Ann,
>>SHEESH!!!!! I need to see a few Bugs Bunny cartoons after even having to spend time imagining such a situation for a sweet angelic(they all are) child.<<
I too believe children should be protected at all cost as their innocence is our blessing. But I could not resist giving you a couple of biblical references about "angels" :o)
(2 Sam 24:15-16 NIV) So the LORD sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
When the <<angel>> stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD was grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the LORD was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
(2 Ki 19:35 NIV) That night the <<angel>> of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning--there were all the dead bodies!
Of course that is just two examples. Angels were not just sent to kill but also to deliver GOOD NEWS!!!
(Luke 1:26-33 NIV) In the sixth month, God sent the<< angel Gabriel>> to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! THE LORD IS WITH YOU." Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.
You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.HE WILL BE GREAT AND WILL BE CALLED THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH.The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
and HE WILL REIGN over the house of Jacob FOREVER; HIS KINGDOM WILL NEVER END."
(caps mine.)
Have a nice day.
dan |
