(12) Angels as Christ’s Ministering Spirits
I. Office
II. Beneficiaries
III. Role
I. Office
II. Beneficiaries
III. Role
I. The Glorious Honour of the Son’s Reign
II. The Twofold Duration of the Son’s Reign
III. The Specific Aspect of the Son’s Reign
I. In Psalm 102
II. In Hebrews 1
I. The One Addressed
II. The Perfect Love
III. The Royal Reward
I. What Is Their Role?
II. What Is Our Calling?
I. Their Superiority to Man
II. Their Role in Revelation
III. Their Presence at Sinai
Biblical References to the Role of Angels at the Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai
Deut. 33:2: “And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.”
Ps. 68:17: “The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.”
Acts 7:53: “Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.”
Gal. 3:19: “Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”
Heb. 2:2: “For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward.”
I. The Quote (From the Old Testament)
II. The Context (in Hebrews 1)
III. The Lessons (for Us)
I. The Quotation
II. The Meaning
III. The Application
I. According to a Chapter of Hebrews
II. According to a Psalm of David
I. What It Means
II. Why It Is Fitting