Day 299
Ge 32:1 So Jacob
went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's camp." And he
called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Angels have been around
since before the creation of the world and they will be around at the end as
well. As I wrap up this brief look at angels and spiritual warfare, I would be
remiss. If I didn’t mention some of their coming warfare responsibilities.
One day, Jesus will
return, and He will bring His mighty angels with Him. Woe to those who have
been bringing persecution and tribulation
to the church when this day occurs!
In flaming fire, these angels will take vengeance on those who do not
know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of Jesus Christ. These shall
be punished with everlasting absence from the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of His power. It will be an eternal absence of anything good. 2Th 1:7b-9, “when the Lord Jesus is revealed
from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in
flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do
not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from
the glory of His power,”
Jesus told of that
Day in Mt 13:41,42, "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they
will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice
lawlessness, 42 "and will cast them
into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
Jesus was speaking
here on the heels of His parable of wheat and the tares. The tares, if you
recall, were weeds that looked just like wheat on the outside, but their DNA
tells a different story. They, like the hypocrite, may be able to fool others,
but they will not fool the Lord who sees the true heart of man.
The angels, on the
last Day, will be given the command to weed the hypocrites out on that Day. Who
are these tares? They are of course hypocrites, actors if you will. The Book of
Jude describes them as, “grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own
lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain
advantage. 17 But you, beloved, remember
the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ: 18 how they told you that there
would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly
lusts. 19 These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the
Spirit. (Jude 1:16-19)
These will be the
final victims of God’s angels. They are the God-mockers, the pretend Christians,
the lukewarm who thought their good deeds would save them on the Last Day. But
there is only one way to escape. Humbly turn to Jesus. Ask for His mercy,
receive His gift of eternal life, and be spared the wrath to come.
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