Now our friend Hammer Stone goes on to quote Hebrews Chapter 1 viz.
“For to which of the angels did He ever say, "Thou art My Son, today I have begotten thee?"…"But to which of the angels has He ever said, 'Sit at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet?' Are they [the angels] not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?"
He states: In order for Christ to be the chief angel, he'd obviously need to be an angel.”
Let us address this last statement, as many feel at odds with the mere idea that our Lord could ever have been an angel, yet the scriptures confirm this in fact the very text which we just reviewed in Zechariah confirms this viz.,
“And the Lord [referred to as ‘the ANGEL of the LORD’ in Verse 1] said to Satan, “The LORD [Jehovah God] rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! …” (Zech 3:2)
“…Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying, Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel: but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.” (2 Chron 6:4-6 ASV)
In the preceding Chapter we have further proof that our Lord was an angel, note Zech 2:1-5:
“Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”
Now as previously stated when the word “LORD” is printed in small capitals it supposedly (at least according to the translators) is meant to mean Jehovah, or Yahweh, The LORD God Almighty.
Now who among us is ready to say that this second angel is the Almighty? Are we to believe that God likewise was an angel?
Obviously not! Therefore this other angel must be referring to our Lord, at the time referred to as the Angel of the LORD or Angel of Jehovah.
“Joshua when contemplating his plans for the conquest of the Promised Land, was met by this very same angel, a soldier with drawn sword who told him “as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come” (Josh. 5:13-14). In the days of Hezekiah the Angel of Jehovah appeared in the night and decimated the Assyrian army (2 Kings 19:25), and in the last great conflict, said the revealing angel to Daniel, Michael the great prince will stand up to deliver Israel and bring the evil powers to an end (Dan. 12:1) and Michael here is but a cover name for the Angel of Jehovah.
His true identity is made known to us in the Book of Revelation, where in Chapter 19 the Heavenly Rider appears to make short work of the armies of evil, and reveals his name; the Word of God! (The Logos, Rev 19:11-16) Here in Zechariah, then, the Angel of Jehovah is the Divine Word, later to be personified on earth as Jesus Christ the Son of God.”
“For to which of the angels did He ever say, "Thou art My Son, today I have begotten thee?"…"But to which of the angels has He ever said, 'Sit at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet?' Are they [the angels] not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?"
He states: In order for Christ to be the chief angel, he'd obviously need to be an angel.”
Let us address this last statement, as many feel at odds with the mere idea that our Lord could ever have been an angel, yet the scriptures confirm this in fact the very text which we just reviewed in Zechariah confirms this viz.,
“And the Lord [referred to as ‘the ANGEL of the LORD’ in Verse 1] said to Satan, “The LORD [Jehovah God] rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! …” (Zech 3:2)
“…Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying, Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel: but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.” (2 Chron 6:4-6 ASV)
In the preceding Chapter we have further proof that our Lord was an angel, note Zech 2:1-5:
“Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”
Now as previously stated when the word “LORD” is printed in small capitals it supposedly (at least according to the translators) is meant to mean Jehovah, or Yahweh, The LORD God Almighty.
Now who among us is ready to say that this second angel is the Almighty? Are we to believe that God likewise was an angel?
Obviously not! Therefore this other angel must be referring to our Lord, at the time referred to as the Angel of the LORD or Angel of Jehovah.
“Joshua when contemplating his plans for the conquest of the Promised Land, was met by this very same angel, a soldier with drawn sword who told him “as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come” (Josh. 5:13-14). In the days of Hezekiah the Angel of Jehovah appeared in the night and decimated the Assyrian army (2 Kings 19:25), and in the last great conflict, said the revealing angel to Daniel, Michael the great prince will stand up to deliver Israel and bring the evil powers to an end (Dan. 12:1) and Michael here is but a cover name for the Angel of Jehovah.
His true identity is made known to us in the Book of Revelation, where in Chapter 19 the Heavenly Rider appears to make short work of the armies of evil, and reveals his name; the Word of God! (The Logos, Rev 19:11-16) Here in Zechariah, then, the Angel of Jehovah is the Divine Word, later to be personified on earth as Jesus Christ the Son of God.”
