Messengers From God Series

“Messengers From God”

Acts 1:9-11

We live in a time where we are told much about Angels, and yet most that is spoken of today is false.

We will not take weeks to study Angels but we will look at them today because our text brings us in contact with “Messengers” that are from God.

Acts 1:9 “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.”

While they beheld - they were not asleep; nor did Christ become invisible to them, or disappear before his ascension, but was visible to them in it; hence they were eyewitnesses of it:

Taken up - to lift up, raise up, to take from among the living.

Some believe that this is a short statement that would also include attendants (angels) and chariots.

Acts 1:10 “And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;”

Two men - two angels in the form of men

They appeared in white apparel, as the angel at the sepulchre in Matthew 28:3 which was a symbol both of their purity and holiness.

Matthew 28:3 “His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:”

Angel In The Bible

Psalms 91:11 - For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Hebrews 13:2 - Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Jude 1:6 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Matthew 18:10 - Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Hebrews 1:14 - Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Revelation 19:10 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Matthew 24:31 - And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Psalms 34:7 - The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Isaiah 6:2 - Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Facts About Angels in the Bible

Angels are mentioned 273 times in the Bible.

1 - Angels were created by God.

Colossians 1:16 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:”

2 - Angels were created to live for eternity.

Scripture tells us that angels do not experience death.

Luke 20:36 “Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.”

3 - Angels were present when God created the world.

When God created the foundations of the earth, the angels had already been in existence.

Job 38:1-7 “Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”

4 - Angels do not marry.

In heaven, men and women will be like the angels, who do not marry or reproduce.

Matthew 22:30 “For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.”

5 - Angels are wise and intelligent.

Angels can discern good and evil and give insight and understanding.

2 Samuel 14:17 “Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.”