Nowhere in scripture is God called an angel, show me the verse that states God is an angel.
It doesn't say that He is, but it does call Him
Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.”And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.
Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.” - Genesis 31:1-3
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis31:1-3&version=NKJV
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“And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.Then the
Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’And He said, ‘Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me.
Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’” - Genesis 31:10-13
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis31:10-13&version=NKJV
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.And
the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.”So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”Moreover He said, “
I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. - Exodus 3:1-6
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus3:1-6&version=NKJV
The "Angel of the LORD" is Jesus, preincarnate. And He claims to be God, because He is God.
This is gold!! :chuckle: I show a clear example how your understanding is wrong and your reply back is basically "interesting, but I'm going to ignore it". You can't just dismiss this point and try and excuse yourself by saying its nit relevant, it's entirely relevant.
Your whole argument hinges on the fact that you believe Moses litreally saw God because it says face-to-face, I objected to this stating the term face-to-face doesn't have to be a litreal seeing of God, I showed you clear undeniable proof and you outright rejected it.
Other than you simply wanting it to mean something different, what are your linguistic reasons that Moses seeing God "face-to-face" was any different with the Israelite's seeing God "face-to-face", for what reasons do the same terms mean completely different things?
When it says Moses saw God face-to-face did Moses see Gods face?
It does not contradicts my understanding of the scriptures, Moses asks to see Gods "glory", God speaking in human terms states he cannot see his "face". Considering the fact that Moses ask not to see Gods face but his glory, God must have been referring to the fullness of Gods glory when he mentioned not being able to see his face. God goes onto say that he will allow him to see "his back", this must refer to the after effect of Gods presence, this is clear by what Gods futher says to Moses "And it has to occur that while my glory is passing by I must place you in a hole in the rock, and I must put my palm over you as a screen until I have passed by. 23 After that I must take my palm away, and you will indeed see my back. But my face may not be seen"
God clearly states that Moses will see him "after he has passed by", he states that "his glory" and not an physical embodiment will be the thing passing by. Taking all this into account no contradiction is found since Moses did not see God but the back of Gods glory and not God himself.
Why couldn't he?