The angel of the Lord tells the shepherds:
Luke 2:12
King James Version
12 And this shall be a sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes,
lying in a manger.
In GOD's plan of salvation, His beloved SON, JESUS, figures centrally.
Thus, angels were called to minister upon Him, for He is LORD of ALL.
From the day He was born, angels have served the LORD JESUS.
Luke 1:11-20
King James Version
11 And there appeared unto him
an angel of the Lord
standing on the right side
of the altar of incense.
12 And when Zacharias saw him,
he was troubled,
and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said unto him,
Fear not, Zacharias:
for thy prayer is heard;
and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son,
and thou shalt call his name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness;
and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord,
and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink;
and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost,
even from his mother's womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel
shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before him
in the spirit and power of Elias,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just;
to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel,
Whereby shall I know this?
for I am an old man,
and my wife well stricken in years.
19 And the angel answering said unto him,
I am Gabriel,
that stand in the presence of God;
and am sent to speak unto thee,
and to shew thee these glad tidings.
20 And, behold,
thou shalt be dumb,
and not able to speak,
until the day that these things shall be performed,
because thou believest not my words,
which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Luke 1:26-35
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26 And in the sixth month
the angel Gabriel was sent from God
unto a city of Galilee,
named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David;
and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her,
and said,
Hail, thou that art highly favoured,
the Lord is with thee:
blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him,
she was troubled at his saying,
and cast in her mind what manner of salutation
this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her,
Fear not,
Mary:
for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And,
behold,
thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a son,
and shalt call his name Jesus.
32 He shall be great,
and shall be called the Son of the Highest:
and the Lord God shall give unto him
the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign
over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel,
How shall this be,
seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of thee
shall be called the Son of God.
Luke 2:8-15
King James Version
8 And there were in the same country shepherds
abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo,
the angel of the Lord came upon them,
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them:
and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them,
Fear not:
for,
behold,
I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David
a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly host praising God,
and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace,
good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass,
as the angels were gone away from them
into heaven,
the shepherds said one to another,
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem,
and see this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Matthew 1:19-21
King James Version
19 Then Joseph her husband,
being a just man,
and not willing to make her a public example,
was minded to put her away privily.
20 But while he thought on these things,
behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream,
saying,
Joseph,
thou son of David,
fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife:
for that which is conceived in her
is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name Jesus:
for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 2:13
King James Version
13 And when they were departed,
behold,
the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph
in a dream,
saying,
Arise,
and take the young child and his mother,
and flee into Egypt,
and be thou there until I bring thee word:
for Herod will seek the young child
to destroy him.
Matthew 2:19-23
King James Version
19 But when Herod was dead,
behold,
an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream
to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying,
Arise,
and take the young child and his mother,
and go into the land of Israel:
for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
21 And he arose,
and took the young child and his mother,
and came into the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea
in the room of his father Herod,
he was afraid to go thither:
notwithstanding,
being warned of God in a dream,
he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth:
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets,
He shall be called a Nazarene.
Mark 1:13
King James Version
13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days,
tempted of Satan;
and was with the wild beasts;
and the angels ministered unto him.
Matthew 4:11
King James Version
11 Then the devil leaveth him,
and,
behold,
angels came
and ministered unto him.
Let the matter about angels rest, from the WORD of GOD -- JESUS:
Matthew 4:5-7
King James Version
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city,
and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him,
If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down:
for it is written,
He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:
and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him,
It is written again,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Matthew 13:39-41
King James Version
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
the harvest is the end of the world;
and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire;
so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels,
and they shall gather out of his kingdom
all things that offend,
and them which do iniquity;
Matthew 13:49
King James Version
49 So shall it be at the end of the world:
the angels shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among the just,
Matthew 16:27
King James Version
27 For the Son of man
shall come in the glory of his Father
with his angels;
and then he shall reward every man
according to his works.
Matthew 18:10
King James Version
10 Take heed that ye despise not
one of these little ones;
for I say unto you,
That in heaven their angels
do always behold the face of my Father
which is in heaven.
Matthew 22:29-30
King James Version
29 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Ye do err,
not knowing the scriptures,
nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry,
nor are given in marriage,
but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Matthew 24:30-31
King James Version
30 And then shall appear
the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels
with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 24:36
King James Version
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man,
no,
not the angels of heaven,
but my Father only.
Matthew 25:31-32
King James Version
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations:
and he shall separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Matthew 25:40-43
King James Version
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them,
Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them
on the left hand,
Depart from me,
ye cursed,
into everlasting fire,
prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred,
and ye gave me no meat:
I was thirsty,
and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger,
and ye took me not in:
naked,
and ye clothed me not:
sick,
and in prison,
and ye visited me not.
Matthew 26:51-54
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51 And, behold,
one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand,
and drew his sword,
and struck a servant of the high priest's,
and smote off his ear.
52 Then said Jesus unto him,
Put up again thy sword into his place:
for all they that take the sword
shall perish with the sword.
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray
to my Father,
and he shall presently give me
more than twelve legions of angels?
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled,
that thus it must be?
Mark 8:38
King James Version
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me
and of my words
in this adulterous and sinful generation;
of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed,
when he cometh in the glory of his Father
with the holy angels.
Luke 10:18
King James Version
18 And he said unto them,
I beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
Luke 15:10
King James Version
10 Likewise,
I say unto you,
there is joy in the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner that repenteth.
Luke 16:22-23
King James Version
22 And it came to pass,
that the beggar died,
and was carried by the angels
into Abraham's bosom:
the rich man also died,
and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments,
and seeth Abraham afar off,
and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 20:34-36
King James Version
34 And Jesus answering said unto them,
The children of this world marry,
and are given in marriage:
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy
to obtain that world,
and the resurrection from the dead,
neither marry,
nor are given in marriage:
36 Neither can they die any more:
for they are equal unto the angels;
and are the children of God,
being the children of the resurrection.
Luke 22:41-44
King James Version
41 And he was withdrawn from them
about a stone's cast,
and kneeled down,
and prayed,
42 Saying,
Father,
if thou be willing,
remove this cup from me:
nevertheless not my will,
but thine,
be done.
43 And there appeared an angel unto him
from heaven,
strengthening him.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly:
and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood
falling down to the ground.
John 1:49-51
King James Version
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him,
Rabbi,
thou art the Son of God;
thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Because I said unto thee,
I saw thee under the fig tree,
believest thou?
thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him,
Verily, verily,
I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open,
and the angels of God
ascending and descending
upon the Son of man.
John 20:11-14
King James Version
11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping:
and as she wept,
she stooped down,
and looked into the sepulchre,
12 And seeth two angels in white sitting,
the one at the head,
and the other at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had lain.
13 And they say unto her,
Woman,
why weepest thou?
She saith unto them,
Because they have taken away my Lord,
and I know not where they have laid him.
14 And when she had thus said,
she turned herself back,
and saw Jesus standing,
and knew not that it was Jesus.
Revelation 22:16
King James Version
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel
to testify unto you these things in the churches.
I am the root and the offspring of David,
and the bright and morning star.
Scripture testifies of the angels' faithfulness to the LORD JESUS:
Revelation 1:1
King James Version
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him,
to shew unto his servants
things which must shortly come to pass;
and he sent and signified it
by his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation 5:11-12
King James Version
11 And I beheld,
and I heard the voice of many angels round about
the throne and the beasts and the elders:
and the number of them
was ten thousand times ten thousand,
and thousands of thousands;
12 Saying with a loud voice,
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power,
and riches,
and wisdom,
and strength,
and honour,
and glory,
and blessing.
Revelation 22:8-10
King James Version
8 And I John saw these things,
and heard them.
And when I had heard and seen,
I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel
which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me,
See thou do it not:
for I am thy fellowservant,
and of thy brethren the prophets,
and of them which keep the sayings of this book:
worship God.
10 And he saith unto me,
Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand.
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