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Biblical Prosperity in Perspective 15
The Ministry of
Angels & Prosperity
by Pastor John Hamel
“But to which of
the angels said he [God] at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Are they [Angels]
not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be
heirs of salvation?” (Hebrews 1:13-14)
Here in the first chapter of Hebrews we
find two supernatural Ministries that are available to all Believers. There is the Ministry of Jesus and there
is the Ministry of Angels. Although Jesus is the
greater of the two Ministries, the Angels of God play a vitally important
role in our lives. The Bible says they are to minister or to serve,
to function publicly, on behalf of the Believer who is an heir of
salvation.
“Therefore we ought to give the more
earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should
let them slip.” (Hebrews 2:1)
The Apostle is still talking about the
Ministry of Angels here. The chapter changed but the subject did
not. We are now being instructed to never let the fact that Angels
are servants who have been sent to help us slip away.
“For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience
received a just recompense of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so
great salvation; which hath at the first began to
be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.” (Hebrews
2:2-3)
The word “salvation” used here is actually
“soteria.” It means “deliverance,
preservation, healing and soundness.” This is a direct reference to
the deliverance that comes through the Ministry of Angels.
Here in the Holy Scripture we are being encouraged to never carelessly
overlook the Ministry of Angels. Satan sets many traps for Believers,
particularly those who use their faith to finance the salvation of the more
than 3 billion that I continue to refer to. How are we to escape
those traps if we overlook the deliverance Ministry of God’s Holy Angels?
Barbara and I trusted God to give us a
certain vehicle. A Pastor friend from Arkansas personally gave
that vehicle to us and delivered it to us in Oklahoma. We
immediately took it out for a drive and a vehicle coming off the highway
cut in front of us, plowing into the right front fender. Inside of
our vehicle Barbara and I were rocked from side to side during the
impact. However, it was as if we were cushioned by pillows on the
inside. We were completely kept from harm. The guilty driver
fled the scene of the accident. I pulled our vehicle over to check
the damage. I knew our nice little car was going to be pretty crushed.
I fully expected the fender, the headlight and the bumper to be
destroyed. When I looked there was no indication of damage
whatsoever, not even the proverbial scratch. The Angels of God took
the impact for us, inside and outside of the vehicle.
“For he shall give his angels charge over
thee to keep thee in all thy ways.” (Psalm 91:11)
“The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear him, and delivereth
them.” (Psalm 34:7)
At the time of this “accident,” we did not
see Angels with our physical eyes. We knew they were present because
we believe the written Word of God. However, I have seen Angels on multiple occasions
over the past twenty-five years of walking with Jesus. One Angel whom
I watched at an accident scene in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was easily well
over ten feet tall. Walking from the scene of the accident, he
stepped right in front of our vehicle. I hit the brakes to avoid
hitting him. He was unmoved by our presence. I shouted, “Did
you see him, Barbara?” She was sitting there wondering why I had
suddenly locked up the brakes. She said, “No.” I watched him
walk across the cloverleaf into an open field. We then spent the next
fifteen or twenty minutes driving that cloverleaf over and over, looking
into the fields all around us, looking for the giant Angel in white
clothing who suddenly just disappeared. There were no trees for him
to hide in. He was just gone. Apparently he was associated with
someone from the overturned vehicle by the side of the road who had been taken away by ambulance.
Normally Angels do their work beyond the
realm of physical sight. They do this in order to not call attention
to themselves. This way Jesus gets all the Glory for the work that
they do supernaturally. The Angels of God never receive Glory or
worship for the things that they do. The Apostle John fell at the
feet of the Angel who took him through his Revelation. John began to
worship the Angel. We are to never worship Angels. They are our
fellow servants and brethren. They are not Deity. The Angel
corrected John as follows.
“See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow
servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of
them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.” (Revelation 22:9)
Angels are indeed sent into this world to
serve the Believer. King Darius threw Daniel into the lions den for
worshipping God against the King’s decree. The next morning King
Darius shouted down into the lions den, “Daniel, is thy God able to deliver
thee?” Daniel responded, “My God hath sent His Angel and hath shut
the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me.” (Daniel 6:20-22) The
King was so impressed with the delivering power of Daniel’s God that he
promoted Daniel tremendously in his kingdom.
“So this Daniel PROSPERED in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.” (Daniel
6:28)
Daniel never would have prospered in the kingdom of Darius had that Angel not
done his job. Angels bring deliverance in times of trouble. Are
you having trouble financially? Are you in a financial prison of
debt? Angels are well experienced in releasing people from prisons.
(Acts 5:19; 12:7-11.) Do you desire to be free from financial debt so
that your life can be a testimony of wealth and you can help finance the
End Time Harvest?
Angels
Bring Financial Deliverance
Someone said, “The
Bible does not say that Angels bring financial deliverance.” Oh, yes,
it does.
“Bless ye the
Lord, all ye his hosts [Angels]; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.”
(Psalm 103:21)
The Bible says that the Angels of God do
His pleasure. Do you recall at the very beginning of these lessons on
Biblical prosperity how we talked about what gives God pleasure?
Let’s look at it again.
“Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that
favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.” (Psalm
35:27)
If the Angels of God do God’s pleasure, and
God’s pleasure is in the prosperity of His servant, then Angels do
prosperity! God uses Angels to accomplish financial deliverance in
the lives of His children. There’s only one way that can happen.
It is as follows.
“Bless the Lord, ye his angels,
that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto
the voice of his word.” (Psalm 103:20)
Pick up your Bible, please. Put it to
your ear. Hear anything? Of course you don’t. The Bible
is silent until someone gives voice to it in the Earth. The Angels cannot obey the voice of God’s Word in the
Earth unless a Believer gives voice to it. When we make
the quality decision to no longer speak Satan’s vile will of poverty and
lack, speaking God’s precious will of wealth and abundance, our words
become as God’s words and the Angels go to work accordingly.
“Therefore thus saith
the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the
precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my
mouth...” (Jeremiah 15:19)
God Almighty Himself has decreed that when
His children speak His Word, their mouths become as His very own
mouth. The Angels of God know this. They are hard-wired to listen for and obey the Believer
who gives Biblical commands respectfully. Once the
Biblical command is given, your Angels search the avenues of God’s wisdom,
even while you are asleep, looking for ways to bring your words to
pass. Do you believe it? Then you can start right here today by
praying and saying the following.
“Because I give, it is given unto me.
I am a money magnet because I understand why money comes. Money comes
to me so I can seek and save the lost, destroy the works of Satan in the
Earth, get out of debt and be a testimony of wealth to everyone the
Father’s inviting into the Family. Money comes to me from every
direction. My God meets all my need according to His riches in Glory
by Christ Jesus. The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not
want. Everything I put my hand to prospers. Let the Lord be
magnified Who has pleasure in my prosperity. Angels of God, I
commission you to go forth now and do His pleasure in my life. Fix my
finances. Cause the End-Time Harvest money to come, in Jesus’ Name.”
When you speak these words, the very Angels
who have been waiting for you to finally give voice to God’s word will do
as you instruct in ways that you could not possibly imagine. Do not
try to figure out how it works with your head. I told you earlier on
in these lessons on Biblical prosperity that your job is not to analyze
these principles. Your job is to utilize these principles.
The Angels of God are here to serve
you. They are fellow servants who bring deliverance, even financial
deliverance. Never again gripe, “I always come up short no matter how
hard I try.” Your Angels will just have to stand there wondering why
you are not getting the message and causing yourself to come up short every
time. Continue to speak God’s Word
and His will and you will come up on the long side of things, with plenty
to seek and save the lost, plenty to destroy the works of Satan and plenty
to live the debt-free life that Jesus spilled His precious Blood for.
The Father sends
His unseen help
To do His will below
Fellow servants
Graced of God
Deliverances to show
… JRH
Be blessed … John and Barbara Hamel
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