I ask everyone within the sound of my voice to take heart, be filled with faith, and remember the Lord has said He “would fight battles, children’s battles, and children’s children” ( D&C 98:37) (“ The Ministry of Angels,” General Conference, October 2008). But most often it is to comfort, to provide some form of merciful attention, guidance in difficult times…. Occasionally the angelic purpose is to warn. Sometimes their assignments are very grand and have significance for the whole world. Holland has taught that angels may be ministering to us even when we are not aware of it: He knew that angels minister to people, providing assistance and instruction ( 1 Nephi 11:30).Įlder Jeffrey R. Unlike the servant of Elisha, Nephi didn’t need his eyes opened to know that “they that be with us are more than they that be with them” ( 2 Kings 6:16-17). Several times, he reproved his brothers by reminding them that they had seen an angel ( 1 Nephi 4:3, 1 Nephi 7:10, 1 Nephi 17:45). (See also D&C 76:67, D&C 138:12).Īt important points in their journey to the promised land, Nephi received assistance or training from angels of God ( 1 Nephi 1:19-21, 1 Nephi 11-14, 2 Nephi 4:24).
The Apostle Paul later described the “city of the living God” as being filled with “an innumerable company of angels” ( Hebrews 12:22). In the first chapter of the Book of Mormon, Nephi describes a vision in which his father saw “God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels” ( 1 Nephi 1:8). ) It refers to armies, or large numbers of people organized to achieve a common goal. The Hebrew word for “hosts” is ts’vaót ( צבאות ), sometimes rendered in English as “ sabaoth. What does it mean, and why is it an appropriate title for the Savior? This title also appears 52 times in the Book of Mormon, mostly in passages quoted from Isaiah or Malachi, but Nephi, Jacob, and Samuel the Lamanite all use the term. The Savior is called the “Lord of Hosts” 245 times in the Old Testament, 54 times in the book of Isaiah alone.
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