Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s.

When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

“But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven – except the Father alone.

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

“But as for that day or hour no one knows it – neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son – except the Father.

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

So Mary said, “Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?