Judges 6:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

Perceived

Judges 13:21

Because

General references

Deuteronomy 4:33

Isaiah 38:7

Bible References

Perceived

The Lord's messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the Lord's messenger.

Because

Manoah said to his wife, "We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!"

So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!"

So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."

But he added, "You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live."

(I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:

I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."

No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ's glory, and spoke about him.

General references

Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?

Isaiah replied, "This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said: