Zechariah who was a
priest in the temple and the father of John the Baptist talked with the angel
Gabriel –
Luke 1:11-20
The Virgin Mary
talked with the angel Gabriel –
Luke 1:26-38
Joseph, the husband
of Mary, had two dreams involving the angel of the Lord –
Matthew 1:20-23, 2:13
Mary Magdalene and
the other Mary saw and heard the angel of the Lord at the tomb -
Matthew 28:2-7
Mary Magdalene also
saw and spoke with two angels in the tomb –
John 20:12-13
The apostles saw
and heard an angel that released them from a dungeon –
Acts 1:19-20
The deacon Philip
saw and heard an angel –
Acts 8:26
Cornelius saw and
heard a vision of the angel of God who told him how to meet Peter –
Acts 10:3-7
Peter was released
from a dungeon by an angel that spoke to him –
Acts 12:6-11
The largest interaction
with angels involved a multitude of the heavenly host who spoke with the
shepherds in the field near Bethlehem and told them how to find the Savior, the
Christ -
Luke 2:8-20
Many of the
interactions with angels cited in the New Testament include physical phenomenon
such as prison chains and doors being opened. Zechariah was struck dumb and
could not talk which served as physical proof that he had been visited by an
angel. There was also information concerning geographic locations of
individuals that could’ve only been derived supernaturally. For instance, Cornelius
wasn’t a Christian at the time of the angel’s visitation. Cornelius had never
heard of Peter before the angel told him where the apostle was.
Ask yourself, how do
you explain the prison escape by the apostles and the singular escape by Peter chained
between two guards? It is unlikely they accomplished their escapes unaided.
There would’ve been serious consequences for their guards due to the escapes
which makes it unlikely that their guards aided their escape. It is highly
improbable that the entire group of apostles could’ve escaped completely
unnoticed by their guards without supernatural intervention.
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