Seven appearances of angels during Jesus’ career
Channel: Galen Currah
Date: 2017-04-10

“He Is Risen!”
Seven appearances of angels during Jesus’ career
Bible quotations from the English Standard Version (2016)
Music by Natrix
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Angels of God appear to human beings at seven events during the career of Jesus Christ.

1. Jesus’ conception
2. Jesus’ birth
3. Jesus’ temptation
4. Jesus’ resurrection
5. Jesus’ ascension
6. Jesus’ present session
7. Jesus’ coming return

Let us illustrate each of these appearances from the New Testament of the Holy Bible.

1. Jesus’ conception

“The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin… The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said … “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.” Luke 1:26-31

2. Jesus’ birth

“There were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them … ‘Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.’” Luke 2:8-11

3. Jesus’ temptation

“The devil … showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! … ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’ Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him. ” Matthew 4:8-11

4. Jesus’ resurrection

“An angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. … The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.’” Matthew 28:1-6

5. Jesus’ ascension

Jesus “was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. … As he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.’” Acts 1:9-11

6. Jesus’ present session

“You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, … and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood.” Hebrews 12:22-24

7. Jesus’ coming return

“At the end of the age … the Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.” Matthew 13:39-43