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FAQ # 159
QUESTION 159 : Did God speak to Manoah (Judges
13:1-22) and said his name was wonderful?
NO.
The context of the verse clearly showed that a name wasn't given, or just
an idiomatic expression to say it is too wonderful to speak. He wasn't
speaking of God's name either, for they
knew God's name (Yahovah), but they were asking the name of the angel,
for "Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD" (Judges 13:21).
This is just an angel God uses as his mouth piece, similar to how prophets
are used today. We try to read too much into a verse to try and find Christ
when they are already thousands of verses explicitly expressing Christ
plainly.
One source even
says,
"And the Angel of YAHOVAH appeared...(v.3)...
Behold, the Man has appeared unto me...(v.l0)...And Manoah said unto the
Angel of YAHOVAH, `What is Thy Name?' (v.17). And the Angel of YAHOVAH
said (v.18) 'Why askest thou thus after My Name, seeing it is Secret?'
(marginal reference renders it "Wonderful").
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