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1 | The Face of God | Ex 24:9 | azurelaw | 198131 | ||
Dear budderfligh, A warm welcom to you to the forum. I am so much excited to see your testimony of how our gracious Lord and the Holy Spirit work on you. May your ministry be blessed for His glory and through you God passes His blessings onto the youth who are under your care. In response to your second question, I did some search (thanks for your good questions, they trigger me to work harder. The only ignorance is not asking.) Below are what I have got thus far and I hope they are helpful to answer your questions. Exodus 3:2 "And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him,.... Not a created angel, but the Angel of God's presence and covenant, the eternal Word and Son of God; since he is afterwards expressly called Jehovah, and calls himself the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which a created angel would never do: the appearance was…" (John Gill) "…To his great surprise he saw a bush burning, when he perceived no fire either from earth or heaven to kindle it, and, which was more strange, it did not consume, v. 2. It was an angel of the Lord that appeared to him; some think, a created angel, who speaks in the language of him that sent him; others, the second person, the angel of the covenant, who is himself Jehovah. It was an extraordinary manifestation of the divine presence and glory; what was visible was produced by the ministry of an angel, but he heard God in it speaking to him." (Matthew Henry) ***** Gal 3:19 "by angels--as the instrumental enactors of the law [ALFORD] God delegated the law to angels as something rather alien to Him and severe (Ac 7:53; Heb 2:2, 3; compare De 33:2, "He came with ten thousands of saints," that is, angels, Ps 68:17). He reserved "the promise" to Himself and dispensed it according to His own goodness. in the hand of a mediator--namely, Moses. De 5:5, "I stood between the Lord and you": the very definition of a mediator. Hence the phrase often recurs, "By the hand of Moses." In the giving of the law, the "angels" were representatives of God; Moses, as mediator, represented the people." (Jamieson, Faussett and Brown) "and it was ordained by angels; not Moses and Aaron, and Joshua, as some say; for though Moses was concerned in the giving of the law, yet not Aaron nor Joshua, nor are any of them ever called angels; but the holy elect angels are here meant, the ten thousands of saints, or holy ones, God came to Mount Sinai with, and the Lord was among, in the holy place; see Deuteronomy 33:2 and so the Jews say that the Lord appeared on Mount Sinai gloriously, aykalmd hytyk Me, "with companies," or "troops of angels," to give the law to his people: and this may be said to be "ordained" by them, inasmuch as it might be written and spoken by them, as the instruments and ministers God made use of; for though the tables are said to be the work of God, and the writing the writing of God, and to be written with the finger of God, and he is said to speak all the words of it, yet this hinders not, but that all this might be done by the means of angels; who might be employed in disposing and fitting the stones in the form they were, and in writing the law upon them; hence it is said to be given by the disposition of angels, Acts 7:53 and certain it is, that it was spoken by them, Hebrews 2:2 they forming in the air those articulate and audible sounds, when the law was delivered…" (John Gill) Those are just my 2 cents. Other more knowledgable and capable on the forum will be happy to help. Shalom Azure |
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2 | The Face of God | Ex 24:9 | budderfligh | 198151 | ||
Peace to you also Azure. Hello and thanks for the warm welcome! The Matthew Henry commentary was a great help and I really liked the Gal. 3:19 commentary you cited. It was very well put. I truly believe that's why the author of Hebrews began the epistle with a discourse on why God's Son, Jesus was "better" than the angels. Heb. 1:4-7 is worth reading when pondering this. I think the Jewish nation put a lot of importance on angels being the mediators of the law, just as they put a lot of importance on the law itself. The first chapter of Hebrews puts this into perspective I believe by placing our Lord and Savior above even the ones who helped bring the law to the people. Blessings in Christ to you, budderfligh |
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