when the bible refers to the "Angel of the Lord", it is referring to the One we
know as the Christ.
moses talked to the One we know as Jesus and here's proof from the bible!
John 1:1(NKJV)
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
word, strongs G3056
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λόγος
logos
log'-os
From G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the
mental faculty) or motive; by extension a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that
is, Christ):—account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching,
question, reason, + reckon, remove, say (-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me,
tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
He that speaks came to this world in the flesh jn 1:14!
now, look at this:
Hebrews 2:7-9(NKJV)
7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and
honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left
nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.
9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death
crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
moses didn't see the face of God! (ex 33:20-23), you have to remember that when He appeared in His Glory,
He often hid Himself in a thick black cloud!
notice this:
Exodus 24:9-11(NKJV)
9Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
10and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work
of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.
11But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God
, and they ate and drank.
now, compare to:
John 1:18(NKJV)
18No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He
has declared Him. (Who declared Whom?)
John 6:46(NKJV)
46Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the
Father.
1 John 4:12(NKJV)
12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His
love has been perfected in us.
so, who did moses and the others see? i think it's safe to say it wasn't the Father!