Who is the "Angel of the Lord"? (Viewer Question)

A viewer asks: “Its perplexed me for a long time on the identity of the angel of the Lord in the old testament he speaks as though he is God but when the angel of the Lord reveals himself to the father of John in Luke its revealed to be Gabriel its almost as if the text differentiates between God and the angel of the Lord multiple times in Luke and it makes it all confusing.” Let's take a closer look at this enigmatic figure... ——— Here’s how you can submit your own questions via https://www.DiscipleDojo.org/contact : https://youtu.be/_bEUVpTSWLs Resources mentioned: Michael Brown - Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, vol.2 - https://www.amazon.com/Answering-Jewish-Objections-Jesus-Theological/dp/0801063345/ Walt Kaiser, et. al. - Hard Sayings of the Bible - https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Sayings-Bible/dp/083081423X/ Doug Stuart - Exodus (New American Commentary) - https://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Exegetical-Theological-Exposition-Commentary/dp/0805401024/ Daniel Wallace - Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics - https://www.amazon.com/Greek-Grammar-Beyond-Basics-Exegetical/dp/0310218950/ Dictionary of Demons and Deities in the Bible - https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Deities-Demons-Bible-Second/dp/0802824919/ ***Disciple Dojo shirts and other gifts are available over in our online store! - https://www.zazzle.com/discipledojo ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at www.facebook.com/groups/grownupstable ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org   Subscribe to the Disciple Dojo podcast for more in-depth teaching and discussions:  SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/discipledojo   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/26BDZz70HmnT5eoD9BEKQ7   iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/disciple-dojo/id1002934837 Amazon - https://tinyurl.com/uz8dbfet