Angels as God's Messengers and People's helpers

2 What stops us from listening to the voice of conscience? It can be for instance fears, or risking to live one’s life, death itself or loneliness. One talks a lot about enlightenment instead of searching for the path to enlightenment within oneself. Life on Earth is like a corridor with two doors at one end. The word “Heaven” is written on one door, the other door is labelled “Lecture about Heaven”. Most people prefer to go to the lecture. Bad Salzuflen, June 2000 Foreword (By the Protestant Theologian, Pastor Dr. Erich Lubahn) An interest in angels, God’s serving spirits, has regained relevance in our times. The question in regards to angels, particularly within the Protestant arena, is still largely a taboo subject for scientific theology. – What is remarkable is that the publication presented here comes from a physicist and parapsychologist. Theologians and practising Christians with close ties to Church traditions will object to some of Professor Dr. Werner Schiebeler expositions. What has been refreshing for me is that fact that this theme was presented by an “unbiased” publisher. I allow myself a few comments on behalf of critical readers that might be a help towards a correct understanding. Our religious tradition forbids the contact with departed, deceased people and this is reinforced by a couple of pointers in the Bible (Leviticus 19:31; 20:6). The author also indicates this. These biblical words are however often misunderstood. Moses exegetically means contact with those departed people that have separated themselves from God. When the Apostle Paul says in regards to the prophet Isaiah and Hosea: “ Death is swallowed up in victory. Oh death, where is thy sting? Hell, where is your victory? ” he doesn’t talk about the death of people, but their separation from God. Jesus Christ overcame this separation through his salvation (See Corinthians 15: 55-58). Those that have not (yet) accepted this are, whether alive or deceased, dead in the eyes of God. Those that live with the living belief in Jesus Christ as their Lord already have eternal life and thereby death behind them. Jesus said this: “I am telling you the truth; whoever hears my words and believes in him who sent me has eternal life. He will not be judged, but has already passed from death to life (John 5:24). The author clearly indicates in his writing that the contact with God’s messengers, as verified by the Bible, has not stopped to this very day. One can finds lots of attestation throughout the whole history of the Church where people were allowed to experience “subserving spirits” through their devotion to God (Hebrew 1:14). Professor Schiebeler encourages people through his writing to be aware of the service angels provide. But there is one important requirement for all those that reach towards the invisible world of spirit (13, P. 77 ff and P. 204 ff), namely to distinguish between the spirits. As Paul testifies (2 Corinthians 11:14) the devil can also disguise himself as an angel of light. But this danger should not stop people from taking advantage of the service good spirits provide 13, P. 65 ff). May these words heartily thank Professor Schiebeler for the service he provides through his writings! Christians and also non-Christians will profit from this lecture. It will provide fresh access to a lost chapter for a lot of people.