&©S THE GLORY 07 CHRIST AS GOD-MAN. thin, though Gideon did not know it was God himself. 3. The language which this angel speaks, is not such as would imme- diately determine Gideon to believe it was Jehovah or God him- Self who appeared, and therefore we find Gideon doesnot worship Aim nor address him as Jehovah. 4. Though Gideon does not expressly call this angel, God or Jehovah, but only perceived at last that he had seen an angel of the Lord, yet we may suppose that in his recollection he took it to be that peculiar angel in whom God resided or dwelt, for he feared he should diebecause he had seen him. Now though there was an ancient and current opinion among the Israelites, that none could see the face of God and live, yet there does not seem to have been any such notion that death would ensueupon the sight of a corn- Mon angel. But however, whether Gideon supposed this angel to be inhabited by Jehovah or no, it is plain that the sacred his- torian calls him Jehovah. Judges xiii. 3. i0 The angel of the Lord appeared to the wife of Manoah, and said unto her, thou shalt conceive and bear a son, &c. Verse 6. The woman came and told her husband, saying, a man of God came to me, and his countenance was like thecountenance of an angel of God, very terrible, &c. Verse 8. And Manoah entreated the Lord or Jehovah, and said, Let the man of God which thou didst send, come again to us. Ver. 9. And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman : she called her husband, and Manoah said unto him, Art thou the man that spaltest unto the woman ? And he said, I am. Verse 15. And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, Let us make ready a kid for thee. Verse 16. And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, I will not eat of thy bread, and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord ; for Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord. Verse 17. And Manoali said to the angel of the Lord, What is thy name ? And the angel said unto him, Why askest thou after my name, since it is a secret, aí59 or won. derful ?" The same name which is given to Christ ; Isa. ix. 6: His name shall be called, Wonderful. Verse 19. So Manoah took a kid, with a meat-offering, and offered it to the Lord and the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. Verse 21. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Loid. Verse 22. And Manoah said to his wife, we shall surely die, because we have seen God. Isere also is such an angel in whom God is supposed to reside, for Manoah said, we have seen God, and therefore he thought that they should holh die. I do not remember any appearance of God to David. Ike saw the angel of the Lord that was sent to spread a pestilence among the people, by the threshing-place of Ara:mah the Jehn= site; 2 Sam. xxiv. 16. And David spoke unto the Lord or
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