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'Angels Unawares' series (part 5 - The Angel in the Midst of the Burning Bush)

4/1/2017

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PDF of all lessons should be available soon on our resources page, as well as out handout page (underlined words are blanks for class to fill out while following along).

V.     The Angel in the midst of the burning bush (Exodus
         3:2-4:17)
       A.      What is an angel?
              1.      In both the Old and New Testament, "angels" 
                       means something like "messenger" or
                       "representative."
              2.      An "evangelist" is someone who delivers the 
                       good news (the Gospel).
              3.      We basically see three uses of the word "angel"
                       throughout scripture:
                    a.      A human prophet, priest, pastor, or
                             preacher
                           1)         Usually translated "messenger"
                           2)         This makes sense if they are
                                       delivering the true "word of God."
                           3)         (We'll consider this in another 
                                        lesson).
                     b.      A heavenly being (creature) that God uses
                              to deliver His messages.
                           1)         This is our most common reference to
                                       the word "angel."
                           2)         Little is actually understood about the 
                                       physiology of such beings.
                           3)        As we have seen in a previous
                                      lesson, some of these beings (or what 
                                      we suspect to be part of this 
                                      classification) are given more specific 
                                      titles in the Bible:
                                   a)            Archangels
                                   b)            Cherubims
                                   c)            Seraphims
                    c.        A third usage is what we want to look at in 
                               this lesson which is the preincarnate Christ
                              (second person in the Trinity).
                           1)        Sometimes called a "Theophany."
                           2)        Sometimes called a "Christophany."
                           3)        These could be two different
                                      manifestations depending on how we
                                      interpret the Trinity.
          B.     Who is the Angel in this story?
                1.      To the best of my understanding, the Angel in
                         this story is the Word.
                     a.      John 1:1
                     b.      1 John 1:1
                     c.      1 John 5:7
                     d.      Revelation 19:13
                2.     This Angel is called "God" or "the
                        Lord" (3:4,6,7,14,15)
                     a.     Old Testament prophecy declared Jesus 
                             would be called "Mighty God" and
                             "Everlasting Father" (Isaiah 9:6).
                     b.     Jesus was persecuted for saying He and 
                            the Father were "one" (John 10:33-33).
                3.     The Angel is called "I Am" (3:14)
                     a.     John 8:58 
 
Conclusion: 
Based on what we see in this passage compared to the different uses of the word "angel" in the Bible, we conclude that this "angel in the midst of the burning bush" is simply a manifestation of the Word of God (also called "God the Son," "The Second Person of the Trinity," "The Preincarnate Christ").
 


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