In the book of Judges we learned how an angel told Manoah that his barren wife would have a child, “and Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. She may not eat of any thing that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, until we shall have made ready a kid for you. And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread: and if you will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is your name, that when your sayings come to pass we may do you honor?”, and in chapter thirteen and verse eighteen of Judges, we learn how, the angel said, “Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is secret?” where we read,
And the angel of the LORD said unto him,
Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
The verse reads, “And the angel of the LORD said unto him, …” The writer began with the words, “and the angel of the LORD which means “and the messenger and envoy belonging to Jehovah who is the existing One and the proper name for the One True God” “said unto him” or “uttered, declared, proclaimed and asked him, Manoah” the following question. The writer shared how the spiritual envoy from Jehovah God asked “Manoah” the following question.
The verse continues, “… Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is secret?” The writer added the words, “why ask you thus” which means “for what reason and caused do you, Manoah, question and inquire in such a manner” “after my name” or “for my, the spiritual envoy’s, title by which he was called”, “seeing it is secret” which means “since and because the title by which I am called exists as wonderful, incomprehensible and extraordinary”. The writer shared shared how Jehovah God’s spiritual envoy questioned the reason “Manoah” desired to know the title by which he was called because it existed as wonderful and extraordinary.
When we meditate upon the words in this verse, we learn how Jehovah God’s “angel” questioned “Manoah” as to the reason He was wanting to know his “name”. This “angel’s” name was out of the ordinary and incomprehensible. Most scholars believe this to be a manifestation of Jesus before He came to the earth otherwise known as a “Christophany”. Regardless, the spiritual envoy did not allow “Manoah” to know what he was called because it was incomprehensible. God ways are beyond our ways, and when we yield to His Son Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind and was resurrected from the dead after three days as our “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and put His Holy Spirit within us to guide us into all truth and to help us know that His plans are well beyond our understanding and reason. (See John 3:16; 16:13; Acts 1:8; Isaiah 55:8-9)
Next time we learn how, “Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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