19 Who is the mighty angel who came down from heaven?

Who is the mighty angel who came down from heaven?

Rev.10:1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. Rev.10:2 He had in his hand a little book open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land. Rev.10:3 He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

As of 2022, the LORD Jesus is seated on the true throne wearing the resurrected body.[1] The LORD Jesus came into the creation world as Adam, but He is God the Creator.[2] Just like this, even though He put on the resurrected[3] body[4] and became[5] like an angel[6], the LORD Jesus is God the Creator.[7]  A mighty angel comes down from heaven. A rainbow is on his head[8], his face is like the sun, and his feet are like pillars of fire. It is similar to the appearance of the LORD Jesus[9] when He revealed Himself to John.[10] Besides, he cries with a loud voice, as a lion roars. The lion is a symbol of the LORD Jesus in the book of Revelation.[11] However, even before God the Son came into the creation world, the angel who was entrusted with God's name[12], also appeared in glory[13] and showed the glory of God's name.[14] Because he came in the name of God, he should not be regarded as an angel[15], but had to be served as God.[16] However, at this time, since it is before God the Creator revealing Himself to the creation world, before He entered into the creation world as a creature, the reality of the one who showed the glory of God's name, must still be an angel.[17] Therefore, just because the appearance of the mighty angel is similar to the appearance of the LORD Jesus when He reveals Himself after His resurrection, it does not necessarily mean that the mighty angel is the LORD Jesus. Besides, a voice can be heard from above the mighty angel.[18] The LORD Jesus Himself has come down to do His work, who will speak from above?  If the meaning of becoming like an angel after resurrection, means becoming an angel after resurrection, since the LORD Jesus is now wearing a resurrected body, the spiritual body, there is also a possibility that can be seen that the LORD Jesus is as an angel after His resurrection, just as He was as a man before His resurrection. Then the mighty angel depicted similar to the LORD Jesus could be seen as representing the LORD Jesus. It may be that the LORD Jesus swore by God the Father, and God the Father is speaking from above. (When we think only within the limits of space-time[19], God the Father is greater than God the Son[20], as long as God the Son who emptied Himself remains as a creature.[21]) However, unless the resurrected one becomes like an angel but does not become an angel, the mighty 'angel' cannot be seen as the LORD Jesus. The LORD Jesus is God the Creator. Even if it is true that Adam becomes an angel when he/she is resurrected or transformed, it cannot be concluded that this mighty angel is the LORD Jesus. This mighty angel could be just one of the powerful angels.  Therefore, in my opinion, it would be better not to make hasty conclusions about this 'mighty angel' as the Creator Jesus who are wearing a resurrected body, or as one of the most powerful among the angels. If it does not make significant difference, he is called as an 'angel', so it would be better to just accept him as an angel and move on. The word 'mighty angel' is 'angelos iskhooros' in Greek, and it also appears in Revelation 5.[22]

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[1] 1Pet.3:22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

[2] John1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

[3] Luke24:41 While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. He took it, and ate in front of them.

  Gen.18:8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate. They said to him, "Where is Sarah, your wife? He said, "See, in the tent."

[4] John20:19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.

  Acts12:6 The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison. Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.

[5] Luke20:35 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. For neither can they die any more, for they are like the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

[6] Mark12:25 For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

[7] 1Pet.3:22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

[8] Ezek.1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

  Rev.4:3 that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.

[9] Rev.1:13 And in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest. His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

[10] Rev.1:1 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

[11] Rev.5:5 One of the elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals."

[12] Judg.13:21 But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh. Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

[13] Ezek.10:18 The glory of Yahweh went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

[14] Dan.10:5 I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz: his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

[15] Gal.4:14 That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

[16] Gen.18:16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way. Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

[17] Hos.12:4 Indeed, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; He wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

[18] Rev.10:8 The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land."

[19] Col.3:11 where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

  Rom.9:5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

[20] John14:28 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.

  John10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

[21] Phil.2:6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider it robbery to be equal with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

[22] Rev.5:2 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?" No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.https://youtu.be/AupisuARmgQ?feature=shared