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- Up late; out to Chris & Claire Reed's
for a pleasant dinner.
- Gordon
sermon on
Daniel 10 - "Spiritual Warfare".
- Corrie Tenboome - The Hiding Place, Dutch
underground, helping the escape of many Jews, members of the
resistance to escape - his angels helped her.
- Do we believe in the ministry of Angels ? what does
God's word say of them. Several beings here, speaking Gabriel,
refers to Michael; and 2 demonic beings: the Prince of Persia,
Prince of Greece. Should not be suprised if this speaks about
Angels; Ch 3: The blazing firey furnace - the 4th man in the furnance
an Angel - who was sent. Again Ch 6: the Angel shut the lion's
mouth.
- Lots of Angels associated with the 1st advent of
Christ, the gospel accounts mention Gabriel, (only mentioned
elsewhere in the bible by name in Ch 8,9), announcing to
Zecharia & Mary; Angels appear to Joseph and the
Shephards.
- Some argue, since Pentacost & the spirit, there's
18:00 ** not that much for angels to do. Rev 2:.. Angel with a golden
censor - offering our prayers in a priestly sense. Each church
in Asia Minor had an Angel caring for it in some way.
- Problem is not the age of the spirit, but the spirit
of the age - crass materialism; since Kepler's 3 laws of planetary
motion - not much pysical for the angels to do (pushing the planets).
- Jesus repeatedly referred to Angels & recieved
their ministry - in Gesthemeny eg. an Angel strengthened him.
God - an ultimate cause, driven philosophically to acknowledge
his necessity - everything else is a contigent creature; with
no way to predict their features; everything depends on God
ultimately. One of the things God seems to love is diversity;
** 25:00
- In Daniel 10: the veil is briefly pulled back, and
we see the rich variety that exists - not all angels the same:
cut from the same cookie-cutter. Clearly Gabriel in vs. 18 -
similar speech as Ch. 9, etc. Michael Gabriel - God is Strong,
** Michael - Cherubim: 89 times, Seraphim - also, structually
in many ways; Archangles in the NT twice, Elders, living creatures,
horses & chariots, living beings etc. apparently in some
hierarchical structure.
- The bible affirms the supernatural wisdom of Angels,
they're brilliant - making Einstein look like a begginner; the
highest complement to compare vs. them 2 Sam 14: an exaggeration
for David. Superhuman / supernatural power - 1 Angel wipes out
**29 70k from Dan to Bersheeba in 7 days, 2 Kings 19:, 1 Angel
wipes out all the 1st born of Egypt in a single night.
- When Angels appear you can tell who they are: they
say do not be afraid to the terrified people. The text also
suggests a radical bifurcation in the host; good and evil.
The elect angels & the fallen angels. Jude 6, 2 Peter 2:4.
- The Prince of Persia who resists the angel Gabriel,
wicked enough to stand against God's purpose, and powerful
enough to detain Gabriel. Some kind of territorial
responsibility, up to Satan - the Price of this World,
cf. Eph 2. The Evil spirits & the Holy Spirits. Here, of
Persia and Greece; but Michael who protects Israel, and those
of Revalation protecting various churches.
- Just a reflection of the spiritual war, raging in
the heavenly realms - soon I will return to fight against
the Prince of Persia. Rev. 12 - the heavenly consequences
of the crucifiction of our savior - vs. 7, there was war in
**34 heaven, Michael and his angels fought against Satan - hurled
to the earth. Jesus on the cross, not a physical battle
of brute force, not visible.
**35:10
- Two equal and opposite errors we can fall into:
C.S.Lewis.
- If there is a spiritual war raging; what is our
role ? Some Christians eg. Frank Perettie, or perhaps Peter
Wagner Breaking Strongholds in your City - strategic
level spiritual warfare; confront, bind & cast down these
demons. The bible no-where suggests that Christians need to
know what particular nefarious plot daemons are about.
- Daniel is praying for 3 weeks, and only later is
it revealed that his prayers were not unanswered - but there
was a spiritual war; his prayer was already effective although
he didn't know the names or intentions of them. He doesn't
bind any daemons, mention the Prince of Persia before and
after.
- Why does the bible tell us about this: Simon,
Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat - why would
God tell us this ? to make your day ? in fact he has told
us this. 1 Peter 8 Satan walks around like a lion, seeking
**39 someone to devour - but I pray for you ...
- Pray so that you will not fall into temptation
how do we fight ? - give ourselves in prayer, imitate Christ,
take up that cross of self denial and service & follow
Christ. If we pray as Jesus did - not my will, but yours
be done - not trying to work out daemons names.
- Put on the full armour of God - there is
a mastermind behind the sin you struggle with, and the
cultural sins with which you struggle.
** 41
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