That is because the word מַלְאָך means angel or messenger. I did not make up the definition of the word. This is the way it is always translated in the O.T.
It is clear that you do not understand the difference between what I am saying and the heretical theology of the Watchtower Society. They attempt to reduce Jesus to nothing more that an angelic created being. This is not at all what I am suggesting. Let me explain what I am trying to get you to see.
Theophonic experiences in scripture assume many forms, yet all seem to have a singular function. Their function is always to communicate the will of God to man. They provide man with a point of reference that man can comprehend. In so doing, God is demonstrating compassion for the limitations of the human mind to understand things that are beyond his ability to comprehend. In some theophonic experiences, God will accommodate only man’s sense of hearing. One only heard the voice of God. God speaking to Noah in Genesis 6 is just such an example. Another is Genesis 12 where God spoke to Abraham. Sometimes, these theophanies would be accompanied by some type of material phenomenon such as fire, wind, or earthquake as in the cases of Moses in Exodus 3, the nation of Israel in Exodus 13 and Elijah in 1Kings 19. Each of these accompanying natural phenomena would appeal to a broader range of physical senses as God sometimes chose to speak in these things. Still, at other times, God chose to assume an anthropomorphic form as in Genesis 18 when he appeared to Abraham in the company of two angels, all in human form.For further reference, one might examine these examples of anthropomorphic theophanies. What appears in each of these is the repeated phrase “The Angel of Jehovah” 22:15-18; 31:11-13; 48:15-16, Joshua 5:13-15, Judges 6:11-24, and Judges 13:15-23.
In each of these examples where the phrase “The Angel of Jehovah” is used, it is God who is represented as the messenger of Jehovah. The phrase “The Angel of Jehovah” is only used to describe the spokesman of deity. This term is never applied to anyone else in scripture. He is always functioning as the spokesman of the divine triad. In each case, this is deity appearing in some form, sometimes even in human form. In every example, those to whom The Angel of Jehovah appeared always understood, at some point, that he was God and they honored him as such. The Angel of Jehovah always assumed divine authority in each of these Old Testament exemplars. He is always seen serving as the agent of communication, hence the term “The Angel of Jehovah.” He is angelic in function, not in nature. In nature, he is God. In function, he is the messenger in the triadic unity.
