God created the angels as the first spiritual beings. Angels are spiritual beings created by God to serve and worship Him. They were God's first creation and were made to carry out His will. The Bible references angels throughout and describes them as messengers and servants of God. There are also descriptions of different types of angels that make up the nine choirs or spheres in heaven.
5. LET’S
REMEMBER
THIS:
• God has always existed:
• Before the physical universe was created, I
am!
• Before there was space, I am!
• Before there was time, I am!
• Before there was matter, I am!
• Before there was light, I am!
• The Godhead:
• God the Father,
• God the Son and
• God the Holy Spirit
• has always existed in eternity, and will
keep existing forever more.
• John 5: 58 "before Abraham was born, I
am!"
6. THE BIBLE
DOESN’T SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT
WHAT GOD WAS
DOING BEFORE
HE CREATED
EVERYTHING THAT
IS AND EXISTS.
• But we know something about
God’s intentions.
• God had in His mind the creation of:
• each spirit being,
• the universe,
• and each human being.
• God allowed rebellion and sin to come in,
as a result of the use of free will given to
his created beings.
• God determined mankind would be
redeemed and glorified with Him forever.
• God made a pleasing way to Him for
dealing with the rebellion and sin of man:
The second Person of the Godhead (the
Son of God) would become a man and die
for our sins.
• God gives eternal life to those who
believe that Messiah Jesus is their
Redeemer.
8. GOD’S FIRST
CREATION
•The bible mention that the
first creation of God was in the
spiritual realm:
•The creation of spiritual
beings, the angels.
•When God the Father decided
at some point in eternity, God
the Son created the spiritual
realm, He created the angels.
10. ANGEL
DEFINITION
• Angels are spiritual beings
created by God to serve Him.
• They are a higher creation
than man.
• Some, the good angels, have
remained obedient to God
and carry out His will.
• Others, fallen angels,
disobeyed, fell from their
holy position, and now stand
in active opposition to the
work and plan of God.
11. WHAT ARE ANGELS?
An angel is a pure
spirit created by
God.
Both, the Old and
New Testament
speak about their
activities.
01
An angel is a
spiritual being
with heavenly
residence who is
used by God as a
minister of His
will.
02
The Bible tells us
that the angels
were created for
one reason:
To do God’s will.
03
They were
created to be
God’s
instruments or
agents to carry
out His work.
04
13. PSALM 148:1-5
(NKJV)
PRAISE THE
LORD FROM
CREATION
• 148 Praise the LORD!
• Praise the LORD from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!
2 Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!
3 Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!
4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens,
And you waters above the heavens!
• 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD,
For He commanded and they were
created.
14. JOB 38:4-7
(NKJV)
• 4 “Where were you when I laid the
foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements?
Surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 To what were its foundations
fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
7 When the morning stars sang
together, And all the sons of God
shouted for joy?
15. JESUS IS AT
TIMES
MENTIONED
AS THE
ANGEL OF
THE LORD
• In the Old Testament, the Hebrew
word for "angel" is malak, also
meaning 'messenger'.
• The prophet Malachi took his
name from this word. He was
himself a messenger, and he
prophesied about the coming of
"the messenger of the covenant",
Jesus Christ
• (Malachi 3:1).
16. MALACHI 3:1
(NKJV)
• The Coming Messenger
• 3 “Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way
before Me. And the Lord, whom
you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the
covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
17. REVELATION 1:20 REVELATION 2:1
(NKJV)
20 The mystery of the seven stars
which you saw in My right hand,
and the seven golden
lampstands: The seven stars are
the angels of the seven
and the seven lampstands which
you saw are the seven churches.
The Loveless Church
• 2 “To the angel of the church of
Ephesus write, ‘These things
says He who holds the seven
stars in His right hand, who
walks in the midst of the seven
golden lampstands:
18. HEBREWS 1:5-7
(NKJV)
THE SON
EXALTED ABOVE
ANGELS
• 5 For to which of the angels did He
ever say: “You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”?
• And again:
• “I will be to Him a Father,
And He shall be to Me a Son”?
• 6 But when He again brings the
firstborn into the world, He says:
• “Let all the angels of God worship
Him.”
• 7 And of the angels He says:
• “Who makes His angels spirits
And His ministers a flame of fire.”
19. HEBREWS
1:13-14
(NKJV)
• 13 But to which of the angels has He ever
said:
• “Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”?
• 14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent
forth to minister for those who will inherit
salvation?
21. OLD
TESTAMENT
REFERENCES
• Cherubim at entrance to Garden of
Eden, Genesis 3:24
• Appear to Abraham, Genesis 18:1-33
• Saved Lot and his family,
Genesis 19:1-22
• Intervened with Isaac, Genesis
22:11-18
• Heavenly vision of Jacob's Ladder,
Genesis 28:12
• Accompanied Israel through the desert,
Exodus 23:20 And Numbers 20:16
22. NEW
TESTAMENT
REFERENCES
• Appeared in connection with the
birth of Christ:
• Matthew 1:20 To Joseph the
husband of Mary.
• Luke 1:19-20 Zacharias was
visited by an angel.
• Luke 1:26-38 to the Virgin Mary,
the mother of Jesus.
23. NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES
• Appear to:
• Paul, Acts 27:23
• Peter, Acts 12:7-11
• Cornelius, Acts 10:3-6
• Sadducees didn't believe in angels, Acts 23:8
• 12 Legions of Angels, Matthew 26:53
24. NAME OF SOME ANGELS
• Mentioned by name:
• Raphael, Tobit 12:15
• Michael, Daniel 10:13 and Revelation, 12:7
• Gabriel, Daniel 8:16 and Luke 1:19
25. • Fall of the angels
• Deuteronomy 32:17
2 Peter 2:4
Jude 1:6
Revelation 12:7-9
43. QUESTION:
•Can we see angels?
• I believe so. If people in the OT and in the NT saw them and
interact with them, I believe that we can do it as well. It is very
well known that nowadays the Lord Himself and angels are
been seeing by people in the eastern countries and even in
the western countries.
• Maybe you saw them in your dreams, maybe you saw the at
day light but you didn’t recognized them.
44. SOURCES:
• Bible NKJV
• Cristian dictionaries
• Christian authors
• Pictures taken from the internet.
• For more presentations on prophetic themes, you can go to my SlideShare page and
watch, or freely download any document you would like.
• https://www.slideshare.net/MarcoLafebre/presentations
46. PROPHETIC ACTIVATIONS
FOR TODAY:
• These activations are intended to stir up your prophetic inspiration and cause
you to see the related scriptures from your personal point of view.
• You will read the bible passages paying special attention to the phrases
highlighted in golden.
• You will impersonate the people in the scripture and express what you feel
the scripture is saying, be spontaneous, be creative, forget about what others
have said about this portion of scripture, immerse yourself in the scripture,
live the narration.
• You will do an interaction in your presentation.
47. 2 KINGS 4: (NKJV)
ELISHA AND THE WIDOW’S OIL
• 4 A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha,
saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant
feared the LORD. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his
slaves.”
• 2 So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in
the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar
of oil.”
• Points on consideration: Presentation to the Seer. Who she is.
Elisha’s response
48. 2 KINGS 4:8-10 (NKJV)
ELISHA RAISES THE SHUNAMMITE’S SON
• 8 Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a
notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often
as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food. 9 And she said to her
husband, “Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us
regularly. 10 Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put
a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be,
whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.”
• Points of consideration: Elisha Invited to break bread with them.
• Who is invited to stay and who invites?
• What the furniture points to?
49. 2 KINGS 4:29-31 (NKJV)
• 29 Then he said to Gehazi, “Get yourself ready, and take my staff in your hand,
and be on your way. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone
greets you, do not answer him; but lay my staff on the face of the child.”
• 30 And the mother of the child said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I
will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her. 31 Now Gehazi went on
ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither
voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying,
“The child has not awakened.”
• Points of consideration: Gehazi is a servant commanded by his master to
carry a mandate.
Why Gehazi didn’t succeed?