The Angel of the Lord: my how many people speak to God and are fearful they will die because they say
they have seen the Lord face to face. Gen.16:7-13, Hagar; Gen.32:30 Jacob; Jud.13:21,22 Samsons parents.
God visits Abraham and eats dinner with him in Gen.18:1ff; Ex.3:5,6; God Himself speaks from the
burning bush, and is identified as the Angel of the Lord. Pillar of cloud Ex.23:20-23;33:7-16; 40:34-38;
In the furnace of fire - Dan.3:28; lions den 6:22;
Who did Adam and Eve hide from in Gen.3: when they heard God walking?

So who is it if not God? Is it an angel? The word for angel means messenger, and Jesus is the Word of God
could this be Christ, since He is the physical manifestation of God for men to see, and it is not really the
Angel of the Lord as it is the Messenger of the Lord. I am not saying God is an angel but I am saying
that this Angel is God, and do we possibly mis-understand what the text is saying.

In Gen.18 God, YAWEH personally visits Abraham, eating and drinking with him and then allowing
Abraham to plead for those in Sodom and Gomorrah. Who is this if men cannot see God and live?
This is a physical representation of God, for God is Spirit, God doesn't look like men but can He not
appear as such? What do you say to Jn.1:18 in light of all we have just looked at? And then what about
Thomas who says, "My Lord and my God!" Did not Thomas see God/Christ Jesus?

Is the Angel of the Lord, the physical manifestation of God, the Christ, the Messenger, the Message.
Then they are truly seeing a form of God, but they are not actually seeing God. It is through Christ
that God deals with men because we cannot see God and live. Heb.1:1-3

When it comes to the burning bush is this not who Jesus is saying that He is the I Am, and that is
why the Jews pick up stones to kill Him because He is claiming to be God from the burning bush, whom
we know is The Angel of the Lord. Jn.8:58,59;

RJ Mac