An Unusual Angel!
"And the Angel of God, who went before the
camp of Israel, moved and went behind them;
and the pillar of cloud went from before them
and stood
behind them."
Exodus 14: 19
In the Old Testament, “The Angel of the Lord.”
has characteristics that are divine. And, yes,
they are divine, for the Old Testament Angel
of the Lord is the manifestation of God
before Christ came at Bethlehem.
It is the second Person of the Godhead,
Jesus Christ Himself. When reading about
the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament,
you are likely reading about God the Son
Himself.
Christ is eternal without beginning or end.
When He was conceived by the Holy Spirit
in the womb of the virgin Mary, He began
the process of also taking on humanity,
of becoming both God and
Man.
After His birth, the Angel of the Lord
disappears from Scripture. He is
now
the Son of God who lived among us
and gave His life for us.
Jesus inspires our awe whenever
we see Him in either the Old or New
Testament. He deserves our loving
worship.
"What we see in the angel of the Lord is
brought to a culmination in the
person
of Jesus, who draws near to humanity
in order to draw us near to God."
Carissa Quinn