Angels Part 3 of 6

ANGELS Part 3 of 6
Matthew 18:10
“See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”

Hebrews 1:14

“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”

Jesus tells us to lead children in truth and love. He lets us know that angels are assigned to their safety, AND to those who are sealed with salvation. Angels get to see God face to face.

Hebrews 2:7

“You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor and put everything under his feet.”

Men were created to be lower than angels, but tended by them. People have authority to care for everything on earth.

Hebrews 1:4

“So He became as much superior to the angels as the name He has inherited as superior to theirs.”

These Hebrews passages prove heaven’s hierarchy (HIRE-ark-y, meaning chain of command). Jesus is superior to angels, who were created to be higher than people. The earth is what’s in man’s control. Sovereign authority belongs solely to the Triune God: Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. (See Triune Wonder devotion).

1Thessalonians 4:16

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.”

1Peter 1:12

“It was revealed to them [the prophets] that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.”

Hierarchy among angels reveals archangel’s superiority, who have the power to launch major events in God’s calendar. With the exception of fallen angels, (those in league with the devil), all others are anxious for God’s kingdom to come. To His glory, everything will become the awesome creation that God originally intended.

Take Home Nugget

David wrote in Psalm 8:3-5: “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set into place, what is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings.”

Are you convinced about heaven’s hierarchy?

Triune God
Heavenly beings
Man
Animals

Before we think we’re “All that”,
Perhaps we should face the fact:

Consider our worth by looking up high
And see the tier that unfolds from the sky.

J.D. Griffith

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