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Lesson 4



R eview

Why Study angels

Errors in our thinking about angels

Angels were created by God

Number of angels

Angels are greater than man in knowledge

Angels are spirits

Angels are more powerful than man



R eview

The Fall of Angels

The Work of Angels



They guide and encourage God's people

Matthew 28:5-7

Act 8:26,´Now an angel of the Lord said to

Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to

the road that goes down from Jerusalem to

Gaza." This is a desert place. ³



They are executors of God's Judgment

Revelation 16



They carry the Saved Home after Death

Luke 16:22 ,´The poor man died and was

carried by the angels to Abraham's side.

The rich man also died and was buried,´



Their Future Work

They will announce the Lord's Return

1Th 4:16 ,´ For the Lord himself will

descend from heaven with a cry of

command, with the voice of an archangel,

and with the sound of the trumpet of God.

And the dead in Christ will rise first.´



Their Future Work

Revelation 21:12 ³It had a great, high wall,

with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve

angels, and on the gates the names of the

twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were

inscribed--´



Discussion

Now that you know the work of angels in

our lives, how will this knowledge affect

you this week?



The Work of the Fallen Angels

The are actively involved in opposing God

and his program

M atthew 4:10

M atthew 16:23




They endeavor to separate the believer from

Christ

³For I am sure that neither death nor life,

nor angels nor rulers, nor things present

nor things to come, nor powers´

Romans 8:38




The oppose the work of the good angels

Daniel 10:12-13




They spread false doctrine

³not to be quickly shaken in mind or

alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken

word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to

the effect that the day of the Lord hascome.´

2 Thessalonians 2:1




They work against our spiritual progress

Ephesians 6:12

Since Satan cannot attack God directly he

goes after God's children.




We must remember that Satan was

defeated at the cross

³ Since therefore the children share in flesh

and blood, he himself likewise partook of

the same things, that through death he

might destroy the one who has the power

of death, that is, the devil,´




We are already on the winning side of the

battle!



The Destiny of the Angels

The fallen angels will have their part in the

lake of fire.

"Then he will say to those on his left,

' Depart from me, you cursed, into the

eternal fire prepared for the devil and his

angels.´

Matthew 25:41



The Destiny of the Angels

The good angels will exist along side us

forever in heaven and on the new earth.

R evelation 21:1-12

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