The Bible is full of incidents
where angels interact with the human race. This is a phenomenon that as
been happening since the beginning of time.
and
he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said
unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
Acts
11:13 KJV
And, behold,
the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison:
and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly.
And his chains fell off from his hands.
Acts
12:7 KJV
And when
Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord
hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and
from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Acts
12:11 KJV
I think that it
would be very difficult for us humans to deal and entertain angels and
heavenly hosts if they would appear to us in the form they use in heaven.
First of all
we would know right away if they showed up glowing and flapping their wings,
their stature alone would impress us completely.
However in
God's wonderful wisdom and based on what we know from Text, we can come
to the comfortable conclusion that at times angels take the form of humans
to convey a message or to help us in a difficult situation.
They take many
different forms and appear to us as taxi drivers, bus drivers, pilots,
doctors, etc. These friends may look American, or Russian, French
of Italian. they at times may even appear as children.
We need to
keep in mind that for every counterfeit, there is an original. What I am
trying to say here is that it is very possible that many times when we
least expect it we may be visited by heavenly hosts to help us and guide
us.
But the question
remains.
What do angels
look like?
The Bible says
that we won't always be able to tell the difference between humans and
angels:
Be
not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares.
Hebrews
13:2 KJV
VISITATION
One day at a very young
age and on fire for the LORD I was doing street ministry I was visited
by three angels that gave me instructions on how to help a man that was
sitting by the sidewalk and needed my assistance.
As I listened
to them attentively, I later realized that they were translucent. Although
at that moment it didn't make a difference, and we were surrounded by heavy
traffic and people, it did not face me that although in the human form,
I was able to see right through them.
I have been
visited by angels many times in the past and there is one thing that all
these visitations have in common, they all glorify and lift up the holy
name of Jesus.
But
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than
that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Galatians
1:8 KJV
“Because we're
angels sent from the throne of God,” they replied.
“You're not
angels,” I said. “I know what angels are like. They're bigger than you.
They're adult sized. Some of them are really huge, and some of them are
really muscular, and some of them are really fast, and you're not any of
that. You're just a 7-year-old little girl and a 10-year-old little boy.”
“You haven't
seen everything,” they answered.
“What do you
mean?”
“Well, you
don't know that many of us choose to take the form of a child when we are
assigned to that child. Your children talk to us, because we take a form
that doesn't threaten them but allows them to become what God created them
to become. We're here to help them, not to prove we're anything. Here's
another one of us now!”
A little boy
approached, and the girl said, “Tell him what's going on.”
“I was there,”
the second boy told me. “I saw them up in the throne room, and I saw God
giving them the assignment to watch over your son Micah. What they tell
you, you need to do, because I saw God giving them the command.”
What should
parents do?
As time progresses,
I think we will discover again and again that we “haven't seen everything”
yet. In the meantime, if your children are playing with invisible friends,
talk to them about it. Find out how they feel when they're playing with
them. Do they feel happy? Peaceful? Scared? If your children show any hesitancy,
rephrase your questions and ask again. In most cases, their answers will
reveal to you exactly who sent these invisible playmates.
Remember that
in biblical times, it was common knowledge that angels sometimes take the
visage of the people they protect; why else would the Christians that were
meeting in Mary's house would have thought that it was Peter's angel at
the door.
Acts
12:12–15 KJV
I remember
being a child and talking to angels who looked like my friends, but I knew
they were angels. They told me what they were, but I also just knew. Your
children will likely “just know” as well.
Be open to
the possibility that God is communicating to your children via people,
objects or animals (remember Balaam’s donkey) only they can see. If you
raise your children in the way God has set before them, they will see and
know things that are humanly impossible for them to see and know. They
will be able to interact with Heaven, as God intended all of us to do.
They will have eyes to see.
In My Own Words,
Edmund DeSoto
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