Exodus 23: 20-23: “Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.”
There is an old story about footsteps in the sand. A man dreamed that he was walking with the Lord on the beach and he had an image of his life. Sometimes there were two sets of footsteps while at other times there was only one set. There was only one set of footprints in the hard times and the man asked the Lord why this was so. The Lord told him that He had carried that man during the hard times. (this story has been told many times and is not originally from me) This passage gives some justification to that story. The difference is that the Lord promised to send His angel in front of His people so that they way would always be prepared for them as they travelled. They could expect to find enemies along the way but the angel had been down that pathway before and was already prepared to fight and defeat those enemies. This reminds us of the Lord Jesus Christ; “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Heb 4: 15, 16) The Lord Jesus Christ has experienced every possible kind of physical, emotional and spiritual problem that we can ever face and He triumphed over all of them.Israel had an angel going before them but Christians have the perfect Saviour Who has gone before us and He loves us and has dealt with all our sin as well.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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