Judges 2:1 Now the angel (<<<)of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers.
Well angles never brough any one out of the land of EGYPT?
Exodus 13:21 And the Lord (<<)went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
Nevertheless, right in the next chapter we cleary see that it is "not" God in this cloud, but an angel once again taking his postion.
Exodus 14:19 Then the angel (<<<) of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them
Genesis 16:9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”
2006-10-03 08:03:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There are six more occurences of this happening?
2006-10-03 08:04:12 · update #1
You don't understand. An angel, from aggelos in Greek, is simply a messenger. The spirit beings deliver a message IN THE NAME OF GOD. It is GOD'S MESSAGE, not the angel's.
Aggelos is also used several times in scripture where it clearly refers to humans delivering God's message.
2006-10-03 08:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dont want to insult anybody, but do you people really thing that God exists ? I mean...i respect the philosophy that Jesus had, but please...point towards the God and say "there he is" if he is there. The preachers like to say "if you see a smoke behind the hill, then you know that flame is there. Same thing is for God". Only, what simbolises the smoke for God ?
Anyway, lets get back to your question. I consider this to be a mythology, since nothing is for real. Angels are God's messangers (missionaries), he uses them to manipulate the material world on Earth. Angels are souls of dead children. God takes children away, when he needs them, because children dont have any sins on heir souls.
2006-10-03 09:47:17 · answer #2 · answered by Lucifer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every time in the Old Testament you see "the Angel of the Lord" that is Jesus, not just some angel. So He has every right to claim He is God since He is.
2006-10-03 09:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you think it's possible that God and the Angel are both there. or that the angel was taking up the post as directed by God. God often uses angels to do his work.
2006-10-03 08:08:09 · answer #4 · answered by J-Rod on the Radio 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Even today, the Jewish people are very specific about how they address and describe God. To them, as I understand it (which could be wrong), it was showing honor to the Lord to refer to His messengers as God Himself.
Even today, they will only use G-d in written form.
2006-10-03 08:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The angels were representatives sent by god and he endowed them with power representative of his own in order that the people could understand the potential power of God. They were given permission to speak for him because Gods power is such that for people to look upon him would kill them (apparently)
2006-10-03 08:07:53 · answer #6 · answered by MissM 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a by-product of angelic euphoria. ;)
Seriously, an angel is literally a messenger. The messengers are delivering the messages verbatim.
2006-10-03 08:06:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Angels are the messengers of God and in no way speak for themselves.
2006-10-03 08:11:48 · answer #8 · answered by zero 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
god made the angels to send them on some of the people becasue god dosnt want to come to talk to the person he dosnt want no one to know how he looks like till the day of the jugment
thats why he made the angels
2006-10-03 08:13:58 · answer #9 · answered by ♥still luvin u♥ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are just saying what God told them to say, they aren't claming they are God.
2006-10-03 08:05:15 · answer #10 · answered by I think... 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋