‘Hosts of Heaven’ Print

The narrative of this piece is a message of comfort, during the overwhelming times of our lives. God sees us and He cares.

Medium: Museum Archival Inks on Hahnemühle Rag Fine Art Paper

Dimensions: Each print features an 11×14 inch painting, presented on fine art paper, allowing for an elegant white border with title and signature.

Artist’s Note:

We often hear of angels coming during some of history’s crowning events – but angels have also come at times that were significant mostly because of their personal meaning in the lives of ordinary but faithful men and women.

Think of the angel who came to comfort the sleeping Elijah when he was in such despair that he wished to live no longer. Or recall when Joseph Smith “saw the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb, …in foreign lands, much fatigued, with their clothes tattered and feet swollen, with their eyes cast downward, and Jesus standing in their midst, and they did not behold Him. The Savior looked upon them and wept.” The Prophet also “saw Elder Brigham Young in a strange land, … in a desert place, upon a rock in the midst of about a dozen [hostile] men. He was preaching to them in their own tongue, and the angel of God standing above his head, with a drawn sword in his hand, protecting him, but he did not see it.”

For an unforgettable picture of unseen angelic armies, think of Elisha’s young servant, who cried when he was surrounded by an ominous army, “Alas, my master! how shall we do?” Answered Elisha, “Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” Then Elisha said, “Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.”

The Lord has promised that if you are true and faithful, the Lord himself may be “in your midst and ye cannot see me.” Even if you do not see him, he can “be on your right hand and on your left, and [his] Spirit shall be in your hearts,” and the angels who came to Kirtland will be “round about you, to bear you up.”

When do the angels come??
They are with us right here, right now, especially when we need them most.
There on that mountain of heartache and suffering, also lies the horsemen of Israel and their chariots of fire coming to your aid.

Excerpt from Bruce C. Hafen’s talk “When do the Angels Come?”