Seite 11 - The Truth About Angels (1996)

Contents vii
The Annunciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Before Christ’s Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
The Magi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
The Silent Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Chapter 14—Angels at Christ’s Baptism and in the Wilderness . 120
Christ’s Baptism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Christ’s Threefold Temptation in the Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
The First Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The Second Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
The Third Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Heavenly Angels Watched Christ Being Tempted . . . . . . . . . . . 126
After the Third Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Chapter 15—Good and Evil Angels During Christ’s Ministry . . . 128
Devil Possession in Jesus’ Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Rejection at Nazareth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
The Demoniac in the Synagogue at Capernaum . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
The Healing of the Centurion’s Servant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
The Demoniacs of Gadara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
The Healing of the Demoniac Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Jesus Is Accused of Being Demon Possessed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Evil Angels in Human Form Were Among Christ’s Hearers . . 134
The Resurrection of Lazarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Jesus Hunted From City to City During His Ministry . . . . . . . . 135
Chapter 16—Angels From Christ’s Passion Until His Death . . . . 136
Jesus and His Disciples Go to Gethsemane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Angels in Gethsemane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Before the Court of Annas and Caiaphas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Before Pilate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Christ’s Crucifixion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Chapter 17—Angels From Christ’s Resurrection Until His
Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
The Morning of Christ’s Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Immediately After Christ’s Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
The Women Come to the Sepulcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Christ’s Ascension to His Father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Other Post-resurrection Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Christ’s Final Appearance at His Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Christ Is Escorted Into the Father’s Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156