Bible Questions Answered:
“In the old testament I read about
the angel of the lord, who is this angel?..”
Sheila/ Prescott, Arizona U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The Angel Of The Lord, is none other
than the preincarnate Lord Jesus.
Genesis 12:5-8 KJV
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and
Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had
gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went
forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they
came.
6 And Abram passed through the land
unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite
was then in the land.
7 And The Lord appeared unto Abram,
and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he
an altar unto The Lord, who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a
mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel
on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar
unto The Lord, and called upon
the name of The Lord.
We know this was not just an angel, who
visited Abram, for we are told....
Revelation 19:10 NLT
9 And the angel said to me, “Write
this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the
Lamb.” And he added, “These are true words that come from God.”
10 Then I fell down at his feet to
worship him, but he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a
servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters who
testify about their faith in Jesus.
Worship only God. For the
essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.”
Revelation 22:8,9 NLT
8 I, John, am the one who heard and
saw all these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to
worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me.
9 But he said, “No, don’t
worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your
brothers the prophets, as well as all who obey what is written in
this book. Worship only God!”
Genesis 16:7-11-13 KJV The Lord
finds Hagar.
7 And The Angel Of The Lord found
her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the
way to Shur.
8 And He said, Hagar, Sarai's maid,
whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee
from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And The Angel Of The Lord said
unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And The Angel Of The Lord said
unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be
numbered for multitude.
11 And The Angel Of The Lord said
unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt
call his name Ishmael; because The Lord hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his
hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and
he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of The
Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for
she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Hagar called The Angel Of The Lord,
God!
The Lord appeared unto Abram as a man,
claiming to be The Almighty God!
Genesis 17:1 KJV
And when Abram was ninety years old
and nine, The Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him,
I am The Almighty God; walk before
Me, and be thou perfect.
The Lord, and two of His mighty angels
appeared to Abraham as men.
Genesis 18:1,2 KJV
1 And The Lord appeared unto him in
the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the
day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and
looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran
to meet them from the tent door, and
bowed himself toward the ground,
The Angel Of God, reveals to Jacob
that He is...The God Of Bethel!
Genesis 31:11,13
KJV
11 And The Angel Of God spake
unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
13 I am The God Of Bethel,
where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto
Me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land
of thy kindred.
Jacob referred to The Angel, as God!
Genesis 48:15,16 NLT
15 Then he (Jacob) blessed Joseph and
said, “May the God before whom my grandfather Abraham and my
father, Isaac, walked—the God who has been my Shepherd
all my life, to this very day,
16 The Angel who has redeemed me
from all harm— may He bless these boys. May they preserve my name
and the names of Abraham and Isaac. And may their descendants
multiply greatly throughout the earth.”
The Angel Of The Lord, revealed to
Moses that He was God!
Exodus 3:1-6 KJV (Moses
worshiped The Angel Of The Lord.)
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro
his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the
backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to
Horeb.
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.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn
aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when The Lord saw that he
turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And He said, Draw not nigh hither:
put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou
standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover He said, I am the God
of thy father, The God Of Abraham, The God Of Isaac, and
the God Of Jacob. And Moses
hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Was The Angel Of The Lord, God? Yes, for God's Word reminds us...
Isaiah 42:8 KJV
I am The Lord: that is My name: and
My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven
images.
God told Moses...
Exodus 23:20-23
NLT
20 “See, I am sending an Angel
before you to protect you on your journey and lead you safely to the
place I have prepared for you.
21 Pay close attention to Him, and
obey His instructions. Do not rebel against Him, for He is My
representative, and He will not forgive your rebellion.
22 But if you are careful to obey
Him, following all My instructions, then I will be an enemy to your
enemies, and I will oppose those who oppose you.
23 For My Angel will go
before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, so you may live
there. And I will destroy them completely.
Gideon met The
Angel Of The Lord and exclaimed, A” Oh, Sovereign Lord.”
Judges
6:11,12;17-21 NLT
11 Then The Angel Of The Lord came
and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of
the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the
bottom of a wine press to hide the grain from the Midianites.
12 The Angel Of The Lord appeared to
him and said, “Mighty hero, The Lord is with you!”
17 Gideon replied, “If you are
truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the
Lord speaking to me.
18 Don’t go away until I come back
and bring my offering to you.” He answered, “I will stay here
until you return.”
19 Gideon hurried home. He cooked a
young goat, and with a basket of flour he baked some bread without
yeast. Then, carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he
brought them out and presented them to The Angel, who was under the
great tree.
20 The Angel Of God said to him,
“Place the meat and the unleavened bread on this rock, and pour the
broth over it.” And Gideon did as he was told.
21 Then The Angel Of The Lord
touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in His hand, and
fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And The
Angel Of The Lord disappeared.
22 When Gideon realized that it was
The Angel Of The Lord, he cried out, “Oh, Sovereign Lord,
I’m doomed! I have seen The Angel Of The Lord face to face!”
Now the most
wonderful news about this study is ….
Psalm 34:7 KJV
The Angel Of The Lord encampeth
round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.
Psalm 125:1,2
KJV
1 They that trust in The Lord shall
be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
2 As the mountains are round about
Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from henceforth even
for ever.
Are you a child of
The Lord? You can be, ask Him into your heart and life today!
