Ministry of Angels

by Chief Apostle Dr. Eric vonAnderseck

The ministry of angels has been a puzzle for Christians when open stewardship ruled the church. Christians did not know the purpose of God’s holy angels or their connection to spiritual growth.

The church is now at a historical point of transition. With the restoration of Apostolic Governance, the dissolution of false knowledge, the establishment of God’s truth in the church, and the restoration of the true priesthood of the believer, God has also restored the correct understanding of the purpose of holy angels and their ministry to believers.

God began to reveal to me the purpose of angels and their valuable ministry to the church after he called me to the apostles’ office in 1977. The testimony of my calling was accompanied with angelic visitations and words of prophecy.

But did you know that you do not have to be an apostle to experience the ministry of angels? Just as the Bible says, angels are God’s ministers, sent to minister to the heirs of salvation: “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” (Heb.1:14).

There are actively involved in your Christian growth because God uses them to send you His grace as Apostle Peter brings out in his epistle: “Unto whom [the prophets] it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into” (1Pet.1:12).

Apostle Peter’s mention of angels is purposefully tied to the work of the Holy Ghost. He taught that “angels desire to look into” the fulfillment of the plan of God through Jesus Christ. However, the phrase “desire to look into” should not be interpreted as curiosity. Angels are not curious bystanders of God’s plan of redemption; they are vital and active players.

Angels greatly desire to fulfill their duties to God and oversee the issuance of God’s grace with great zeal. The Bible clearly unfolds God’s establishment of a divine order for our experience of His redemption through Jesus Christ and that He purposefully incorporated the ministry of angels into that order.

Let’s read further and see what else Apostle Peter taught about the ministry of angels, “Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the GRACE that is to be BROUGHT TO YOU at the REVELATION of Jesus Christ.”

Apostle Peter says it plainly, angels bring the revelation of God’s grace. It helps to understand what grace is and how God uses it daily for Christian faith, growth, and ministry.

The ministry of angels is of course tied to the gift of the Spirit called discerning of spirits. God will at times allow believers to see and experience the presence of the angel that ministers grace to them.

Take time to read the testimonies of believers who experience this gift of the Spirit. Each testimony is an uplifting confirmation to the greatness of God and how He keeps us tethered to Him. Each testimony is teaching in itself as God shows us how He packages grace for our learning.

If you have become frustrated with your Christian growth and yearn for more of God, come into covenant with Him for it is when you enter into covenant with God that you can experience the fullness of Christ.

DISAMBIGUATION

As God restores to the church the ministry of angels Satan is busy throwing out his counterfeit. Every now and then we hear about ministers claiming to have received angelic visitations. It is now time to teach the church the difference between the real thing and the counterfeit.

Charisma magazine recently published an article by a minister claiming an angelic visitation. He said that he was sitting in his library when he heard a noise behind him: “I turned and saw an angel right there. He was young-looking, majestic, awesome, and full of strength, joy, and vigor. He was smiling, but there was the fragrance and atmosphere of battle all around him. He was a warring angel, and he had just come from battle.

I had the impression that I was not his assignment. He was literally coming from one battle and heading off to another one. But in between he landed momentarily, looked at me, smiled and asked, "How big is your chair?" Then, just as suddenly as he appeared, he departed.” END

Though angelic activity is part of the Christian experience, there is a exhortation from Apostle Paul that the church must heed today:

COLOSSIANS 2:18
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, INTRUDING into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind.

There are some that deny angels and there are those that accept the biblical fact of their presence and history. My point is not the proof of them but discerning testimonies about them.

When the Lord gives direction to the church it will be first given through His sanctified steward and then so preached to the Body as seen in Revelation 1:1.

Other confirming revelations will be forth coming in confirmation of that record as we see in the functioning of God’s government in Acts 15:32.

It is because of His grace that our faith remains tethered to the Godhead by this Spiritual communion.

EPHESIANS 3:10
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places MIGHT BE KNOWN BY THE CHURCH the manifold wisdom of God.

And again Peter says:

1PETER 1:12
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things THE ANGELS DESIRE TO LOOK INTO.

The grace of God will not work with false knowledge or the imagination of man, it works in the covenant for your salvation to be worked out through the activity of the Christian priesthood after Melchisedec.

Having said this we can examine the exhortation: “HOW BIG IS YOUR CHAIR”.

2TIMOTHY 3:16
ALL SCRIPTURE is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
A. Will this revelation give direction to the Church?
B. Does it bring correction?
C. It is a new doctrine?
D. Is there reproof?
E. What is expected of the Body, and how is this applied to your faith?
F. Is this a token for my covenant priesthood?

This minister’s experience is a perfect example of lack of Apostolic Stewardship. There is no counsel of the Spirit, but you can see how he is drawing upon his imagination those things which his flesh desires. Man is ever looking for the secret to conquer his fears. The reflection is reminiscent of history and presents challenges to the Church, but is absent of the needed grace to build the house of God.

Here is where the anointing is needed for the craftsmanship of the faith to be made perfect in the heart and the activity of the priesthood.
But this angelic testimony does not draw from the anointing and is a good example of an undiscerning sound.

1CORINTHIANS 14:7
And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a DISTINCTION in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
Paul points out that there must be “distinction in the sounds” for faith in the priesthood to be perfect. The true steward speaks the word and the Body walks in rhythm by charity being of one mind and by one mouth glorifying God.

In this angelic testimony we see a perfect example of the destruction caused by open stewardship, where every man or woman carries his own stone and builds a ministry/shrine in their own name. The church needs true living apostles today.

Many step forward with a revelation and claim apostolic stewardship. But under that kind of ministry the saints are left naked, wandering around wondering, “Ok, what do I do with this.”

The experience of this man is a good example of how the church drifted during the 6th week when pastors ruled the body in place of apostles. No Stewardship, no direction, no building of the House of God, but a uncertain sound perhaps to again entertain those lost to His grace. Galatians 5:4.

The true knowledge of God is closed to them for they are ever seeking the flattery of the imagination.

EZEKIEL 33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a PLEASANT voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

Be not unwise, but understanding what is the will of the Lord. To give credibility to him.

Apostolic Testimony