‘Angel’ in Hebrew is “malak” and in Greek “aggelos” or “angelos” both of which mean a messenger. Angels are the supernatural spiritual beings created by God often depicted in human form. The main roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings and carrying out God’s tasks as messengers.

  the angel who redeemed me,   Gen 48:16

  an angel strengthening him,     Luke 22:43

  the angel did wondrously,       Jud 13:19

  angel ministered,                     Mat. 4:11; Mark 1:13

  angel of the Lord open the prison door,   Acts 5:19

In the Bible, few special terms are used such as,

  The Angel of the Lord,

  The Angel of Elohim or the Angel of God,

  The Angel of the Covenant.

They are used as theophanies, i.e., appearance of God Himself. For example,

“the angel of the Lord who appeared to Moses in the flame of fire says, ‘I am the God of thy father”. Exodus 3:2-6

Other Bible verses for ‘the angel of the Lord’-

Gen 16:7, 9, 10, 11; Ex 3:2, 4; Num 22:22-38; Mat 1:20, 24; 2:13, 19; 28:2;

Lk 1:11; 2:9

“The Angel of the Lord” is a second member of the Trinity and prefigures the pre-incarnate manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ – the word of God who tabernacled with us in the flesh, the word incarnate. Thus, Jesus is the true and ultimate messenger sent from God, the Father to tell the love of God and save the sinful mankind. His appearances in the Old Testament as the Angel of the Lord were preludes to the incarnation.

Most interestingly and very precisely, the seven letters of Jesus Christ in   Chapters 2, 3 in the book of Revelation were addressed to the angels of the seven churches.

Rev. 2:1 says,

“Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write….”

The angels of the seven churches were not the angels of the heavenly beings but the bishops (overseers) or the presbyters or elders of the church as God’s messengers to that church. They became the heavenly representatives or the guardians of the church. The angel becomes the personification of the church itself.

This can be true to all the believers when we truly do the work of a messenger of the Lord to proclaim the good news of Jesus to the whole world. The most incredible thing is that Jesus sees us as angels. And this is the way we become the angels of the Lord.

To be continued.......

Name of the Author of this article: Dr. Surya Kumar Daimari, MA,M.Ed, PGDTE,D.Min.(Doctor of Ministry)
The author is a freelance writer.
Book published: The Names of the Believers in the Bible in Types and Symbols .
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