Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn
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and we welcome you
to 3ABN Worship Hour.
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Let me ask you.
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When you think of an
angel, what comes to mind?
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Typically we think of angels
as winged ministering spirits,
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and while the
Bible clearly identifies
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an order of created beings
that fit this description.
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Did you know that
most people's concept
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of angels is not biblical?
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In the Greek and in the Hebrew,
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the original
languages of the Bible,
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what we translate the
words that we translate
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angel are also
translated "messenger."
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In fact that's what they denote
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and is used of ordinary
people, priests, prophets
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and even a
special heavenly messenger
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of deity.
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Our Bible study today,
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we're going to
answer three questions.
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One, what does angel mean
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in the original
Hebrew and Greek?
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Two, who is the
Angel of the Lord,
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also known as the
Angel of His presence?
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The Angel of the covenant.
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And three,
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who is the only Archangel
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that is named in the Bible?
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You're going to find
that our message today
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which is titled
"Heavens Archangel"
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is a study that
can erase folklore,
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erase myths that
are popular about angels
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and we're going to
go to the scripture
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and let the Bible
give us the answers.
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I sure hope that you
have a pencil and a paper
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so that you can jot
down the scripture references
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and double check me on your own.
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We're gonna go very
fast, but first let's pray.
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Heavenly Father,
we come before You
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in the name of Jesus
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and, Lord, we thank
You for our Lord Jesus.
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We thank You for the
Word and the Holy Spirit,
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please send the Holy Spirit now
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to be our teacher
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as we look at Your
Word in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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What does angel mean
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in the original
Bible's languages?
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There's two words,
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the Hebrew word is "malak"
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and the Greek word is "angelos,"
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you can see where
we got angel from.
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The Greek word is angelos.
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These original
words were translated
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into English
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most often as
messenger or angel,
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but in the original languages
they signified messenger.
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It seems that
English translators
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generally took malak or angelos.
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And if it was talking
about an earthly messenger,
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then they called it messenger
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but if it was talking
about a heavenly being,
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they most
frequently called it an angel.
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When we think of an angel,
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we're thinking of
the nature of a being,
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but an angel does not describe,
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the word does not
describe the nature
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but they offers the
position of the power
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and the authority
as a messenger of God.
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He sends forth these
messengers to do His bidding,
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as His agents to
fulfill His purposes.
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Now as I said, the
Bible clearly does identify
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an order of beings that
fits our typical understanding,
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but scripture
describes seraphim,
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cherubim as winged creatures,
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but did you know not
all angels have wings
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and contrary to popular images
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that we see of
women angelic angels,
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women and baby
cherubs with little fat cheek.
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In the Bible
angels were always men.
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They do have different
ranks of dignity and power,
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but they are
not to be worshiped.
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In Revelation 19.10
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when the Apostle John
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fell at the feet of
an angel to worship him,
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do you know what
the angel said to him?
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"See that you do not do
that, I'm your fellow servant,
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worship God."
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So angels are not be worshiped.
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The Hebrew word "malak,"
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the same word that is translated
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messenger or angel,
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is used to describe
ordinary messengers,
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human messengers.
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Let me give you a
couple of examples,
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in 1 Samuel 11.3,
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1 Samuel 11.3,
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the elders of
Jabesh came to Samuel
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and they said,
"Hold off for seven days,
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that we may send messengers."
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Malak,
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it could have
been translated angels.
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"To all the territory of Israel.
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And then, if there
is no one to save us,
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we will come out to you."
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And then in Luke
9:52, when Jesus...
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It came time for Jesus
to be received up to heaven,
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he said his face
determinedly to go to Jerusalem.
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And Luke 9:52 said,
"He sent messengers."
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In the Greek, angelos,
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but these were human messengers,
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so they didn't get translated
into English as angels.
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"He sent
messengers before His face.
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And as they went,
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they entered a
village of the Samaritans,
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to prepare for Him."
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Malak, same word
translated as angel
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is used to describe prophets.
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Listen to this, Haggai 1:13,
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"Then Haggai,
the Lord's messenger.
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His malak spoke
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the Lord's
message to the people.
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And in Luke 7:27,
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Jesus was speaking
of John the Baptist
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and it repeats and says,
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"Behold, I send My messenger."
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In the Greek
that's angelos, messenger.
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It could have been translated
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according to our
English translated,
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it could have said,
"Behold, I send My angel."
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But it was
translated as messenger
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who's going to go before
you to prepare the way for you.
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Malak is used to
describe priests.
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In Malachi 2.7,
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it says, "The lips of a
priest should keep knowledge,
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for he is the messenger,
the malak of the Lord."
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So who is the Angel of the Lord,
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the Angel of His presence,
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the Angel of the covenant?
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Old Testament,
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when you see in
the Old Testament
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sometimes it will
say, "An angel appeared,"
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that's an ordinary
created winged being,
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but when you see
that the Scripture says,
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"The Angel of the Lord."
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This is without a doubt
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a manifestation of
God's divine presence,
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and we're gonna
prove that from Scripture
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in just a moment.
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God came as the angel,
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the messenger of the Lord
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and reveal to humans
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who He was without
exposing His full glory.
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Every time that God
took on a visible form
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in the Old Testament,
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this was foreshadowing
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the incarnation of God
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when God, the second
person of the Godhead
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came down and became a man
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in the person of Jesus Christ
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and lived among us as
Immanuel, God with us.
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But even when
Christ came to earth,
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His deity was not fully exposed,
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His glory was veiled with flesh.
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No one has seen the
unveiled glory of God.
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Paul says in 1 Timothy 6.16,
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"God alone has immortality,
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dwelling in
unapproachable light,
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whom no man has
seen or can see."
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So here's the question.
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Have you ever heard
the word Christophany?
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That's a big word, Christophany.
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It's C-H-R-I-S-T
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Christ O-P-H-A-N-Y.
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Bible scholars used that term
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to describe
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when the
pre-incarnate appearances
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of Jesus Christ.
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In other words,
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when the second
person of the Godhead
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came down in a
visible manifestation
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where people could see
Him, touch Him, talk to Him,
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these were actually appearances
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in the Old
Testament of Jesus Christ
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before He was incarnated.
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And we're gonna see in a moment,
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when the Angel of the
Lord showed up on this scene,
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it was our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
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The Angel of the
Lord appeared regularly
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in the Old Testament,
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but after Jesus was
incarnated and became a man,
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there are no more appearances
of the Angel of the Lord.
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Jesus, God,
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the second
person of the Godhead,
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get this in your mind,
came to earth, took on flesh,
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God became a man.
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He became the Son of man
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and the covenant Son of God
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but never doubt
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that Jesus
Christ was eternal God.
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We can see that in
scripture John 1:1-3 says,
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"In the beginning was the
Word, the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God.
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He was in the
beginning with God.
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And all things
were made through Him,
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nothing was made
except through Him."
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And then in John 1.14, he says,
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"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us."
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Paul writing of Jesus
said in Philippians 2:6-7,
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"That though he
was in the form of God,
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He did not count
equality with God,
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something to be grasped."
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That means
something to hold on to.
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"But He emptied Himself by
taking the form of a servant
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being born in
the likeness of man."
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God became a man.
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Micah 5:2 speaking
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of Jesus'
birthplace in Bethlehem,
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says, "Out of you
shall come forth to Me
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the One to be Ruler in Israel,
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whose goings
forth are from of old,
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from everlasting."
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From eternity
past Jesus existed.
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And in John 10:30, He says,
"I and the Father are one."
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And in John 14
and He told Philip,
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"If you've seen Me,
you've seen the Father."
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Now here's one that
I just have to include.
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Colossians 1:15,
speaking of Jesus, it says,
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"He is the image
of the invisible God,
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the firstborn
over all creation."
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Oh, some people say,
"Uh-huh, see He was born."
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No, no, no, no,
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firstborn does not
mean that Jesus was born,
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just as the
original language malak
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can be translated and
understood in two ways,
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a messenger or angel.
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The word firstborn
and the word begotten
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also have two meanings.
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Firstborn can mean
the order of birth,
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but it's also a covenant term
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that signifies preeminence,
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superiority,
being above all others
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and the word begotten,
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it can mean
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that you've been given birth to,
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but in covenant language
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it means chosen
for a covenant purpose.
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Let me prove
that with one example.
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The nation of Israel is
called God's first born son
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in Exodus 4:22-23
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and was said to
be begotten of God
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in Deuteronomy 32:18.
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So let's continue now.
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Colossians 1:16 says,
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"For by Him all
things were created
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that are in heaven
and that are on earth,
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visible and invisible."
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The Lord, Jesus Christ,
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the Angel of the
Lord is no ordinary angel.
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He is not a created being.
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He is God Himself,
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the divine messenger.
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Now, we're gonna look at
some Christophanies real quickly
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and this is all
gonna string together,
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so that you will understand
who is heaven's Archangel.
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Many commentators
believed in Genesis 18,
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it is a pre-incarnate,
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that means before
Jesus came and took flesh,
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it's a pre-incarnate
appearance of Christ.
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What happens, Genesis 18:1,
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it says, "Then the
Lord appeared to him,"
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speaking of Abraham,
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"by the
terebinth trees of Mamre,
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as he was
sitting in the tent door
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in the heat of the day.
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So he lifted his eyes
and looked, and behold,
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three men were standing by him."
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And one turns
out to be the Lord.
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"And when he saw them,
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he ran from the
tent door to meet him,
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and he bowed
himself to the ground."
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And then as he should have,
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he gave some refreshments.
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God had come
down to tell Abraham,
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Sarah's gonna have a son.
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I told you that
you were gonna be
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the father of many nations.
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Sarah is way too
old to have a son,
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but we see now
that one of these men
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when it says, "The
Lord appear to him."
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Genesis 18:13 says,
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"The Lord said to Abraham."
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Why did Sarah laugh, saying,
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"Shall I surely bear a
child, since I am old?"
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And then the Angel of
the Lord, Jesus Christ says,
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"Is anything too
hard for the Lord?
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At the appointed
time I will return to you
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and Sarah shall have a son."
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Now Genesis 32
reveals another Christophany.
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This is when Jacob wrestled
with what appeared to be a man
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but was actually God
and they wrestled all night.
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Genesis 32:26 says
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that the man that
Jacob is wrestling with says,
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"Let Me go, for the day breaks."
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But Jacob says,
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"I will not let You
go unless You bless me!"
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And then the man
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that Jacob is
wrestling with asks,
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"What's your name?"
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Not that he didn't know,
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the man knew what his name was,
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but he wanted Jacob to
say, "My name's Jacob."
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which means
deceiver and then he says,
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the man says,
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"Your name shall
no longer be called
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Jacob but Israel."
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He gives him a
new spiritual name.
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He says, "Because
you have struggled
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with God and have prevailed."
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He was wrestling
all night with God.
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And then in verse 29, it
says, "He blessed Jacob there,"
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and Jacob
recognizes this man was God
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and he exclaims in verse 30,
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"I have seen God face to face,
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and my life is preserved."
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You know, when
Hosea recounts this story
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in Hosea 12:4,
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listen how he
describes this man.
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He says,
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"Jacob struggled with
the angel and prevailed."
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It was the Angel of
God, heaven's messenger
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who struggled with Jacob.
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Now in Exodus 3-4,
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God appeared to
Moses in a burning bush
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and undoubtedly this reveals
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that the Angel of the
Lord is our Lord and Savior,
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Jesus Christ, a Christophany.
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Exodus 3:2 says this,
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"And the Angel of the
Lord appeared to Moses."
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Now I wanna stop,
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Young's Literal
Translation says,
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"The messenger of
Jehovah appeared to Moses,"
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but anyway,
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"The Angel of the
Lord appeared to Moses
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in a flame of fire
from the midst of the bush."
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So Moses beholds
that the bush is burning
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and that it is not consumed.
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And then he says to himself,
00:18:19.53\00:18:21.36
"Hey, I'm gonna turn
aside and see this great sight,
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why the bush does not burn?"
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And God called him
from the midst of the bush,
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this is verse 4,
"God called to him"
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who's in the midst of the bush?
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The Angel of the Lord.
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And now it says, it
identifies him as God,
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"God called to him
from the midst of the bush."
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So here the Angel of
the Lord is identified
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as God and he
says, "Moses, Moses!"
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And Moses says, "Here I am."
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Then the Angel of
the Lord said to him,
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"Do not draw near this place.
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Take your sandals off your feet,
00:19:01.80\00:19:03.81
for the place where
you stand is holy ground."
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Moreover he said,
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this is the Angel of
the Lord still speaking,
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"I am the God of your father,
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the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac,
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and the God of Jacob.
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And Moses hid his face,
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for he was afraid
to look upon God."
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Now further in Exodus,
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we see in Exodus 13:21
00:19:28.56\00:19:32.87
that "The Lord went
before the Hebrew children
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in a pillar of
cloud by day to lead them
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and a pillar of fire by
night to give them light."
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Who was in this pillar of
fire and the pillar of cloud?
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Well Exodus 33:14,
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God said, "My
presence will go with you,
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and I will give you rest."
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So let's consider this,
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the Angel of the
Lord is also identified
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as the Angel of His presence.
00:20:07.87\00:20:10.07
In Isaiah 63:8-9,
00:20:10.11\00:20:13.04
God said, "Surely
they are My people"
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and then it says, "So
He became their Savior.
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In all their
affliction He was afflicted,
00:20:18.85\00:20:21.92
and the Angel of
His presence saved them.
00:20:21.95\00:20:24.92
In His love and in
His pity He redeemed them.
00:20:24.95\00:20:28.96
And He bore
them and carried them
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all the days of old."
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Many commentators believed
00:20:33.56\00:20:36.36
that the Angel of His presence
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was none other
than the second person
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of the Godhead,
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who we know as the
person of Jesus Christ.
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He is so closely
related to His people that,
00:20:45.37\00:20:48.58
their suffering was
like His own suffering.
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In all of their
afflictions He was afflicted
00:20:52.95\00:20:56.22
and this covenant God,
the Redeemer, the Savior,
00:20:56.25\00:21:00.99
the Messiah carried
00:21:01.02\00:21:03.86
and cared for His people.
00:21:03.89\00:21:07.10
Now in Malachi 3:1,
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.53
there is a
prophecy of two messengers,
00:21:09.56\00:21:13.70
both words are malak,
00:21:13.74\00:21:15.54
could have said
messenger or angel in English,
00:21:15.57\00:21:18.87
but here's what
it says, Malachi 3:1,
00:21:18.91\00:21:21.74
Behold, I send My
messenger, my malak,
00:21:21.78\00:21:24.88
and he will
prepare the way for Me."
00:21:24.91\00:21:26.95
This is a prophecy
about John the Baptist,
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the voice that is
crying in the wilderness.
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Isaiah foretold it
00:21:32.82\00:21:34.32
and it is
fulfilled in the gospels.
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But then it
continues on in Malachi 3:1
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and it introduces
a second messenger.
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"And the Lord, whom you seek,
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will suddenly
come to His temple,
00:21:46.67\00:21:49.90
even the
Messenger of the covenant."
00:21:49.94\00:21:54.04
Messenger, malak,
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a word that's
translated messenger or angel.
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"Even the
Messenger of the covenant,
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in whom you delight.
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Behold, He is coming,"
says the Lord of hosts.'"
00:22:04.62\00:22:08.49
So this second messenger
00:22:08.52\00:22:10.76
who is gonna
come in to His temple
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is a prophecy of the appearing
of the Messiah Himself.
00:22:12.99\00:22:19.23
Now, if you're a
Protestant pastor,
00:22:19.27\00:22:23.27
most likely in your library,
00:22:23.30\00:22:25.57
you have a copy of
Matthew Henry's commentary.
00:22:25.61\00:22:30.65
I want to read his commentary
00:22:30.68\00:22:33.82
on Malachi 3:1
00:22:33.85\00:22:37.19
about the messenger
00:22:37.22\00:22:39.49
that is coming into His temple.
00:22:39.52\00:22:44.26
"He is the
messenger of the covenant
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or the angel of the covenant.
00:22:46.53\00:22:48.26
That blessed one
00:22:48.30\00:22:49.63
that was send from
heaven to negotiate a peace
00:22:49.66\00:22:51.60
and settle a correspondence
between God and man.
00:22:51.63\00:22:54.80
He is the Angel, the Archangel,
00:22:54.84\00:23:00.41
the Lord of the angels
00:23:00.44\00:23:02.71
who received
commission from the Father
00:23:02.74\00:23:04.98
to bring man home to
God by a covenant of grace."
00:23:05.01\00:23:10.99
You know it's
interesting that Matthew Henry
00:23:11.02\00:23:14.16
here refers to
Christ as the Archangel.
00:23:14.19\00:23:19.63
We've already established
that Jesus is the God.
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He is our creator,
the creator of all things.
00:23:23.77\00:23:27.70
He certainly
not a created being.
00:23:27.74\00:23:31.11
We've established that in
Greek and Hebrew that angel,
00:23:31.14\00:23:36.04
that messenger describes
not the nature of a being
00:23:36.08\00:23:39.55
but the office of the being
00:23:39.58\00:23:41.22
and it can refer to
ordinary messengers,
00:23:41.25\00:23:43.49
priests, prophets,
00:23:43.52\00:23:45.15
even our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
00:23:45.19\00:23:50.23
But what does "Arch" mean?
00:23:50.26\00:23:52.83
In the original
language Arch means chief,
00:23:52.86\00:23:57.93
principal, greatest, highest.
00:23:57.97\00:24:01.27
So archangel in
the original language
00:24:01.30\00:24:05.17
is the highest
00:24:05.21\00:24:07.44
or greatest messenger
00:24:07.48\00:24:11.21
that's why Matthew Henry
said, "He is the Archangel."
00:24:11.25\00:24:14.98
So let's look at
our third question.
00:24:15.02\00:24:17.65
Who is the only Archangel
mentioned in the Bible?
00:24:17.69\00:24:23.02
This is gonna surprise you.
00:24:23.06\00:24:25.36
First let's see who is not.
00:24:25.39\00:24:28.13
Canonical scriptures
that's the authorized books
00:24:28.16\00:24:31.63
of the Bible that have...
00:24:31.67\00:24:33.87
are accepted to be genuine.
00:24:33.90\00:24:37.71
In Canonical scripture
00:24:37.74\00:24:39.64
there's only
three named messengers
00:24:39.67\00:24:43.01
in the Bible
00:24:43.04\00:24:44.38
who are referred to as angels.
00:24:44.41\00:24:46.92
One is Gabriel,
00:24:46.95\00:24:48.68
he's mentioned by
name twice in Daniel
00:24:48.72\00:24:51.69
and twice in Luke.
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.29
In Luke 1:19, Gabriel says,
00:24:53.32\00:24:55.46
"I am Gabriel,
00:24:55.49\00:24:57.03
who stands in
the presence of God."
00:24:57.06\00:24:59.96
Gabriel was a covering cherub
00:25:00.00\00:25:04.27
at the throne of God,
00:25:04.30\00:25:05.97
a created being.
00:25:06.00\00:25:07.34
Remember when
the temple was made,
00:25:07.37\00:25:10.11
it was made
according to the pattern
00:25:10.14\00:25:11.87
of the heavenly sanctuary
00:25:11.91\00:25:13.91
and the ark in
the Most Holy Place
00:25:13.94\00:25:17.45
was the throne of
God and above the ark,
00:25:17.48\00:25:20.98
the mercy seat is on the
ark and there's two cherubim,
00:25:21.02\00:25:24.62
two cherubs,
plural always is cherubim,
00:25:24.65\00:25:28.16
who have their wing
spread over the mercy seat.
00:25:28.19\00:25:31.63
Well, that's
what Gabriel's office
00:25:31.66\00:25:33.90
is in heaven.
00:25:33.93\00:25:35.46
And the second named
created angel is Lucifer,
00:25:35.50\00:25:41.50
also known as Satan or
the Devil, the fallen angel.
00:25:41.54\00:25:47.11
And guess what?
00:25:47.14\00:25:48.68
Did you know that God tells us
00:25:48.71\00:25:51.21
what Lucifer's
position was in heaven
00:25:51.25\00:25:54.88
before he rebelled?
00:25:54.92\00:25:56.58
In Ezekiel 28:14,
00:25:56.62\00:25:58.75
he says, "You were the anointed
00:25:58.79\00:26:02.42
cherub who covers."
00:26:02.46\00:26:05.29
He says, "I established you."
00:26:05.33\00:26:08.60
So Lucifer was at one time
00:26:08.63\00:26:10.97
on one side of the throne,
00:26:11.00\00:26:12.60
Gabriel was on the other
00:26:12.63\00:26:14.30
and evidently
being a covering cherub
00:26:14.34\00:26:18.11
is the highest
position of authority
00:26:18.14\00:26:22.44
that an angel can attain.
00:26:22.48\00:26:27.08
Gabriel and Lucifer
are two of the only three
00:26:27.12\00:26:32.95
named angels in the Bible.
00:26:32.99\00:26:36.89
The third is the Archangel.
00:26:36.93\00:26:39.29
So who is heaven's Archangel?
00:26:39.33\00:26:42.86
You recalled,
00:26:42.90\00:26:44.27
Archangel means
highest or greatest messenger.
00:26:44.30\00:26:49.74
In Hebrews 2:10,
00:26:49.77\00:26:53.64
Christ is called the
Captain of our salvation,
00:26:53.68\00:26:58.25
He's our Creator, the Author,
the source of our salvation.
00:26:58.28\00:27:01.38
He's the head of the
Church, the Commander-in-Chief.
00:27:01.42\00:27:04.65
He leads the army of...
00:27:04.69\00:27:07.99
God's army of
His covenant people
00:27:08.02\00:27:10.73
on earth.
00:27:10.76\00:27:12.09
Christ, the angel messenger
00:27:12.13\00:27:14.63
who manifested
Himself to Abraham,
00:27:14.66\00:27:17.93
to Moses in the burning bush,
00:27:17.97\00:27:20.04
who came as the
Angel of the Lord
00:27:20.07\00:27:22.87
is also called the Captain
00:27:22.90\00:27:26.78
or Commander of the Lord's host,
00:27:26.81\00:27:30.91
the heavenly army
of created angels.
00:27:30.95\00:27:34.12
Let's look at Joshua 5:13,
00:27:34.15\00:27:39.35
Joshua 5:13.
00:27:39.39\00:27:41.42
Joshua is by Jericho
00:27:41.46\00:27:44.33
and he looks
before this great battle,
00:27:44.36\00:27:47.63
he looks up and he sees a man.
00:27:47.66\00:27:51.83
And in verse 13, it says,
00:27:51.87\00:27:53.74
"Behold, a Man
stood opposite him
00:27:53.77\00:27:56.57
with His sword
drawn in His hand.
00:27:56.60\00:27:58.64
And Joshua said to Him,
00:27:58.67\00:28:01.21
'Are You for us or
for our adversaries?'
00:28:01.24\00:28:05.65
So then this man said, 'No.'"
00:28:05.68\00:28:10.29
But as Commander,
00:28:10.32\00:28:12.35
Captain of the army of the Lord,
00:28:12.39\00:28:14.59
Commander of the
army of the Lord,
00:28:14.62\00:28:17.06
"I have now come."
00:28:17.09\00:28:19.43
And Joshua fell on his face
00:28:19.46\00:28:21.86
to the earth and
worshiped, and said to Him,
00:28:21.90\00:28:25.33
"What does my Lord
say to His servant?"
00:28:25.37\00:28:28.27
And then in verse 15, it says,
00:28:28.30\00:28:31.11
"Then the
Commander of the Lord's army
00:28:31.14\00:28:34.14
said to Joshua,
00:28:34.18\00:28:35.81
'Take your sandal off your foot,
00:28:35.84\00:28:38.68
for the place where
you stand is holy.'"
00:28:38.71\00:28:41.92
And Joshua did so.
00:28:41.95\00:28:44.05
Who is this
Commander of the Lord's army?
00:28:44.09\00:28:48.32
Well, I believe it
was the Angel of the Lord.
00:28:48.36\00:28:51.89
I believe
00:28:51.93\00:28:53.26
this is a
pre-incarnate appearance
00:28:53.29\00:28:56.13
of Jesus Christ
00:28:56.16\00:28:57.50
and many noted
Protestant commentators
00:28:57.53\00:29:01.50
agree with this,
00:29:01.54\00:29:03.17
including
McArthur and Matthew Henry,
00:29:03.20\00:29:06.04
that this was a
Christophany and Joshua...
00:29:06.07\00:29:10.35
And here's why Joshua
knew this man was God,
00:29:10.38\00:29:14.02
he worshiped the
Commander of the Lord's army,
00:29:14.05\00:29:17.35
this divine
being accepted worship.
00:29:17.39\00:29:20.89
He did not stop
Joshua from worshiping Him.
00:29:20.92\00:29:24.13
He encouraged it
and created angels
00:29:24.16\00:29:28.10
are not allowed
to receive worship.
00:29:28.13\00:29:31.73
Remember Revelation 19:10,
00:29:31.77\00:29:34.90
when John Paul is at
the feet of the angel
00:29:34.94\00:29:38.07
and the angel says to him,
00:29:38.11\00:29:39.91
"Stop, don't do that.
00:29:39.94\00:29:42.44
I'm your fellow
servant, worship God."
00:29:42.48\00:29:46.85
The Commander-in-chief
of the created angels,
00:29:46.88\00:29:50.72
Jesus Christ means
00:29:50.75\00:29:54.32
He is the Archangel.
00:29:54.36\00:29:56.83
He is above all whom He created.
00:29:56.86\00:30:00.23
He is not a created
being, He is Lord over all.
00:30:00.26\00:30:04.80
Now we've already established
00:30:04.83\00:30:06.30
that Bible scholars
see the Angel of the Lord,
00:30:06.33\00:30:09.10
the Angel of God
00:30:09.14\00:30:10.47
as pre-incarnate
experiences of Christ.
00:30:10.51\00:30:13.74
This special messenger,
00:30:13.78\00:30:15.98
the Angel of the Lord
00:30:16.01\00:30:17.35
appeared to Hagar,
Abraham, Jacob, Baalam,
00:30:17.38\00:30:19.75
Gideon, Manoah, Zechariah,
00:30:19.78\00:30:21.98
and let Israel
through the wilderness
00:30:22.02\00:30:24.39
in a pillar of cloud
and a pillar of fire.
00:30:24.42\00:30:29.02
Here's what's
important for you to understand.
00:30:29.06\00:30:32.93
If you look up
00:30:32.96\00:30:34.93
any of these passages in context
00:30:34.96\00:30:40.04
when the Angel of
the Lord was speaking,
00:30:40.07\00:30:43.81
it was always
Yahweh who was speaking.
00:30:43.84\00:30:47.78
Jehovah, the covenant God
00:30:47.81\00:30:51.38
who was speaking.
00:30:51.41\00:30:54.95
Okay.
00:30:54.98\00:30:56.72
Now, I'm gonna
tell you something
00:30:56.75\00:30:58.99
that might surprise you.
00:30:59.02\00:31:01.46
We hear so much
about archangels.
00:31:01.49\00:31:04.03
Did you know that
the term Archangel
00:31:04.06\00:31:07.76
is only used twice in
the Bible, only twice?
00:31:07.80\00:31:12.93
Please don't pay attention
00:31:12.97\00:31:14.74
to all the falsehoods
that you see on the internet.
00:31:14.77\00:31:17.74
I got on the
internet and look it's amazing
00:31:17.77\00:31:20.01
what some people
teach and believe
00:31:20.04\00:31:22.24
about the angels
and the archangels.
00:31:22.28\00:31:24.98
It is only
mentioned twice in the Bible
00:31:25.01\00:31:29.35
and we're going to
look at these only two times
00:31:29.38\00:31:32.92
that mentions the Archangel.
00:31:32.95\00:31:35.46
The first is 1
Thessalonians 4:16,
00:31:35.49\00:31:39.89
it says,
00:31:39.93\00:31:41.26
"The Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a shout,
00:31:41.30\00:31:44.20
with the voice of an archangel"
00:31:44.23\00:31:46.43
and by the way
00:31:46.47\00:31:47.80
Young's Literal
Translation says,
00:31:47.84\00:31:50.27
"He's gonna
descend with in a shout,
00:31:50.31\00:31:53.88
in the voice of
a chief-messenger,
00:31:53.91\00:31:57.55
and with the trumpet of
God and the dead in Christ
00:31:57.58\00:32:00.78
will rise first at His return."
00:32:00.82\00:32:04.25
Jesus Christ, the
Commander of the Lord's army
00:32:04.29\00:32:08.82
will shout with the
voice of the chief-messenger,
00:32:08.86\00:32:12.29
the voice of the
mighty conquering king
00:32:12.33\00:32:15.66
and the dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:32:15.70\00:32:19.47
Jesus said in John 5:28-29,
00:32:19.50\00:32:23.07
"Do not marvel at this,
00:32:23.10\00:32:24.61
for the hour is coming
00:32:24.64\00:32:26.04
in which all who
are in the graves
00:32:26.07\00:32:28.01
will hear My
voice and come forth
00:32:28.04\00:32:30.95
those who have done good,
to the resurrection of life,
00:32:30.98\00:32:35.22
and those who have done evil,
00:32:35.25\00:32:37.59
to the
resurrection of condemnation."
00:32:37.62\00:32:41.82
Now, that's the
first of two references
00:32:41.86\00:32:47.40
to the Archangel.
00:32:47.43\00:32:49.10
Let's look at the second one.
00:32:49.13\00:32:51.20
And I'm just gonna
have to tell you upfront,
00:32:51.23\00:32:53.67
this one muddies
the water for many.
00:32:53.70\00:32:58.37
Jude 1:9,
00:32:58.41\00:33:00.81
there's only one chapter in Jude
00:33:00.84\00:33:02.41
so I could say just Jude 9,
00:33:02.44\00:33:05.18
it says, "Yet
Michael the Archangel,
00:33:05.21\00:33:10.39
in contending with the devil,
00:33:10.42\00:33:11.75
when he disputed
about the body of Moses,
00:33:11.79\00:33:14.36
dared not bring against
him a reviling accusation,
00:33:14.39\00:33:19.76
but said, 'The
Lord rebuke you!'"
00:33:19.79\00:33:24.33
We've learned the
voice of the Archangel,
00:33:24.37\00:33:28.24
the victorious shout
00:33:28.27\00:33:30.04
of the Commander
of the Lord's army,
00:33:30.07\00:33:32.17
the chief and greatest messenger
00:33:32.21\00:33:35.14
when he return sets
the voice of Jesus Christ
00:33:35.18\00:33:38.78
but now if that's
the Archangel, hmm,
00:33:38.81\00:33:43.72
the Archangel is
given a name, Michael,
00:33:43.75\00:33:46.82
which means who is like God.
00:33:46.86\00:33:50.16
It's both a
question and a challenge.
00:33:50.19\00:33:53.90
Is it possible this name Michael
00:33:53.93\00:33:58.27
is just another title
00:33:58.30\00:34:00.70
for our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ,
00:34:00.74\00:34:02.97
like the Word of God,
00:34:03.00\00:34:04.37
the Lamb of God,
the Bread of Life,
00:34:04.41\00:34:06.64
the Door of the
Sheep, The True Vine?
00:34:06.68\00:34:10.41
Some think
00:34:10.45\00:34:12.21
because the
Archangel Michael says,
00:34:12.25\00:34:16.05
"The Lord rebuke you"
that it cannot be Jesus.
00:34:16.08\00:34:19.75
Well, if we study Zechariah 3,
00:34:19.79\00:34:23.39
we clearly see
the Angel of the Lord,
00:34:23.43\00:34:26.93
the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ
00:34:26.96\00:34:31.83
use these exact words
00:34:31.87\00:34:35.90
when He was disputing
with Satan about Joshua.
00:34:35.94\00:34:40.18
Let's look at it.
00:34:40.21\00:34:41.71
Zechariah 3:1-2,
00:34:41.74\00:34:44.31
"Then he showed me
Joshua the high priest standing
00:34:44.35\00:34:47.45
before the Angel of the Lord."
00:34:47.48\00:34:50.15
Who's that?
00:34:50.19\00:34:51.52
That's the pre-incarnate Christ.
00:34:51.55\00:34:53.32
"And Satan
standing at his right hand
00:34:53.36\00:34:55.72
to oppose him."
00:34:55.76\00:34:57.89
Now listen what the
Angel of the Lord says.
00:34:57.93\00:35:00.50
"The Lord said to Satan,
00:35:00.53\00:35:02.76
'The Lord rebuke you, Satan!'"
00:35:02.80\00:35:06.80
Christ uses the exact same words
00:35:06.84\00:35:10.64
as the Michael,
00:35:10.67\00:35:12.51
the Archangel said in Jude 9.
00:35:12.54\00:35:15.98
Hmm.
00:35:16.01\00:35:17.55
We need more study on
this mysterious Michael.
00:35:17.58\00:35:22.28
There are five
references in the Bible
00:35:22.32\00:35:27.32
to a heavenly
being named Michael.
00:35:27.36\00:35:30.16
Two are in The New Testament
00:35:30.19\00:35:31.96
and three are in
the Book of Daniel.
00:35:31.99\00:35:35.26
We just read the
first reference to Michael
00:35:35.30\00:35:38.50
referring to him as
the Archangel in Jude 9.
00:35:38.53\00:35:43.81
Now, let's look at Michael,
00:35:43.84\00:35:47.98
the second reference
in the New Testament.
00:35:48.01\00:35:52.38
Revelation 12:7 says,
"And war broke out in heaven:
00:35:52.41\00:35:56.72
Michael and his
angels fought with the dragon
00:35:56.75\00:36:00.99
and the dragon and
his angels fought."
00:36:01.02\00:36:03.29
Let me do a sidebar here.
00:36:03.32\00:36:05.06
This, what we're seeing here
00:36:05.09\00:36:06.83
is the origin of
the great controversy
00:36:06.86\00:36:09.86
between Jesus
Christ and Satan, Lucifer.
00:36:09.90\00:36:14.04
He was a...
00:36:14.07\00:36:15.40
Lucifer was a created being
00:36:15.44\00:36:17.87
who was the covering
cherub at the God's throne
00:36:17.91\00:36:22.64
and you know what happened?
00:36:22.68\00:36:24.15
Ah, poor Lucifer,
00:36:24.18\00:36:26.58
he got filled with pride
00:36:26.61\00:36:29.15
and he wanted to be
worshiped like the Lord,
00:36:29.18\00:36:33.96
he envied that worship.
00:36:33.99\00:36:35.92
In Daniel 14:13-14,
00:36:35.96\00:36:38.93
referring to Lucifer, he says,
00:36:38.96\00:36:41.23
"I will ascend into heaven,
00:36:41.26\00:36:43.40
I will exalt my
throne above the star of God.
00:36:43.43\00:36:47.47
I will be like the Most High."
00:36:47.50\00:36:50.21
And in Daniel 8:11, it says,
00:36:50.24\00:36:52.41
"He even exalted himself
00:36:52.44\00:36:54.11
as high as the
Prince of the host."
00:36:54.14\00:36:59.11
You know what
that word Prince means?
00:36:59.15\00:37:00.72
The Commander,
the Chief of the Host,
00:37:00.75\00:37:03.99
who have we seen as the
chief of the Lord's army,
00:37:04.02\00:37:07.92
the Commander of the angels?
00:37:07.96\00:37:10.39
And in Daniel
8:25, says of Satan,
00:37:10.43\00:37:15.83
"He shall exalt
himself in his heart.
00:37:15.86\00:37:18.67
He shall even rise
00:37:18.70\00:37:21.37
against the Prince of princes.
00:37:21.40\00:37:25.61
But he shall be
broken without human means."
00:37:25.64\00:37:30.88
Prince is a Messianic
title for Jesus Christ.
00:37:30.91\00:37:35.05
Isaiah 9:6 says, "He
is Wonderful, Counselor,
00:37:35.08\00:37:39.75
Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
00:37:39.79\00:37:43.66
Prince of Peace."
00:37:43.69\00:37:46.76
Michael, the Chief Messenger
00:37:46.80\00:37:49.96
and Commander-in-Chief
over the created angels
00:37:50.00\00:37:53.60
battled with Satan and prevail.
00:37:53.64\00:37:55.34
Let's read a
little more through there,
00:37:55.37\00:37:57.84
Revelation 12:7-9,
"War broke out in heaven:
00:37:57.87\00:38:01.58
Michael and his angels
00:38:01.61\00:38:02.94
fought with the
dragon and the dragon
00:38:02.98\00:38:04.61
and his angels fought,
00:38:04.65\00:38:06.11
but they did not prevail,
00:38:06.15\00:38:07.85
nor was a place found for
them in heaven any longer.
00:38:07.88\00:38:11.59
So the great
dragon was cast down,
00:38:11.62\00:38:14.59
that serpent of old,
called the Devil and Satan,
00:38:14.62\00:38:18.59
who deceives the whole world.
00:38:18.63\00:38:20.80
He was cast to the earth,
00:38:20.83\00:38:23.03
and his angels
were cast out with him."
00:38:23.06\00:38:28.80
Angels in heaven were
called Michael's angels.
00:38:28.84\00:38:34.14
Michael as their Commander,
00:38:34.18\00:38:37.45
as the
Archangel leads his angels
00:38:37.48\00:38:41.78
in battle against the Devil.
00:38:41.82\00:38:45.09
You will recall Joshua 5,
00:38:45.12\00:38:48.39
when Joshua saw the
heavenly man who said,
00:38:48.42\00:38:51.73
"I'm the Commander
of the Lord's army,"
00:38:51.76\00:38:54.13
and then Joshua
worshiped that being
00:38:54.16\00:38:57.67
and the being accepted worship.
00:38:57.70\00:39:02.70
We know this was
our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:39:02.74\00:39:05.97
So it's interesting
00:39:06.01\00:39:09.74
the name Michael
00:39:09.78\00:39:12.25
only appears in
the Bible five times,
00:39:12.28\00:39:16.89
but it's always in
a apocalyptic sense
00:39:16.92\00:39:22.69
when the Angel of the Lord
00:39:22.72\00:39:26.23
or when Michael
is in direct conflict
00:39:26.26\00:39:31.10
with Satan.
00:39:31.13\00:39:32.47
So that's the two New
Testament references to Michael.
00:39:32.50\00:39:37.21
Now, let's look at
the three remaining
00:39:37.24\00:39:39.97
that are in Daniel
00:39:40.01\00:39:41.48
where Michael is
referred to as The Great Prince,
00:39:41.51\00:39:45.15
a Messianic title.
00:39:45.18\00:39:46.75
Daniel 10:5-6,
00:39:46.78\00:39:49.38
Daniel sees a vision of Christ,
00:39:49.42\00:39:51.79
and a certain man he
sees, it says in verse 5.
00:39:51.82\00:39:57.26
Daniel 10:5,
00:39:57.29\00:39:58.79
he sees, "A certain
man clothed in linen,
00:39:58.83\00:40:02.00
whose waist was
girded with gold.
00:40:02.03\00:40:05.03
His body was like beryl,
00:40:05.07\00:40:07.40
his face like the
appearance of lightning,
00:40:07.44\00:40:11.27
his eyes like torches of fire,
00:40:11.31\00:40:14.91
his arms and his feet
like burnished bronze in color,
00:40:14.94\00:40:20.85
and the sound of his words
00:40:20.88\00:40:24.79
like the voice of a multitude."
00:40:24.82\00:40:27.99
Who is this that
Daniel is seeing?
00:40:28.02\00:40:32.13
This so closely resembles
00:40:32.16\00:40:35.50
John's
description of Jesus Christ
00:40:35.53\00:40:38.93
in Revelation 1:13.
00:40:38.97\00:40:43.64
So what happens?
00:40:43.67\00:40:45.04
Daniel has this
vision, he passes out.
00:40:45.07\00:40:47.71
Boy, he gets the vapors.
00:40:47.74\00:40:49.48
It's like, "Oh, Oy
veh!" He passes out,
00:40:49.51\00:40:53.62
then an angel comes and
taps him on the shoulder
00:40:53.65\00:40:56.75
and this is most
likely the Angel Gabriel
00:40:56.79\00:40:59.02
because Gabriel
had been communicating
00:40:59.05\00:41:02.09
with him,
00:41:02.12\00:41:03.46
identified as Gabriel,
the angel in Chapters 8 and 9.
00:41:03.49\00:41:07.80
But he tells Daniel,
00:41:07.83\00:41:10.50
he says,
00:41:10.53\00:41:11.87
"As soon as you
prayed, we heard,
00:41:11.90\00:41:13.74
God sent me to
answer your prayer."
00:41:13.77\00:41:16.04
But, boy, there's
been a 21 day battle
00:41:16.07\00:41:18.97
in the heavenlies.
00:41:19.01\00:41:20.74
He was battling
with the Prince of power,
00:41:20.78\00:41:24.41
the powers of the heir,
00:41:24.45\00:41:26.28
God's angels were,
00:41:26.31\00:41:28.45
and Gabriel had let
this down and he said,
00:41:28.48\00:41:31.99
"We've come to
answer your prayer."
00:41:32.02\00:41:34.72
In Daniel 10:13,
00:41:34.76\00:41:37.69
the angel tells Daniel
00:41:37.73\00:41:39.89
that, "Michael, one
of the chief princes,
00:41:39.93\00:41:42.80
came to help me."
00:41:42.83\00:41:44.27
Now people will say, "One"?
00:41:44.30\00:41:46.97
Well first of all
the word there is echad
00:41:47.00\00:41:51.21
which is a uniplural word,
00:41:51.24\00:41:54.14
this is, that
word one is applied.
00:41:54.18\00:41:58.75
It means to have several parts
00:41:58.78\00:42:01.75
that are unified as one
and it is applied to God
00:42:01.78\00:42:05.22
in Deuteronomy 6:4
00:42:05.25\00:42:06.92
when He says, "Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God is one."
00:42:06.96\00:42:10.99
But listen how
Young's Literal Translation
00:42:11.03\00:42:16.13
says this, the
angel tells Daniel that,
00:42:16.16\00:42:19.20
"Michael the
first of the chief heads
00:42:19.23\00:42:23.81
came to help me."
00:42:23.84\00:42:25.17
Sometimes I wonder
00:42:25.21\00:42:26.54
if we lose
things in translation,
00:42:26.57\00:42:29.68
little nuances that
help us understand better.
00:42:29.71\00:42:33.52
Daniel 10:21, the
angel Gabriel tells Daniel,
00:42:33.55\00:42:37.95
"No one upholds
me against these"
00:42:37.99\00:42:41.76
against these
powers of principalities
00:42:41.79\00:42:43.83
that I'm fighting with
00:42:43.86\00:42:45.63
"except Michael your prince."
00:42:45.66\00:42:50.37
Michael is the one
00:42:50.40\00:42:52.47
who came to help
Gabriel and the angels,
00:42:52.50\00:42:55.07
Michael is the
Commander-in-Chief
00:42:55.10\00:42:57.97
of the angels.
00:42:58.01\00:42:59.34
He is the champion
of the cosmic conflict
00:42:59.37\00:43:02.64
against good and evil.
00:43:02.68\00:43:04.68
Oh, please listen to
this, I found this fascinating.
00:43:04.71\00:43:08.38
Have you ever
heard of The Talmud?
00:43:08.42\00:43:10.49
The Talmud is a large collection
00:43:10.52\00:43:13.29
of Jewish writings
00:43:13.32\00:43:15.12
and it identifies Michael
00:43:15.16\00:43:19.96
with the angel of Jehovah.
00:43:20.00\00:43:24.13
The Talmud says,
00:43:24.17\00:43:25.83
"Michael is the
Angel of Jehovah"
00:43:25.87\00:43:29.27
Now, of course,
they don't believe
00:43:29.30\00:43:30.81
in Jesus Christ
00:43:30.84\00:43:32.17
but who have we seen
in The Old Testament?
00:43:32.21\00:43:35.48
Who is the Angel of God?
00:43:35.51\00:43:37.21
The Angel of the
Lord is Jesus Christ,
00:43:37.25\00:43:40.02
but the Talmud describes Michael
00:43:40.05\00:43:42.92
as the true
representative of God
00:43:42.95\00:43:45.22
who vindicated Israel
against Satan's accusations.
00:43:45.25\00:43:49.66
So now, let's look
at the last reference
00:43:49.69\00:43:52.89
to Michael.
00:43:52.93\00:43:54.26
Boy, I think this
one is really revealing.
00:43:54.30\00:43:56.90
Daniel 12:1-2,
00:43:56.93\00:44:00.34
Daniel is
speaking of the end times
00:44:00.37\00:44:03.67
or the angel is speaking
of the end of the world.
00:44:03.71\00:44:06.64
And here's what he says,
00:44:06.68\00:44:08.41
Daniel 12:1,
00:44:08.44\00:44:10.18
"At that time,"
00:44:10.21\00:44:12.01
when the end of the world comes,
00:44:12.05\00:44:14.02
"Michael shall stand up,
that great Prince who stands
00:44:14.05\00:44:18.75
watch over the
sons of your people.
00:44:18.79\00:44:20.96
And there shall
be a time of trouble,
00:44:20.99\00:44:23.39
such as never was.
00:44:23.43\00:44:25.53
And at that time,
when Michael stands up,
00:44:25.56\00:44:29.90
your people shall be delivered,
00:44:29.93\00:44:32.23
everyone who is
found written in the book.
00:44:32.27\00:44:38.47
And many of those who
sleep in the dust of the earth
00:44:38.51\00:44:43.48
shall awake, some
to everlasting life,
00:44:43.51\00:44:48.88
some to shame and
everlasting contempt."
00:44:48.92\00:44:54.79
Doesn't this remind you
00:44:54.82\00:44:57.96
of what Jesus said?
00:44:57.99\00:45:00.70
Let me repeat, in John 5:28,
00:45:00.73\00:45:04.70
he says "The hour is coming
00:45:04.73\00:45:07.10
when all who are in their graves
00:45:07.14\00:45:10.71
will hear My voice
00:45:10.74\00:45:13.58
and they will come forth,
00:45:13.61\00:45:17.15
those who have done good,
to the resurrection of life,
00:45:17.18\00:45:21.38
and those who have done evil,
00:45:21.42\00:45:23.92
to the
resurrection of condemnation."
00:45:23.95\00:45:26.96
Now we don't have
time to study this,
00:45:26.99\00:45:29.46
but I pray that
you'll take some time.
00:45:29.49\00:45:33.09
If you have
Strong's Concordance,
00:45:33.13\00:45:35.40
look in
Revelation, there's four times
00:45:35.43\00:45:39.30
that it talks
about the second death
00:45:39.33\00:45:44.61
and the second resurrection.
00:45:44.64\00:45:48.28
So there's gonna
be two resurrections.
00:45:48.31\00:45:51.28
Jesus is gonna stand up
00:45:51.31\00:45:53.95
and He's going to say
those who are righteous,
00:45:53.98\00:45:57.49
let them be righteous still,
00:45:57.52\00:45:58.95
those who are wicked,
let them be wicked still.
00:45:58.99\00:46:02.66
I'm on my way
00:46:02.69\00:46:04.29
and when He comes and
descends with a shout,
00:46:04.33\00:46:07.93
with the voice of
the Archangel of God,
00:46:07.96\00:46:11.10
the greatest and
highest messenger,
00:46:11.13\00:46:13.64
all who are dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:46:13.67\00:46:18.57
This is the first
resurrection and then it says,
00:46:18.61\00:46:21.38
"And those who
are alive and remain,"
00:46:21.41\00:46:24.08
this is 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17,
00:46:24.11\00:46:27.55
"will be caught up in the air."
00:46:27.58\00:46:29.12
Hallelujah.
00:46:29.15\00:46:30.72
This is exciting,
00:46:30.75\00:46:33.42
the second resurrection not so.
00:46:33.46\00:46:36.73
The second resurrection
is after the 1000 years
00:46:36.76\00:46:41.96
and those come up as Jesus said
00:46:42.00\00:46:45.43
to the
resurrection of condemnation,
00:46:45.47\00:46:48.27
those are the ones who
will be destroyed in hell.
00:46:48.30\00:46:52.24
But what we see here
00:46:52.27\00:46:55.54
is that Michael
watches over Israel
00:46:55.58\00:47:01.25
and he leads the
holy created angels
00:47:01.28\00:47:05.52
as their Commander-in-Chief,
00:47:05.55\00:47:08.52
thus the Seventh-day Adventist
00:47:08.56\00:47:12.26
Bible commentary concludes
00:47:12.29\00:47:16.26
that Michael is
another title for Jesus
00:47:16.30\00:47:21.57
and that Jesus
Christ is Michael,
00:47:21.60\00:47:25.27
the Archangel.
00:47:25.31\00:47:27.88
Remember there's
only two references
00:47:27.91\00:47:30.21
to archangel in the Bible.
00:47:30.25\00:47:34.52
Seventh-day
Adventist commentary,
00:47:34.55\00:47:36.79
volume four, page 860 says this,
00:47:36.82\00:47:42.26
"The name Michael as the
name of a heavenly being,"
00:47:42.29\00:47:46.96
this is a quote,
00:47:47.00\00:47:48.33
"the name Michael
00:47:48.36\00:47:49.70
as the name of the heavenly
being appears in the Bible
00:47:49.73\00:47:53.40
only in apocalyptic passage
00:47:53.44\00:47:57.61
then they give the reference
of Daniel 10:13-21, 12:1,
00:47:57.64\00:48:02.74
Jude 9 and Revelation 12:7,
00:48:02.78\00:48:05.81
the five times when
Michael is mentioned.
00:48:05.85\00:48:09.42
In instances
00:48:09.45\00:48:11.25
where Christ is
in direct conflict
00:48:11.29\00:48:16.22
with Satan,
00:48:16.26\00:48:17.89
the name in Hebrew signifying
00:48:17.93\00:48:21.96
who is like God
is at once a question
00:48:22.00\00:48:25.23
and a challenge.
00:48:25.27\00:48:27.04
Now continuing with
the quote, it says this,
00:48:27.07\00:48:30.31
"In view of the fact
00:48:30.34\00:48:32.27
that Satan's rebellion
is essentially an attempt
00:48:32.31\00:48:36.75
to install himself
on the throne of God
00:48:36.78\00:48:39.85
and be like the Most High."
00:48:39.88\00:48:42.65
We saw that in Isaiah 14:14,
00:48:42.68\00:48:45.49
"The name Michael
00:48:45.52\00:48:47.22
is a most fitting one for Him,
00:48:47.26\00:48:52.39
referring to the Messiah,
00:48:52.43\00:48:54.23
who is undertaken to
vindicate the character of God
00:48:54.26\00:48:57.87
and disprove Satan's claims."
00:48:57.90\00:49:03.41
Likewise, Matthew Henry,
00:49:03.44\00:49:06.71
that great
Protestant commentator
00:49:06.74\00:49:10.61
concludes that Michael is Jesus,
00:49:10.65\00:49:16.48
the Archangel.
00:49:16.52\00:49:18.25
Listen to this.
00:49:18.29\00:49:20.22
Matthew Henry, quote
"Michael, our Prince,
00:49:20.26\00:49:25.09
the eternal word,
00:49:25.13\00:49:28.00
the Angel of the covenant
00:49:28.03\00:49:30.73
who is indeed the
Lord of the angels
00:49:30.77\00:49:35.17
who often
appeared in a human shape
00:49:35.20\00:49:39.04
before He assumed
00:49:39.07\00:49:41.74
the human nature.
00:49:41.78\00:49:45.18
Oh, I feel like
00:49:45.21\00:49:47.58
I have just given you so much
00:49:47.62\00:49:54.46
to think on,
00:49:54.49\00:49:56.36
and I wanna take
just a moment to review
00:49:56.39\00:50:00.20
because we went
through this rapidly,
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.60
I want to encourage you
00:50:02.63\00:50:04.13
if you weren't
able to write down
00:50:04.17\00:50:06.53
all the references
00:50:06.57\00:50:07.90
you can go to YouTube
00:50:07.94\00:50:09.27
and there you can listen
to this message and pause it
00:50:09.30\00:50:12.87
where you want to
write down something.
00:50:12.91\00:50:15.34
But what did we see?
00:50:15.38\00:50:17.25
Both in Hebrew,
00:50:17.28\00:50:20.08
the word in Hebrew
that is translated messenger
00:50:20.12\00:50:24.49
or angel
00:50:24.52\00:50:26.89
that word is malak and
then in Greek it's angelos
00:50:26.92\00:50:32.36
that is translated malak.
00:50:32.39\00:50:36.70
Excuse me, angelos
that is translated messenger
00:50:36.73\00:50:39.77
or angel.
00:50:39.80\00:50:41.14
So don't be...
00:50:41.17\00:50:45.57
When you look at
the word messenger
00:50:45.61\00:50:47.84
in the Bible
00:50:47.88\00:50:49.21
or you look at the
word angel in the Bible,
00:50:49.24\00:50:51.75
you have to remember,
00:50:51.78\00:50:53.68
this is not describing
the nature of the being,
00:50:53.72\00:50:58.65
it is describing the
position of the authority
00:50:58.69\00:51:02.52
as a messenger of God.
00:51:02.56\00:51:05.49
So, that's the
meaning for angel,
00:51:05.53\00:51:08.40
a messenger of God.
00:51:08.43\00:51:10.40
The meaning of arch
means to be the chief,
00:51:10.43\00:51:14.34
the highest, the
commander, the greatest.
00:51:14.37\00:51:18.57
So we put arch-angel together
00:51:18.61\00:51:21.88
and the meaning of
archangel is to be the highest
00:51:21.91\00:51:27.62
or the greatest messenger.
00:51:27.65\00:51:31.25
That's why the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:51:31.29\00:51:34.46
of which I am a
member believes that Michael,
00:51:34.49\00:51:39.19
the Archangel is Jesus Christ
00:51:39.23\00:51:41.73
just as many other
Protestants believe.
00:51:41.76\00:51:47.20
Michael is another title
00:51:47.24\00:51:51.97
for our Eternal God,
00:51:52.01\00:51:54.44
He is also called
Faithful and True.
00:51:54.48\00:51:59.31
I wanna read this to you
00:51:59.35\00:52:01.38
from Revelation 19:11-16.
00:52:01.42\00:52:07.19
John writes, he's gonna describe
00:52:07.22\00:52:09.69
his vision to us
00:52:09.72\00:52:11.19
and he says, "Now
I saw heaven opened,
00:52:11.23\00:52:14.46
and behold, a white horse.
00:52:14.50\00:52:17.03
And He who sat on him
00:52:17.07\00:52:19.93
was called Faithful and True,
00:52:19.97\00:52:23.37
and in righteousness
He judges and makes war.
00:52:23.41\00:52:28.24
His eyes were
like a flame of fire,
00:52:28.28\00:52:31.01
and on His head
were many crowns.
00:52:31.05\00:52:34.62
He had a name written
00:52:34.65\00:52:37.02
that no one knew except Himself.
00:52:37.05\00:52:40.46
He was clothed with
a robe dipped in blood,
00:52:40.49\00:52:45.09
and His name is
called The Word of God."
00:52:45.13\00:52:49.83
Let me pause,
these just sounds to me
00:52:49.86\00:52:52.43
like what John
wrote in his gospel.
00:52:52.47\00:52:54.80
In John 1:1, when he said,
00:52:54.84\00:52:56.67
"In the beginning was the Word,
00:52:56.71\00:52:58.14
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
00:52:58.17\00:53:01.04
He was in the
beginning with God.
00:53:01.08\00:53:04.11
He is not a created being
00:53:04.15\00:53:06.58
because John said in 1 John 1:3
00:53:06.61\00:53:10.22
that, "He made all
things, nothing was made"
00:53:10.25\00:53:15.09
visible or invisible
unless Jesus Christ made it
00:53:15.12\00:53:20.40
and the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us.
00:53:20.43\00:53:24.27
Jesus Christ was, is,
00:53:24.30\00:53:28.34
and ever will be
00:53:28.37\00:53:31.71
the living Word of God.
00:53:31.74\00:53:34.81
Now going back to John 19,
00:53:34.84\00:53:38.51
he says in verse 14,
00:53:38.55\00:53:40.65
catch this, "And
the armies in heaven,
00:53:40.68\00:53:45.85
clothed in fine linen,
00:53:45.89\00:53:49.32
white and clean,
00:53:49.36\00:53:51.63
followed Him on white horses."
00:53:51.66\00:53:55.96
Who is the Archangel?
00:53:56.00\00:53:59.00
Who is the
Commander of the Lord's army?
00:53:59.03\00:54:03.61
From Joshua 5,
00:54:03.64\00:54:05.61
Jesus Christ and
the armies of heaven
00:54:05.64\00:54:08.38
are following Him.
00:54:08.41\00:54:10.51
And in verse 15, he says.
00:54:10.55\00:54:13.18
"Now out of His
mouth goes a sharp sword,
00:54:13.21\00:54:17.75
that with it He
should strike the nations."
00:54:17.79\00:54:20.89
Let me pause there
because the Bible says
00:54:20.92\00:54:24.93
that, "The Word of God is
like a double edged sword,
00:54:24.96\00:54:29.90
it divides even to
cutting us into bones and marrow
00:54:29.93\00:54:35.50
and the intense of our heart."
00:54:35.54\00:54:38.14
So this double edge sword,
00:54:38.17\00:54:41.38
the Word of God is
speaking, Jesus said,
00:54:41.41\00:54:46.21
"It is My word
that will judge you.
00:54:46.25\00:54:50.49
So again with verse 15,
00:54:50.52\00:54:53.32
"Now out of His
mouth goes a sharp sword,
00:54:53.36\00:54:56.56
that with it He
should strike the nations."
00:54:56.59\00:54:59.19
And it's talking about His Word.
00:54:59.23\00:55:01.96
And He Himself will
rule them with a rod of iron.
00:55:02.00\00:55:05.50
He Himself treads the winepress
00:55:05.53\00:55:08.74
of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God.
00:55:08.77\00:55:13.38
And He has on His robe
00:55:13.41\00:55:17.25
and on His thigh a name written,
00:55:17.28\00:55:21.45
King of kings and Lord of lords.
00:55:21.48\00:55:27.42
So let's do a quick review,
00:55:27.46\00:55:32.03
today's title is
Heaven's Archangel.
00:55:32.06\00:55:36.03
We have seen, we
answered three questions,
00:55:36.06\00:55:39.63
what does the word angel
mean in the original languages.
00:55:39.67\00:55:45.14
The Bible was written,
the Old Testament in Hebrew,
00:55:45.17\00:55:47.71
the New Testament in Greek.
00:55:47.74\00:55:49.28
In the Old Testament,
00:55:49.31\00:55:50.65
the word is malak
00:55:50.68\00:55:54.28
and it is translated
both messenger and angel
00:55:54.32\00:56:00.22
by English translators.
00:56:00.26\00:56:02.19
In the Greek the word
00:56:02.22\00:56:05.19
also is translated
as angel or messenger
00:56:05.23\00:56:09.40
and the word is angelos.
00:56:09.43\00:56:12.93
So, what it actually meant
00:56:12.97\00:56:16.44
was an angel
00:56:16.47\00:56:18.74
did not describe
the nature of the being,
00:56:18.77\00:56:22.71
but the office of the being,
00:56:22.74\00:56:24.68
their position of
authority as messengers of God.
00:56:24.71\00:56:27.98
Who is the Angel of the Lord
00:56:28.02\00:56:30.39
who appeared to Abraham,
to Moses in the burning bush,
00:56:30.42\00:56:34.62
to Joshua,
00:56:34.66\00:56:35.99
to all of these
Old Testament's saints?
00:56:36.02\00:56:38.86
It was none other
than Jesus Christ Himself.
00:56:38.89\00:56:42.26
It's what Bible
scholars called a Christophany,
00:56:42.30\00:56:45.83
where He appeared in
His pre-incarnate nature.
00:56:45.87\00:56:50.74
And who is the only
Archangel in the Bible?
00:56:50.77\00:56:53.68
There is only two
references that says archangel,
00:56:53.71\00:56:57.11
five of that mentioned Michael
00:56:57.15\00:56:59.08
and as we have
seen from Scripture,
00:56:59.11\00:57:02.68
God in the person,
00:57:02.72\00:57:05.19
the second person of the Godhead
00:57:05.22\00:57:07.79
who we know is Jesus
Christ fits the description.
00:57:07.82\00:57:12.96
So why did I do this today?
00:57:12.99\00:57:16.63
Because there's so
much misinformation
00:57:16.67\00:57:18.83
out there on angels,
00:57:18.87\00:57:20.20
and we need to know to
look only to the Word of God.
00:57:20.24\00:57:25.07
Thank you for joining us.
00:57:25.11\00:57:26.68
Join us again.
00:57:26.71\00:57:28.04