PETER DELIVERED BY AN ANGEL OF GOD (ACTS 12:1-11) KING HEROD HAD ARRESTED PETER (JESUS' DISCIPLE) AND PUT HIM IN PRISON.HE WAS GUARDED BY 4 SQUADS OF 4 SOLDIERS EACH.THE NIGHT BEFORE HEROD WAS TO BRING HIM TO TRIAL,PETER WHO WAS BOUND WITH 2 CHAINS AND WITH SOLDIERS GUARDING HIM WAS STRUCK ON THE SIDE BY AN ANGEL WHO APPEARED IN THE PRISON CELL WHERE HE WAS. THE ANGEL URGED HIM TO GET UP QUICKLY,WEAR HIS CLOTHES AND SANDALS AND TO FOLLOW HIM.THE CHAINS FELL OFF PETERS WRIST MIRACULOUSLY.PETER FOLLOWED THE ANGEL OUT OF PRISON.THEY PASSED THE 1ST AND 2ND GUARDS.THE IRON GATE LEADING TO THE CITY OPENED FOR THEM BY ITSELF AND THEY WALKED ON TO THE STREETS.THEN THE ANGEL LEFT HIM. GODS ANGELS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED FOR EVERY BELIEVER TO GUARD THEM AND DELIVER THEM FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE ENEMY. THE BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 34 AND V.7, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPS AROUND THOSE WHO FEAR HIM,AND HE DELIVERS THEM. PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT! REMEMBER GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS TO DELIVER YOU TOO!
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