Angels
I'm still reading Revelation from the Message. Though I'm going back and forth with the NAS now, also. Today I saw something pretty awesome that I want to share with you.
I was in Revelation 14 and right at verse 6, it begins to describe these angels and their mandates.
The first one is to preach the Gospel to all those remaining on earth. I believe that this is God's mercy toward those left without a church and without the Holy Spirit to preach the Good news to them. For, by this time, the church will have been raptured. The beast will have been or will about be revealed. And there is no one to tell the people anything different.
God sends an angel to preach to them one more time in hope that some will hear and believe and be saved.
I could see this angel flying around the earth, real low and proclaiming loudly, the testimony of Jesus and His awesome grace. How could anyone "not believe" if they saw/heard that?? But some won't. It is clear.
Then there is one who begins to fly around and tell people not to receive the mark of the beast or worship him. For they will be eternally doomed if they do. Again...God's mercy. He wants to be sure people understand what they are choosing. But many will choose the beast anyway. And the mark.
666 is not the mark. It is the "number of his name" and the reader is warned to be aware of what it is and recognize it. I do not think it is a bar code either. But the "chip" is closer to what it will be. I feel that in my spirit. Though that is not "it" either. But the thing preparing the way for it. We are close to the end. I'm sure of that. But close in the span of eternity could mean 50 or 100 years.
And then I started thinking about angels and how powerful these beings must be. Huge and powerful and Holy from just being in the Lord's presence day and night.
And then I thought about the verse in Hebrews 1:14
that says they are "our" servants, if we belong to Jesus. That just blows me away. And makes me realize a little clearer just who I am in Him. And who I am before the angels. A child of Almighty God, maker of heaven and earth. A Princess in the Kingdom of Light. The bride of Christ. They look at me and marvel and wonder how they can serve me.
"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?"Hebrews 1:14
and I am so proud of him.
