Why do you ask my name?

[tonychanyt]

Genesis 32:

24 Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Jacob met a special man, J1.

29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.

J1 didn't give his name.

30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

Jacob believed that J1 was God.

Centuries later, Judges 13:

11 Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?”
“I am,” he said.

Manoah met a special man, M1. M1 was the angel of the Lord.

17 Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”18 He replied, "Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding."

M1 didn't give his name.

22 “We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

Manoah thought he saw God.

Was J1 and M1 the same being?

I think so. Both Jacob and Manoah interacted with an extraordinary being. Both thought they had seen God. Both wanted to know his name. J1=M1.

What is his name?

Pr 30:

4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down?

Jesus (J 3:13).

Who has gathered the wind in his fists?

Jesus (Mk 4:39).

Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?

YHWH/Jesus (Jb 38:9).

Who has established all the ends of the earth?

YHWH/Jesus (J 1:3).

What is his name,

YHWH

and what is his son’s name?

Jesus.

Surely you know!

Both J1 and M1 pointed to Jesus' pre-incarnate existence.