Emphasis Preaching Journal

"So it will be," says our text for today, "at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous." Wow! What about those little angels carefully carved of wood, or the ceramic angel ornaments with glitter on their wings, or the hand-blown crystal angels hanging in the window? We usually see angels as little white ornaments sitting on a shelf, hanging against a bedroom wall, or painted -- in a gilded frame. Current trends have made angels guardians as we sleep, messengers of goodness, protectors from harm.