The Angel of Yahweh Compared to the Angel of Daniel 10

Form

• Man [Gen 1:26-27]

• Like a man [Gen 32:24 cf., Hos 12:3-5]

• Man [Eze 1:26]

• Man [Dan 10:5,16]

• Man

• Man [Php 2:5-9]

Face

• Not described
• Must have been extremely bright

• “… like lightning” [Dan 10:6]

• Like the Sun [Rev 10:1]

• Like the Sun [Mat 17:2; Rev 1:16]

Eyes

• Fiery
  —God is a "consuming fire" [Deut 4:24], It goes without saying that His eyes are fiery.

• Fiery
  —He appeared as flames of fire in the Burning Bush [Exo 3:2]

• Fiery
  —His body was all fiery, his eyes would most certainly have been as well.

• “…like flaming torches” [Dan 10:6]

• His eyes would have been on fire
  —with fiery legs and a face like the sun, his eyes would have been on fiery

• Eyes like fire [Rev 1:14]

Voice

• Roar as a Lion
  
• In the Day of Yahweh [Joe 3:16; Amos 1:2; Hos 11:10 cf., Isa 42:13; Jer 25:30]
• In connection to prophecy [Amos 3:8]
  
• Majestic voice
• It will be heard by men when Yahweh comes in the Day of Yahweh [Isa 31:30-31]
• Psa 29

• Mighty voice
  —It was he who gave the Law to Israel, therefore, it was his voice that the Israelites heard in the wilderness at Mount Sinai [Deut 5:22]
  

• Voice not particularly described
• Voice of many waters [Eze 10:15; 43:2 cf., Eze 1:24]

• “…his voice like the sound of a multitude” [Dan 10:6]

• Roar of a Lion  [Rev 10:3]
• His lion-like roar is connected to prophecy

• Loud [Joh 11:43-44]
• Since Jesus is the One who is coming as Yahweh, it means that the prophecies of Yahweh roaring are speaking of Jesus Christ as roaring
• Voice of many waters

Upper Body

• He wraps Himself in light as with a garment [Psa 104:2]

• Fiery
  —He appeared as flames of fire in the Burning Bush [Exo 3:2]

• From his waist up, he looked like glowing metal as if full of fire [Eze 1:27]

• “…like chrysolite” [Dan 10:6]

• Clothes were as bright as lightening [Luk 9:29]

Legs

• Fiery
  —God is a "consuming fire" [Deut 4:24], therefore, His legs must be fiery.
  

• Fiery
  —He appeared as flames of fire in the Burning Bush [Exo 3:2]

• Fiery pillars [Eze 1:27]

• “…like the gleam of burnished bronze” [Dan 10:6]

• Fiery pillars [Rev 10:1]

• Fiery
  —He is the exact representation of God's glory [Heb 1:3[

Rainbow

• A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne
[Rev 4:3]

• Brilliant light like a rainbow surrounded him [Eze 1:27-28]

• None

• Rainbow above his head [Rev 10:1]

Cloud

• He rides on the clouds [Psa 68:4; 18:9]
  
• He spoke from the cloud [Psa 81:7; 99:7; Job 38:1]
• Clouds and thick darkness surround him [Psa 97:1; 2Chron 6:1]

• Dwelled in the Pillar of Cloud and fire [Exo 14:19]

• Came in a mighty cloud [Eze 1:4]

• None

• Robbed in a Cloud [Rev 10:1]

• A bright cloud enveloped Jesus (and Moses and Elijah) [Mat 17:5; Mar 9:7; Luk 9:34]
• Jesus will come on the Clouds of Heaven [Mat 24:30; 26:64; Mar 13:26; 14:62-63; Luk 21:27; 1Thes 4:17; Rev 1:7]
• Went up in a cloud [Act 1:9]

Authority over the Earth

• Yes
• Yahweh has authority over all the earth [Gen 18:25; Jos 3:11,13; Psa 24:1]

• Yes
  
• Authority over all men [Eze 18:4]
• The earth belongs to Yahweh the King of Glory [Psa 24:7-10 cf., Psa 24:1]

• Since he is not Israel’s Captain, then he is clearly not a Captain over any nation

• Yes
• He had power over the land and sea, symbolized by his placing his legs over the land and the sea [Rev 10:2]

• Yes
• He has authority over all things— [Mat 28:18; Heb 1:2]
• God has given him authority over all men [Joh 5:22,27; 17:2]

Authority over the Two Witnesses

• Yes
• It goes without saying

• Yes
• Being the One through whom God commissioned and empowered Moses, he certainly has authority over Moses [Exo 3:2,10; Act 7:35; cf., Exo 7:1],
• And if Moses, then over Elijah as well

• No
• He is apparently not Daniel’s Lord, and if he wasn’t Daniel’s Lord, then he certainly is not Moses’ and Elijah’s Lord

• Yes
• The two witnesses (i.e., Moses and Elijah) are his servants—he calls them “my two witnesses” [Rev 11:3]

• Yes
• The two witnesses (i.e., Moses and Elijah) are his servants—He is called their Lord [Rev 11:8]

Authority to Determine World Events

• Yes
• Certainly (It goes without saying)

• Yes

• [Rev 10:5-7]

• He has power over prophetic events to determine what will be and when—“Heaven and earth will pass… but my words will never pass away” [Mat 24:]

Prophecy /

Word of God

• He is the source of Prophecy [Amos 3:8]

• Gave the prophet Balaam what to say [Num 22:35]
• Anointed the 70 elders to assist Moses [Num 11:25-26]

• Had a great knowledge of prophecy  [Dan 11:1; 12:6-7]

• He had a little scroll open in his hand which evidently contained prophecies and commanded John to prophecy [Rev 10:2,7,9-11]

• [Rev 19:10]
  

Relationship to Israel

• He is the God of Israel

• He is the protector of Israel  [Exo 23:20-23; Gen 48:15-16]
• As per the division of men into nations, he is the Son of God over Israel [Deut 32:8-9]

• He is the God of Israel [Eze 10:20 cf., Eze 8:4]

• He did not speak of Israel in a personal way
• “…I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future” [Dan 10:14]
• The Angel of Yahweh wouldn’t have spoken like this.

• The two witnesses who were his ministered in Jerusalem with the objective of bringing her to repentance [Rev 11:3,8]

• Among the nations, Israel was his own [Joh 1:10-11]
• He wept over Jerusalem [Mat 24:]