Last week's show was all about sharing that angels DID speak to regular folks back in Bible times and I asked why don’t they do that today?

DO angels speak to folks today and if they do how would I recognize their voice? Do they all sound the same? Do all angels have the same manner of communicating their message? Do they have different gifts or specialties?

What are some of the attributes of angels and what can we learn from the angelic encounters we covered last week?

Let’s start with the Hagar story in Genesis 21:12-13. This is the Abraham, Sarah and Hagar story. God is speaking to Abraham, and says “Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, (well lookie there…fellas…listen to your wives).

Genesis 16:11-12: we learn that an angel of the Lord can see the unborn and can see what their destiny is. Check this out.

“The angel of the Lord said to her (Hagar), “Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has given heed to your affliction. He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone’s hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers.””

Here’s a bonus observation. Even tho Hagar felt rejected, abandoned, mistreated and castoff, God blessed her and gave Ishmael his own nation.

Let’s take a look at Gideons Encounter:

From my perspective, it proved to be rather comical and unsuspecting. It was conversational over lunch vs a booming voice from Heaven like Hagar’s encounter.

Read Judges 6:12-15, 17, 20-21. Then read Judges 6:36-40

“Then Gideon said to God, “If You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken, behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken.” And it was so. When he arose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece, he drained the dew from the fleece, a bowl full of water. Then Gideon said to God, “Do not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.” God did so that night; for it was dry only on the fleece, and dew was on all the ground.”

Hezekiah's Prayer for Deliverance

Highlights of Hezekiah’s encounter: Hezekiah brought receipts; he told God to read it and he did. His angel was an angel of action…deployed by God…no interaction with Hezekiah directly. His angel killed 185,000 Assyrians over night.

Read Isiah 37:14-20 and Isaiah 37:33-36

36 And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these (the 185,000) were all dead bodies.

Daniel had multiple encounters with angels. Daniel’s angel had a name. He explained why he was delayed in delivering the message, he was fighting principalities and preparing for the next spiritual battle. In Chapter 8, a voice commands Gabriel to explain a vision to Daniel. In Chapter 9, while Daniel is praying, Gabriel comes to him to deliver a divine message and explain why it took so long for the answer to arrive, due to a spiritual conflict with the "prince of Persia".
In Daniel’s case…Gabriel left the battlefield above Persia to deliver the Gods answer to Daniel’s prayer.

Daniel’s Angel was at war against principalities / countries (Persia); they have back up; this stuff is way over our heads … but here’s what I do know…if you have a need to know…you’ll know.

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