Angelic Intervention through Intercession

Angelic Intervention

through Intercession

by James W. Goll


REVIEW: THE MINISTRY AND FUNCTION OF ANGELS

A. Three Primary Functions
1. Psalms 148:2,5 - Praise and worship unto God.
2. Heb. 1:7,14 - Ministering spirits, flames of fire to render service to those who will inherit salvation.
3. Psalms 103:20,21 - Angels excel in strength, obey the voice of His word, and perform God's word.
B. Types of Activities

1. Minister the presence of the Lord.
2. Messengers pronouncing God's will.
3. Release understanding in dreams and visions.
4. Help to give guidance and direction.
5. Deliverance.
6. Protection.
7. Death of the saints.
8. Release strength.
9. Healing instruments.
10. Praise and worship.
11. Spiritual Warfare
12. Bind demonic powers.
13. Divine watchers.
14. Reapers.
15. Judgment.

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FIVE PRIMARY PREMISES

A. Co-Workers with Christ
God's resources are released by man's invitation of intercession.
B. Answered Prayers
Prayer or intercession influence or help determine the destiny of individuals and the destiny of nations.

C. There is an Innumerable Company of Angels
They are waiting to be dispatched - (Unemployed Angels!)

Jer. 33:22 - “As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured.”
Heb. 12:22 - “But you have come to Mt. Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels.”

D. Angels Have Their “Hands into Everything”
They are involved in facets of everyday life, and are involved in the normal activities of man.

E. Angels Deliver the Answers to Mans Prayers
Angels are especially utilized and involved in delivering the answers to our prayers from the throne of God.



THREE SCRIPTURAL EXAMPLES OF ANGELIC

INTERVENTION THROUGH INTERCESSION

A. Abraham In Genesis 18 and 19

l. Gen. 18 - Prayerful example of Abraham’s intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah.
2. Gen. 19: 1 - Two angels tell Lot's situation.
3. Gen. 19:11 - The ungodly men outside Lot's house are stricken with blindness.
4. Gen. 19:16 - Next, the angels lead Lot and his family out of the city before the destruction takes place. (This demonstrates the compassion of God.)
5. Gen. 19:20 - Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until... This shows God’s desire to deliver the righteous before the judgment occurred.
6. Gen. 19:29 - God remembered Abraham. (This is the key verse.) What did God remember? Abraham’s intercession!
B. Peter - Lessons From Acts 12:7-12

1. Acts 12:7-10 - Peter was kept in jail, an angel appeared to him. A light shone, woke Peter up, and the two chains which had held him fell off. He was told to “Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals.” He then passed by two guards, the iron gate to the prison opened, he goes out into the street as angel departed.

2. Acts 12:11-12 - Next, Peter goes to the house of John Mark’s mother where many had gathered to pray for him. A young woman named Rhoda came to door. She knew Peter's voice and went to tell the others, "You're crazy!" was their response. "No, it is his angel.” Peter kept on knocking. They went to the door, and opening it, were amazed. It really was Peter! This caused such excitement that Peter had to admonish them to calm down and not be so noisy in their excitement to see him delivered out of the hand of Herod and those Jewish authorities who had sought to end his life. Peter told them to inform James and the other apostles that he was alright after all. When the matter become known to the wicked king, he demanded the lives of the jail keepers as punishment that they had somehow managed to allow Peter to escape.

3. Acts 12:5-12 The emphasis is on verses 5 and 12. What was the church doing before the angel was released? Praying fervently!
C. Daniel Example

1. Dan. 9:20-23 - “Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me.”

2. Dan. 10:12-14 - “Gabriel said, “For from the first day that thou didst set thine heart...thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.”

3. Dan. 10:20,21 - “And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia.”


TWO CLOSING PRINCIPLES

A. Revelation 8 and 16

1. Rev. 8:3-7
a. First: Angels gather the praise and prayer of the saints (vs.4)
b. Second: Goes into censer with the fire on the on altar before God
(vs.2, 5).
c. Third: It is thrown back down to earth.
2. Why?

a. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
b. Pockets of mercy amidst the judgment of God.
3. Rev. 8:5 - Then voices, thunderings, lightnings, earthquake, (signs and wonders)
are released.

4. Rev. 8:6 - Then angels prepare to blow trumpets so that the righteous end-time judgments of God begin.

5. The supernatural activities in Rev.-16 are inter- related to those found in Rev.-8.

B. Ezekiel 9:3- “And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side. And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine haring, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.”

1. The angel was told by God to mark the intercessors.
2. What was the mark put upon the foreheads of the people?
Some say it was the Hebrew letter Taw, which resembles the cross of Christ. Jack Hayford comments from the Sprit-Filled Life Bible which he edited: “The Hebrew word for “mark” is taw, the final letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which in the ancient script looked like an “X” or a cross. This mark, placed by a seventh warrior angel “clothed with linen” (v. 3), was for protection (see Rev. 7:3) and symbolized that God would spare the righteous remnant.”

3. Who received this mark from the angel? All who sighed and groaned over the abominations of the city of Jerusalem were privileged to receive this sign of protection.

Yes, it is true! Angelic intervention is released in response to man’s intercession.


CLOSING PRAYER

“Lord, send forth angels in our behalf. Raise up a hedge of protection around each one who reads this Bible Study. Release the angels that are guardians over Israel in this hour. Send forth your winds and fires for Jesus Christ sake! Amen and Amen!”
BLESSINGS TO YOU!

James W. Goll