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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Angel of Jehovah" will reveal Himself to them as their Messiah. THE "MIGHTY ANGEL" DESCRIBED John saw that the "mighty angel," coming down from heaven, was "clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire" ( 10: 1 ) . This graphic description of the Angel of Jehovah takes us back to the Old Testament days; for the "cloud" with which He is "clothed" is none other than the Shekinah Glory. It is identical with the pillar of cloud and fire that separated Israel from Pharaoh's hosts in the Red Sea, bringing confusion to the enemy, but light and protection to the people of God. The same Shekinah Glory led Israel through the wilderness, over shadowed the tabernacle, and dwelt in the Holy of Holies, al ways a symbol of God's presence in the midst of His re deemed children. It is the same cloud of gJory which Isaiah saw (Isa. 6: 1-8); and the "beloved disciple" tells us that, when "Esaias ... saw his glory, and spake of him" (John 12:41 ), he saw Jesus of Nazareth before He came to Bethlehem. It is the same glory which Peter, James and John saw when Christ was transfigured before them, and His face did shine as the sun. When He ascended into heaven, His dis ciples beheld Him as He "was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight" (Acts 1:9). In His own eternal glory, which He had with the Father before the world was, He as cended into heaven, whence He had come. When "every eye shall see Him" coming in glory to reign, He will appear in His own Shekinah Glory. And His face will shine as the sun, even "the Sun of righteousness," who will "arise with healing in His wings" (Mal. 4:2). As John beheld Him, "the mighty angel." he saw "a rain bow ... on his head." The first reference to the rainbow in the Word of God is found in connection with God's covenant with Noah. Not only will He remember that promise, never again to destroy the earth with a flood; but as "the Angel of the Covenant," He will remember all His promises to Abra ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And He will keep them, every one!
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