Brakelite
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Chief over the angels... Literally archangel. But not a created angel liked those under Him. Certainly He pre-existed, the evidence is overwhelming unless of course you have an over powering preconceived bias against such an idea.Sorry I thought you suggested Jesus represented himself as an angel and that he pre-existed, if wrong on both counts we move right along!
Like your president. Biden I believe is commander in chief of the armed forces right? A human version of lord of hosts? But having that position does not make him a soldier. Jesus, or Michael as He was known, is the Lord of hosts... Archangel... But it doesn't make Him Created being.
However, there was throughout OT history a repeating phenomenon spoken of, and touched on with a certain awe and reference by Jewish scholars, of a being with divine attributes and authority, the Angel of His presence... His Angel... The Angel of the Lord...references of which have previously been submitted, but this being, while certainly a Messenger,
angel04397 ךְאָלְמֲ mal’ak mal-awk’
from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; n m; [BDB-521b] {See TWOT on 1068 @@ "1068a"}
AV-angel 111, messenger 98, ambassadors 4, variant 1; 214
1) messenger, representative
1a) messenger
1b) angel
1c) the theophanic angel
The word angel does not presuppose the nature of the being sent. It denotes his mission and work, not his nature.
The Angel of the Lord was believed by many Jewish scholars to be of a nature above that of others of heavenly origin. This I believe was how the Son manifested Himself to Israel.
KJV Exodus 3:2-5
2 And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.