Discerning Angels
Before I was born into the Kingdom of God as a new creation, I had 3 dreams in 3 consecutive nights.
First dream
On the table was a cup of coffee. There was a cockroach in it. A dead cockroach. Clearly, I saw it. But still, I drank it.
I woke up wondering what it meant, so I asked my wife.
My wife, endowed with revelation, interpreted my dream: the cockroach symbolized sin. You knew that the cockroach was there in the coffee, and you still drank it. This is its meaning: you knew what you were going to do was sin, and still you did it.
I was taken aback. Her interpretation nailed my secret sin.
Second dream
I saw myself with my 12 siblings mounted on black horses, wearing black armor, with a shield and a lance ready for combat. We were 13 black knights, and opposite us were 13 white knights, our jousting opponents. In the first round of combat, the white knights extracted me from the black knights. The white knights were angels. They took me to heaven. There I saw people in white garments.
Third dream
On top of a mountain, I saw myself with 2 other guys, a priest and a third guy, perhaps a pastor; I was not sure. Then I saw from heaven a beam of light shining on my whole being, and I heard God’s voice saying, “This is my son.” The 2 other guys were cowering in fear. I was not. In my countenance was joy, basking in the presence of God.
Afterward, I saw myself leaving the mountain. Walking along the road of a small community, I saw a religious procession going on. Leading the procession was Marie, our matchmaker and ninang (godmother). Carried by men was a statue of Santo Nino. I pointed my finger at the statue and rebuked it. A bolt of lightning hit the statue.
Then, I saw myself on the battlefield. Russia and America were at war. I saw the Russian soldiers positioned in their foxholes; opposite them at a distance, I saw the American soldiers also positioned in their foxholes.
In that dream, there was a turn of events in the geopolitics. Russia and America became friends.
I dreamt the third dream on a Friday night. The next day, having a divine inspiration to read the Bible, I read starting from the book of Samuel until 2 Kings. What awed me was that God speaks, making known His will and way. Samuel, King David, King Solomon, and the prophets heard God’s voice. After reading King Solomon’s dream, I desired what he asked from God: wisdom.
I spent the whole day reading the Bible, internalizing how God reveals Himself and the signs and wonders ushered by obedience.
Before I went to sleep, I told my wife, “Tomorrow, we will attend ACCF,” a church in Ali Mall. Cubao.
The church was full. For lack of seats, some folks stood at the back. The service started with praise and worship. The atmosphere was joyful. People singing, clapping, and swaying gracefully, timing with the songs of praise. After a while, songs shifted to worship, melodies immensely touching my heart. After a series of worship songs were sung, the singing shifted to a high melody of singing in the spirit in an unknown language. It sounded like many waters.
In that moment, I felt the love of God the Father, a love beyond measure, incomprehensible to human understanding. It was so powerful that it broke my stony heart, hardened by sin. Tears streamed from my eyes as revelation began to unfold. My spiritual eyes were opened. At the stage, standing, was a huge angel in white garments. Also at the sides of the auditorium were hordes of angels singing, worshiping the Lord with the congregation. The combined voice of angels and the congregation was like the sound of many waters streaming from the throne of God.
Then I saw another vision. I saw myself. It was like watching a documentary movie of my sinful life since childhood. Sniffling, in tears with a heavy heart, I repented in the presence of the Lord. After several moments of remorse and grief, I felt the joy of being forgiven and was ushered into the Kingdom of God. Instead of grief and darkness, there was light and great rejoicing, a sound of victory.
Angels
During the prophetic season in the 90s, there were angels seen on several occasions.
On one occasion, a demonized young boy was delivered by a huge angel I saw in a vision.
Previously, his parents called up Pastor Dante, asking him to come and pray for their son. Their son was behaving like he was being demonized.
Pastor Dante came to see me. Briefly, he told me about the demonized boy. I told him that we have to ask God for His word before going to see the boy.
While Pastor Dante was praying, rebuking the devil, I saw a vision. A huge angel in white garments descended from heaven and commanded the demon to leave the boy. The demon left. The angel had no sword; he only spoke.
We went to see the boy. At the gate, we were met by the mother gladly telling us that the boy is well.
Angel with A sword
At a spiritual warfare seminar hosted by the Assemblies of God church in Mindanao, during praise and worship, I felt a sharp pain in my right foot. I asked the Lord to open my spiritual eyes and show me what it meant.
Standing in front of me was an angel with a sword. Its’ tip was pressed on my right foot. I felt the sharp pain. The angel told me that a wife in the congregation was stepping on her husband’s foot, overruling him.
A couple came forward. The wife confessed.
Angels with swords are biblically portrayed as agents of death or as protectors.
A cherubim with a flaming sword guarding the way to the Tree of Life. Gen.3:24
An angel with a drawn sword who identified himself as the “commander of the Lord’s army” appeared to Joshua before the battle at Jericho. Joshua 5:13-15
An angel with a sword opposed Balaam from cursing Israel.
Angels Protect Us From Harm
I believed unseen angels were protecting me and others with me from harm.
First Incident: A poltergeist, which I and my family experienced when I was 10, was the talk of our town. As Catholics, we believed it was a ghost as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
When I became a Bible-believing Christian in Christ, I came to realize that the poltergeist was not a ghost but a demon.
It did not harm me nor any of my family. He made noises on our walls at night and threw stones and horse manure during the day only when we were not around. He did not touch us. I surmised God must have limited him. And I like to think that an angel was holding him at bay.
The poltergeist-demon demonized our housemaid, a young lady hired by my mom from another province in the Visayas. It came with her. When she left us, the demon also left us. It went with her. After several years, she came to visit us. She was doing well. No more demon was demonizing her.
Second Incident: I was 18, an aggressive driver, driving fast along MacArthur Highway on our way to Manila. With me were my parents and relatives. A Mustang sedan overtook me, and I felt challenged to overtake it. So I drove faster. Ahead of me was a blind curve, but it was not sharp, so I only slowed down a bit. At the curve, the Mustang and other cars were at a full stop. The road was being repaired. I stepped on my brakes, but our momentum was too fast to stop immediately. My aunt, who was the only one awake among my passengers, screamed. She was terrified seeing that we were going to hit the Mustang. But a miracle happened.
In an instant, I quickly turned the steering wheel to the right. The shoulder road was open, so we safely moved there until the car stopped. I was a little bit dazed for a moment after the incident, but I quickly gained my composure, driving safely until reaching Manila.
Looking back, the impact could have been fatal if we had crashed into the Mustang car. I was driving too fast to make a sudden stop. I had no time to think about what to do to avoid the crash, but at the exact moment, I quickly turned the steering wheel to the right shoulder and quickly turned the steering wheel to the left, avoiding the off-shoulder. That saved us. Definitely, it was a miracle. It was beyond me.
I surmised that, at the exact moment, an angel of the Lord turned the steering wheel with me to save us. Praise God.
For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. Psalm 91:11 NLT