Elisha prayed and said, please, Lord, open his eyes. Let him see. Not let him see a hallucination. Let him see what's really out there.

And when he opened his eyes, the assembled host of angels was vastly

superior in number and power to all of those chariots and armies of the king of Syria. And that's what God tells us is the

world in which we live. Do you believe in angels? Do you believe in demons? Just because we may not be able to see something with our naked eye doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

After all, God himself is invisible.

It's good to have you with us for renewing your mind as we begin a study this week on the topic of angels and demons.

Although there is some fascination out there concerning the existence of angels or supernatural

creatures, there is widespread skepticism when it comes to

believing in the existence of anything beyond this visible and material world.

Today we'll begin our C-S Sproll's series on Angels and Demons, a series you can own

when you give a gift of any amount at renewing your mind.org. As we begin this

week-long study we'll spend the next few days considering the

existence and role of angels. So let's start this study and see what the Bible

has to say. Here's Dr Sprawl.

One of my favorite angel narratives in all of scripture is one found in the second book of Kings and I enjoy this particular

narrative because it reveals directly and indirectly so many things that we need to understand about the nature and function of angels.

So let's take a few moments to look at this narrative that takes place during the life of the Prophet Elishia in Second

Kings beginning in verse 8. Here's the text. 2 Kings chapter 6, beginning at verse 8.

Now the King of Syria was making war against Israel.

And he consulted with his servants saying,

my camp will be in such and such a place.

And the man of God sent to the King of Israel saying,

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