A Little Bible Lesson

I feel like a little sermon today...

 Once upon a time I knew a man who swore up and down that he didn't believe in God. Yet in the next breath he would say, "I know my mother has her angel wings now that she's in Heaven."

Really? Who is she in Heaven with, if you don't believe in God? How did she get there? How would there be a Heaven without God? It just sprang from swamp water after the "big bang" happened?

And while he didn't "believe" in God, he would say, "My name is taken from the death angel." Wrong again! With no God, there would be no angels. And check the Bible: Michael is the angel of war, not death. "And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." Revelation 12:7-9. There was no name for the death angel in the Christian Bible, (just in other religions and paganism), whom God sent to kill the firstborn sons of the Egyptians. God told Moses to tell the Israelites to put lamb's blood on their doors so the death angel would pass over their houses. "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle." Exodus 12:12-13, 29.

By the way, just for the record: people don't "turn" into angels when they die, nor do they get wings. Angels are created beings, created to serve and worship God, often referred to as the Heavenly host. “You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host . . . and the host of heaven worships you.” Nehemiah 9:6. God formed man from the earth, and breathed the breath of life into him. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7.

Even though I know this particular man won't see this post, I feel good having rebutted his supposed beliefs. 😏 

So there you have it. All scripture references are from the King James Bible, which is my favorite. If you want to discuss or have questions, feel free to contact me! Or better yet: come to church with me sometime. I guarantee you won't regret it!