SOME PROBLEMS IF JESUS IS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
Extracting scriptures from its context to try to prove the
trinitarian doctrine actually displays the loss of reasoning skills
among its advocates because this doctrine so blinds people from
the whole truth. I know, I was one of them!
In the previous chapter we spoke of angels as God’s agents. A
former friend of mine (who discontinued our friendship because I
no longer believed the trinity teaching) tries to prove that the angel
of the LORD is really the supposed “pre-incarnate” form of Jesus
who she says is God, and therefore it explains why no one died
when they looked at God! She states:
We must determine from context whether the word refers
to the office of the sent
one or to the nature of angels. We
must also check if it says “AN angel of the Lord or
“THE
angel of the Lord” to determine whether there is a
particular angel spoken about.
The angel of the Lord
seems to be a pre-incarnate form of Jesus (who is God and
part
of the trinity), and that could explain why people have
in fact seen God without dying.
Note the words “seems” and “could explain,” which essentially
means, “I don’t know for sure.”
If THE angel of the Lord is supposedly the pre-incarnate form of
Jesus (who she says is God), then who is THE angel of the Lord in
the following verses:
| But while he thought on these things, behold, THE angel of
the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph,
thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy
Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call
his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their
sins. (Matt. 1:20-21)
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Is THE angel of the Lord (who she says is Jesus) in the womb of
Mary and talking with Joseph at the same time?
What about the following verses:
| And, lo, THE angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were
sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be
to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of
David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:9-11)
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If Jesus is “THE angel of the Lord,” is this angel announcing his
own birth? Are we really to believe that Jesus, as the angel, is really
in two places at the same time? Jesus, as the angel, is with the
shepherds in the field and at the same time in the city of David
wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger?
What about AN angel of the Lord?
| Now when they had departed, behold, AN angel of the
Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take
the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain
there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the
child, to destroy him.” (Matt. 2:13)
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An angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream and yet at the
same time, AN angel of the Lord is the young child? How can that
be? Please explain.
| But when Herod
was dead, behold, AN angel of the Lord
appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and
take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of
Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s
life. (Matt. 2:19-20) |
Is there really a difference here between AN angel of the Lord
and THE angel of the Lord? Why? What determines the difference?
What we still have is an “angel,” period.
What do we have the day of the resurrection of Jesus? Is he still
the angel or an angel of the Lord? Neither the disciples
nor any human being physically saw God,
but they did have a mental perception of God’s character by
looking at Jesus. In this sense, to see Jesus was to see the Father,
just not literally.
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