Seen of Angels

This is a subject which the Scripture refers to several times in the pathway of the Lord Jesus. When that blessed Babe was born in the plains of Bethlehem, there was a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." They saw Him at the very first moment of His existence as a man on earth (Luke 2:9-14).
We find, as time went on, He goes as a perfect Man to meet the enemy, having no advantages as the first man had. He perfectly met Satan in obedience and dependence on the Word of God. Then we are told how the angels ministered to Him there in the wilderness (Mark 1:13).
At the close of His ministry when He was in the garden and the cross was approaching, He was in fullest communion with His Father, yet in that anguish of soul that none could ever know. His heart was taken up with all that was due to the holiness of God, but He would go on in obedience to the Father's will. In anguish His heart was torn. He was there in perfect weakness and trust in God, and an angel from heaven strengthened Him as He prayed earnestly (Luke 22:43).
When the women went to see the place where the Lord lay, He had been seen by angels (Luke 24:4-7). Well did Simon Peter say in recalling some of the blessedness of the Lord's work and His ministry, "Which things the angels desire to look into.” 1 Peter 1:12.
Now, these angels are promised to those who are the heirs of salvation, and they are interested in us (Heb. 1:14). Then too, a remarkable scripture in the Epistle to the Ephesians, that the Apostle brings before us in his prayer, is that we might "know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge." His desire for the saints even now is that "unto principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God." Eph. 3:10. The angels contemplate the wisdom of God in the assembly.
God has given us the place of brethren before Him, of whom Christ is the firstborn and has the preeminence. If He is the object of our worship and our hearts are occupied with Him, we also shall be seen of angels; we also shall present a savor of Christ.
How blessed and full are these words, "seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles." Here is God in His grace going out to us who were far off, as well as to the Jews who were near, in order that both might have access to Him by one Spirit to the Father.