Who Was The Angel Of The Lord?
Answer: The Bible mentions the angel of the Lord many times.
In the desert, when Moses saw the bush that was burning but wasn’t burning up, it was the angel of the Lord who spoke to him out of it.
Who was this who spoke? Some people think it was a special appearance of God and not actually an angel.
But usually the phrase “angel of the Lord” is just a good way to describe an angel. It probably does not refer to one specific angel.
Key verse: The Angel of the Lord came to [Gideon]. He said, “Mighty soldier, the Lord is with you!” (Judges 6:12)
Related verses: Exodus 3:2; Numbers 22:22; 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Chronicles 21:16
Related question: Why do people call an angel “angel of the Lord”?
Note to parents: It is important to help your child focus on God, not on angels.
The message sender and the message are most important, not the messengers.
Why Do Some Angels Look Like Real People?
Answer: The word angel means “messenger,” and God sometimes sends these messengers to take messages to people.
The Bible describes them as bringing these messages while in the form of human beings.
God can send angels to encourage a person, comfort someone, or merely to deliver news.
If angels always appeared as blazing towers of fire, they would scare people away.
Sometimes God wants angels to frighten people. But at other times he wants his messengers to hide their true identity as angels for a while; then they appear as people.
Key verse: All at once (Abraham) saw three men coming toward him. He jumped up and ran to meet them and welcomed them. (Genesis 18:2)
Related verses: Genesis 19:1; Judges 6:11-12; 13:15- 18; Daniel 9:21; Acts 12:7; Hebrews 1:14
Related question: Can angels be here with us?
Why Do Some Angels Have Four Faces?
Answer: When the Bible describes angels as having four faces, it is not giving us a picture of what angels actually look like (like a photograph).
Remember, angels don’t have physical bodies, so they don’t have faces the way people do.
When a prophet saw an angel with four faces, God was telling him that angels have many abilities that angels show us several things about God, that they can see in any direction, and that they can serve God in any way needed at any time.
Key verse: Each of the four Guardian Angels had four faces. The first was that of an ox. The second was a man’s face. The third was a lion’s face. And the fourth was an eagle’s face. (Ezekiel 10:14)
Related verses: Ezekiel 10:1-22