God assigns an Angel of the Lord and Satan assigns a Dark Angel to every man/woman.
The battle for your eternal soul is complex and your understanding and commitment to one or the other determines your eternal destination.The early church read from the books of Hermas; Hermas I, Visions and Hermas II, Commands. They are not considered Cannon and are found in the publication titled The Lost Books of the Bible.
Hermas provides additional insight into the times and teachings of the early church including two angels assigned to every man.
Hermas II, Command IV: That every man has two angels, and of the suggestions of both.
The two angels:
Angel of the Lord
Psalm 34:7 The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.
Dark Angel
Psalm 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
Hermas II, Command IV 7:There are two angels with man; one of righteousness and one of iniquity.
King James Dictionary (KJD)
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Purity of heart and rectitude of life conformity of heart and life to the divine law.
Iniquity
A particular deviation from rectitude a sin or crime wickedness any act of injustice.
Can you distinguish between them when these two angels speak to you? One leads you to safety but the other leads you into destruction.
Can you see what you are dealing with as a believer? Can you see these two angels? They are spiritual beings and are generally beyond human eyesight.
Satan however can appear as an angel of light
2 Corinthians 11:14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
Seeing them will not help you determine which side they are on. Angels are able to transform into many things and dark angels can be very deceptive; they have had thousands of years of practice for what is coming on the world.
In the world today we call evil good and good evil so if you have not studied God's Word under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit how will you know which voice to follow?
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Believers beware! (Only two categories of believers will be addressed in this post)
Category one
Those who are casual believers and do not or have not studied the Word will naturally incline their ear to the dark angel. This may include those who attend church weekly. Your spirit needs food just as your body does, daily.
1 Peter 2:1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Newborn Babes cannot defend themselves; many who claim to be believers are still drinking milk when they should be eating solid food.
Hebrews 5:12 [ Spiritual Immaturity ] For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
Friendship develops by spending time together and Jesus calls us friends. Is He your friend or just an acquaintance?
John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Category two
Those who do study and have studied the Word, who are born again, and have the indwelling Holy Spirit will naturally incline their ear to the Angel of the Lord. Their study of the Word will always verify the conversation content with the Angel of the Lord.
Every conversation you have with your angels should be verified this way:
Acts 17:11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
These believers could defend themselves with God's help because they know a bit about the enemy, they know Jesus, and would not hesitate to call out to Him when danger comes.
They also would know:
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
If you are part of category one please repent and seek forgiveness and the fullness of God which is available to all believers. He would not have detailed everything you need in the Word if He did not expect you to do your part by getting to know Him. He says this regarding this commitment.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
In the next post we'll look at the darkness that's coming on the Earth and the Heavens. Darkness makes up 96% of the known universe and is filled with the Principalities and Powers of darkness; who are these rulers of the darkness and how will you survive when they enter our realm?
We will also look at what comes out of the pit.
Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit
Revelation 9 Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.
