Jacob wrestled with the Angel of the Lord, who is the pre-incarnate Christ (second person of the Trinity)
Question from Guppy Life about Jacob wrestling "God" when the text says "angel" — is God the Angel of the Lord?
Mike affirms that Jacob wrestled with the Angel of the Lord, who is the pre-incarnate second person of the Trinity. Evidence: (1) Jacob himself later refers to the encounter as wrestling with God. (2) In Genesis 48:15-16, Jacob blesses his sons and speaks of "the God before whom my fathers walked... the God who has been my shepherd... the Angel who has redeemed me from all evil" — singular being doing the blessing, conflating God and the Angel. (3) The phrase "the Angel of the Lord" (with the definite article) throughout Scripture nearly always refers to the pre-incarnate Christ. Mike points viewers to a dedicated teaching on the Angel of the Lord.
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