ANGELS AND YESHUA

The scriptures tell us that Yeshua existed in eternity before the world began. In fact the 1st Century rabbi, Sha’ul of Tarsus, declared that Yeshua himself is the creator of the invisible, angelic realm. So it is no surprise that ancient accounts record angelic activity at key moments in his earthly life. His birth was foretold to Miriam (Mary) by the angel Gabriel, and heralded by angelic rejoicing in the skies above Bethlehem. Angels strengthened him after a period of severe testing in the desert, but his toughest challenge came when he chose to await arrest and certain death at the hands of the Romans. Again an angel was there to strengthen him.

While on the cross however, he chose to suffer alone, without the assistance of angels, so he could die in our place thereby paying the price for our wrongdoing, and the cost of our forgiveness. Through Yeshua, acceptance and eternal life are offered to all. Angels were witnesses at his resurrection, and were there again at his Ascension to reassure his followers. The same scriptures foretell that angels will play a major part in world history when he returns to this earth to bring peace and to do away with evil in all its forms.

ANGELS AROUND US

Angels are widely viewed as benevolent beings, yet not all angels are good. Rabbi Sha’ul spoke of deception and struggle “in the heavenly realms.” Jochanan, Yeshua's closest follower, warned us not to believe everything the spirits say, but to test them to see whether they are from God. Biblical scriptures suggest the existence of guardian angels. Some people try to communicate with their guardian angel, but often end up contacting a very different sort of spirit instead. They find they're being drawn into a much darker world!

WHY DO PEOPLE TRY TO CONTACT ANGELS?

Inside all of us there is a longing for something more. Some try to satisfy that longing with a faster car or a bigger TV; some experiment with drugs, some try more sex or power. However, there are some who realise that the answer is a spiritual one, and think that communicating with powerful, invisible beings that respond to "me" is the biggest buzz you could ever know. In reality we're all searching for a spiritual high. Many people would acknowledge the existence of a higher power, one who rules or even created the angels, but feel totally unworthy to approach him* themselves, or don't even realise that it's possible. In short they have never grasped the overwhelming desire our Creator has to communicate with us, his* creatures.

It's not only angels that have made that journey to earth from their spiritual home, but two thousand years ago the Creator himself left heaven and took on human form for thirty-three years. The wonderful message of the Biblical scriptures is that we can come to know our Creator in a personal way, because all the rubbish that has built up between us and the Divine, e.g. our jealousy, anger, greed and selfishness etc., was removed two thousand years ago by Yeshua the Messiah who took our place on the cross. He was, as the Hebrew prophet Isaiah proclaimed, the one upon whom Adonai laid "the iniquity of us all." We can now be totally forgiven, cleansed and accepted. Being deeply loved by our Creator, we can approach him directly. If our sincere desire is to turn from what we know to be wrong, to please the One who gave us life and trust him for his forgiveness, we will know life itself. The scriptures say that “even angels long to look into these things.”

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