Let me say it again – there’s NOT a single verse in the whole Bible that unequivocally said the Angel of the Lord is Jesus – this fact can only mean the belief that the Angel of the Lord is Jesus, is only based on assumption, just like most of the other Trinitarians’ beliefs. The fact is Jesus was not in existence throughout the OT although he’s already in God’s Mind and Plan, and he only came into existence when God formed him in the womb of Mary (Matthew 1:18).
Still, the question is why would the Trinitarian preachers preach that the Angel of the Lord is Jesus ? The answer is quite obvious – since the Trinitarians also assume and believe that Jesus is God and at the same time a distinctive human (incarnated, no less) who is co-equal and co-eternal with God from the beginning of time, but yet Jesus was never unequivocally mentioned in the Old Testament, so the only way to make people believe that Jesus is pre-existent with God is to preach Jesus is with God from the beginning of time as the Angel of the Lord !!
And if you refer to the folks at GotQuestions.org (which, of course, you did), they will say “The angel of the Lord speaks as God, identifies Himself with God, and exercises the responsibilities of God”, therefore, God must also be the Angel of the Lord !! Well, what can I say but simply pure assumptions without a single scriptural evidence !!
Then, you might ask, if the Angel of God is not God, why did the Angel of the Lord speaks as God, identifies itself with God and did exercise the responsibilities of God, and sometimes even addressed to as God or the Lord?? Well, to know that first, you need to understand that angels, or anyone who are sent by God, are agents of God. Second, you need to understand the Jewish Law of agency. According to the Jewish understanding of agency, THE AGENT WAS REGARDED AS THE PERSON HIMSELF. This is well documented in The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion:
Agent (Heb. Shaliah): The main point of the Jewish law of agency is expressed in the dictum, “a person’s agent is regarded as the person himself” (Ned. 72b; Kidd. 41b). Therefore any act committed by a duly appointed agent is regarded as having been committed by the principal, who therefore bears full responsibility for it with consequent complete absence of liability on the part of the agent.
In Exodus 4:16, God told Moses his brother, Aaron will speak for Moses as if Moses was speaking. Likewise, the Angel of the Lord was also speaking for God as if God was speaking Himself.
By the way, can you find any verse in the whole Bible where God made Jesus God to anyone ??? Well, in Exodus 7:1, Moses was made God to Pharaoh and Aaron, his prophet. In Exodus 4:16, Moses is God to Aaron. Yet, Trinitarians, without any scriptural evidence, but merely conjectures and assumptions, make claim Jesus is God and also the Angel of the Lord !! UNBELIEVABLE !!
The term Trinity is not be mentioned in the Bible but the term Godhead is. Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. The word Trinity is not found in the Bible | carm.org
Some critics of the Trinity doctrine claim that since the word “trinity” is not found in the Bible, it isn’t true. Furthermore, some assert that if God wanted us to believe in the Trinity, He would have stated the doctrine clearly.
First of all, it is illogical to claim that since the word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible, that its concept is not taught therein. This kind of objection usually demonstrates a prejudice against the teaching of the Trinity. Instead, the person should look to God’s word to see if it is taught or not.
Second, there are many biblical concepts that people believe in that don’t have a specific word describing them used in the Bible. For example, the word “Bible” is not found in the Bible, but we use it anyway to describe the Bible. Likewise, “omniscience” which means “all-knowing,” “omnipotence” which means “all-powerful,” and “omnipresence” which means “present everywhere,” are words not found in the Bible either, but we use them to describe the attributes of God. We don’t have to see a specific word in the Bible in order for the concept it describes to be true. Why should this be any different for the word “Trinity” and the concept that it represents?
The following are other words that the Bible does not use, but the concepts are mentioned:
So, to say that the Trinity isn’t true because the word “Trinity” isn’t in the Bible is an invalid argument. Furthermore, to say that–if God wanted us to believe in the Trinity He would have clearly taught it in scripture–is also an invalid argument. Something does not have to be clearly formulated in the Bible to be valid. Not all things taught in the Bible are perfectly clear. Take a look at the book of Revelation. It contains many things that are cryptic that must be interpreted after examining all of the Bible. Even then, there are disagreements as to what some things mean. Yet, we know that the truths there are true whether or not we discover them.
- Atheism is the teaching that there is no God. “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God'” (Psalm 14:1).(see atheism)
- Divinity which means divine quality or godlike character. Yet, we speak of the godlike quality of the Lord God. See Psalm 139.
- Incarnation which means the word (God) who became flesh. Yet, this is definitely taught in the Bible (John 1:1, 14).
- Monotheism is the teaching that there is only one God (Isaiah 43:10; 44:8).
- Rapture is the teaching that the Christians who are alive when Jesus returns will be caught up to meet Him in the air (1 Thess. 4:16-18).