ANGELS OF HEAVEN


*27/05/2020*

MID-WEEK *HOLY COMMUNION* SERVICE

THEME: *ANGELS: MESSENGERS OF GOD.*

TOPIC: *WHO ARE ANGELS?*

SUB-TOPIC: *ANGELS OF HEAVEN*

Matthew 24:36
*Unlike God, Angels are not omniscience.*
Mark 13:32 indicates that even Jesus Himself did not know the *day and hour* of His return. When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He voluntarily limited His use of His divine attributes (John 17:4,5; Philippians 2:5-8).
Therefore He became hungry, thirsty and tired. Luke records that Jesus grew in Knowledge and wisdom (Luke 2:52). In this instance, Jesus surrendered the use of His divine omniscience.

Acts 1:7
*Unlike God, Angels do not know times or seasons.*
*It is not for you to know:* Jesus did not correct His disciples' views concerning the restoration of the Kingdom to Israel. Instead He corrected their views concerning the timing of the event.
*times or seasons:* These words speak to the issue of timing differently. Times refers to chronology or the duration of time - "how long". Seasons refers to the epochs or "events" that occur within time. The disciples were not to know how long it would be before Christ set up His Kingdom, nor were they to know what events would transpire before the establishment of it.
Peter points out that even the Old Testament prophets did not know the timing between the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

Luke 17:26-27, 34, 35
*In the days of Noah* people paid little attention to God and faced judgment as a result (Genesis 6:5-13). The same will be the case at Jesus' return.
*Taken* here suggests judgment.

Luke 21:34-35
Though the events of the end times may not come to pass for a long time, believers should continue to look for their arrival.

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