Let’s look at Revelation 1:17 this week were it says, “And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as
dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the
first and the last:” When John sees the Lord Jesus, he falls at his feet as
if dead. This is a proof text that this is Jesus speaking because He does not
refuse John’s worship of Him.
We also find later that John
tried to do the same thing with an angel that refused John’s worship. It says
in 19:10 “And I fell at his feet to worship him. And
he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant,…” Notice that
John received just the opposite response from this angel. He refused his worship of him.
Listen to me very closely; the
first angel in history that sought to be worshiped was named Lucifer. It says of
him in Isaiah 14:12-15 “How art thou
fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I
will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will
sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou
shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.” Paul says of
Lucifer in 2 Thessalonians 2:4, “Who opposeth
and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so
that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” Lucifer
paid a very heavy price for seeking to be “like
the most High” and desiring to be worshiped “as God”. A true angel of God will never accept worship from a
mortal. If you find one that does; it is
a demon. By the way, a demon is a fallen angel who chose to rebel with Lucifer
and was kicked out of heaven with him when he decided he wanted God’s job. We
see this event described in Revelation 12:7-9 where it says, “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.”
We read more about Lucifer’s fall
in Ezekiel 28:11-18 when it says, “Thou
sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in
Eden the garden of God…Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have
set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God;…Thou wast perfect in thy
ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee…and
thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of
God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub,…Thine heart was lifted up
because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy
brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that
they may behold thee.”
I am amazed at how willfully
ignorant people can be on the clear teaching about angels and demons (fallen
angels) in the Bible. Do you know how many false religions and cults have been
started because someone said that an angel came and told then something? The
Apostle Paul said in Galatians 1:6-8, “I
marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of
Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that
trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel
from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached
unto you, let him be accursed.”
That means that if an angel,
heavenly or demonic, (it will be demonic) was to stand at the foot of your bed
tonight and tell you something that is not in the Bible; don’t you believe it
because he is lying and he is cursed by God.
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