The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

angels, the heavenly Sanhedrin—the twenty-four elders of creation, terrestrial and celestial angelic force. These complete the protocratic guardians of the earth (see definition). Genesis 28:12; John 1:51. 62. Angelic Guard—A force of angels sent by God to a specific individual or organization to protect, prosper, and execute their assigned work. These are holy angels who are to see that the demonic forces assigned by Satan do not destroy their assigned work, and that the material needs and provisions for its success are released from the spiritual treasuries of Creator God. Acts 12:6–19. Note also the angels’ assignment in Ezekiel 9. 63. Angels of the Seven Churches—The seven angels to whom the Apocalypse, received by the apostle John, was addressed. Angels were addressed because of the church’s supernatural status and consequent need for supernatural power and redress in the earth. The angels, not unlike Michael’s assignment over the nation of Israel, are assigned by the Lord Jesus to cover, minister to, and mediate on His behalf as literal partners with the church’s earthly leadership in its establishment and growth in the earth. This is what Hebrews 1:14 means. In all major entities in the earth, the ancients knew and were often introduced to (as Joshua to the commander of the armies of the Lord of Hosts—Joshua 5:14–15) the spiritual power behind them. When the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, He told them that He was sending His angel ahead of them to keep and govern them as His very presence. Based on this eternal protocol, the Lord Jesus informs us that regardless of the longevity of any of its earthly leaders, the church was perpetually staffed, governed, and administrated by seven angels. Exodus 23:23, 32:34 and Revelation 22:16 all establish this eternal principle by letting us know the invisible protocratic forces carry out the Lord’s will and works on earth. When Israel strayed from their covenant God, an angel initiated God’s discipline of them (Judges 2:1, 4). It is common practice for the Lord to assure the success of His earthly enterprises by assigning angels to the ventures until all He desires comes to pass. For one reason, it is because natural power must be undergirded by spiritual power to accomplish supernatural feats. The second reason is that people die. Their death in God’s mind could cause His ventures to go uncompleted. Therefore, the task is delegated to an angel first and then assigned to a human to bring it to pass in the earth. The birth and life of the Lord Jesus Christ were launched on earth by the presence of His angels. Likewise with the apostles. Angels were dispatched by the Lord to facilitate and empower their work. It is likely that the angels who