Genesis 48:16
48:16 the Angel who has protected me
from all harm –
bless these boys.
May my name be named in them,
and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac.
May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”
Exodus 3:2-6
3:2 The angel of the
Lord appeared
to him in
a flame of fire from within a bush.
He looked
– and
the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!
3:3 So Moses thought,
“I will turn aside to see
this amazing
sight. Why does the bush not burn up?”
3:4 When the
Lord saw that
he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!”
And Moses
said, “Here I am.”
3:5 God
said, “Do not approach any closer!
Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy
ground.”
3:6 He added, “I am the God of your father,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look
at God.
Exodus 23:20-21
The Angel of the Presence
23:20 “I am going to send an angel before you to protect you as you journey and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.
23:21 Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.
Hosea 12:4-5
12:4 He struggled with an angel and prevailed;
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found God at Bethel,
and there he spoke with him!
12:5 As for the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is the name by which he is remembered!
Malachi 3:1
3:1 “I am about to send my messenger,
who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord
you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger
of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
Acts 7:30-38
7:30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
7:31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,
7:32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.
7:33 But the Lord said to him, ‘Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
7:34 I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
7:35 This same Moses they had rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge?’ God sent as both ruler and deliverer through the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
7:36 This man led them out, performing wonders and miraculous signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
7:37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
7:38 This is the man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you.