A Divine Encounter: the Right People in the Right Place at the Right Time - by SC Skillman
The Bible is full of angel encounters. Sometimes the being is identified simply as 'a man', as in Genesis 32:24 So Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him till daybreak ; at other times as 'an angel', as in ' There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it .'(Matthew 28:2), and, on occasions, the being is directly identified with God: ' Do not come any closer,' God said, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground .' (Exodus 3:2). For us today, whether we be Christians, or those of another faith, or even those of no faith, we may have many different views of angels. How do we define an angel encounter? Is it a distinct meeting with an individual, who appears to us to provide the vital help we need, in the right place at the right time? Or may it be a broader experience which seems to bear the hallmark of the divine? ...