PT-2 “Verses that Speak of The Expected One.”

 

EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/20/2026 8:49 PM

My Worship Time                                   Focus:  PT-2 “Verses that Speak of The Expected One.”

 

            I will continue from where I left off in this morning's SD.

“Joseph, scorned and rejected by his brothers, nevertheless became their deliverer.  In the same way Jesus ‘came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name’ (John 1:11-12).

“Noah’s ark, a place of refuge from God’s wrath, pictures Jesus—the true ark of safety in whom believers ride safely above the waves of divine judgment.

“The angel of the Lord (Gen. 16:7-13; 22:11-18; 31:11-13; Ex. 3:2-6; Judges 6:11-23; 13:2-22) was the pre-incarnate manifestation of the Expected One.”

(Gen. 16:7-13; 22:11-18; 31:11-13; Ex. 3:2-6; Judges 6:11-23; 13:2-22)

“7 ¶  The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8  And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai." 9  The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her." 10 ¶  The angel of the LORD also said to her, "I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude." 11  And the angel of the LORD said to her, "Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction. 12  He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen." 13  So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing," for she said, "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.’’

“11 ¶  But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." 12  He said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." 13  And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14  So Abraham called the name of that place, "The LORD will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."  15 ¶  And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven 16  and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17  I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, 18  and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.’”

11  Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am!’ 12  And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. 13  I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.’"

“2  And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. 3  And Moses said, "I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned." 4  When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am." 5  Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." 6  And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.”

“11 ¶  Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12  And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor." 13  And Gideon said to him, "Please, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian." 14  And the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?" 15  And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house." 16  And the LORD said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man." 17  And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. 18  Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you." And he said, "I will stay till you return." 19  So Gideon went into his house and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the terebinth and presented them. 20  And the angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them on this rock, and pour the broth over them." And he did so. 21  Then the angel of the LORD reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes. And fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight. 22  Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD. And Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face." 23  But the LORD said to him, "Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die."

“2  There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and had no children. 3  And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. 4  Therefore be careful and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, 5  for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines." 6  Then the woman came and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. I did not ask him where he was from, and he did not tell me his name, 7  but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’"  8 ¶  Then Manoah prayed to the LORD and said, "O Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us and teach us what we are to do with the child who will be born." 9  And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field. But Manoah her husband was not with her. 10  So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "Behold, the man who came to me the other day has appeared to me." 11  And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the man and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to this woman?" And he said, "I am." 12  And Manoah said, "Now when your words come true, what is to be the child’s manner of life, and what is his mission?" 13  And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful. 14  She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe."  15 ¶  Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain you and prepare a young goat for you." 16  And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "If you detain me, I will not eat of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD." (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.) 17  And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?" 18  And the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?" 19  So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the LORD, to the one who works wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching. 20  And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD went up in the flame of the altar. Now Manoah and his wife were watching, and they fell on their faces to the ground. 21  The angel of the LORD appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the LORD. 22  And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God.’”

8/20/2026 9:46 PM