How do we know that Christ is the angel of the Lord?
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The Scriptures provide evidence that the angel of the Lord refers to Christ through various theophanies and His actions in Old Testament narratives.
The identification of the angel of the Lord with Christ is supported by several passages in Scripture that depict Him as the one who delivers, mediates, and reveals God to His people. For example, in Stephen's defense in Acts 7, he recounts that the angel who spoke to Moses was Christ (Acts 7:30-38). Additionally, Isaiah 63:9 presents the angel of His presence who saved the Israelites, further connecting this figure to Christ’s mediatorial role in salvation history. By exploring these connections, we can affirm that the angel of the Lord is indeed a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ as He actively engages in the redemptive narrative.
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