OUR FATHER WHO GIVES HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER HIS PEOPLE

Psalm 91 verse 12 says this;

they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

This verse is well known because it was used by Satan for the second temptation of Jesus in Mathew chapter 4 verse 6 which says;

“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “’He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

The verse records the attempt to get Jesus to presumtuously draw on God's provision in order to validate His claims about Himself by deliberately falling off a high tower and having the angels of God catch Him in mid-air so that He could establish His credentials as being the Son of God to those who witnessed it.

Because there is a recorded promise made by the Father that He would give His angels responsibility for His Son's protection from physical injury, the temptation's cunning is that it disguises itself as a valid utilization of one of  God's written promises.

As well, this verse establishes the ability of angels to effectively reach from their spiritual realm into our corporeal realm to interact with it in a way that could stop a person's fall  by grabbing them with their hands. 

Also established in the verse is that the angels given charge over a person are paying rapt attention to that person at all times to prevent any harm from striking them.

Amen.

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