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The Angel of the Lord

Bible Project podcast — https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/theme-god-e9-angel-lord/

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What this book knows

The biblical 'angel of Yahweh' is a paradoxical figure who is simultaneously God's messenger and God himself, anticipating the logic of incarnation.

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faith-and-doubt

God is transcendent, totally other — but also involved in our world, with His hands dirty in the storyline. These seem at odds.
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'I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.' Yahweh replies from the sky: 'Peace to you; you shall not die.'
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self-and-identity

She names God 'El Roi — a God who sees,' yet conflates the angel of Yahweh with Yahweh himself: 'I just had a conversation with Yahweh.'
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In the Old Testament there is already a category: Yahweh having a manifestation distinct from Yahweh, called the angel of the Lord, yet in essence always Yahweh.
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obedience-and-authority

'Behold, I am sending an angel before you to guard you… obey his voice' — obedience normally reserved for Yahweh himself.
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'Jesus is the angel of Yahweh, he is Yahweh' — the moment you say that, you have stepped across the boundary line.
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Illuminates

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