Angels we have heard on high….

   Angels we have heard on high…

Our sky has been pretty clear these last few days, the moon shining brightly…just like I picture the night of Jesus’ birth…looking out at the clear sky, imagine the Angels appearing to the shepherds…raising their praises in the crisp cool air…with the moon and stars as their backdrop for their Wonderous message …

Have been thinking about  angels this last week…the various references to them in the Scriptures…

 We sing and read about them, especially at Christmas…books and books have been written about them…we may have even been in the presence of them…they are warriors, guardians, singers, messengers…and Praise givers, rejoicing…

This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death. He said:“The Lord came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir;he shone forth from Mount Paran.He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.

Deut.33.1-2

 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2Kgs.6.17

 “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man;I will question you,and you shall answer me. “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set,or who laid its cornerstone— while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

Job.38.2-7. 

 Praise the Lord, you his angels,you mighty ones who do his bidding,who obey his word. Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,you his servants who do his will. 

Praise the Lord, all his works everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Ps.103.20-22

 Praise the Lord.Praise the Lord from the heavens;praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his angels;praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

Ps.148.1-2

 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. 

Matt.16.27

 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

Matt.26.53

 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven,and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.

Luke.2.13-15

 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke.15.10

 For to which of the angels did God ever say,“You are my Son;today I have become your Father”?

Or again,“I will be his Father,and he will be my Son”? 

And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,“Let all God’s angels worship him.”

Heb.1.5-6

 And they sang a new song, saying:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals,because you were slain,and with your blood you purchased for Good persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,and they will reign on the earth.” 

Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. 

They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying:“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strengthand honor and glory and praise!”

Rev.5.9-12

 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.

Heb.13.2

Thank YOU….

Heavenly Hosts…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx2xHa-A0KQ

 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 

For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Col.1.15-20