Scripture reference?
Are you 7th day Adventist, with the Michael The Arch Angel Theory?
I follow a strict solo scriptura path.
I believe Jesus is referred to as Michael, the arch angel simply because of the meaning of arch angel: It's the chief messenger. There is no more messenger in chief than the Lord Jesus himself. He
is the word. That's my rationale for my understanding that Michael the arch angel is our "Messenger in Chief," the Lord Jesus. Further, because God refers to Jesus as "David" in some instances, it is not a stretch of the imagination to understand that Jesus goes by many names as how God teaches by them.
Paul says in
Colossians 1:15 that Jesus is the image of the invisible God. Therefore, the Angel of the Lord is Jesus Christ.
In
Judges Chapter 13, Manoah and his wife realized they saw God when the Angel of the Lord accepted and did "wondrously" their offering.
In
Exodus 3, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in a flame of fire (
Exodus 3:2) and identifies himself as God calling out to Moses from the midst of the bush (
Exodus 3:4) and in his conversation with Moses, identified himself as "the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." (
Exodus 3:6)
In
Genesis Chapter 16, when Hagar fled from Sarai, the Angel of the Lord spoke with her in the wilderness and "And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude." (
Genesis 16:10) Further, she recognized that she had been visited by God and called the name of the Lord that spoke to her "Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?" (
Genesis 16:13) Further, the well is called Beerlahairoi which is "well of the Living One seeing me" (
Genesis 16:14) Further, Kadesh and Bered mean (Kadesh = holy) and Bered = hail. The whole place is described by God in this event with Hagar and the Angel of the Lord as God seeing Hagar and saving her son and blessing him. Angels bring tidings, not blessings.
In
Genesis Chapter 22:11-12, The Angel of the Lord calls out to stop Abraham from slaying Isaac and declares himself to be God when he says, "... seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only
son from
me."
It is notable that the Angel of the Lord no longer appears after the birth of Jesus.
For these reasons and others I may not have thought to cite here, I believe the Angel of the Lord is our Lord Jesus Christ.