As we hustled up the parkway from the train to meet the birthday group I looked up and saw high up on a church the lit figure of an Angel. Was it Gabriel?

Gabriel First Appears in Daniel’s Vision

The first time we see Gabriel, he appears to Daniel after the prophet had a vision. Gabriel’s role is to explain the vision to Daniel. The Bible tells us, “And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it called, ‘Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.” Gabriel’s appearance was that of a man. When Gabriel visited Daniel a second time, he came to him “in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice” (Daniel 9:21).