Friday January 28, 2011
I Thessalonians 4:16
For the LORD Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangels and with the trumpet of GOD; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
"Let all mortal flesh keep silence and with fear a trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded for with blessing in His Hand
Christ our GOD to earth descendeth,
our full homage to demand."
"Rank on rank the host of heaven spread its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of Light descendeth from the realm of endless day,
that the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away"
"At His feet the six-winged seraph, cherubim with sleepless eye.
Veil their faces to the Presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry,
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Lord Most High."
Who are the Seraphs, the cherubim and the archangels? Who are the host of Heaven who have the sleepless eye and give glory to GOD endlessly?
The Seraphim are the six-winged, "burning ones" who pray and praise GOD day and night endlessly. They cry out and declare the Glory of GOD as they veil their faces to the Presence with two wings covering their face and two wings covering their feet. They fly with two wings shouting: "Alleluia, LORD Most high".
The Cherubim, guard the Throne of GOD. They flank and defend GOD'S holiness from the onslaught of sin. They flank the Mercy Seat in the Presence of GOD, never lifting their head, always bowing to Him in praise. In Genesis 3:24, there is the account of the Cherubim being placed at the gate of the Garden of Eden with a flaming sword that whirled around. The Cherubim, guarded the Tree of Life from sin defiling and sin becoming immortal.
The Archangels, have the authority over the army of GOD. There are three archangels mentioned in the Canon of Scripture and one in the Deutero-Canon. Michael, Gabriel and Lucifer are mentioned in the Canon Scripture; Raphael is spoken of in Tobit, in the Apocrypha.
Michael and Gabriel are often sent as "messenger angels". Michael, to fight for the anointed of GOD and Gabriel to announce the WORD of the LORD to a human. The Archangels have a direct relationship with humans as defender and messenger from GOD. Lucifer, was a cherub and was not loyal to GOD (Ezekiel 28: 14). Lucifer and his rank of angels were thrown out of Heaven by the command of GOD (Isaiah 14:12-17). Raphael was sent by GOD to heal Tobit of his blindness. This story is not in the Canon of Scripture, but does tell of the Archangel being sent by GOD.
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the Throne and the living creatures and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN TO RECEIVE POWER, AND RICHES, AND WISDOM, AND STRENGTH, AND HONOR , AND GLORY, AND BLESSING."
I Thessalonians 4:16
For the LORD Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangels and with the trumpet of GOD; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
"Let all mortal flesh keep silence and with fear a trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded for with blessing in His Hand
Christ our GOD to earth descendeth,
our full homage to demand."
"Rank on rank the host of heaven spread its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of Light descendeth from the realm of endless day,
that the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away"
"At His feet the six-winged seraph, cherubim with sleepless eye.
Veil their faces to the Presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry,
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Lord Most High."
Who are the Seraphs, the cherubim and the archangels? Who are the host of Heaven who have the sleepless eye and give glory to GOD endlessly?
The Seraphim are the six-winged, "burning ones" who pray and praise GOD day and night endlessly. They cry out and declare the Glory of GOD as they veil their faces to the Presence with two wings covering their face and two wings covering their feet. They fly with two wings shouting: "Alleluia, LORD Most high".
The Cherubim, guard the Throne of GOD. They flank and defend GOD'S holiness from the onslaught of sin. They flank the Mercy Seat in the Presence of GOD, never lifting their head, always bowing to Him in praise. In Genesis 3:24, there is the account of the Cherubim being placed at the gate of the Garden of Eden with a flaming sword that whirled around. The Cherubim, guarded the Tree of Life from sin defiling and sin becoming immortal.
The Archangels, have the authority over the army of GOD. There are three archangels mentioned in the Canon of Scripture and one in the Deutero-Canon. Michael, Gabriel and Lucifer are mentioned in the Canon Scripture; Raphael is spoken of in Tobit, in the Apocrypha.
Michael and Gabriel are often sent as "messenger angels". Michael, to fight for the anointed of GOD and Gabriel to announce the WORD of the LORD to a human. The Archangels have a direct relationship with humans as defender and messenger from GOD. Lucifer, was a cherub and was not loyal to GOD (Ezekiel 28: 14). Lucifer and his rank of angels were thrown out of Heaven by the command of GOD (Isaiah 14:12-17). Raphael was sent by GOD to heal Tobit of his blindness. This story is not in the Canon of Scripture, but does tell of the Archangel being sent by GOD.
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the Throne and the living creatures and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN TO RECEIVE POWER, AND RICHES, AND WISDOM, AND STRENGTH, AND HONOR , AND GLORY, AND BLESSING."
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