Jesus Before Bethlehem: What Every Christian Should Know About the Angel of the Lord

What was Jesus doing prior to his conception in Mary’s womb? While we see the Father and the Holy Spirit actively engaged in human affairs across the pages of the Old Testament, the other member of the Trinity is foreshadowed in messianic prophecies but otherwise absent from the earth. Or is he? Jesus Before Bethlehem explores dozens of Old Testament appearances by a figure often called “the angel of the LORD.” He not only speaks for God; he speaks as God. He appears as a man, a voice from ...