"Seen Of Angels"
I Timothy 3:16
All the elect angels who were kept by
Christ in their holy habitation, whom he made to be ministering spirits sent
forth to minister to those who shall be the heirs of eternal salvation, saw the
Son of God perform the whole work of redemption as our Mediator. I do not know
when the angels were created, but they appear to be God's very first creatures.
As soon as they were created by him, they saw him, loved him, and adored him.
To this day they attend the gatherings of God's church to learn from redeemed
sinners the wonders of redemption (Eph.
THE ANGELS OF GOD SAW CHRIST IN HIS
PREINCARNATE GLORY, not only as God, but also as the Mediator, as the Lamb of
God slain from the foundation of the world (Isa. 6:1-7; Rev. 4:8-11; 5:8-10).
They were informed of the covenant of grace, made aware of our Savior's
intentions of grace for his elect, and of the purpose of God in the creation of
the universe (Heb. 1:14).
WHEN THE BLESSED SON OF GOD ACTUALLY
ENTERED INTO THIS WORLD HE WAS "SEEN OF ANGELS". The angels beheld
his miraculous conception. An angel was the first and the second messenger of the
incarnation (Matt. 1:18-21; Lk. 1:26-35). An angelic host announced the birth
of our Savior (Lk. 2:8-14). What a place
THE ANGELS OF GOD MINISTERED TO THE
GOD-MAN IN HIS TIMES OF TROUBLE. In the wilderness of temptation, after he had
foiled satan, the angels ministered to him. In
AT LAST, THE ANGELS OF GOD WELCOMED THE
TRIUMPHANT SAVIOR BACK TO GLORY (Rev. 12:10-12). They watched him as he entered
in once into the holy place, With his own blood,
having obtained eternal redemption for us, and sat down on the throne of God!
Don Fortner