we need to step up into theirs. When we walk in the Spirit, with our spirit eyes open in the seer realm, we are aware of angelic activity whether in the grocery store, a gas station, our workplace or wherever we may be. And when we are aware of angelic activity and we can see what Heaven is doing, we can then begin to partner with them.
"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some [you] have unwittingly entertained angels" (Hebrews 13:2)
We often overlook direct interaction with angels without knowing it. We never really know how they're going to look. And we always have to be ready, because angelic encounters bring a test! Angels are good at surprising us. Jacob did not expect what was coming when the heavens opened and angels began ascending and descending in Bethel (Gen. 28:10-15). But Jacob put a landmark there, promising God that he would give Him a tenth of his wealth. Twenty years later, the Lord reminded Jacob of this promise, calling him back to the place of his visitation, telling him to return to Bethel and fulfill his vows. There was a cost to this visit. To enter the promises, we often need strongholds leveled within our own hearts!
Returning to the place of divine intimacy is the first step toward positioning yourself for encounter. God is after our heart, and hungry hearts will constantly search for Him. When we fail to find God in the busyness of life, we must often make a pilgrimage back to the place where we last saw Him.
God is calling us back to the place of visitation, back to the place of promise and back to the Secret Place where we last encountered Him. Don’t wait for a lightning bolt. You can learn to position yourself for angelic encounter, and even a visit from the Lord Himself, by returning to the landmark where He moved in your life before. As we learn to go back to the place of visitation, we can learn to have prolonged habitation with the Lord.
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (Heb. 12:1).
Right now, angels seem to be invading the affairs of men more than ever before. There are a great variety of tasks and assignments they perform. There are angels that function in each flow of God’s sevenfold nature (Isa. 11:1), including angels of revelation, angels of might, angels of wisdom, angels of knowledge, angels of counsel, angels of the fear of the Lord, and the Angel of the Lord. There are healing angels that show up on the occasional basis, as well as those assigned to permanently work with healing ministries (we operate with a number of these). There are little bartender angels, playful fat “Friar Tuck” sorts that minister the wine and joy of Heaven (we also operate with a number of these). In fact, there are far too many types of angelic hosts to list in one brief article: finance angels, Glory angels, angels of sovereignty, etc. There are angels that minister certain virtues and angels assigned to certain geographical regions.
Interestingly, there are angels assigned to specific types of miracles that require an override of the laws of physics. Angels are specifically assigned to enable supernatural abilities such as walking through walls, floating, glowing with luminescence, and other extraordinary acts as recorded in the lives of the saints both past and present. Angels have been showing up in a number of forums today, such as those in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho that have been dropping priceless, 50-carat gemstones in recent months. Angels can often materialize or create material objects. Many of us have seen angel feathers left behind in meetings, or as they swirl down from the ceiling at times of visitation. But angels can also bring food and other objects. In the life of Roland Buck (see his book Angels on Assignment), angels brought him food and drink at times that effected supernatural outcomes. For instance, after one of these angelic meals, Roland once lost five pounds a day until he dropped to a normal weight size. Our friends Gary and Sarah Morgan recently shared an encounter wherein angels came in and ate communion bread that was left out!
Stories of angels are without number in the history of God’s church. We should understand that He essentially does nothing without using his angelic delegates.
Bless the LORD, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word (Psalm 103:20).
We are in a time of great transition across the body of Christ, and this is why stories of angelic activity are becoming so commonplace. Angels are sent at times of major transition, just as they were when Jesus was born. Not only was the high-ranking angel Gabriel dispatched to announce the birth of Christ (Luke 1:26-33), but an entire heavenly host appeared as well (Luke 2:13). This is not to mention the angel that appeared to Zechariah, the three angelic encounters of Joseph and all the other supernatural activity at that time.
As angels press into earth in such a materialized nature, from spirit to substance, we can be sure that we are on the brink of serious times. In Genesis 19 when the angels came to Lot, they appeared in materialized form. “He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate” (Gen. 19:3). When angels enter this realm to such a degree – so materialized that they can even eat with you – judgment is at the door. Heaven has pressed into earth to such a degree that great shaking is at hand. In this particular story, Sodom and Gomorrah were burned to the ground.
I know other high level prophets today who have shared physical food with angels, just in recent months. Their stories are too complex to discuss here. But like the book of Acts, the church is stepping back into a realm where angelic interaction is not spooky or bizarre, but rather commonplace and ordinary.
Everywhere we travel these days, angels are coming into the meetings, pulling on people’s arms and legs, physically spinning them around and ultimately, launching them into destiny. Angels are likewise being assigned to those who are contending for the fullness of Kingdom power, in order to affect specific miracles such as bilocation, levitation and the like, to enable harvest Glory to spread throughout the earth. Although we are only seeing the first fruits of such interaction, we can be sure that the angels at hand are bringing us into the promised inheritance of the saints. When the angels appear, salvation, healing and deliverance is soon to follow.
I believe it is imperative that we begin to pay more attention to the realm of the angelic. Our ignorance of the angels has been one of the most devastating faults of the church.
How self-sufficient are our assumptions to think we do not need angelic assistance. Whenever someone speaks of them from a pulpit, someone inevitably trims the discussion, saying “All we need is Jesus. Don’t focus on angels.” Of course we focus on Jesus, but maybe he’s trying to inform us about something! We talk about people all the time in church. Most pastors have probably told more stories about their dogs from the pulpit than about personal angelic encounters. If the fear is idolatry, then I think we are more prone to worship people and dogs before we would worship angels, which we scarcely believe exist!
Likewise, we would never go as far as to reject assistance from fellow humans. But our rejection of angelic assistance is more a sin of omission than commission. Although few believers would reject an outright materialized angelic visitation, the truth is that all of us reject angelic assistance everyday by not volitionally choosing to step into the reality of their realm. Instead of waiting for angels to come into our world, we need to step up into theirs. When we walk in the Spirit, with our spirit eyes open in the seer realm, we are aware of angelic activity whether in the grocery store, a gas station, our workplace or wherever we may be. And when we are aware of angelic activity and we can see what Heaven is doing, we can then begin to partner with them.
"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some [you] have unwittingly entertained angels" (Hebrews 13:2)
We often overlook direct interaction with angels without knowing it. We never really know how they're going to look. And we always have to be ready, because angelic encounters bring a test! Angels are good at surprising us. Jacob did not expect what was coming when the heavens opened and angels began ascending and descending in Bethel (Gen. 28:10-15). But Jacob put a landmark there, promising God that he would give Him a tenth of his wealth. Twenty years later, the Lord reminded Jacob of this promise, calling him back to the place of his visitation, telling him to return to Bethel and fulfill his vows. There was a cost to this visit. To enter the promises, we often need strongholds leveled within our own hearts!
Returning to the place of divine intimacy is the first step toward positioning yourself for encounter. God is after our heart, and hungry hearts will constantly search for Him. When we fail to find God in the busyness of life, we must often make a pilgrimage back to the place where we last saw Him.
God is calling us back to the place of visitation, back to the place of promise and back to the Secret Place where we last encountered Him. Don’t wait for a lightning bolt. You can learn to position yourself for angelic encounter, and even a visit from the Lord Himself, by returning to the landmark where He moved in your life before. As we learn to go back to the place of visitation, we can learn to have prolonged habitation with the Lord.
posted by John Crowder at 7:14 AM
1 Comments:
Thank you for the revelation of angelic works. I have not heard any of this from the pulpit. It brings hope to my spirit. I look forward to new encounters, to the glory or God!!
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