 Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining class this morning. John Paul, can you please lead us in prayer? Thank you for this time Lord. We submit us into your mighty presence so God we pray as we continue to learn from your word that you will open our eyes of understanding and speak to us Lord. Help us to know your word more. Help us to know you more. Lord we submit us into your mighty hands so God we pray that you will be able to deliver what you have kept in store to us Lord. We praise you Lord. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Thank you John Paul. How are all of you doing this morning? The last day of this week? I mean I mean when you know we work Mondays to Fridays but I'm sure since all of us I think are involved in ministry, church, ministry, Saturday and Sunday are pretty busy but how are all of you doing? It will cold and cough but I think it's okay. Oh okay. The cold and cough is because of the heat or? I think it's because of heat and our neighbor kids also had. All of us were down but getting better. Thank you. Oh even Shekaina? Yeah, yeah. She has a little keep up. Okay. Oh he will keep you all in prayer then. Thank you. Okay. Thank you Lubega doing very well. What about Zillatoli? Good. Okay so we'll begin class this morning. We are looking at chapter I think chapter 10. It shows six here for me but I think it's chapter 10. We're doing the doctrine of angels. It's our second and last lesson. Yes, it's chapter 10. When you think about angels what comes to your mind? What is your understanding of angels? Angels are spirit beings created by God. Okay. Thank you John. Angels are spirit beings created by God. Okay. What else do you have? You gathered from scripture about angels in your reading. Get your ministering spirits, the minister, anything else? God's messengers. Okay. Thank you Zillatoli. They do what God tells them to do. Who do they minister to? To God. Okay. To the minister to assess well. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Zillatoli. Lubega says there are both good and bad angels. Okay. So the bad ones are doing the ministry to Satan, to devil, demons they are called. Okay. Good. Anything else about your understanding about angels? Yes. Thank you Anita. Angels praise and worship God. They never take a break. 24-7 all the time. They're worshiping God. Okay. Good. So we look at lesson 10, the doctrine of angels. If you notice there's just very brief points there, but I will just elaborate. So if you would like to take down notes, you're welcome to do so. So angels are created spiritual beings with moral judgment and high intelligence. They are not just beings who are there. Only God is not a created being, but other than God or the, you know, the God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, they are not created beings. They always were, they always existed, they're always, they will always be. Okay. But we see that angels are created beings, God created them. When do you think, okay, first let's look at scripture where we see that angels are created being. If one of you could please read Psalm 148 verses two to five, please. 148, two to five. Psalm chapter 148 verses two to five. Can one of you please read that? Praise him all his angels. Praise him all his hosts. Praise him Son and more. Praise him all your stars with light. Praise him, you heavens of heavens and you waters above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord for he commanded and they were created. Thank you. So here we see that, you know, they got commanded and they were created. So angels have not always existed. They are part of the universe that God created them. So when do you think that God would have created the angels? Because it doesn't mention in creation, creation narrative, right? So any idea when God created the angels? Any thoughts on that? Before the creation of the earth? Yes. Thank you, Loubega. So if you look at Genesis chapter two, verse one, it says, thus the heavens and the earth and all the hosts of them were finished. And on the seventh day, God ended his work and he as which he had done and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. So we see that before the seventh day, God created the heavens and the earth and all the hosts of them were finished before the seventh day. But if you look at Genesis chapter one, I just read from Genesis chapter two, if you look at Genesis chapter one, we see that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And immediately it goes on to say that the earth was without form and void and darkness was on the face of the deep. And God said, okay, so before he created the earth, it's most probably that he created, you know, the angelic beings because it says in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. That is what commentary writers say, theologians say. But we know that God, angels did not exist. They did not always exist. They were created. They were part of the universe that God created. Angels are also capable of moral judgment. How can we say that they are capable of moral judgment? Yeah, thank you, Lubega. Lubega says that, you know, the angels were created before the earth was created. In fact, even the devils rebellion had already occurred. Yes, true. So we see that angels are capable of moral judgment. What do you understand by this? Angels are capable of moral judgment. What's the meaning of moral judgment? Okay, they have a will. Do we all have a moral judgment? Yes, we are able to choose. We know what is right and we know what is wrong. We're able to choose right from wrong. Sometimes we're able to, you know, sometimes we even choose what is wrong. But we know, you know, we're able to make a moral judgment. We're able to know what is right. We're able to know what is wrong. And hence, we know that angels are also capable of moral judgment because when Lucifer, you know, he was filled with pride and he thought he could be worshipped also as God because he was powerful enough. And he rallied a few of the angels in heaven. We see that some of them did make, you know, all of them in fact would have made a choice, whether to follow and worship Satan or to worship God. And those who, you know, gave into Satan and worshipped him, we see that they sinned and fell from their position. So we know that angels exercise moral judgment because we see the fact in scripture that some of them sinned and fell from their position. We read this in 2 Peter chapter 2, verse 4, where it says, for if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but send them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment. And Jude has only one chapter. So in verse 6, it says, and the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling, these years kept in darkness bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great day. So we see that, you know, just as we have been given the free moral will to choose, we also see that angels have also been given the free moral will to choose, and hence they exercise their moral judgment. Okay. And so they are capable of moral judgment. The third thing is that they have high intelligence. And we see this throughout scripture, even as they speak to people. In Matthew chapter 28, verse 5, you know, the resurrection at the tomb of Jesus when the women went early in the morning, the angel said to the woman, do not be afraid, for I know that you're looking for Jesus who was crucified. Another narrative that we can see in scripture is in Acts chapter 12, verses 6 to 11. You know, this is about Peter the night that he was before, the night before he was going to be, you know, brought to trial before Herod, he was sleeping between two soldiers bound with chains. And there was also a guard who was standing at the entrance. Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared and a light, bright light shown in his cell. And the angel struck Peter on his side, woke him up and said, quick, get up. And his, you know, Peter's chains just fell off his wrist. And the angel said to him, put on your clothes and sandals. And Peter did so. And he tells him to wrap his cloak around him and to follow him. And Peter, you know, followed him out of prison. But he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening. He thought he was seeing a vision. And, you know, they passed through the first and the second guards. And they came to the iron gate, which was leading to the city. And the iron gate opened by itself. And they went through it. And, you know, when Peter walked through the street, suddenly the angel left him. And then he realized, and he knew without any doubt that the Lord had sent this angel who had rescued him from herds, clutches, and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen to him. So we see that, you know, they have high intelligence. We also know that angels sing and praise God. We see that in scripture, Revelation chapter 5 verse 11. Would one of you like to read Revelation chapter 5 verse 11 please? Revelation chapter 5 and verses 11. Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and 10,000 upon 10,000. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. Okay, verse 12 as well. Verse 12. In a loud voice they sang, worthy is the Lamb who was lame, to receive power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and praise. Thank you, Siddiqui. So here we see that, you know, the angels numbering thousands upon thousands, 10,000 upon 10,000. You know, they circled the throne and the living creatures and the elders, and, you know, they kept praising God. So they keep on praising God all the time. And hence we see that angels sing praises to God. We also know that angels are spirit beings. They do not have a body like human body like us. Can we see angels? Can we see angels? Yes. Okay. Ma'am, sometimes yes and sometimes no. Why sometimes yes and sometimes no, Siddiqui? Ma'am, because like in Old Testaments also we see, like there was some times like people were able to see the angels. Like when, words were the incident, like when we see there was an incident with Balaam, he was there, his donkey was able to see the angel, but he himself, he was not able to see the angel. And we see in the incident of Samson, his wife was able, like Samson's mother was able to see the angel, but there was his father, there was a time he was not able to see the angel. Another vegetation, his father was able to see the angel man. Thank you, Siddiqui. All right. Yes, Balaam was not able to see the angel, but his donkey was able to see, but when God opened his eyes, he was able to see the angel with a drawn sword. Yes, Lupega says, if God will, so if it's God's will, when he opens our eyes to be able to see the angel, then we can see the angel. So they cannot be seen unless God gives us the ability to see them. We have one example in 2 Kings chapter 6. You know, the king of Syria was going to attack Israel, and we see that the king of Syria was quite amazed because whatever he's discussing with his officers in his palace is known to the king. So he's wondering and asking his officers who is spying and going and telling, sending messages to the king of Israel. And you know, one of them says that none of them, but it's the prophet in Israel who, you know, who God reveals all of the things that the king speaks. And hence the king of Israel knows their plans ahead of what they're going to do. And so the king of Syria sends an army and they surround the city where Elisha is. And in the morning when Elisha's servant wakes up sees this big army of soldiers, he's totally shaken and frightened, and he tells Elisha this. And when Elisha comes out, you know, he's able to see the Syrian army, but also he's able to see the heavenly, a host of heavenly army on the mountains surrounding them and surrounding the Syrian army. And you know, Elisha tells the servant not to worry and but his servant is not able to understand because he says, you know, greater are those who are with us than this army and the servant is not able to understand what his master is saying. And then Elisha prays and said, Lord, I pray open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the servant's eyes and it was the eyes of the young man. And he saw and behold on the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. So that is one incident. And another incident like Siddiqenu says is in Numbers chapter 22 about Balam, you know, three times when he was traveling on his donkey to go and help Balak, the king of Mohab to bring about curses on the people of Israel. And God is angry with him because God tells him, go, but only go when they come and call you. But before they come and call him, he rises up in the morning and he goes along with them. And so we see that an angel, God sends an angel with a drawn sword who stands in the way three times. Once the donkey goes away in the wrong direction into the field, the second time in a vineyard, the donkey is so scared and frightened that he hits himself against the wall and crushes Elisha's feet. And then the third time the angel with a drawn sword stands in a narrow path which the donkey cannot go right or left and he just sits down. And all three times Balam is very angry. He strikes his donkey and God opens them out of the donkey and he speaks. And then we see that the Lord opens Balam's eyes and he sees the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his drawn sword and he bows down on his face, falls down on his face and just falls prostrate before the angel. So we see that all of these times God opens the eyes of the people and they are able to see the angels or the angelic hosts. So we see that angels are spirit beings. We read this also in Hebrews chapter one was 14 where it says, are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation. So they are spirit beings and they are spirit beings who minister both before God and to human beings. And we cannot see them unless God gives us a special ability to see them like we saw in these various narratives. They also guard and protect us. We read this in Psalm chapter 34 verse 7. Psalm 91 verse 11. And Hebrews chapter one verse 14 which I just said that the ministering spirits sent to serve those who inherit salvation. We know Psalm 91 that God sends his angels to guard and protect us so that our feet or foot will not even dash against the stone. We also read that they guard and protect us in Psalm chapter 34 verse 7. Would one of you like to read Psalm chapter 34 verse 7 please? Psalms chapter 34 verse 7. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and he delivers them. Thank you. So the angel of the Lord encamps those who fear him and he delivers them, delivers them from every stronghold, from every demonic affliction, from every work of the enemy. We also read this in Psalm 91 verse 11. We also saw that in Hebrews chapter 1 verse 14. Now the angels also join us in worship. Hebrews chapter 12 verse 22. In one of you please read Hebrews chapter 12 verse 22. And there also we see that they are invisible. Hebrews 12 verse 22. But you have come to Mount Zion to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly. Thank you. So we see that the angelic hosts, the angels also join with us even as we worship God. Okay. However, from time to time also we see that angels take on bodily form and appear to various people in Scripture. I just told you about Matthew chapter 28 verse 5 where the angel appears to woman at a tomb. We also read about this in Hebrews chapter 13 verse 2 where it says, do not forget to entertain strangers for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. That is Hebrews chapter 13 verse 2. So when we entertain strangers, sometimes unknowingly, we even entertain angels. One incident is Abraham just before the angels were going to Sodom and Gomorrah to destroy it. The angels come and meet Abraham and then they go off to Sodom and Gomorrah. But they looked as men. So they take on a bodily form. So sometimes angels do take on a bodily form and they do appear to people, to various people. And we see this also in Scripture. Now angels are many in number. They're innumerable. We just read that in Hebrews chapter 12, 22. Siducano just read that. You know, you've come to Mount Zion, the city of God, the city of the living God. You've come to thousands upon 10,000 of angels in joyful assembly. We also read this in Revelation chapter 5 verse 11 just a little bit earlier. Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, 10,000 times 10,000. So there are innumerable angels. And we know that the angels apart from just praising and worshiping God, they also fight the battle against the demonic forces. We read that in Scripture as well. They also guard and protect us. We looked at that as well. Okay, Psalm 91 verse 11 says, For he will come on as angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. So they even guard, protect us, minister to us. You know, there are times when we could have had an accident, we could have fallen. We could have, you know, many things could have happened, but you know, God has sent His angels who've guarded and protected us the times when we were sick, you know, and no one to help us. It was the angelic host who were ministering to us when we were down, feeling depressed, suicidal. Also, of course, the spirit of God there ministering to us, but also the angelic beings who minister to us as well. Okay, we also know that the angels are mighty and have great power. Two references where we can read this is in Psalm 103 verse 20. So can one of you please read Psalm 103 verse 20? And someone else can read 2 Peter chapter 2 verse 11. Psalms 103 verse 20 and 2 Peter chapter 2 verse 11. Psalm 103 verse 20. Blessed the Lord, you his angels who excel in strength who do his work, hidden the ways of his work. Thank you. Second Peter chapter 2 verse 11. Whereas angels who are greater in power and might do not bring a revealing accusation against them before the Lord. Thank you Salatoli. So here we see in Psalm 103 verse 20 says, Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones. Okay, so they are mighty powerful. And second Peter chapter 2 verse 11. It says that yet even angels though they are stronger and more powerful. Okay, so they are more stronger and more powerful than us human beings. At least for the time that we have our earthly existence, human beings are made lower than the angels. We read this in Hebrews chapter 2 verse 7 that we are created lower than the angels. And so angels are mighty and powerful, but they are not only potent, that they are not all powerful, they're not powerful, more powerful than God, because they are created beings. But yes, they are more stronger and more powerful than us. And hence they, you know, they fight on behalf of us against the demonic forces, the demonic realm, the forces in the heavenly realms. Okay, angels are also, I mean, I just like I said, angels are created beings, therefore they are not only present as well. They cannot be there at all times, present everywhere at all times in all places, because they are created beings, they're also not only potent. Okay, now this is not mentioned in your notes as well, but I'm just going to state this. Now, there are also other heavenly beings which are mentioned in scripture along with angels. Do you know which are the other heavenly beings that are mentioned in scripture along with angels? Any idea? No idea? Okay, we have the cherubim, if you remember the, you know, the Ark of the Covenant, the two golden figures of the cherubim, and we know that God comes there and he says, I will come and meet with you from above the mercy seat from between the two cherubims that are upon the Ark of Testimony or the Ark of the Covenant. So we have the cherubim, we have the seraphim, and we have the living creatures. Now, who are the cherubim? We read about them in Psalm 18, verse 10, and Genesis, chapter 3, verse 24. Exodus, chapter 25, verse 22, as well. The cherubim were given the task of guarding the entrance to the Garden of Eden. We read this in Genesis, chapter 3, verse 24. We also see that, you know, God himself is frequently said to be enthroned on the cherubim or to travel with the cherubim as his chariot. We read this in Psalm 18, verse 10, and Ezekiel, chapter 10, verses 12, 22. And also over the Ark of the Covenant, in the Old Testament, we read that, you know, the Ark of the Covenant, the box that was there and top of that and the lid, you know, the covering, the lid, there were two golden figures of the cherubim with their wings stretched out above the Ark. And it was there that God promised he would come and dwell among his people. We read this in Exodus chapter 25, verse 22, where it says, that I will meet with you and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the Ark of the Covenant or testimony, I will speak with you of all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel. So we see that, you know, here God promises to come and dwell among his people, meet them just in between the two golden figures of the cherubim, whose wings were stretched out above the Ark. So that is the cherubim. We also have the Seraphim, another group of heavenly beings, the Seraphim, are mentioned only in Isaiah chapter 6, verses 2 to 7. We see that they are continually worshiping the Lord and they call to one another. We read this in some, sorry, in Isaiah chapter 6, verse 3, holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. And we have other heavenly beings other than the cherubim, the Seraphim and the angels. We have the living creatures. Now, the living creatures are mentioned both in Ezekiel chapter 1, verses 5 to 14 and Revelation chapter 4, verse 6 to 8. And we see that in both of these scripture passages, it tells us of another kind of heavenly being known as the living creatures that are around God's throne. And their appearance is like a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle. So they are basically the mightiest representatives of various parts of God's entire creation, which is the lion, which is about the wild beast, an ox, which is a domesticated animal, of course, man, human being, and an eagle, which is a bird. And we see that it's like the mightiest representative of various parts of God's creation. And we see that these living creatures, they continually worship God. Revelation chapter 4, verse 8, we read that day and night, and never cease to sing, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty who was, who is, and who is to come. So these are the other heavenly beings, other than angels that are there in heaven, the cherubim, the seraphim, and the living creatures. Now, how should we relate to angels? We need to be aware of angels in our lives, because they are, you know, they are ministering to us, and we need to be open to their ministry, and what they do to us as well. We also need to know that, like we read in, I think, Hebrews chapter 13 verse 2, where it says, Do not forget to entertain strangers for by so doing some have, you know, unknowingly entertained angels. So we never know we can have an angelic visitation, but we also know that angels minister to us, so we should be aware of that, and also be open to their ministry to us. Okay, but we should be aware of receiving even false doctrines from angels. Now, how can angels give us false doctrines? How do we know that? It's mentioned to us in scripture in Galatians chapter 1 verse 8 and second Corinthians chapter 11 verse 14, where scripture warns us against receiving false doctrines from, you know, fallen angels who supposedly act like angels who are sent on a mission or an assignment or bring a message from the Lord Himself, but, you know, they are coming from Satan and they are teaching false doctrines. We read this in Galatians chapter 1 verse 18, where it says, But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you, let him be accursed. So Paul is writing to the church at the Galatia and, you know, he's talking about this. Maybe there was a problem. So it says, even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we preach to you, let him be accursed. Now, here we can say, we can think that, you know, it says here that even if we or an angel from heaven preaches a gospel that is contrary, so we can think sometimes that, you know, these angels are coming from heaven, so they should be coming from God Himself. So how can they speak something that is contrary? Now, we need to understand that in Scripture, okay, all this is not in your notes. I'm just giving you, so for your understanding in Scripture, we have, you know, heaven mentioned, the word heaven can refer sometimes to the atmospheric heaven. It can also refer to the celestial heaven. It can refer to the dwelling place of God Himself. So the atmospheric heaven is, we can read this in Lamentation Chapter 4, verse 19, where it says that our pursuers were thrifted and the eagles of the heaven. So this is basically just referring to the atmosphere surrounding earth, where, you know, which we refer to as the sky where eagles fly, and this is not referring to heaven where, you know, God lives or we, his children, will live there after death. So one is atmospheric heaven. So sometimes where it just mentions heaven, it can just mean the sky or the atmospheric heaven. They can also be the celestial heaven. The Bible heaven is also used to describe the celestial rem, where the rem of the sun, moon, stars and planets. And we see this in Genesis Chapter 1, verse 1, you know, Genesis Chapter 1 verse 14, that, you know, he says that placing these lights in heaven, okay, when he created the sun, moon and the stars, he placed them in heaven. So it's just talking about celestial heaven. And then we have about to heaven, which is Scripture refers to in some certain places as a dwelling place of God, where God's throne dwells. So in the Old Testament, people use words like the highest heaven. We read this for God's, where God's throne is, which is referring to God's throne in heaven. They refer it as to as highest heaven. We read this in Deuteronomy Chapter 10, verse 14. And in 1 Kings Chapter 8, verse 27, where it talks about heaven of heavens, it's actually basically talk, separating itself, distinguishing itself from the celestial rem, or just from the atmospheric rem, the sky, just really talking about the dwelling place of God heaven. So they write it as heaven of heavens. To describe it, we read this in 1 Kings Chapter 8, verse 27. Paul, on the other hand, uses words like the third heaven, which he was trying to explain that he wasn't just taken into the sky, which is the first heaven, but or into the outer space, which is the second heaven, but rather he was taken to heaven himself, where he was shown the secret things, which is why he refers to as the third heaven. So third heaven also in the scripture refers to the place, the dwelling place of God. The first heaven talks about the atmospheric rem, the sky, and the outer space between the sky and the heaven of heavens, or the highest heaven, or the third heaven is the second heaven, and most probably where the demonic rem or the demonic forces there in the first and the second heaven. So now mentioning that, we see here that it says here that in Galatians Chapter 1 verse 8, Paul says, even if we are an angel from heaven, so it can be talking about the first heaven or the second heaven, talking about the demonic force should preach a gospel contrary to that, which we preach to him, to you, let him be accursed. And also in Second Corinthians Chapter 11 verse 14, Paul is making this warning because he knows that there is a possibility of deception. So he says, even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light and speak lies which will appear to us as if it's the truth. And we know that he is the father of all lies. He's the author, the beginning of everything that is lies and that is against what God has already revealed to us. And we look at an example in the First Kings Chapter 13 verse 18, where we see a prophet was sent by God from Judah to go to Bethel to tell the king what to do. And the Lord tells him that he should not turn back on the way that he came. He should not eat or drink anything in that place. He should just give the message and come back to, I think it is back to Judah. So he came from, went from Judah to Bethel and to share the word of the Lord with Jeroboam. And we see that in that same place in Bethel there was an old prophet and his sons come and tell him that there's a prophet who came and spoke to the king and now he's on his way back. And we read that this old prophet tells his sons to saddle his donkey and he goes and he meets this, this prophet on his way was traveling and he invites him to his house and this prophet who was sent by God says, no, I cannot turn back because God has told me not to turn back on my journey. I have to keep going ahead and I cannot stop and eat or drink anything in this place. And we read in First Kings Chapter 13 verse 18, this old prophet tells, this man of God tells him that an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord saying, bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water. And then if you look at just immediately after this text of scripture, immediately adds this phrase in the same verse but he lied to him. But this man of God thinks that because this man is a prophet and he's heard from God, he goes back with him to his house and he eats and just before he sits to eat, the prophet cried out to this man of God saying that because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord, you have not kept the commandment which the Lord, your God commanded you but you came back and ate bread and drank water in this place. You shall no longer eat bread or drink water, your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers. And so we see that after this man of God eats and drinks and he goes back, I think there's a lion that meets him on the way and he's on the road and he's killed. And this old prophet goes and brings him back and buries him. So here we see that though this old man was a prophet yet he lied to this man of God, so it's very interesting here. So these are all instances of false doctrines or guidance that is being conveyed by angels and it's interesting that these examples clearly show the possibility of satanic deception, tempting us to disobey the clear teachings of scripture or the clear commandments of God as we see in 1 Kings chapter 13 verse 9 where God tells this man of God very clearly do not turn back and do not eat any food. Now once God says that he we know, so in instances such as this we need to fall back on the nature of God. We know that God never goes back on his word. He means what he says and his word stands for ever. So these warnings should keep us from being fooled even by false teachers like the claims of the Mormons. For example they say the Mormons say that an angel called Moroney spoke to Joseph Smith and revealed to him the basis of the Mormon religion and we know that all of their teachings or the revelation is contrary to the teachings of scripture and the doctrines in scripture at many points, especially with the doctrine of Trinity, the person and work of Jesus Christ, justification by faith alone and other such doctrines. So as Christians we should be born against accepting these claims because as we learned in the canon of scripture that you know everything that we need to know as revelation as truth has already been revealed to us in scripture there's no more further revelation of doctrines that has to be given by God himself. So any claims of people saying that they are receiving additional revelation of doctrine from angels should be rejected as false because of what we have learned but scripture says that everything that we need to know God has revealed it to us in scripture in the work of Jesus Christ and we need not have any more revelation. So that is the word of God, the scripture is the complete revelation so anyone talking anything new we need to judge it against what is revealed to us in the scripture and we will know whether the claims are right or wrong but there is anyone claiming that they are receiving additional revelation from angels we need to immediately you know you know not even look at it because we know that there's no more revelations that God will be giving to anyone from through angels okay. We'll stop here because our time is up any questions anyone has we were almost done to the end of the chapter we finished most of the points anyone has any questions yeah can I ask one question sure Isaac yeah why is it most times in the scripture when the angels appear to people they always open up say fear not fear not why thank you Isaac that's a good question because many times you know because because the reverence they have and in places where you know sometimes it's the it's the angel of the Lord that appears and we see that in many instances it's the second person of the Trinity himself appearing as you know where we read that clearly the instances of the angel of the Lord or the angel of God appearing as God himself which is perhaps more specifically as God the Son taking on human body for a short time in order to appear to human beings so you know they have this fear that they have seen God himself or they have this fear that they are seeing you know an angelic being or a heavenly host most times they have this fear that they're seeing God themselves and hence this whole reverence and fear that you know they will they will die or they will be struck down dead and hence they fall down in reverence before the angel which could also be sometimes the second person of the Trinity the God the Son taking on human body for a short period of time and appearing to human beings which is where we read the phrases the angel of the Lord or the angel of God appearing as God himself that that help Isaac thank you thank you okay I'm sure you'll have other questions but since we've run out of time with three minutes past time you have your next class so you can think about questions you have on angels and we'll answer that on our class in Wednesday okay thank you all for joining class today have a good day and a blessed weekend and I'll see you on Wednesday thank you