| In the Bible, Angels are a medium of God's power; they exist to execute God's will. Angels reveal themselves to individuals as well as to the whole nation, in order to announce events, either good or bad, affecting humans. Angels foretold to Abraham the birth of Isaac, to Manoah the birth of Samson, and to Abraham the destruction of Sodom. God sent an angel to protect the Hebrew people after their exodus from Egypt, to lead them to the promised land, and to destroy the hostile tribes in their way (Ex. 23.20, Num. 20.16). An angel brought Elijah meat and drink (I Kings, xix. 5); and as God watched over Jacob, so is every pious person protected by an angel, who cares for him in all his ways (Ps. xxxiv. 7, xci. 11). There are angels militant, one of whom smites in one night the whole Assyrian army of 185,000 men (II Kings, xix. 35); messengers go forth from God "in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid" (Ezek. xxx. 9); the enemy is scattered before the angel like chaff (Ps. xxxv. 5, 6). The angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she was to be the mother of the promised Messiah by conceiving him through the Holy Spirit, the power of the Most High (the Annunciation, Luke 1:35). Appearance of angels: In the Hebrew Bible, angels often appear to people in the shape of humans of extraordinary beauty, and often are not immediately recognized as angels (Gen. xviii. 2, xix. 5; Judges, vi. 17, xiii. 6; II Sam. xxix. 9); some fly through the air; some become invisible; sacrifices touched by them are consumed by fire; and they may disappear in sacrificial fire, like Elijah, who rode to heaven in a fiery chariot. Angels, or the Angel, appeared in the flames of the thorn bush (Gen. xvi. 13; Judges, vi. 21, 22; II Kings, ii. 11; Ex. iii. 2). They are described as pure and bright as Heaven; consequently, they are said to be formed of fire, and encompassed by light (Job, xv. 15). Though superhuman, angels can assume human form. Gradually, and especially in post-Biblical times, angels came to be bodied forth in a form corresponding to the nature of the mission to be fulfilled—generally, however, the human form. Please share this story with your family, friends and in your bible study classes. The Day An Angel Saved My Life and the Life of My Unborn Daughter.” In 1979, in a small town called Aberdeen, Maryland, a young woman felt a craving for chocolate. She decided to go to the corner store to make a purchase. When she got to the door, prepared to walk the 2 plus miles in the hot sun, she saw the light blue Chevy left behind and vaguely remembered being told to never drive the car. But as she breathes in the hot air and looked upon her bundle of joy nearing the end of her 9 months of pregnancy, she decided it would be safer and quicker to drive to the store. After all, if she were careful, no one would ever know that she drove the car. She carefully drove the car toward the store feeling more excited as she moved slowly through the streets. When she arrived at the top of a hill nearing a stop sign, she could see the store in the distance, far down the steep hill. She pressed the brakes to stop at the hilltop. Her foot went down to the floor on the pedal, but the car would not stop. There were no brakes. The heavy Chevy went over the hilltop quickly like a roller coaster over its tallest down slope. The young woman could see her life and the life of her unborn daughter flashing before her eyes as the car picked up speeds above 50 miles an hour on the down slope. Any minute now, she was going to speed directly into the traffic of mostly big rigs, 16-wheelers and cars coming from the east and west. She would surely crash and die. The young woman took a deep breath and then called out to the Lord, “Jesus! Jesus!” she shouted to the top of her voice. In an instant, she saw a little boy at her driver side window. He was riding a Spider bike with a banana seat. The bike strangely kept up with her car. He was perfectly centered in her driver side window looking straight into her face. This took her attentions off the crash, which was certain to happen in front of her. She heard the little boy speak to her, yet his mouth was not moving. He told her to follow him as he pointed to the right. The young woman spoke out loud to him, saying, “ok”. The boy began pedaling his bike faster and bypassed the Chevy. His yellow blonde hair was shoulder length, just like the little boys that lived near her home. He pedaled the bike across the road in front of the car. His hair flowed in the wind, all of which appeared to her in slow motion. The boy appeared to be gliding in the air slightly above the ground, yet he kept pedaling the Spider bike. > > > > The young woman followed the little boy to the right. He led her into a large dirt field and suddenly a cloud of dust engulfed the air. She lost sight of the boy, but she could hear him speaking to her. He told her to hold on to the stirring wheel keeping it turned hard to the left. She obeyed. The Chevy spun around in circles several times before coming to a complete stop. As she sat in the car attempting to calm herself for a few seconds and catch her breath, the cloud of dirt began to settle. She got out of her car to look for the little boy, to thank him. She stood on the sidewalk and looked to her left up the steep hill from whence they’d come. The little boy was no where to be found. She looked to the east and to the west, up the boulevard where she was surely to crash had he not helped her and she searched for him up and down the street; the boy was no where to be found. Within an instant, the young woman came to realize that she had called on the name of Jesus in her time of need and he answered her immediately. He sent an angel in a non-threatening form - of a child who resembled the little children that played daily around her home to save her life and her unborn daughter who is now 26 years old. The young woman in this story is Pastor Maggie Campbell. “Without Him, I will be nothing. Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him I can do all things though Christ that strengthens me.” Phil 4:13. I pray that the Lord add a blessing to the readers and listeners of this story. This communication was made possible by the generous donations from supporters of: Church of the Living God. Will you become a ministry partner, as well? 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