ISRAEL

 *09/09/2020*


MID-WEEK *HOLY COMMUNION* SERVICE


THEME: *ANGELS: MESSENGERS OF GOD*


TOPIC: *ANGELS MINISTERED TO MANY PEOPLE*


SUB-TOPIC: *ISRAEL*


Text: Exodus 14:19-20


*#with the pillar of cloud#*

Here, the Angel of God and the pillar of cloud cooperated to protect and lead the Israelites (Exodus 23:20,23; 33:9-11). The name Angel of God is an alternative expression for the Angel of the LORD. The pillar is later strongly associated with the Lord Himself (Exodus 33:9-11). The pillar became two different realities - a curse to the pursuing Egyptians and a blessing to the entrapped Israelites.

*all that night:* At night, God confused the Egyptians and let the Israelites pass through the sea.


Isaiah 63:9

*Their affliction* probably refers to God's sympathy for His people in Egypt (Exodus 2:25; 3:7) and at the time of the judges (Judges 10:16).

*He was afflicted:* God shares the hurt of His people (Exodus 2:23-25). Paul's persecution of the members of the early church caused Christ to be afflicted (Acts 9:4).

*Bore* and *carried* are allusions to Exodus 19:4 (Deuteronomy 1:31; 32:10-12).


*#to lead them#*

Exodus 23:20-23; Numbers 20:16

*an Angel:* In Exodus 23:23, this being is described as "My Angel", an equivalent to the expression "the Angel of the LORD". The Hebrew word translated angel can mean a supernatural angel or a human messenger (the prophet Malachi's name means "My Messenger").

*To keep you ...to bring you:* The Angel led and protected the Israelites just as the pillar of cloud did (Exodus 13:21,22; 14:19,20,24; 16:10; 19:9,16; 24:15-18; 33:9-11; 34:5; 40:34-38).

*My name is in Him:* This is perhaps the strongest identification of the Angel with God.

*His voice ...I speak:* The interplay of these words also identifies the Angel with God.


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