20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him... 25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. (Exod 23).
That "Angel" is pre-incarnate Jesus. As THE Angel, he is THE Messenger, or THE Word of God. When God appeared to mankind, whether audibly or visually, His Person was Jesus. People endeavor to delineate between Jesus and God but that cannot be done. There are not three "persons" of the Holy Trinity, but three aspects of One Person with one personality. Theologians call those aspects homeostasis.
The significance is that it was Jesus all the time. The Lord said, "For my name is in him." God was referring to the theophoric name of Jesus - "Yahweh Delivers." As you can see, the Lord''s Name is within Jesus's name! Then, the Lord points toward the Abrahamic Covenant and the Covenant of Grace: "Ye shall serve the Lord your God, and I will take sickness away." That means if we serve the Lord, Jesus will heal as is written: "(They) should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them" (Mat 13:15).
Conversion is not healing. Conversion leads to salvation when the time comes. Conversion is when sinners are born again (John 3:7). Salvation is for those who endure to the end in faith. (Mat 10:22).
The mystery of God is that safety was always by Jesus, always for everyone, and was always by faith and not works.
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