Day 25 – The Angel of the Lord
Exo 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
The (or an) angel of the LORD (in Hebrew malakh YHWH “messenger of Yahweh”) is an entity appearing repeatedly in the Old Testament on behalf of the God of Israel. Another expression, Angel of the Presence, occurs only once (Isaiah 63:9).
Isa 63:7-9 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. (8) For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. (9) In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
What a beautiful depiction of Christ, amen? The angel of the LORD is known as a “Christophany.” A Christophany is an appearance or an incident where Christ appears as something else. For example, Christ appeared here as the burning bush; He appeared to Paul as a bright light; Jacob wrestled with “a man” in Genesis 32. There are countless appearances made by the angel of the LORD (all in capital letters). There are 1,086 occurrences in the King James Bible of the LORD, all in the Old Testament. LORD, in Hebrew, refers to Yahweh. The fact that Yahweh revealed Himself in various manifestations in the Old Testament shows that the Trinity is present. Jesus Christ is the Angel of the LORD (messenger of Yahweh), the mouthpiece, if you will.
Since the New Testament was written in Greek, we no longer see the word LORD spelled this way. Instead, we have the physical manifestation of Jesus Christ. Christophanies are no longer needed because they had God in the flesh! Praise the Lord for our angel of the LORD, our Saviour Jesus Christ! Amen!
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