Several places in the Bible angels popped into the lives of people. These angels also popped out of sight as quickly as they appeared. In many cases, when appearing, the angel had to say "Don't be afraid."
That's an interesting statement. Most people I know who think they see angels always speak of how wonderful and beautiful the experience is. I think if I saw an angel, I would most likely need him to say, "Don't be afraid."
An angel is in the presence of God most of the time. This being, if one were to come to me on some errand from God, would be so much more holier than I. My sinful self would be exposed standing beside this being, even though it is only a created being, as I am.
God says He makes His messengers a flame of fire. (Hebrews 1:7) In other places they are told to kill people. Lots of people! (1 Chronicles 21: 14-15, 2 Kings 21:35) But as in meeting Mary, they can be so kind and assuring.
If an angel physically poofed in and out of my life, I'd be astonished, and amazed, and probably fall down in a faint like Daniel (Dan 8: 18).
I think I have only encountered an angel once and then I didn't see the creature itself, only something occurred where I can't explain what happened....except to say God sent an angel.
One day, during a blizzard, a friend and I were on the highway in whiteout conditions. Traveling from Bangor to home is usually about a 45 minute drive. We hadn't intended to be out in such conditions, but the storm came on us as we were in Bangor and worsened as we headed home.
In a particularly dense gust of snow, where everything disappeared, we both saw a bright yellow car right ahead of us. Then we lost sight of it. Not knowing where the car was, or even being able to see the road, my friend pulled over to what she thought was the side of the highway. In the blowing snow, we found ourselves stopped next to a milepost. Just as she put the car in park, a Semi-truck went by us driving way too fast for the conditions.
If we hadn't been frightened by the yellow car's sudden appearance and disappearance, we most certainly would have been overrun by the truck.
I believe God sent an angel in a yellow car to save us from a very deadly accident.
We both prayed our Thank You and asked God to get us home safely. We had no more problems, even if the going was extremely slow in the storm.
We never saw the yellow car again.
Poof!
That's an interesting statement. Most people I know who think they see angels always speak of how wonderful and beautiful the experience is. I think if I saw an angel, I would most likely need him to say, "Don't be afraid."
An angel is in the presence of God most of the time. This being, if one were to come to me on some errand from God, would be so much more holier than I. My sinful self would be exposed standing beside this being, even though it is only a created being, as I am.
God says He makes His messengers a flame of fire. (Hebrews 1:7) In other places they are told to kill people. Lots of people! (1 Chronicles 21: 14-15, 2 Kings 21:35) But as in meeting Mary, they can be so kind and assuring.
If an angel physically poofed in and out of my life, I'd be astonished, and amazed, and probably fall down in a faint like Daniel (Dan 8: 18).
I think I have only encountered an angel once and then I didn't see the creature itself, only something occurred where I can't explain what happened....except to say God sent an angel.
One day, during a blizzard, a friend and I were on the highway in whiteout conditions. Traveling from Bangor to home is usually about a 45 minute drive. We hadn't intended to be out in such conditions, but the storm came on us as we were in Bangor and worsened as we headed home.
In a particularly dense gust of snow, where everything disappeared, we both saw a bright yellow car right ahead of us. Then we lost sight of it. Not knowing where the car was, or even being able to see the road, my friend pulled over to what she thought was the side of the highway. In the blowing snow, we found ourselves stopped next to a milepost. Just as she put the car in park, a Semi-truck went by us driving way too fast for the conditions.
If we hadn't been frightened by the yellow car's sudden appearance and disappearance, we most certainly would have been overrun by the truck.
I believe God sent an angel in a yellow car to save us from a very deadly accident.
We both prayed our Thank You and asked God to get us home safely. We had no more problems, even if the going was extremely slow in the storm.
We never saw the yellow car again.
Poof!
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