Lesson 2: The Angel of the Lord, Part 1
Christ was not called Jesus until He became flesh, yet He often appeared in the Old Testament as the Angel of the Lord. The Hebrew name for this is Thophem (Theo for God and Phania—to shine, to reveal). A Theophinia is a revelation of God, the shining forth of God.
Theophonies came in three forms in the Old Testament: God appeared as a man to people such as Abraham and Moses, as Malach of Yahweh—the Angel of the Lord, and the Shekinah Glory—the Glory of God.
This lesson focuses on angels and the Angel of the Lord. Appearances of the Angel of the Lord, such as in Genesis 16:7, Exodus 3:2, and Judges 6:11 open our eyes to the name and nature of the hidden Christ in the Old Testament.