An Angel of the Lord

From a Facebook Post, by Anonymous

An Angel of the Lord appeared unto me in vision and spoke with me on the morning of March 21st 2023.

He said well done. That I had done much good and the Lord was pleased with me. That the things I was doing were good and if I continued the time would come quickly that I would behold the living Lord in the Flesh and see and hear and know that he is the Christ. I asked him how I might know he was an angel of the Lord —a true messenger of the Father. In this he satisfied all doubts.

My soul was filled with rapturous joy, peace, and power. There was an energy, an intention to my mind which lead me to ask him if I might receive a blessing from him.

I was commanded to kneel and upon my head he conferred the priesthood of Aaron—his blessing a direct quotation from Doctrine and Covenants. I asked him why this was and he said that whereas before I had been given authority in this matter now the power was active in me.

I asked him if I could see him with my natural eyes. He said that this was indeed the culmination of the aaronic priesthood to view an Angel for it was their purpose to invite us into the presence of the Lord wherein he would activate the power of the Melchizedek, for as the scriptures say:

25 And Melchizedek lifted up his voice and blessed Abram.

26 Now Melchizedek was a man of faith, who wrought righteousness; and when a child he feared God, and stopped the mouths of lions, and quenched the violence of fire.

27 And thus, having been approved of God, he was ordained an high priest after the order of the covenant which God made with Enoch,

28 It being after the order of the Son of God; which order came, not by man, nor the will of man; neither by father nor mother; neither by beginning of days nor end of years; but of God;

29 And it was delivered unto men by the calling of his own voice, according to his own will, unto as many as believed on his name.

30 For God having sworn unto Enoch and unto his seed with an oath by himself; that every one being ordained after this order and calling should have power, by faith, to break mountains, to divide the seas, to dry up waters, to turn them out of their course;

31 To put at defiance the armies of nations, to divide the earth, to break every band, to stand in the presence of God; to do all things according to his will, according to his command, subdue principalities and powers; and this by the will of the Son of God which was from before the foundation of the world.

32 And men having this faith, coming up unto this order of God, were translated and taken up into heaven.

33 And now, Melchizedek was a priest of this order; therefore he obtained peace in Salem, and was called the Prince of peace.

34 And his people wrought righteousness, and obtained heaven, and sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken, separating it from the earth, having reserved it unto the latter days, or the end of the world;

35 And hath said, and sworn with an oath, that the heavens and the earth should come together; and the sons of God should be tried so as by fire.

36 And this Melchizedek, having thus established righteousness, was called the king of heaven by his people, or, in other words, the King of peace.

37 And he lifted up his voice, and he blessed Abram, being the high priest, and the keeper of the storehouse of God;

38 Him whom God had appointed to receive tithes for the poor.

39 Wherefore, Abram paid unto him tithes of all that he had, of all the riches which he possessed, which God had given him more than that which he had need.

40 And it came to pass, that God blessed Abram, and gave unto him riches, and honor, and lands for an everlasting possession; according to the covenant which he had made, and according to the blessing wherewith Melchizedek had blessed him.

Having finished explaining to me the manner in which this would proceed and exhorting me to diligence and faithfulness in remembering to keep the commandments of the Lord and rid myself of the false traditions of my fathers and wickedness of my generation he told me that I must keep building the foundation upon which I would receive other things.

I asked if there was time for questions: He said there was some time.

I asked him what I should do to accelerate such a process inasmuch it was possible as not to be the limiting factor in such an experience. He laughed and spoke saying that we are always the limiting factor not God and there is a time appointed for us to adjust to the needed light and go through our darkness or valleys to rise up to the peak of light needed to behold the Savior.

He said that I should attend the temple more regularly for though I have gone every other month this was less than I could to receive blessings and it would be good for me to do more.

He also said that my family should dedicate more time to the Lord daily and that a greater portion of our time as a sacrifice would be a blessing to us.

I asked him how I should tell my wife this, I tend to mess up in my quest or hope to do more spiritually and most efforts have fallen flat over the years or burnt out very quickly.

He said to tell her that I was visited by an angel and told that this sacrifice daily would bless our families lives for generations to come. That it was Gods will and I knew it and that she would know it was true and listen and obey and we would serve the Lord together.

I furthermore asked him if he would bear witness of the Christ and Heavenly Father unto me.

He looked me in the with a smile and said Brother I would love nothing more.

He bore a powerful witness which can not be written. There was joy in his voice and tears upon his face. He bore witness of Christ Jesus and the Father of the Heavens. Their Character, their love for me. My soul was filled with excitement and rapture.

When he finished I asked if he might do one more thing for me. That he would go to my wife and son and bless them. He said that since the aaronic priesthood was authorized (it’s almost the right word but not entirely) I was within my rights to make such a request. He left me to feelings of rapture. As he bid me goodbye he called me by name and told me his name. Then he was gone.