Angels appear to
president of Hands For Jesus!
We only share this
testimony to encourage others, to “Set your affection on things above, not
on things on the earth” (Col. 3:2). God is not a respecter of persons, but
He does want us to know and understand that the things in the spiritual realm
are real. The Word of God is True, and God will confirm His Word with signs
following.
August 19, 2003, it
was about 7:00 PM and I was about to go to bed. The temperature in the house was
about 85 degrees and outside it was about 79 degrees. So I had two fans running
in the windows, blowing cooler air into the house. I was ready to go to bed. I
only had my house coat on when I thought I best not go to bed yet, but rather
lay in the living room for a while, then shut the fans off before going to bed.
I laid down on the davenport for about a half - hour and fell asleep.
While sleeping I felt someone grab my foot. I jumped and said, Hey! I looked,
and beside the davenport, by my feet stood two angels dressed in US Army combat
uniform. They did not have any weapons, and only a small dress cap on their
head. They stood near my feet looking at me (about four feet from my face).
There was no fear, and they did not look as though they intended to do anything
but look at me. They stood there like two people waiting for someone to take
their picture.
I looked them over very carefully, from the combat boots up to the top
of their heads. They did not have any identification on them, no rank, no name
tag, none-whatsoever. They were both about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed
about 180 pounds. They were both white completion. One had blond hair the other
one had black hair. They were clean shaven, no mustache, no beard. Their uniform
had a perfect press, as if it had just come from a dry-cleaners. Then I was
staring in their faces to see if I might know who they were, I did not recognize
either one as someone I knew. They never said a word to me and I did not try to
speak to them. After a few seconds of me looking at them and them looking at me
they disappeared.
I did not have any fear, no coldness like if it were demons, no idea at
all that they were there to cause me any harm, whatsoever. I had “total
peace” all the time. After they disappeared I got up and looked around the
house to see if there was anything I could see that they would have appeared to
warn me about, like a gas leak or unlocked door, or something. I did not find
anything wrong anywhere. At the time, all I could figure out was they just
wanted me to know they were there protecting me from any danger.
After sharing this with many other Christians in the body of Christ, one
brother in the LORD, who had served time in the Army; told me, the uniform and
the cap I saw was that of “special forces.” He said, they do not carry any
identification, but are specially trained to do specific duties.
Praise God! It’s exciting to know the LORD loves us so, that He will
even send “special forces” to us when we need them. Now, it’s also
exciting to know, the LORD does not just send angels to those who are someone
great in the body of Christ, but even to someone like myself; the least of all
the brethren.
Yours in Christ,
Merle E. Koepke