Elin said:
Ac 7:30-39 is in the NT, where we learn that
"angels" (messengers) are
created spirits (Heb 1:14),
beings superior to man (Heb 2:7),
belonging to heaven (Mt 24:36; Mk 12:25) and to God (Lk 12:8),
holy (Mk 8:38),
elect (1Tim 5:21),
engaged in God's service as ministering spirits
(Heb 1:14; Mt 1:20, 2;13, 19, 28:2; Lk 1:11, 2:9; Jn 20:12;
Ac 5:19, 8:26, 10:3, 12:7, 23, 27:23),
or evil (2Pe 2:4).
. . .All those in the above Scriptures are "messengers" (angellos).
"angels" (messengers) are
created spirits (Heb 1:14),
beings superior to man (Heb 2:7),
belonging to heaven (Mt 24:36; Mk 12:25) and to God (Lk 12:8),
holy (Mk 8:38),
elect (1Tim 5:21),
engaged in God's service as ministering spirits
(Heb 1:14; Mt 1:20, 2;13, 19, 28:2; Lk 1:11, 2:9; Jn 20:12;
Ac 5:19, 8:26, 10:3, 12:7, 23, 27:23),
or evil (2Pe 2:4).
. . .All those in the above Scriptures are "messengers" (angellos).
Gal 4.13 -14
But you know that because of weakness of the flesh, I announced the gospel to you before; and you did not despise my trial in my flesh nor disdained it, but
you received me as a Messenger (angelon) of God, as Christ Jesus.
firstly, grammatically that does not state that Christ Jesus is an angel,
anymore than "you received me as a friend, as your mother," states
that the friend is the mother;
and secondly, it contradicts the NT in Heb 1:4-14.
1) Neither God the Father nor the Lord Jesus Christ are angels (Heb 1:4-14).
2) There is no Biblical basis for the Lord Jesus Christ speaking at Sinai
or in the Holy of Holies.
3) You have not shown that Ex 34 is a counterpart of 2Co 3:17, 18
and, therefore, that kurios means God the Father in 2Co 3:17, 18.
4) The word kurios never means God the Father in the NT.
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