Angel Of Strength!
And the Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon,
and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty
man of valor!”
Judges 6: 12
When the apostle Paul was in prison in Rome, he had few
resources. Then the Philippian church sent gifts to sustain him
and he expressed his thanks in a letter (Philippians 4:10-20).
He summarized his perspective in verse 13:
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Even in the Old Testament, saints were strengthened through
Christ.
Most theologians believe that “Angel of the Lord” in the Old
Testament
was a “theophany”—a revelation of Christ. It has always been
Christ,
the Second Person of the Trinity, who has manifested the
Godhead
bodily on earth.
Certainly that was true in the New Testament, and it appears it was
true
in the Old Testament as well—as it happened to Gideon who was
called
to deliver Israel from the Midianites (Judges 6). Gideon was a
“nobody”
in Israel, but he learned, like Paul, he could do all things through Christ
(the Angel of the Lord) who strengthened him.
Just as Christ strengthened Gideon, Paul, and
many
others, He will strengthen you as well if you call on
Him.
"The work which his goodness began,
the arm of his strength will complete."
Augustus M. Toplady
