Amazing Facts
Daily Devotionals
When to Bow
October 21, 2025
How should you greet the Queen of England or another member of the Royal Family? While there are no obligatory codes of behavior, most men do a neck bow (from the head only) and women will do a small curtsy. Others prefer to simply shake hands.
The Bible speaks of how people responded when meeting God. When Joshua came before the Majesty of the universe, he “fell on his face to the earth and worshiped” (Joshua 5:14). So did Abram (Genesis 17:3), Ezekiel (1:28), Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:20), and even a leper (Luke 5:12).
But never do the Scriptures teach that we should fall down and worship a created being, like an angel. When the devil, a fallen angel, asked Jesus to worship him, Christ replied, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve’” (Luke 4:8).
The contrast between Satan, a fallen angel, and the angel speaking with John couldn’t be starker. The angel with John calls himself a “fellow servant, and of your brethren.” Even perfect angels see themselves as united with humanity in the worship of the Lord. Worship is a central theme in Revelation, so it is appropriate for this angel to remind John to worship God alone.
Why did this holy angel add, “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy”? Because the prophecy that John was hearing—and which moved him so deeply that he fell down in worship—was not originally from the angel, but from Jesus. The angel was only a servant, sharing prophecies given by the Lord. This same gift of prophecy was manifested through humans in the past and is also now given in these last days.
Whether heavenly messages come by prophets or angels, we worship the source of these precious truths: Jesus Christ.
Heavenly Father, I am so grateful for the prophetic truths given to your servant John, and I bow in worship to You alone.
For Further Study: Acts 10:24, 25; Ephesians 4:11–16; Revelation 22:8, 9
Key Bible Texts
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:10 KJV)
Daily Devotionals
When to Bow
October 21, 2025
How should you greet the Queen of England or another member of the Royal Family? While there are no obligatory codes of behavior, most men do a neck bow (from the head only) and women will do a small curtsy. Others prefer to simply shake hands.
The Bible speaks of how people responded when meeting God. When Joshua came before the Majesty of the universe, he “fell on his face to the earth and worshiped” (Joshua 5:14). So did Abram (Genesis 17:3), Ezekiel (1:28), Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:20), and even a leper (Luke 5:12).
But never do the Scriptures teach that we should fall down and worship a created being, like an angel. When the devil, a fallen angel, asked Jesus to worship him, Christ replied, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve’” (Luke 4:8).
The contrast between Satan, a fallen angel, and the angel speaking with John couldn’t be starker. The angel with John calls himself a “fellow servant, and of your brethren.” Even perfect angels see themselves as united with humanity in the worship of the Lord. Worship is a central theme in Revelation, so it is appropriate for this angel to remind John to worship God alone.
Why did this holy angel add, “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy”? Because the prophecy that John was hearing—and which moved him so deeply that he fell down in worship—was not originally from the angel, but from Jesus. The angel was only a servant, sharing prophecies given by the Lord. This same gift of prophecy was manifested through humans in the past and is also now given in these last days.
Whether heavenly messages come by prophets or angels, we worship the source of these precious truths: Jesus Christ.
Heavenly Father, I am so grateful for the prophetic truths given to your servant John, and I bow in worship to You alone.
For Further Study: Acts 10:24, 25; Ephesians 4:11–16; Revelation 22:8, 9
Key Bible Texts
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:10 KJV)
Amazing Facts
Daily Devotionals
When to Bow
October 21, 2025
How should you greet the Queen of England or another member of the Royal Family? While there are no obligatory codes of behavior, most men do a neck bow (from the head only) and women will do a small curtsy. Others prefer to simply shake hands.
The Bible speaks of how people responded when meeting God. When Joshua came before the Majesty of the universe, he “fell on his face to the earth and worshiped” (Joshua 5:14). So did Abram (Genesis 17:3), Ezekiel (1:28), Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:20), and even a leper (Luke 5:12).
But never do the Scriptures teach that we should fall down and worship a created being, like an angel. When the devil, a fallen angel, asked Jesus to worship him, Christ replied, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve’” (Luke 4:8).
The contrast between Satan, a fallen angel, and the angel speaking with John couldn’t be starker. The angel with John calls himself a “fellow servant, and of your brethren.” Even perfect angels see themselves as united with humanity in the worship of the Lord. Worship is a central theme in Revelation, so it is appropriate for this angel to remind John to worship God alone.
Why did this holy angel add, “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy”? Because the prophecy that John was hearing—and which moved him so deeply that he fell down in worship—was not originally from the angel, but from Jesus. The angel was only a servant, sharing prophecies given by the Lord. This same gift of prophecy was manifested through humans in the past and is also now given in these last days.
Whether heavenly messages come by prophets or angels, we worship the source of these precious truths: Jesus Christ.
Heavenly Father, I am so grateful for the prophetic truths given to your servant John, and I bow in worship to You alone.
For Further Study: Acts 10:24, 25; Ephesians 4:11–16; Revelation 22:8, 9
Key Bible Texts
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:10 KJV)
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