Q. I have always been taught that any time the Angel of the Lord showed up in the Old Testament it was pre-incarnate Jesus. But there’s another Angel of the Lord showing up to Joseph while Mary is pregnant with Jesus–who is this one? A. From Matt. 1:20 we see that this angel is called “an angel of the Lord” By using “the angel of the Lord” in Matt. 1:24 the writer is indicating it’s the same angel. An angel of the Lord also appeared to Joseph after the Lord’s birth and warned him to take the family to Egypt (Matt. 2:13) and again in Matt. 2:19 to say it was safe to return to Israel. Interpreting the phrase The Angel of the Lord as referring to a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus is only appropriate for the Old Testament. Tags: Angels Q. My son is a Jehovah’s Witness and he wants to talk about our differences. We have gotten on the subjects of Why Jesus is God and KJV Bible vs World Translation Bible. So far we just go round and round. I’m beginning to feel it is futile to do all of this. Is the Holy Spirit the only one who can convict him? Do you have any suggestions as to what I should do? A. I don’t believe debates of this sort are productive because we’re trying to apply logic in an emotional situation. If your son was thinking logically he wouldn’t have become a Jehovah’s Witness in the first place. Stop debating him and start praying for him. It’s your most powerful weapon in this matter. Study 2 Cor. 10:3-5 for encouragement. For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. Tags: False Teaching, Prayer Q. I get so excited when I receive my Grace thru faith e-mails. We were discussing Psalm 8 in our SS class and were divided on verse 4 concerning the son of man. Some thought it referred to man (because of son not being capitalized) and others to Christ when he will reign. What is your opinion? Maybe both? A. I think the most correct answer is both. From reading Psalm 8 alone, it appears that David was writing about mankind. But in Hebrews 2:6-9 the writer quoted Psalm 8 in reference to the Messiah. In reading the whole chapter we can see he did so to demonstrate that Jesus became a man to save mankind. The phrase “a little lower” indicates a temporary condition and literally means “for a little while lower”. (Some study Bibles confirm this in their foot notes.) This means two things. First it means that Jesus, who was always superior to the angels, temporarily became lower than them in order to become human to save mankind. After the resurrection regained His superior position (Ephesians 1:19-22). Second it means that at the rapture the Church will be elevated above the angels to be seated on the Lord’s throne with Him (Ephesians 2:6-7) so we too are only lower than the angels “for a little while.”
An Angel Of The Lord
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
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