The Angel who prevented Abraham from slaying Isaac said “now I know”, which shows he did not know the outcome of the test, and therefore cannot be the God Almighty who knows the end from the beginning. This is exactly the case with Christ. Even after His resurrection and exaltation He was given revelation from God Almighty which He passed onto John in the Book of Revelation (Rev 1:1). Mark 13:32 shows Christ was not omniscient as a man. Later Abraham showed he understood the distinction between YHVH, God of Heaven, and the Angel or Mal’ak who was this YHVH’s messenger (Gen 24:7,40,48). Similarly Jesus fulfils a similar role of leading, protecting, blessing and representing God (Mat 28:18-20).
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:10:31 +0000