Exodus - 7 part 1 - Exod. 3:1-8 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD

There are 52 occurrences of the phrase "the angel of the Lord" in the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament.  You can see the verses starting in Genesis to Exodus 3 which is the focus of this lesson.

Gen_16:7  Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

Gen_16:9  Then the angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."

Gen_16:10  Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."

Gen_16:11  The angel of the LORD said to her further, "Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

Gen_22:11  But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

Gen_22:15  Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,

Gen_24:7  "The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.

Exo_3:2  The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.

Moses sees the burning bush and in the bush is this enigmatic character, the Angel of the Lord.  Who is this?  What is it?  What do the rabbis say?  Some Christian scholars say it is Jesus!  How can that be if one studies and asks the question what does the Bible say?  No where in the Bible does it even hint at the fact that the angel is Jesus.  

Once again we need to BRING OUR BRAIN  to the Bible.  We all agree this is the inspired word of God.  In short we say the Bible is God's word.  If so and God never said the angel of the Lord is Jesus, then how do some of our so called Christian scholars say it is Jesus?  It is dangerous to put words in the Bible that are not there.  I would rather it be taught with words like "is it possible that the angel of the Lord might be a manifestation of Jesus.  Perhaps some Bible verses suggest this might be true."  But there are many that seem to say they know the answer and it is their way or the highway.  Not a good way to teach God's word. 

In this lesson one question I pose, and I will again and again, who do you believe?  Do you believe the orthodox rabbis?  Do you believe so called Christian scholars?  Or do you believe in THE VERY WORDS OF GOD?  I suggest to you it must be the latter.

An excellent article on this topic can be found at this link.  

Link - https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/who-is-the-angel-of-the-lord.html

Rev. Ferret - who is this guy?  What's his background?  Why should I listen to him?  Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0