This was when I was working . I am retired now. “I have personally met people asking for money. I give a couple of bucks. I looked down at business scanner that beeped then up again. They totally disappeared. I had this happen several times in my life. You could not explain it otherwise. it was milliseconds. Once I even debated in the eighties with a friend in my house about how we entertain angels unawares. He thought I was nuts. While we are debating a man appeared disheveled knocks at the door for food. I let him in made a sandwich gave some money. He left. The friend first thinks I am crazy letting the man in the house. Then I pointed out what are the coincides that he came while we debated. I never had any homeless come to the door before. He is a firm believer now. The Lord is amazing he loves us.”
Matthew 25:31-46
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal
I've had one of these not long ago. I was walking to my truck from the grocery store and was feeling, almost to the point of tears, profound guilt, remorse, etc. due to a recent event that had gone badly, on top of all of the other recent life altering events, injuries and losses. I guess it was too much for me and, in that long walk back to the no door-ding place I parked, emotion hit me all at once...hard.
As I was putting the groceries in my truck, from out of nowhere this guy shows up from behind me telling me about his car trouble and his and his girlfriend's long drive back to Chapel Hill. There was something a bit different about him, a "brightness" sort of quality I can't explain. You'd know what I mean if you saw him.
In my guilt-ridden, beat down emotional state, I gave him more than he asked for and went back to putting the groceries in my truck. When I looked up again, he was gone.
I have since had another similar but different encounter at that same store.
I wonder sometimes what those encounters are about. Maybe a bit of testing or a rescue and a bit of healing or somethings else? All seem plausible to someone who believes in the supernatural and realms beyond the one we see with our God given senses and with the tools we build.