Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Angels?

Good Morning,
I trust you are all well and that the Lord is blessing you abundantly. He's brought Chuck home for the weekend, already. No loads to deliver, but he can get some much needed rest and and the car fixed and that's good.
Today we'll look at verses 8-12 of 1 Cor. 11. It gives an order, man then woman. Then in vs. 10 it mentions angels. If we just read this without understanding why angels were thrown in, it would be very confusing. So, let me share what I've learned.
Keep in mind that with a man and woman, God made a partnership and they are spiritually one in the Lord (Gal. 3:28). Also, 'man' is brought forth from women when they are born, physically. So, why did Paul mention angels? He was arguing the facts of Creation. The angels know their place and show respect when they worship God, for they cover their faces (Is. 6:2). Also, in some way the angels share in public worship of the church and learn from the church (Eph. 3:10; 1 Peter 1:12). To me that brings heaven down and us up to heaven, by their very presence.
So, what does this mean to us? It means that the order that God created includes angels, is specific to His plan and that we need to follow His direction in how we, as women conduct ourselves in the assembly of saints. Angels, by their obedience to God's order, guide us to know that we too are to follow God's plan, fully and obediently. God's authority should be our guide in the order of our obedience.

Obeying with the angels,
Sandy

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