Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my name is in him. The angel's authority is absolute because my name is in him — the divine name dwells in this angelic presence, making obedience to the angel obedience to God. The warning do not rebel against him is the warning against apostasy from the covenant relationship. Numbers 14:9 records Joshua and Caleb saying do not rebel against the Lord — the same vocabulary. The New Testament reads the angel of the Lord as a pre-incarnate appearance of the Son — the name that dwells in the angel is the name above all names. Colossians 2:9 says in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form — the fullness of the divine name that dwelt in the angel dwells fully in Christ.

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