Reference

Acts 7:31

“When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,”

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,

Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

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Divine Identity

The verse explicitly states that "the voice of the Lord came unto him," which distinguishes the "Lord" as the speaker from Moses, who is hearing the voice. There is no mention of an "Angel of the LORD" in this verse, nor does the voice claim divine attributes or receive worship.

Identity Blending

The passage in Acts 7:31 is a retelling of the event from Exodus 3:2-6. In Exodus 3:2, it explicitly states that "the Angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush." However, in Exodus 3:4, it states, "And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses." Acts 7:31, in its summary, directly attributes the voice to "the Lord" without mentioning the "Angel of the LORD" first. This is a simpl