“Thunderheart” and Val Kilmer
The movie Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer and Graham Greene, is about a series of murders on a Native American reservation, and a young mixed-blood FBI agent (Kilmer) who doesn’t realize he’s the hero of the story.
(Spoiler Alert) In the final scene of the movie, Kilmer and Greene are pinned down inside a dead-end canyon by a corrupt FBI agent and his thugs—there is no escape and they can’t fight their way out. Kilmer and Greene are trapped against their “Red Sea” — hemmed in by a ring of pickup trucks, rifles and shotguns ready to end their story; and unscalable canyon walls behind them. This is their “no way out” moment; their impossible situation. Their dead-end.
Then the chanting begins, as Kilmer and Greene look upwards to the heights of the canyon walls. A host of armed protectors materializes out of nowhere; row upon row of tribal warriors gazing down upon Kilmer’s pursuers, dwarfing their numbers. Impossible help has arrived. It is a scene remarkably similar to the one Elisha’s servant faced in 2 Kings 6:17:
“Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.”
Invisible protective detail
You have been assigned a protective detail—a divine defense force—”ministering spirits, sent out to provide service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation.” (Hebrews 1:14)
Author and philosophy professor, Dr. J.P. Moreland, has been told on several occasions that three peculiar angels have appeared behind him while speaking publicly. There were always two shorter angels—one on either side of him—and a taller one standing directly behind him. Dr. Moreland himself has never seen these divine emissaries; but different observers, on different occasions in different places have approached him and told him so. (1)
angels under a semi truck
While Bruce Van Natta was pinned under the steel axel of a collapsed six-ton semi truck, he saw two broad-shouldered angels on either side of his crushed torso—appearing to stabilize his body until fire department volunteers could arrive. He estimated that the two angelic assistants must have been at least eight feet tall each. (2)
Accompanied
Judith MacNutt, an authority on the biblical and modern reality of angels, suggests that we can ask God to thank the angels he has assigned to us. There are countless authentic accounts of those who were mysteriously defended or cared for by angels. You, too, are in good company. Or, rather, you are accompanied.
Trust the invisible.
Sources:
A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles, by Dr. J.P. Moreland
Real Life, Real Miracles, by Garlow & Wall