The Bible uses the phrase the word of the LORD in a way that can be easy to flatten into mere information, like God just dropped a thought into someone’s mind. But in several key places, the wording is more personal than that. God appears, God makes Himself known,...
Some places in the Old Testament introduce a visitor as the Angel of the LORD, but then the conversation and the reaction look like someone has met the LORD Himself. If you move slowly and watch what the text actually says, you can learn what to look for without...
Exodus 3:2-6 drops us into the moment God meets Moses at the burning bush and calls him to go back to Egypt. The passage also introduces the Angel of the LORD, and it does it with wording that makes you slow down. The account starts with a messenger appearing, but...
