This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies. For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr. The prophet’s fourth vision is found in Zechariah 3. In the vision, Zechariah saw the Angel of Yahweh for the second time: Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel […]
The Angel Among the Myrtles: The Son of God in Zechariah 1
October 16, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies. For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr. Over two centuries after Amos prophesied, Zechariah began his prophetic ministry. The “word of the LORD” came to Zechariah the prophet, the Son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, in “the eighth month […]
The Angel by the Threshing Floor: Jesus in 2 Samuel 24 and in 1 Chronicles 21
July 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies. For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr. 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21 both cover the same events. Most commentators don’t have much to say about the Angel of Yahweh in either chapter. There is no reason to think […]
The Angel Under the Oak: Jesus in Judges 6
March 4, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies. For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr. Judges 6 begins during one of the periods when there was no judge. The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so He handed them over to the […]
Justin Martyr Said That God’s Name, Jesus, Was Declared Mysteriously Through Moses
April 24, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies. For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr. It is especially useful to read the article on Jesus in Exodus 23. Justin Martyr, the famed second-century church father, understood that it was the Son speaking to Moses from Sinai. And […]
Melchizedek, the Preincarnate Son of God
February 18, 2019 by 5 Comments
This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies. For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr. The King of Righteousness There was a moment in time when the Son of God visited Abram that took place before most of the occasions covered in the previous articles in this […]
The God Who Hears and Sees: Jesus’ Visit with Hagar
February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies. For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr. The years continued to pass, and by Genesis 16 Abram’s wife Sarai had yet to bear him any children. So Sarai told her husband that the Lord had prevented her from having […]
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