Joining Angels

My Angel: Amber-Crystal

"And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom God is pleased." (Luke 2:13-14 NASB)

On a cold January Wednesday years ago, God opened a door for my Phillip and me to share Jesus with eight teenage skateboarders. The group of eight grew to fifty before the door closed three years later. 

Our last Christmas together, two of the sweet girls, Amber and Crystal, gave me an angel doll in a green velvet dress, and I named her Amber-Crystal. She's held a prominent place under our Christmas tree every year since.

From Genesis when God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden and stationed the angel with the flaming sword to guard the tree of life, to the last chapter of Revelation where an angel rebuked John worshipping at his feet, "Do not do that, I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God!," angels hold a prominent place in the Holy Scriptures.

Scripture identifies three angels by name: the messenger angel: Gabriel, the warring angel: Michael, and the fallen angel: Lucifer. 

In 2 Kings 6, an angel army with horses and chariots of fire covered the mountains surrounding the prophet Elisha.

In Luke 2, angels announced the birth of Messiah.

In Hebrews 1:14, angels are defined as ministering spirits sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation. 

In Hebrews 13:2, believers are urged to show hospitality to strangers, for we may be entertaining angels unaware.

In Revelation 4, angels encircling the throne of God, day and night, do not cease to say, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD God, the Almighty, who was and is and is to come."

Revelation 12 records one-third of the angels swept out of heaven by the tail of the great dragon, that serpent of old called the devil and Satan.

In Revelation 14:6, another angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation, and tribe and tongue and people, shouts in a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who make the heaven and the earth and the sea and springs of water."

Angels are not deity. Like people, they're created beings. Like people, angels were made to worship God and serve others.

Beloved, on this eve of Christmas Eve, let's join the angels. Fall on your knees and worship Jesus Christ, the LORD, our Savior and King.