MYSTERY TO ANGELS:

"What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou has made him but little lower than God, and crownest him with glory and honor." 

(Psalm 8:4-5)

I am ever so awed by the wisdom and greatness of our God. To think that He'd choose us the new creation to be His partners in executing His master-plan of salvation for the world, amazes ones imagination. The greatest of it all, which the angels themselves are amazed at is that God would call us into fellowship with Himself through the Holy Spirit and also give us the Holy Spirit to live in us and teach us daily. The angels haven't got over that thought yet, Hallelujah! They are still seeking to understand its implication.

The angels of God are glorious beings, they know who they are; they are mighty and excellent in glory, but they are still amazed at what God has done for and with us, because as glorious as they are, God doesn't live in them. However, as "unworthy" as we were, He gave us a new life and made us His living tabernacles. This is a mystery to the angels; they don't understand the reason for this yet. And guess what? God chose us to explain it to them.

Every time we preach Jesus, and teach about the Holy Spirit, the angels listen. They love to listen to us, because it is something they only know about from the scripture, but they don't have the experience, they don't know what it is like; so they hear it from us. Read this beautiful verse: "To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God" (Ephesians 3:10).

This is the Apostle Paul writing to the Church, we are the ones from whom the principalities and powers in heavenly places get to know the mysteries of God and His multifaceted wisdom. The Bible lets us know that angels would have given anything to be in on this (1 Peter 1:12), but we've been chosen to explain the mysteries to them. Since this is part of our responsibilities as God's children, it means we must know the Word, live in the Word and live out the Word, as the expression of the living Word of God. Hallelujah!

Further Study:

Colossians 1:26-27

Psalm 25:14

Romans 16:25-26

Andy Agim

Christ Realities