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Judges 6:12

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“And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.”
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And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

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And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

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And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

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And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

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And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

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The strongest argument against this interpretation is the "Angel of the Lord" often being understood as a Christophany, an appearance of the pre-incarnate Christ. In many instances in the Old Testament, the Angel of the Lord speaks with divine authority, accepts worship, and is identified with God Himself (e.g., Genesis 16:13, Exodus 3:2-6). If it is indeed the pre-incarnate Christ, then the Angel of the Lord is not a created being but rather God Himself, making the "Created Messenger" tag inacc

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While "appeared unto him" clearly indicates a messenger, some interpretations argue that "the Angel of the Lord" in Judges often functions as a direct manifestation of God himself, rather than a separate agent. Therefore, the language might not be distinguishing the Angel *from* God, but rather describing God's direct presence in a specific form.

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Cross-References

Luke 1:28Thematic

“And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.”

Joshua 1:5Thematic

“There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”

Luke 1:28Thematic

“And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.”

Judges 2:18Thematic

“And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.”

Ruth 2:4Thematic

“And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.”

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