Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Angels » Are ministering spirits
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom I serve, stood by me, and said--
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Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side, and roused him with the words: "Get up quickly." The chains dropped from his wrists, and then the angel said: "Put on your girdle and sandals." When Peter had done so, the angel added: "Throw your cloak round you and follow me." Peter followed him out, not knowing that what was happening under the angel's guidance was real, but thinking that he was seeing a vision. read more.
Passing the first Guard, and then the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of itself; and, when they had passed through that, and had walked along one street, all at once the angel left him. Then Peter came to himself and said: "Now I know beyond all doubt that the Lord has sent his angel, and has rescued me from Herod's hands and from all that the Jewish people have been expecting."
Passing the first Guard, and then the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of itself; and, when they had passed through that, and had walked along one street, all at once the angel left him. Then Peter came to himself and said: "Now I know beyond all doubt that the Lord has sent his angel, and has rescued me from Herod's hands and from all that the Jewish people have been expecting."
After a time the beggar died, and was taken by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
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Speaking of the angels, he said-- 'He makes the winds his angels and the fiery flames his servants';
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Are not all the angels spirits in the service of God, sent out to minister for the sake of those who are destined to obtain Salvation?
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Angels » The lord creating the angels
And again, when God brought the First-born into the world, he said-- 'Let all the angels of God bow down before him.' Speaking of the angels, he said-- 'He makes the winds his angels and the fiery flames his servants';
Birds » God provides for
Look at the wild birds--they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! And are not you more precious than they?
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For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes. Think of the ravens--they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
Fire » Figurative » Spiritual power
I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but He who is Coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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John, addressing them all, said: "I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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Fire » Illustrative of » Zeal of angels
Speaking of the angels, he said-- 'He makes the winds his angels and the fiery flames his servants';
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