 we're going to open the scripture to catch a glimpse of the spiritual realm and learn biblical truths about angelic beings. If you're ready to understand these heavenly hosts, and I want you to write these simple words in the comment section right now, write, open my eyes, three simple words, open my eyes. And of course, we're talking about your spiritual eyes. If you're ready to see what the scripture has to say regarding the angelic realm, this is going to be an exciting study. I'm going to show you the different classes of angels. I'm going to break down biblical truths regarding angelic beings. And of course, we're going to stay grounded in scripture as we do so. But again, whether you're watching live or on the replay, comment those three simple words, open my eyes. And of course, we're talking about seeing in the spirit. So it's important whenever we study the supernatural realm, whenever we open the scripture to glimpse into heavenly things, it is so important that we do not stray away from the foundation of the truth of the word of God. When you begin to stray from the truth of scripture, you end up with bizarre doctrines, you end up delving into things in details that aren't even really necessary. So let's ground ourselves in scripture and let's make a commitment here that as we ask the Lord to give us revelation regarding the angelic beings, that we would stand firm on the word. And really the Holy Spirit uses the word to give us revelation. And if we leave that foundation, we're in danger. So let's make sure that we're not stepping into the danger zone. And let's make sure that we stay very, very solidly based on the scripture. Now regarding angelic beings, the Bible gives us glimpses. There is a lot of information about angels, but not every single detail is filled in with perfect clarity. Some things are left unsaid. Some things are not described in regards to the angelic realm. And that's okay. This is why it's important that we not try to fill in the gaps with human understanding or even experiences, but rather it's best to just stick to what we know in regards to scripture. Now, I myself have had encounters with angelic beings. I've not really ever seen an angelic being, but I know I've had encounters with them. I know that many of you watching have had encounters with angelic beings. And these are wonderful things to experience. But even then, it's important that we take our experiences and yes, take them for what they are. But we mustn't create doctrine based on experiences, though those experiences still count. Instead, we always have to come back to the word. So let's not be dogmatic about what our experiences teach us. Rather, let's be firm on the word and let's be gracious when it comes to the experiences that many of us have. And angelic encounters are very, very real as I'll describe in just a moment. Now, there's lots of debate on this. So I'm going to present what's clear in scripture. These are the classes of angels. You'll listen to different Bible teachers on this subject and you'll find that as you listen to different Bible teachers, that some rankings are listed in different order and that's okay. And that's okay because the Bible doesn't distinctly say here is the very clear rank in regards to angelic beings. And this is the order of their authority. It could very well be that they're not even necessarily ranked by authority. But nonetheless, the Bible does give us different categories of angels. And at least we know that the first category does seem to be the highest ranking angel. And we'll look at that first, the archangels or chief angels as the original language reveals their name to mean. Jude chapter one, verse nine says this, but even Michael, one of the mightiest of the angels, did not dare accuse the devil of blasphemy, but simply said the Lord rebuke you. This took place when Michael was arguing with the devil about Moses' body. Now, a few things to note here in this scripture. This is Jude one nine. Michael, the archangel is mentioned because this comparison was to give us an idea of how the supernatural realm works. Now, the devil is quite a powerful spiritual being. Of course, we know that the Holy Spirit is far more powerful. But by contrast, we can see here in the scripture very clearly that Michael, the archangel is very powerful. And therefore, archangels are very powerful. How do we know that? Because the scripture uses this language to describe Michael, the archangel. But even Michael, in other words, even a powerful angel, even a high ranking angel, even a chief angel did not dare accuse the devil of blasphemy. So the scripture here reveals to us that archangels do have a higher rank and possibly are the highest rank, at least the highest rank that we see listed in scripture. And they interact in the spiritual realm. They're stronger angels that do spiritual war. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 16 says this, for the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Now that's a powerful scripture and there's lots to unpack there. But for now, let's focus on this reality of the archangel. Here again, we see another reference to these chief angelic beings who are high ranking in the spiritual realm. Now in Daniel 10, 13, we see that archangels participate in spiritual war. They do battle against the forces of darkness. Let's read what the book of Daniel says here in chapter 10 verse 13. But for 21 days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels came to help me and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. So here we see Michael, the archangel, battling on behalf of Daniel. And this is an indication that archangels do in fact engage in spiritual war. Now I do believe that all angels to some degree engage in spiritual battle or at least have the capacity to engage in spiritual battle. But the scripture goes out of its way to describe here very clearly for us the fact that archangels are in fact very much engaged in spiritual war and they are in fact very high ranking, very powerful angels. Now how high do they rank? Very high. Are they the highest ranking? Well, they're the highest ranking of all the angelic beings listed in scripture. There could be other classes of angels in the heavenly realm that have not yet been revealed to us. That's a possibility. So to say they're the highest ranking angels in heaven, okay, that's an assumption based on what we know in scripture. But again, we have to stay on that solid foundation and not to go assuming beyond what we know of the scripture. So it's possible that there are higher ranking angels. Think about that. It's possible that there are higher ranking angels than archangels. But again, as far as we know, archangels are the highest ranking in all the classes of angels. Next, I want to talk to you about the seraphim. Now there's a very interesting encounter. I've preached on this text before. Isaiah chapter six. Watch this. Isaiah six. It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne and the train of his robe filled the temple. Think about that. First of all, that Isaiah saw a glimpse of the glory of God and he saw that robe filling the temple. Verse two of Isaiah six. Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings, they covered their faces. With two, they covered their feet. And with two, they flew. They were calling out to each other, holy, holy, holy is the Lord of heaven's armies. The whole earth is filled with his glory. Now let's pause there for a second because it's verses like this that have led many to believe that seraphim are in fact worship leaders in the heavenly realm. Now this could be the case. In fact, it's very clear here at least in Isaiah chapter six verse three that these angels do in fact worship. Now whether or not they are classified as worship angels, that's to be known on the other side of eternity. But we do see in verse four that they have very powerful voices. Look at this. Their voices shook the temple to its foundations and the entire building was filled with smoke. Okay. And then Isaiah, of course, he responds, it's over. I'm doomed. It's all over for me. I'm a man of unclean lips. He recognizes how unholy he is. But think about what the scriptures describing here that these seraphim have such powerful voices that when they worship the building shakes. I mean, that is quite a powerful voice. And this again has led many to conclude that not only are they the class of worshiping angels, but that they have very beautiful voices. I personally in what I've seen in scripture see that several different classes of angels worship in different moments. So I do believe that all angelic beings worship. But at least what we see here in Isaiah chapter six, we can at least see a hint or a near conclusive piece of evidence that seraphim are worshipers, that seraphim sing. At least if you have voices that powerful, I'd imagine that you can sing quite beautifully. So I believe it's safe to conclude that it's at least very likely that seraphim are a worshiping class of angels worshiping in the sense that they lead worship, they sing. Now that's not 100% conclusive, but again, we see leanings toward that truth here in the book of Isaiah chapter six. So first we had the archangels, which as far as we know, are the highest ranking angelic beings. We know they definitely participate in spiritual warfare. Seraphim, they have powerful voices. It's pretty much conclusive, not all the way though. I'd say about 90% sure that they are a worship class of angels and that they do sing with very powerful voices. And then of course, we see the cherubim. Cherubim can be found in Genesis chapter three, verse 24, where the Bible says after sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way of the tree of life. In Ezekiel chapter one, verses five, and then 13 through 15, we see that the scripture declares from the center of the cloud came four living beings that looked human. The living beings look like bright coals of fire or brilliant torches. And lightning seemed to flash back and forth among them. And the living beings darted to and fro like flashes of lightning. That's how fast they move. As I looked at these beings, I saw four wheels touching the ground beside them, one wheel belonging to each. Now, if you jump down to Ezekiel chapter 10, verses one and two, we see that the scripture very clearly identifies these living beings as being cherubim. Look at Ezekiel chapter 10, verses one and two. In my vision, I saw what appeared to be a throne of blue lapis lazuli above the crystal surface over the heads of the cherubim. Then the Lord spoke to the man in linen clothing and said, go between the whirling wheels. Watch this beneath the cherubim and take a handful of burning coals and scattered them over the city. He did this as I watch. So here we see that the beings described in Ezekiel chapter one are actually cherubim. They're these strange looking creatures. There's an internet meme that kind of floats around and maybe you've seen it before where you see what people think angels look like and, you know, they look humanoid for the most part. They have wings and a halo. And then next to it, what they actually look like according to the Bible. And it's this strange construct of eyeballs and wings and light. And for the most part, I think if you saw an angelic being, you would be quite frightened at what you saw. But, you know, the Bible does give us these different descriptions of classes of angels. Now, again, how exactly they rank it, the Bible gives us hints here and there. But again, I'm not going to be dogmatic where the scripture isn't conclusive. So there is some room to speculate as far as what their rankings are, who's more powerful than who, what their assignments are. To some degree, I think all angels can participate in spiritual warfare. But that is the specific area of grace, if you will, for the archangel. To some degree, I believe all angels worship and sing unto God with beautiful voices. But again, in the same way that the archangel has that area of grace for spiritual warfare, I think that the Seraphim have an area of grace for being the worship class of angelic beings. Now, again, you will hear that in teaching that's been said before by other teachers. But again, the scripture doesn't give us that 100% with certainty. It just kind of hints at that fact. So again, as we look at these different classes of angels, be open to learning as you study the scripture. And again, let's not make absolute conclusions where the scripture only gives us certain clues. So to recap, you have archangels, Seraphim and cherubim. And the four living beings, others would classify as a different type of angel, but really, those are actually cherubim as well. Now, under all of this, you'll see angels, the regular angelic beings, these are those humanoid type angels. At least, I think these angels take on human form to interact with us. So it could very well be, and listen, listen carefully here, because I don't want you to hear what I'm not saying. It could very well be that a cherubim or a seraphim or an archangel, when it takes on human form, when it steps into this realm in a physical, non-glorified form, it's very possible that they take on those forms of angels that we've come to view more traditionally, you know, the human figure with a halo and some wings. It's possible that all of the angels, when they cross into this realm with a physical body, take on that appearance. And it's also possible that this is a different class of angelic beings all together. Either way, it's true that in some instances of scripture, you'll see angels that have human form. And we'll get to that in a moment as I talked to you about the different truths regarding angelic beings. After this, we have fallen angels. So archangels, and this is the way I've listed them, this doesn't necessarily mean it's the order of their rank. Archangels, seraphim, cherubim, and angels, traditional angels. Finally, we see fallen angels. And these are the angels who left their first estate, as the scripture says. Now, the fallen angels committed two grave sins that resulted in two different punishments. As you study the scripture, it might be confusing if you're not aware of the fact that angelic beings actually committed two major sins. So, first we see in Revelation 12 9, the first sin, that Satan was able to get a portion of angelic host to rebel against God and they were banished to the earth together. That was the first sin. And the punishment for that first sin was being sent to the earth, being kicked out of heaven. Then we see a second sin in Genesis chapter 6. Now, I'm going to go there. This is a very odd portion of scripture, but I think it's important to at least go over it and give it a brief survey here. Genesis chapter 6, verses 1 through 6. Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born unto them. Watch this verse 2. The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives. Then the Lord said, My spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh in the future. Their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years. Verse 4, in those days and for some time after, giant Nephalites lived on the earth. For whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes of famous and famous warriors of ancient times. Now this is an intriguing portion of scripture. We're going to dig into this a little bit. Verse 5, the Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. So the Lord said, the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. Now this phrase here, sons of God. In the Old Testament, any time you see the phrase, sons of God, it's referring to angelic beings. It's not until the New Testament that this phrase, sons of God, comes to describe those who have put their faith in Jesus and thus are given the power to become the sons of God. Here the scripture is describing supernatural beings. Now there are a couple of clues here. One, why would God so severely punish them if it was literally just humans interacting with other human beings? Remember the nation of Israel had not yet been established, so it wouldn't have had the same rules applying. And then also we see that as a result of intercourse between sons of God and daughters of men, that giants were the offspring. Now how would a normal human being having intercourse with another human being create a race of giants? It wouldn't. So we can conclude quite safely here that angelic beings came down and had intercourse with human beings, with women, and thus produced this race of giants. And so while this is really intriguing and interesting, it's a little odd. And it's right there in the scripture. The Bible very clearly spells out for us what happened. And this is really where God said, okay, that's it. Why? Because now they're polluting the DNA. I have a theory that says that these angelic beings that rebelled came down unto the daughters of men because they were trying to pollute the bloodline knowing that Christ would come through a human bloodline ultimately to come back and crush the head of Satan. That's one idea. Of course there are other ideas, and maybe it could be for several reasons that they did this. But either way, this is the second sin. So we have the first sin, Revelation 12-9, where these angelic beings rebel against God, they're kicked out of heaven, banished to the earth. And then we see a second sin in Genesis chapter 6, verses 1 through 6. And here this second sin brought about a second punishment, which was punishment to be chained in the bottomless pit. Revelation 9-11 talks about the king of the bottomless pit. 2 Peter 2-4 tells us that these angelic beings are awaiting their judgment in this pit. And this really raises the question. Well, we know that angelic beings rebelled against the Heavenly Father in the first sin, as we see described in Revelation 12-9. Their punishment was to be banished to the earth. But the question then arises, how many of those rebellious angels committed the second sin? It's possible that all of them committed the second sin, and therefore all fallen angels are bound in the bottomless pit. Remember, demons are different than fallen angels. Demons are not fallen angels. That's a whole different lesson for a whole different time. Maybe we'll touch on it a little bit in the Q&A. But I do have another teaching on this channel about the origins of demonic beings. But that's not the topic right now. So it is possible that all of the fallen angels participated in this second sin. That's a possibility. It's more likely that only a good portion or perhaps a majority of the fallen angels participated in this second sin. So most of the fallen angels, I believe, are in the bottomless pit. And I believe that the fallen angels who did not commit this second sin and who did not therefore become bound in the bottomless pit, I believe these fallen angels are the ones being described in Ephesians chapter 6 as wickedness in high places. And then we see in Galatians chapter 1, verse 8. This is interesting too. Galatians 1, 8. Watch this now. Let God's curse fall on anyone, including us, or even an angel from heaven who preaches a different kind of good news than the one we preach to you. So here we at least see that it's a possibility that an angel would preach a false gospel. Now, would one of the godly angels preach a false gospel? No way. So I think this warning, maybe it's a hypothetical warning. Maybe it's just kind of something that's mentioned as a very slim chance or just a possibility but not a reality. Or maybe there were fallen angelic beings who were preaching a different gospel and trying to deceive people. That's another possibility. Either way, this is a very interesting world that we're looking into and I think it's exciting to know that we don't necessarily have all of the pieces. We don't have all of the details. So it could be this or that on many of the questions that we have. So let's just recap where we are so far and then I'm going to give you some solid 100% conclusive biblical truths regarding angels. So we have classes of angels. Again, order doesn't necessarily mean rank as I list them here. Ark angels, seraphim, cherubim, classical angels and fallen angels. Angels who we consider classical could be the form of cherubim and seraphim and archangels but just in a bodily form that we can more easily relate to or they can be an entirely different class of angels altogether. And then in regards to fallen angels, we see that fallen angels committed two sins. First was to rebel against God. That punishment was to be banished to the earth. Then the second sin, the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men. They were polluting human DNA. That second sin resulted in a second punishment. They were bound in a bottomless pit. Some probably most of those fallen angels were the ones who participated in this second sin and thus we see that there is wickedness in high places, spiritual wickedness in high places. Now if you're enjoying this and you think this is an interesting subject that more believers should be aware of and guys let's just be honest. These type of subjects aren't covered and when they are covered they go way off on the deep end where the scripture doesn't take us. In many cases, not in every case, I'm not saying this is the only place you can get truth on the supernatural. There are many great resources for this but let's just be real many times people who cover these subjects just go off on where the scripture doesn't take us and that is not a good place to go. But if you think more people need to hear about this, do me a favor, leave a like on the video right now where you're watching Live Run Ripple. I'm about to show you truths about angelic beings that are 100% biblically conclusive. Right now we just spent some time exploring the classes of angels, descriptions of angels, and there's some wiggle room on our doctrines regarding angels. There's some wiggle room on some of the questions that we ask. Not a lot but a little bit. Maybe there's some room for some speculation in regards to ranking and who is who and what are the different roles. That can be explored as you study the scripture as a whole. But what I'm about to give you now are the 100% conclusive spiritual truths in regards to angelic beings. But first I want to encourage you leave that like, help spread this teaching, and if you haven't done so already make sure to subscribe to EncounterTV. If you like teachings on the supernatural that are spirit-filled and biblically balanced, this is the channel for you. Join the spirit family by subscribing to the channel, subscribe and make sure to click that notification bell when you do. 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Continue to do that, guys. I've been writing them all down here and the team has been looking out as well. So like I said, continue to comment, continue to share this stream and hit that like button if you haven't already. These, this message is very, very interesting and I know you guys are doing great. So continue, guys. It's great to see you in the comment section. Okay, well, let's look at the truths about angels now. These are 100% conclusive truths that are 100% backed by Scripture. Truth number one, angels have physical bodies. Now, again, maybe this is true of some of the classes of angels, but not all. Maybe this is true of all the classes of angels and it just so happens to be that when they cross into our realm, that they take on physical bodies as to not frighten us. Of course, for every instance that we see an angel in physical form, we can also point to another instance where an angel came in glorified form and just freaked everybody out. But here we see in Luke chapter 24 verse 4, as they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them clothed in dazzling robes. Who are these two men? Look at Luke chapter 24 verse 23. They said his body was missing and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive. So here we see that the two beings or these two men in Luke chapter 24 verse 4 were actually angelic beings. Now, how could they confuse them for men? Well, it was because they came in physical form. In fact, angels came and they ate with Abraham. Think about the time when the perverted people of Sodom and Gomorrah were trying to have intercourse with these angelic beings, these guests that were being hosted by the patriarchs. And this of course is an example to us of an angel having a physical body. Now, wait a minute. I thought angels neither married nor are ever given in marriage. Well, that's true, but you don't have to be able to be married in order to have a physical body. So angels do have physical bodies. We see that quite clearly here laid out for us in Scripture. Now, this one blew my mind. Angels can appear in dreams. Now, let me stop you there for a second. You may say, oh yeah, that's true. Angels appear in dreams all the time. No, no, let's really be clear about what they have the ability to do here. I'm not saying that people dream about angels. Really think about this. This is amazing. I'm not saying that people merely dream about angels. I'm saying that angels have the ability to step into your subconscious world. Think about that kind of power. They can step into your dream and talk to you. Now, how they do that, I do not know, but we see an example of this in Matthew chapter one, verse 20. As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. Joseph, son of David, the angel said, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. And of course, we know that Joseph described having been visited by an angel. He didn't say how to dream about an angel. The Bible doesn't say that Joseph just dreamed about an angel. It says that the angel appeared to him in the dream. So this is an amazing power that these heavenly hosts possess, the ability to go into your subconscious mind and talk to you. And sometimes, I think this is necessary because we're not always paying attention to the signs around us, are we? We're not always paying attention to the voice of the Holy Spirit, but they possess this ability to be able to step into your actual dream and interacting with your dream world, interacting with your subconscious mind while you're asleep. That is a powerful ability. And I think it would take not only great power but great intelligence to be able to navigate your sleep state to be able to communicate messages to you. So that one just kind of blew my mind. Just the reality that the Bible describes them, even if you look in the original language, the Bible really clearly describes these angelic beings as stepping into people's dreams. And that is an incredible truth. Next, we see that angels walk among us. Hebrews chapter 13 verse 2. I'm going to tell you a story right now. This one will shake some of you up. Hebrews 13 too. Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers for some who have done this, have entertained angels without realizing it. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm going to read this again. Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers. So you're rude to people in traffic, dismissive with people at the store, too busy to acknowledge the hurting. Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers or some have done this, who have done this, have entertained angels without realizing it. Whoa. Okay, I have said before that I've never seen an angelic being and that's true. And what I mean by that is I've never seen like an angel manifested in front of me in glorified form with their wings and their halos or thank God, I mean, I don't know, I'm being a little comedic when I say this, but thank God I've not seen maybe the Seraphim like in Isaiah chapter six. And some might say, Brother David, don't say that. What if God want, I'm joking, but it would be pretty terrifying. I think you know that. But one instance really stuck out in my mind. I was going to the store. Jessica had sent me on like a late night market run and husbands, you know what that's like. So Jess, I forgot what she wanted, but she sends me to the store. It was, it must have been like 1030, almost 11 o'clock. And so I drove there. And of course, because it was so late at night, there was a parking right in the front. Like I literally parked just a few feet from the automatic opening doors. I parked my car. I start walking into the store and sitting at the entrance of the store is a man who obviously is homeless. And when I say obviously, I mean I can see he has this cart there with him. He has his blankets laid out on the cement and he looks up at me and he asks me if I can give him a couple of bucks. And I asked him, what do you need the money for? He tells me, I'm just trying to get something to eat honestly. And I said, why don't you come with me? Let's do a little bit of grocery shopping. Now disclaimer, I'm not telling you this story so you can say, oh, look how wonderfully kind David is. The purpose of the story is to talk about angels. But I'm not always sensitive to these situations. I don't always notice them. But in this particular instance, the Holy Spirit gave me the grace to see someone in need. And I was able to slow my pace enough to see someone there who was hurting. So I said, just come inside the store and I walk into the store and I take them and I start buying snacks. I said, do you like these? Do you like these? And I'm just loading up his cart with any snack he wants and bread and different things. I'm trying to find things that don't expire so quickly. I gave him several water bottles and you name it. I just loaded him up with snacks and foods and liquids so that he would be set. And so we leave, we check out. I pay for this man's groceries. He steps out. I wave at him, say, God bless. He says, thank you. I say, God bless you. I get in my car. I'm pulling out. Remember how I said I parked? I parked just a few feet in front of the automatic doors. So sitting in my front driver's seat, I could still see where he was sitting in front of the store. But now he's gathering his things. He's getting ready to go. And I see him begin to walk on the side of the building and he walks toward the street, which was to my left and begins to walk down the sidewalk. Now I saw him turn the corner. I saw him walk out. I pull my car back in reverse and I turn onto that street. Now at this point, he should be right there on my right-hand side as I go. I was fully expecting to honk at him and give him a wave one more time, just to give him one more salutations as I went on my way. I turn, I go to see where he's at. I go to honk my horn and possibly wave and he's gone. He didn't have a car. And if he did, he would not have been able to get to it, unload his stuff that quickly. There were no alleyways. It was all fenced off properties from there and apartments along that way where you have to have a code to get in. I lost sight of him within seconds. I pull the car out. I see him. He's turning the corner. I turn the corner, turn the wave and he's gone. Now, you know how sometimes you can see things in hindsight more clearly than you can when you're in the moment? I recognized at that moment that there was something different about him, just about his face, like a glow. I can't even quite put my finger on it, but looking back in hindsight, there was something different about that man. Now, am I saying absolute certainty? I absolutely positively had an encounter with an angel. I don't know, but if ever there was an encounter with an angel that I had, that was probably it. I personally believe it was an angelic encounter. I mean, I can't explain it any other way. I saw him turn the corner. I pull out within seconds, him, his cart, all his stuff gone where. There's no alleyways. He didn't have a car. And if he did go down an alley or he did get in a car, I would have seen him. Angels walk among us. Be careful how you treat people. Be careful how you treat strangers. Some of us have entertained angels without realizing it. So think about this. If some of us have entertained angels without realizing it, then some of us have been mean to angels without realizing it. Some of us have ignored angels without realizing it. Just a thought. Another truth we see in Scripture is that angels are messengers. In Luke chapter 1, verses 11 to 14, the Bible says, while Zachariah was in the sanctuary, an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the incense altar. Zachariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear when he saw him. But the angel said, don't be afraid, Zachariah. God has heard your prayer. Your wife Elizabeth will give you a son. And you are to name him John. You will have great joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. So here we see that sometimes God will send angelic beings with messages. Remember, I've taught that God speaks to us. The Holy Spirit speaks to us in four different ways. Number one is the word. That is the clearest, most reliable way we can hear him. Number two is wisdom. That's not as reliable as the word, but it still is a reliable way to hear from God. He gives you wisdom for day-to-day living. Number three is the whisper. That's where he speaks to your heart. This one can sometimes be confused for our own thoughts or emotions, which is why it's important that we be careful when trying to live by the whisper. We should, of course, live by the word, and the word and wisdom make it easier to hear that whisper. And then number four, there are wonders, dreams, visions, prophets, prophecy, and angelic beings. Angelic beings deliver messages to God's people on God's behalf. Next we see that angels protect. Daniel chapter 6 verse 22 says, My God sent his angel to shut the lion's mouth so that they would not hurt me. For I have been found innocent in his sight, and I have not wronged you, your majesty. Psalm 91, a very popular portion of scripture. Psalm 91, 11-13. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone. You will trample upon lions and cobras. You will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet. That angels warn. This is different than a message. A message can simply be God communicating a truth of love or God giving you instructions. But angels also bring warning when we're stubbornly resisting the voice of the Holy Spirit. Revelation 14, 6-7. And I saw another angel flying through the sky carrying the eternal good news to proclaim to the people who belong to this world, to every nation, tribe, language, and people. Fear God, he shouted, give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge, worship him, who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all the springs of water. So angelic beings can bring warnings and messages to fear God to correct something in your life. In fact, I've heard testimonies from people who were drug addicts, who were involved in gangs, who were involved in very worldly, dark, demonic things, who God sent an angel to, to warn them. And it struck fear into their hearts, a healthy fear of God, and it completely caused them to pivot their lives and turn to God. Angels guide similar to messages. Exodus chapter 23, verse 20. See, I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your journey and lead you safely to the place I have prepared you. I've talked to several missionaries who've encountered this type of guidance from angelic hosts, especially when being in nations where the gospel is pretty much illegal and you can be either imprisoned or killed for sharing the good news, where someone will come and know English supernaturally, miraculously. They run into someone who knows English and they're guided by this person and the person is nowhere to be found, much like my encounter with an angelic being. And they realize that it was an angel the whole time guiding them as they walked into their call of God. Angels serve. Hebrews chapter 1, verse 14 says, Therefore angels are only servants, spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation. This one is amazing. I mean, there's a lot just in that one scripture. Angels are only servants. Who do they care for? They care for you and me. How do I know that? Because the Bible says they're sent to care for people who will inherit salvation. What a wonderful truth. Angels pray. I didn't know if you know that. When I first read this scripture, it shocked me. I did not know that angels prayed. Zachariah chapter 1, verse 12 says upon hearing this, the angel of the Lord prayed this prayer. Oh, Lord of Heaven's armies, for 70 years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long until you again show mercy to them? Did you know that one day you and I will judge angels? Well, 1 Corinthians chapter 6, verse 3 says, Don't you realize that we will judge angels? So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in this life. This is something we need to be aware of, people of God. We must, as the children of the Most High, be aware of the supernatural. You are a supernatural being. You are not fundamentally natural, superficially supernatural. You are supernaturally empowered by the Holy Spirit at the very fundamentals of your being. You are fundamentally supernatural, superficially natural. We are spirit beings, children of God. Now, as the New Testament describes us, we are sons of God. Therefore, we must be aware of the supernatural realm. I am all for study of the scripture. You know me, the word, the word, the word, the word. I say it thousands of times. The word is the foundation. The word is our guide. The word is our point of reference. The word is our safety net. And the scripture is sufficient. And the scripture is sufficient in that it accomplished its job, which was to connect you to your supernatural God. And therefore he speaks to you. Therefore you have encounters in the supernatural. Now, should our focus shift from Jesus to angels by no means, but in pursuing the Lord, you tap into supernatural realms and supernatural power untold, I pray this is going to be a prayer and it may be a strange one. But let me be clear before I pray this. My goal is not that you would become obsessed with angels. My goal is not that you would make angels the focus of your spiritual walk. My goal is not that you would shift your eyes from looking at Jesus to looking at angelic beings. But I'm going to pray right now that over the next month, after you watch this teaching from this moment over the next, let's just say three or four weeks, that you would become more aware of the supernatural realm than you've ever been before. I want you to write it again in the comments section. Open my eyes. Write those three simple words. Open my eyes. I'm going to pray right now that God would open your eyes to the supernatural realm. I'm going to pray that you would be aware of the flurry of spiritual activity that's all around you. The heavenly realm is teeming with life and we should be aware of this realm. There are angelic beings assigned to you. There are angelic beings that protect you and will speak to you and they're from the Lord. They mustn't be rejected. Now, do we need them for salvation? No. Do we need them to be connected with God? No. Do we need them to see miracles and anointing? No. But at least we must be aware of this. I think that some people just have the tendency to be too focused on the material. Even me talking about this might make you a little uncomfortable, but the Bible talks about it. I mean, why would the scripture instruct us in Hebrews to not forget to show hospitality to strangers? Why would it draw our attention to the angelic realm if God didn't want us to at least know of the angelic realm? I think sometimes we become too comfortable in the natural. I think sometimes we become too cynical, too earthly minded. Father, open their eyes, I pray. I sense the anointing strong right now. Open their eyes, I pray, and let them see into the spirit. Let them capture a glimpse of the glory. Let them be aware of the activity of angelic hosts all around them. Father, thank you that angels protect us. Thank you that angels will guide us on your behalf. Thank you that angels will deliver messages from you to us. And I pray, Lord, that we would be more appreciative of the angelic realm. I pray, Lord, that we would be more aware, mostly of your presence. But Lord, every now and then show us a glimpse of the angelic realm. In the name of Jesus, we pray. I want you to say it because you believe it. Say amen. Now I know it's tempting because we see it in the metrics. You know, I can study a YouTube video and I can see at which point people start to turn the video off. I want to challenge you as a Christian to stay and hear how you can help. You received the message. You received the word. Wonderful. And I'm glad you did. But now I want to challenge you to participate in something. I know it's tempting. There's other things to click on. You want to watch other teachings, hopefully from Encounter TV. Usually it's Encounter TV teachings that come up after Encounter TV videos. And I know you want to get to clicking on other things and watching other things. And I know it kind of feels resolved, right? Lessons done. I'm going to move on now. No, no, no. I'm going to challenge you here for a moment. Whether you're watching live or on the replay, I'm going to challenge you to at least hear what I'm about to say. Just hear my heart for the next few minutes so that you can get involved with helping this ministry spread the gospel. That's important, isn't it? We all, as believers, have a responsibility to help spread the gospel. We all have a responsibility to give financially and support the ministry. Now, I know some people that makes them go, oh, now he's talking about money. Yes, absolutely. Why? It's biblical. And I want to challenge God's people because really there are three different types of believers. One, there's the giver who you guys are going to give, your faithful givers to the stream, to the ministry. You're going to give no matter what I say. I could literally just say, hey, make your donations at the link and you would do it. The second category is the believer who's kind of on the fence. Should I, should I, shouldn't I, should I, shouldn't I? That's really the believer I'm talking to. And there's the third believer. You know, it's all about them. And they get angry when preachers talk about money. They're real greedy, stingy. They don't ever want to be a part of it. And they'll never give to anything. That's okay. We'll let God soften their heart. And they'll grow out of that eventually. There's grace for them. But I want to talk to that believer in the middle now who's kind of on the fence. You know you should give sometimes and maybe you do. I want to challenge you to begin supporting this ministry. I want to challenge everyone watching. If you haven't already, to sign up to become a monthly ministry partner. Sign up for a gift of $30 a month. Look, I understand that in the world, people are talking about economic decline. I understand that you're hearing news of shortages, the shrinking power of the dollar or whatever your currency is, the collapse of cryptocurrency, bubbles bursting, markets crashing, housing dipping. We're hearing of all these things. And if we're not careful, we can allow what the world is saying to infect our hearts with fear. I'll tell you in this season, our ministry has made bolder moves forward. And we've seen more growth in this season than in any season previously. Why? Because it's supernatural. We don't go based on what the world says. We don't go based on the world's metrics. We go based on what the Bible says. And the Bible says this is what the scripture says. Proverbs 11, 24 and 25. Give freely and become more wealthy. Be stingy and lose everything. The generous will prosper. Those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. Think about the fact that this stream is supported by monthly partners. So thank you, partners, for supporting this stream. You made this happen through your generosity. But when you give to this ministry, you're refreshing others. You're helping me to take the scripture, the word, and spread it to others who may not be able to afford to give right now. But I want to challenge everyone become a monthly partner. Maybe you can't do $30 a month. Do $10 a month. Maybe you can become a $100 a month partner. Now, Tim, as we keep that normal link up, I'm going to talk about some of the partnership benefits. When you sign up to become a monthly partner, you will be invited to our monthly partner Zoom calls where I talk with our partners. Little more candidly, you get some behind the scenes. I teach. I pray with you. I answer your questions about the ministry. At the $10 a month or more level, you're going to get a beautiful Dove lapel pin that you can wear to show your support of the gospel. You're going to be able to know that you're in the trenches with us. You're helping us to spread the gospel. And you may say, yeah, times are difficult, but let me ask you this. Do you have a Netflix account, Hulu, Disney Plus? Do you have a PlayStation membership, an Xbox membership? Maybe a movie of the month club? Are you giving your money to coffee, movies, entertainment? If you say I can't be a partner, I can't sign up, but you have these other things, I'm going to challenge you to question that. I'm not trying to make you feel guilty. I'm trying to challenge your thinking here. Because why would you choose to support a company that hates you and your faith over supporting a ministry? I say this, if you're absolutely in a place where you can't support the ministry monthly, I would say if you have those streaming services, cancel them. And in its place, support the ministry. Maybe you'll say, you know, I can keep all that and support the ministry. Great, do that. But either way, we should be supporting the gospel. So maybe you've been watching us for a while. You've been watching the streams. You've been receiving the content. Now is the time to sign up. I challenge you to sign up for a monthly gift. Right now, $30 a month, $10 a month, $100 a month. Some of you can do 50, some 40, some 25, whatever you can do. Sign up for a monthly gift right now. Maybe you want to give your entire year. You're saying, I don't want to do the automatic monthly, but I'll give my monthly gift for the whole year. So that's a $10 partnership. Give 120 and that's it for a whole year. Maybe a $30 a month partner. Give 360, that's it for the whole year. And then you're done. But in any economy, people of God, in any economy, there are those who can give $10 a month, $30 a month. Don't let fear infect your heart. Step out in faith. He's going to make a way. He's going to provide. Knowing that, you're free to give to the gospel. By the way, we're making great progress on our television broadcast studio here in Round Rock, Texas. You're looking at some images on the screen right now. That is some framework going in for the AC. I think there's a shot of the AC units also. There the AC units have arrived. And then you're looking at the studio. We're going to be putting lighting up. And there's going to be sound systems and chairs. This is a big, big project, massive undertaking. And we still need to finish that final goal. Just the last 23% or so needs to come in very soon. So I want to challenge you. Give to the gospel. Sign up to become a monthly partner or give a one-time gift. And it's all going to help the ministry as a whole. And there you're looking at the control room. Thanks, Alejandra. Thank you to Rosalind. Thank you also to Abraham. Thank you, Nelson. Thank you, Tanya. Thank you to the Patrick family, our dear friends. Many of you, many of you signing up even to be partner. Diane became a partner. Thank you, Diane. We appreciate you doing that. That's really what makes the difference is that monthly partnership and the one-time giving together, all of you together. Thank you to Janelle. I appreciate your support. Thank you also to Nancy. God bless you. Thank you to Joe. My goodness, there's many people giving Rebecca and Florin. And Enrique, thank you for being our partner. Denny, thank you for being our partner. Suzanne, thank you for being our partner, guys. That's really what's going to help. So sign up, become a monthly supporter. Why support those wicked agendas? Let's not support those anymore. Support the gospel. If you want to keep those streaming services, that's fine. You do whatever the Holy Spirit tells you. But I would say, if you're saying I can't do it and you have those, that's a whole different story. Andrew, thank you for partnering with me. Valentin, thank you for partnering with me. Janelle, thank you for your one-time gift. So appreciate it, guys. This is where it's at. Coming together, supporting the gospel. And in a moment, I'm going to take some questions from you. But first, Steve, take a little time on with the chat and let me know how they're doing. Well, chat, you're doing amazing. Oh, wait, wait, wait. I am so sorry. I am so sorry because they're going to trim the video. Those of you watching the replay, this is going to look so unorganized to you. And I apologize. But usually I end the trimmed portion of the video by saying, if you enjoyed this teaching, everything you need to know about angelic beings, you're going to love this video, everything you need to know about the prophetic, in that we explore the expressions of the prophetic, how to keep the prophetic pure, so on and so forth. It's a very in-depth Bible-based study on the prophetic. Make sure you check that out.