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GP 3: Angels, Spirits, and the Word of God
gp291» In order to continue our study on God we need to know something
about angels, spirits, and the Word of God. What are angels? What is spirit?
Can we see spirit? What was the Word (John 1:1) in the age before the
resurrection of Jesus Christ? We say what was he before Christ's
resurrection, for after it a new dimension was added to the Word's make-up (GP 5). gp292» The word "angel" is translated from a Hebrew word (malak #
4397) that means messenger and from a Greek word (aggelos # 32) that
means messenger. An angel is a messenger. An angel brings the words of
someone else. An angel or messenger is a spiritual being (Heb 1:7). An angel is
a spiritual being who brings messages or words from someone else. All
angels or spirits were created by God the Father (Psa 148:2,5; Col 1:16; Heb 12:9).
A few verses seems to indicate that the angels ("sons of God") existed at the
beginning of creation (Job 38:4-7; Gen 1:14-19; Rev 1:20). gp293» There are two kinds of angels: gp294» Before we continue our study on angels we need to remember that
"angels" were associated with the Word of God in the Old Testament
including the giving of the Ten Commandments (Heb 2:2; Acts 7:38,53, Gal 3:19).
Apparently the old world before Jesus Christ was subject to angels (Heb 2:1-5).
In the new age we are to be subjected to Christ (Heb 2:5-8). As of now (before
Christ's return) all are not yet subjected to Christ (Heb 2:8), but in the near
future all will be put under Christ and his rule (Psa 110:1; Acts 2:32-36; Heb 2:8-10;
1Cor 15:23-28; see GP6). There is confusion about this. We need to understand
how the Word was given through angels in the Old Testament, and the
connection of these angels to the Lord, or Jehovah, or the BeComingOne of
the Old Testament. gp295» There was a very close connection between the angels of the Bible
and the BeComingOne (YHWH) or the "Lord" of the Bible. Sometimes it is
very difficult to see the difference between the "angel of the BeComingOne
and the BeComingOne himself. Angels Closely Associated with God
gp296» Who was the "angel of the Lord [yhwh]" or more correctly the
"angel of the BeComingOne" in the Old Testament, and in a few places in the
New Testament of the Bible, the "angel of the Lord"? In the New Testament,
the word "Lord," the Greek Kurios, is the word used instead of the
"BeComingOne" or YHWH. The "angel of Kurios" translated as the
"angel of the Lord" in many versions of the New Testament equals the
"angel of the BeComingOne" of the Old Testament. One of the
reasons Kurios was used in the New Testament instead of YHWH, was
because of the Septuagint (See GP 1 of the God Papers under "More Details"). gp297» Now the angel of the BeComingOne was talking to Hagar, and
right after the angel had spoken to her the verse reads: "And she called the
name of the BeComingOne [YHWH] that spoke to her, You God sees me: for
she said, Have I also here looked at him that sees me?" (Gen 16:13) Check
the English translation like the Moffatt, NEB, etc. and the Greek Septuagint
versions, they all say the same thing. Literally from Hebrew, "she called the
Name, YHWH, the one speaking to her: you God [el] of vision." gp298» After the angel spoke to her, Hagar called the Name of the
BeComingOne who spoke to her El roi or "God of seeing," and asked herself
if she had looked on the God of seeing or vision. She also named the well she
was standing by, "Beerlahairoi," or "the well of the living one who sees me."
In these scriptures the angel of the BeComingOne, the God of sight, and the
Name of the BeComingOne are closely connected. Why? gp299» "And God [elohim] heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of
God [elohim] called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What ails you,
Hagar? fear not; for God [elohim] has heard the voice of the lad where he is" (Gen 21:17). The angel of God? God heard, and the angel of God called. In
these verses the angel of God and God are closely connected. gp300» "And the angel of the BeComingOne called unto Abraham out of
heaven the second time. And said, By myself I have sworn" (Gen 22:15, 16).
What? The angel of the BeComingOne called to Abraham and said, "By
myself I have sworn." Notice in the New Testament where Paul describes the
same event: "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could
swear by no greater, he swore by himself" (Heb 6:13). Does Paul call this angel
of the BeComingOne, God? The answer is no, as we will see. But by
comparing both verses it appears that way. Here again the angel and God are
closely connected. gp301» Now Jacob was blessing Ephraim and Manasseh when he said:
"the angel which redeemed me from all evil bless the lads" (Gen 48:16). Jacob
is asking an angel to bless his lads; he says this angel is "the redeemer."
Genesis 48:16 in the KJV is a mistranslation. It should read: "the angel the
redeemer of me from all harm, may he bless the boys." "The redeemer" in
Gen 48:16 is the same Hebrew word as Isa 49:7, "Thus says the
BeComingOne, (the) Redeemer of Israel," except with the additional article,
"the." But who is the redeemer? "I have mercy on you says the
BeComingOne your Redeemer" (Isa 54:8). "I will help you [Jacob], says the
BeComingOne, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel" (Isa 41:14). Jacob in
Gen 48:16 apparently spoke of an angel which redeemed him from evil, but
the BeComingOne said in Isaiah 41:14 that He was that redeemer. Since the
BeComingOne is the redeemer (Isa 41:14; 49:7; 54:8), then the angel (the
messenger or agent) of the BeComingOne is the agent of the redeemer and his
redemption. gp302» "And the angel of the BeComingOne appeared to him in a flame of
fire out of the midst of a bush: and he [Moses] looked, and, behold, the bush
burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed" (Ex 3:2). (In other words
this "angel of the BeComingOne" looked like he was on fire much like
Christ's face appears in the pictures of his glory, Matthew 17:2.) "And when
the BeComingOne saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of
the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses ... Moreover he said, I am the
God of your 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" (Ex 3:2, 4,
6). Don't these verses seem to say the angel of the BeComingOne appeared in
the midst of the bush (V. 2), and he who called out of the bush was God (V.
4). In fact, this angel of the BeComingOne was apparently the God (elohim)
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. There is a very close connection between the
angel and the BeComingOne. gp303» This is confirmed in Acts 7:30-33: "And when forty years had
passed, an Angel of the Lord [yhwh] appeared to him in the desert of Mount
Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. And Moses saw and wondered at the sight.
And as he was coming near to look, a voice of the Lord came to him: 'I am
the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the
God of Jacob.' " Here it says Moses drew near to a bush where an angel of
the Lord appeared, and the voice of the BeComingOne (yhwh) came out of
it, and said that he was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Furthermore in
an inspired speech by Stephen we read, "This is he [Moses], that was in the
church in the wilderness with the angel which spoke to him in mount Sinai,
and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles [Ten Commandments]
to give unto us" (Acts 7:38). Notice that Stephen had already spoken about an
angel of the Lord who appeared in a bush in verse 30, but now he says it was
an angel who spoke to Moses in mount Sinai when the commandments were
given. gp304» Notice that the Bible's rendition of the angel and Balaam's ass. In
Numbers 22:22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and verse 27 it shows the angel of the
BeComingOne standing in the way of the ass that Balaam was riding. Then in
verse 28: "and the BeComingOne opened the mouth of the ass...." And verse
31, "then the BeComingOne who was there with the ass and Balaam, and he
opened the eye of Balaam and the mouth of the ass." gp305» Notice verse 35, "and the angel of the BeComingOne said unto
Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto you, that
you shall speak." And, "and the BeComingOne put a word in Balaam's
mouth..." (Num 23:5). And again, "must I not take heed to speak that which the
BeComingOne has put in my mouth?" (V. 12) Further, "and the
BeComingOne met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth.." (V. 16). Compare
Numbers 22:35 with Numbers 23:5, 12, and 16. The "angel of the
BeComingOne" and the "BeComingOne" are used interchangeably in these
verses because the angel is the agent of the BeComingOne as the messenger
of a general is the agent for that general. Also notice that this angel is
somehow "for an adversary [Satan] against" Balaam. This cannot be
understood without knowing the significance of the cherubs in the holy of
holies, which we discuss in later chapters of this work. Again we see the
close connection between the angel of the BeComingOne and the very
BeComingOne. gp306» "And the angel of the BeComingOne appeared unto him [Gideon],
and said unto him, The BeComingOne is with you" (Judges 6:12). Notice the
angel of the BeComingOne appeared. "And the BeComingOne looked upon
him" (V. 14). And again, "and the BeComingOne said unto him"
(V. 16). The
angel of the BeComingOne appeared, but the BeComingOne looked and
talked. And further in verse 20 it says: "and the angel of God said unto him."
And again, "then the angel of the BeComingOne put forth the end of the staff
that was in his hand... Then the angel of the BeComingOne departed out of
sight. And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the
BeComingOne, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord(s) BeComingOne [yhwh -- not
'GOD']! for because I have seen the angel of the BeComingOne face to face" (V. 21, 22). Again the angel or messenger of the BeComingOne and the
BeComingOne (yhwh) are closely connected. gp307» "And an angel of the BeComingOne appeared unto the woman ...
then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God [thus, the
angel of the BeComingOne, looked like a man] came unto me and his
countenance was like the countenance of an angel of the God ... the angel of
the God came again unto the woman ... her husband was not with her. And
the woman ... ran, and showed her husband ... And Manoah [her husband]
arose and went after his wife, and came to the man [or angel, V. 6] ... And the
angel of the BeComingOne said unto Manoah ... And Manoah said unto the
angel of the BeComingOne" (Judges 13:3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15). gp308» Remember this angel of the God/BeComingOne looked like a man
with an appearance like the angel of God. In verse 15 Manoah asks the "man"
to stay and he will fix him something to eat. In verse 16 the angel of the
BeComingOne declines the offer, but tells the husband to offer the food to the
BeComingOne, "for Manoah knew not that he [the 'man'] was an angel of the
BeComingOne" (V. 16). Next the husband asks the "man's" name, but the
angel says it is secret (V. 17 & 18). Then Manoah offers his kid of the goats to
the BeComingOne, but at that time the angel of the BeComingOne did an
amazing work, for he ascended as a flame into heaven (V. 19 & 20). In the
Greek translation, the Septuagint, of the Old Testament, the Greek words
indicate that the angel disunited or separated in form when he did this
amazing act of ascending in a flame. This must have amazed Manoah and his
wife for they didn't know it was an angel since he looked like a man. "But the
angel of the BeComingOne did no more appear to Manoah and his wife. Then
Manoah knew that he (the 'man') was an angel of the BeComingOne. And
Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
But his wife said unto him, If the BeComingOne were pleased to kill us..." (V.
21-23). Again the angel or messenger of the BeComingOne and the
BeComingOne (yhwh) are closely connected. gp309» "And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him
until the breaking of the day" (Gen 32:24). In Hosea 12:2, 4 it identifies this
"man" Jacob wrestled with as an angel. Thus, Jacob was wrestling an angel
(in a dream?) who looked like a man. Jacob asks this angel his name, but the
angel asks a rhetorical question and then blesses him (Gen 32:29). Jacob then
calls the place where he wrestled with the angel/man -- Peniel, which means
"the face of God." Jacob calls this angel/man, Peniel, for he saw God face to
face: "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved" (verse 30, cf Ho
12:3, 4). This event is of a dual significance because it also prophesies of Jacob
[Israel, the true Church] until the breaking of the great day of the Lord when
Jacob will be redeemed and see God as he is (l John 3:2). Again the angel or
messenger of the BeComingOne and the BeComingOne (yhwh) are closely
connected. gp310» In Isaiah it speaks of "the angel of his [the BeComingOne's]
presence" who saved Israel, and with his love and pity he redeemed them and
carried them all the days of old (Isa 63:9, 7-8). Now the angel of the
BeComingOne's presence redeemed Israel. Jacob [Israel] spoke of this same
angel (Gen 48:16), a redeeming angel who blesses. This same angel is
described in Genesis 32:24-30, and is the angel who changed Jacob's name to
Israel. As explained before, this angel looked like a man, but Jacob said he
saw the face of God. Further we've shown in Judges 13:1-23 that Manoah
and his wife had seen an angel of the BeComingOne who looked like a man,
who then transformed himself into the flame of fire and ascended into
heaven, and they said that seeing this angel of the BeComingOne/God, who
looked like a man, was like seeing God. We've also shown that the redeemer
is the BeComingOne of the Old Testament who is Jesus Christ's Father: "said
the BeComingOne, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel" (Isa 41:14). gp311» Who is this angel of His presence? The angel of the BeComingOne
is the answer. The Hebrew word translated in the King James Version as
"presence" (paniym, # 6440) is in the plural form, but is used as if it were in
the singular form. It means, face(s). It was the angel of the BeComingOne
who led Israel out of Egypt and appeared to Moses (Exo 32:34; 33:14, 15; Isa 63:9;
etc.). The angel of the BeComingOne's presence is the angel of the
BeComingOne/God. He is described again in the New Testament as Gabriel. gp312» Now "Gabriel" means, man of God. Notice in Judges 13:1-25, that
the angel of the BeComingOne/God that appeared to Samson's parents, was
called God (V. 22), but he looked like a man (V. 11). Now Samson's mother,
the wife of Manoah, called this angel of the BeComingOne, "a man of God" (V.6). The very word Gabriel means, man of God. gp313» We have shown that the "angel of his presence" in Isaiah 63:9 is
the angel of the BeComingOne. Further the angel Gabriel is the angel of the
BeComingOne as we will show. As Satan is called many names in the Bible
and as each name helps to describe some characteristic of Satan, so too is the
angel of God called many names. gp314» Note in Luke's first chapter that an angel of the Lord appears to
Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist (V. 11, 12). This angel of the Lord in
answering a question by Zechariah (V. 18), says to him: "I am Gabriel ["man
of God"], that stand in the presence of God..." (V. 19). gp315» The angel of the Lord (yhwh) says he is Gabriel. And Gabriel
means, "man of God." And the angel of the BeComingOne/God of the Old
Testament is called "a man of God" (Judges 13:6) because he looks like a man
(Gen 32:24; Jud 13:6, 11). Furthermore, it is Gabriel who stands in the presence of
God as does the angel of Isaiah 63:9. Let's go back to the Old Testament for a
moment to further help connect the BeComingOne of the Old Testament with
the angel of the BeComingOne. gp316» Notice in Zechariah 3:l that Joshua was standing before the angel
of the BeComingOne and Satan was there too. Verse one tells us Joshua and
Satan were standing before the angel of the BeComingOne. But in verse two,
"and the BeComingOne said to Satan, The BeComingOne rebuke you, O
Satan." And in verse three it again tells us they were standing "before the
angel." And in verse six it is the angel of the BeComingOne speaking, but in
verses seven and nine it says the BeComingOne spoke. Reading this, one has
to almost conclude, that the "angel of the BeComingOne" and the
"BeComingOne" are one and the same person. The Bible doesn't say the
angel of the BeComingOne each time but alternates with either angel of the
BeComingOne or BeComingOne. With what has already been shown you, we
know that there is a very close connection between the angel of the
BeComingOne, and the BeComingOne. gp317» Notice the BeComingOne or the angel of the BeComingOne says
to Satan, "The BeComingOne rebuke you, O Satan" (Zech 3:2). Compare this
with: "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil [Satan] ...
said, the Lord rebuke you" (Jude 1:9). Now Satan in Jude is contending over
Moses while in Zechariah, Satan was contending about Joshua. But where in
the Bible does it say Satan comes before a regular angel of heaven? In Job it
says "there is a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before
the BeComingOne and Satan came also among them" (Job 1:6; 2:1). Notice
Satan is before the BeComingOne in Job, and is contending against Job at
that time (V. 1:9, 10). While in Zechariah, it was Joshua he contended against,
and in Jude it was Moses. Actually as Gabriel is another name for the angel
of the BeComingOne, so too is Michael. The word "Michael" means, "who is
God." gp318» Notice Jude calls Michael the archangel. The word in Greek
means, chief angel. The prefix of the Greek word translated "archangel"
means, chief, or beginning, or headship, or first in place or time, or prince.
Thus, Michael is the head-angel, or first-angel, or beginning-angel, or
chief-angel, or prince angel. Notice what Michael is called elsewhere in the
Bible, the "great prince" (Dan 12:1), and "your prince" (Dan 10:21). Michael is
the great-angel, the prince-angel, the first-angel, the head-angel, the
archangel. It is Michael who "stands for the children of your [Daniel's]
people" (Dan 12:1). Who are the children of Daniel's people? By verses 2 and 3
of the 12th chapter of Daniel and the New Mind Papers, we can perceive that
these children are those who are resurrected at Christ's coming. Michael is
the angel who will stand up and deliver the Spiritual Christians at the end of
the age of Satan's misrule (See the New Mind Papers). The angel of the
BeComingOne is Michael, the first-angel. Could another angel be above the
angel of the BeComingOne. No, the angel of the BeComingOne is the
chief-angel, the archangel. gp319» In Daniel 12:1 it says that Michael will stand up for the children of
God. But in Isaiah 40:10 it says the "BeComingOne will come with strong
hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him...." Again
there is a very close connection between the BeComingOne (yhwh) and the
angel of the BeComingOne. gp320» A comparative survey of the phrase "sons of God" indicates that
this expression is used in the Bible as not only meaning physical sons of God
(those who are sons of Adam, for Adam was a "son," so to speak, of God),
but also spiritual sons of God, or angels. Notice the following where the
Lord spoke to Satan and even in some way directed or gave Satan permission
to do certain things to Job: In the book of Job it has the Lord speaking to Satan and directing him or
giving him permission to do certain bad things to Job. We can look upon this
as the BeComingOne's (YHWH) "predestinating permission" for Satan to do
certain things in this age, things predestinated before the cosmos, before law,
and before sin. This may be hard to understand, but a thorough reading of the
God Papers should help you to understand. gp321» When Joshua was near Jericho he "saw a man" with a sword
drawn who said he was the commander of the army of the BeComingOne
(yhwh) (Josh 5:13-15). Joshua put his face down to the ground (a sign of
worship) and asked, what my lord(s) is the message for his (yhwh) servant. gp322» Who is this "commander of the army of the Lord" (NIV); or the
"captain of the host of the Lord" (KJV); or the "prince of Jehovah's host" (Young's Literal Translation)? The Hebrew word translated commander or captain
or prince is sar (# 8269) which means prince, head, chief, captain, general,
etc. This is the same Hebrew word translated "prince of the host" (KJV) in
Daniel 8:11, or "prince of princes" (KJV) in Daniel 8:25, or "prince" (KJV)
in Daniel 11:21 and 12:1. This great prince of Daniel was Michael the angel. gp323» The Hebrew word translated army or host by some is Tseba
(Tsaba, # 6635) which means a "mass" of things, people, solders, angels, etc.
It is the Hebrew word in such translations as "Lord of Hosts" (KJV) in such
books of the Bible as Isaiah and Jeremiah. gp324» Thus, this "man" that Joshua saw was the prince of the host of
Yehowah, or the prince of the host of the BeComingOne. With the
information shown to you in chapter 3, we see this "man" was the great chief
angel of the BeComingOne: Michael. We have seen angels closely associated with the BeComingOne in the
cases of Hagar, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Balaam, Gideon, Manoah, Gabriel
("man of God"), Joshua, Michael, and Job. So close are these associations
that it is difficult to see if there is any difference between the angels and the
very BeComingOne. But since we know that the true God was, is will be all
in all (Rev 1:8; 1Cor 15:28), whose spirit is everywhere
(Psa 139:7; Jer 23:24; 1Kings
8:27), and since we know that angels occupy location (a place in the cosmos
versus all the cosmos), and are messengers of another one, then we know for
these reasons and others that the angel of the BeComingOne is not in the
truest sense the true God, the "BeComingOne" or the YHWH. gp325» So far in GP 3 of the God Papers we have seen the very close
connection between the BeComingOne (yhwh) and the angel of the
BeComingOne. In some scriptures they appear to be the same. But there are
scriptures that indicate they are not the same. (1) Notice that the "word of the BeComingOne" came to Zechariah
(Zech
1:1). Now notice the prayer of the angel of the BeComingOne: The angel of the BeComingOne prayed to the BeComingOne (yhwh) and
asked Him a question, and the BeComingOne answered. This is proof that the
angel of the BeComingOne (yhwh) and the BeComingOne (yhwh) are not
exactly the same. (2) Another proof that the angel of God AND God are not exactly the
same is that God is Spirit (John 4:24) and God's spirit fills all
(Jer 23:24). Angels
also are spirits (Heb 1:7), but do not fill all. Angels appear in locations and thus
are not the fullness of God. No single angel in himself can be the true God,
because the true God fills all. But angels can and do represent God, or speak
for God: they are agents of God. gp326» The very Hebrew word translated into angel in the Old testament,
and the very Greek word translated into angel in the New Testament means,
"messenger." The angel of the BeComingOne (yhwh) is the agent or
ambassador of the BeComingOne (yhwh). A messenger of God brings the
words of God. A messenger of a king brings the words of the king. The words
that a messenger speaks in the name of a king, are the very words of the king.
The message or words of the messenger (angel) of God are the very words of
God. This is why there is a close connection in the Bible between the angel of
God or the angel of the BeComingOne and the BeComingOne, for the angel
of the BeComingOne brought the Word of the BeComingOne. gp327» One very important fact we need to know is that the angel of the
BeComingOne (yhwh) was given the Name of the true God: gp328» This angel had the Name (yhwh) in him. This angel with the
Name in him was the angel of the BeComingOne (yhwh)
(compare Isa 63:9 and
proof in GP 3). This angel spoke in the Name of God; he spoke the
BeComingOne's Word. Remember here that God's very Name is a verb, a
verb in the imperfect tense - God very Name tells us that God is Becoming
(GP1). This is the great hint that God's Name carries: He is BeComing. He is,
He (who) will be. He is the BeComingOne. gp329» As we learn in Part 16 of the New Mind Papers, Moses' tabernacle
was made according to the pattern of the heavenly tabernacle (NM16; Heb 9:1-9,
23-24). In the tabernacle there was a place called the holy of holies. The
typical most holy of holies had two cherubs in it, and between these cherubs
the BeComingOne used to appear and speak to Moses: Since we know the BeComingOne is Spirit and his spirit fills all (or will
fill all), then we know that the BeComingOne himself did not appear between
the cherubs, but the angel or messenger or agent of the BeComingOne
appeared. How do we know this? As we are seeing in GP3, there is an angel
that is closely connected to the BeComingOne. So close, it is difficult
sometimes to differentiate between them. This angel went with Israel and
gave them the law through Moses (Ex 23:20ff; Acts 7:30, 38; Heb 2:2, 5; see all of
GP 3). "The angel the one speaking to him [Moses] in the Mount Sinai"
(Acts
7:38, Greek text). This angel was the one that spoke to Moses in the bush and
with the fathers of Israel, and this angel is the one who gave the
commandments to Moses in Mount Sinai (Acts 7:30,35,38). This angel is the
angel with God's Name (YHWH) in him (Ex 23:20-21). The Spirit in Paul told us
that in the past God had put mankind under angels (Heb 21-2, 5), but now he has
put us under his Son (Heb 1:2; 2:5,8-10; 1Cor 15:23-28). God spoke to mankind
through his angels in the Old Testament. Once we understand that the Spirits
in the prophets, were Spiritual messengers or angels (Heb 1:1), then we further
understand how angels ruled before Jesus Christ. This angel who spoke to
Moses represented the God who is becoming, for he was the angel who spoke
between the cherubs over the mercy seat. The cherubs and the mercy seat
represent the BeComingOne (GP8). gp330» "For if the word [logos] spoken through angels proved steadfast,
and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward ... For He
has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels" (Heb 2:2, 5 ,NKJ). gp331» The word or logos was spoken through angels. As Acts 7:38, 53
indicate, the ten commandments were also given through an angel. And this
world was in subjection to angels as Hebrew 2:5 indicates. But this angel(s)
spoke the very message or word of God, with the power that goes with these
words. The words of God have power because all God's words come true (Isa
46:11, etc.).
gp332» In Zechariah 1:1 we see the Hebrew word debar translated "word" in English is also logos in the Greek translation. The same applies to Haggai 1:1, Zephaniah 1:1, Micah 1:1, Jonah 1:1, Joel 1:1, Hosea 1:1, Ezekiel 1:3, Jeremiah 1:2, and Isaiah 1:10. gp333» The LOGOS or the Word of the Old Testament was the angel of The BeComingOne (yhwh). The messenger (or angel) of the BeComingOne (yhwh) is the Word of the true God. This Word was also described in the New Testament by John:
This translation is not literal, and it should read:
Therefore the Word, or angel of the BeComingOne, was toward the true God. The angel was the messenger of the great coming one, the BeComingOne, and so his Word was in reference and toward this great coming God, the God that will be all in all (GP6). Power was given to this Word, this angel, to create the cosmos.
We have just see the close association between YHWH and the Angel of the Lord(YHWH). But what has the Son of Man to do with God? That is, where does Jesus Christ the man have to do with God? Click on "next" to learn about Jesus Christ the man. Was he God, or just man, or God and man? to "God the Father"
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