Chapter 6
 Angels
in Our Midst
Outpourings of the Holy Spirit upon Adullam children and young folks
have always been attended with visions of angels in our midst.
In this connection it is well to remember some scriptural teaching
about angels. The Scriptures teach that angels have a part in the
ministration of the Holy Spirit. Since "the spirits (or angels) of the
prophets are subject to the prophets" (1 Corinthians 14:32), angels have
some part in prophetic utterance when a prophet speaks under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
The visions John saw on Patmos and the revelations he had there when he
was "in the Spirit" were given him through an angel (Revelations 1:1, 10).
Angels therefore have something to do with being in a trance, seeing
visions through the Holy Spirit, and getting revelations through the Holy
Spirit.
Each true church has, perhaps, a special angel to minister to that
particular church (Revelations 1:20). Every saved person has an angel to
minister to him (Hebrews 1:14, Acts 12 :15). Every child has the ministry
of angels, for the angels of children have constant access to the throne
of God in heaven (Matthew 18 :10). (32) Angels always see us, (33) though
we seldom see angels. Angels differ in rank (1 Corinthians 4 :9).
(32) "Are they (the angels) not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?" (Hebrews
1:14)
The disciples believed not that it was Peter knocking at the gate.
"They said, It is his angel." (Acts 12:15)
"See that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you,
that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is
in heaven." (Matthew 18:10)
(33) "We are made a spectacle unto the world both to angels and men."
(1 Corinthians 4 :9)
Both The Old and New Testament furnish sufficient proof for the reality
of angelic ministry in the Adullam Home. We have already told of the
visions of angels rescuing children whom demons had bound with awful
chains and were dragging to hell. Angels, then, apparently have a part in
saving the lost.
Since angels led these children to heaven and escorted them through the
golden streets and the glories of Paradise, it seems that angels have
something to do with the visions given Adullam. As most of the children
who spoke in other languages did so when they were dancing and singing
with the angels it may be that angels have something to do with speaking
in other languages, for it is possible to speak with "the tongues of
angels" (I Corinthians 1:13) at times of mighty outpourings of the Spirit.
The children also had wonderful visions of multitudes of angels flying
in the heavens, and sometimes they saw them fly from heaven to earth.
Angels in the Midst of and about Adullam
At the times when the presence of the Holy Spirit was especially
manifest, many of the children saw angels nearby or in the room. When they
were hindered by demon power they saw angels come to their release. On
occasions of the most blessed sense of the presence of the Lord in our
midst and of the sweetest harmony and love in the meeting, just above the
room was a large angel, while the room was entirely surrounded by smaller
angels standing side by side, each touching the other to the right and
left, so there was not a space in the whole circle for the entrance of any
demon.
On these occasions, when one or more of the children saw our angel
garrison about us, there were never any visions of demons in the room, as
was very frequently the case. One evening when our angel guard was about
us in such perfect rank children said they could hear demons outside the
circle of angels making an angry commotion because of their inability to
hinder the blessed fellowship in the Holy Spirit that was within the
angels' circle. Boys in Kotchiu had also seen this circle of angels.
I shall never forget the blessed sense of the very presence of God that
was in those meetings in which the children saw the angel just above our
happy, Spirit-filled people. This angel looking down upon us, smilingly
turned from side to side to look at the angels that encircled us and to
see that there was not an entrance for the powers of darkness. I wondered
if the angel above us was not the special angel of Adullam and if the
smaller angels of lesser rank around us were not our individual guardians.
At any rate, the children saw the angels. Their eyes were usually
closed when they saw them, but sometimes they saw them with wide open
eyes. We could believe, without question, that we were indeed in the
presence of angels. |
