And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
The angel of the Lord. 'From the day that man fell, Christ took upon Himself the care of the Church in the exercise of all his offices. When we read what God did from time to time toward His Church and people, and how he revealed Himself to them, we are to understand it especially, of the second person of the Trinity. When we read of God appearing after the fall in some visible or outward symbol of His presence, we are ordinarily, if not universally, to understand it of the Son' (Edwards, 'History of Redemption').