Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
While we're waiting on sonship.
Sonship. - 'No one to my recollection, has ever refuted this observation. In Zechariah 2:8-11 shows Jehovah God is both the Sender and the One Sent.'
Ghost. - 'In fact, Zec.2:3 tells us explicitly that it was an angel speaking for God.'
From verse 3 to verse 11:
Then at that point the angel who spoke with me went forth and another angel came forth to meet him." (v.3)
So clearly we have the prophet Zechariah, and an angel and a second angel.
"And he said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem will lie as an open region due to the multitude of men and cattle within it,
For I will be her wall of fire round about, declares Jehovah, for I have spread you out like the four winds of the heavens, declares Jehovah. (v.6)
Ho, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. (v.7)
For thus says Jehovah of hosts, After the glory He has sent Me against the nations who plunder you; for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye. (v.8)
For I am waving My hand over them, and they will be plunder for those who served them, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me. (v.9)
Give a ringing shout and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for now I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst, declares Jehovah. (v.10)
And many nations will join themselves to Jehovah in that day and will become My people, and I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you. (v.11)
Who is the one who will wave hand over God's people ?
The hand waving one must be
Jehovah of hosts in verse 8.
"For thus says Jehovah of hosts ... (v.8a)
... For I am now waving My hand over them ... (v.9a)
What will be the result of this one waving his hand over them?
The result will be that certain people will know that the hand waver has been sent by
Jehovah of hosts.
"For I am now waving My hand over them, and they will be plunder for those who served them; and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me." (v.9)
There is nothing about the second angel speaking to first angel which rescues from this logic.
There is nothing about angel speaking as a dictaphone on behalf of Jehovah, echoing Jehovah's words, which rescues from this logic.
Jehovah God is still the Sender and the One sent.
Who is the One who will dwell in the midst of God's people in verse 10? It is Jehovah:
" ... for I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst, declares Jehovah." (v.10b)
As a result of this one coming to dwell in their midst who will they know has been the sender of this dweller? Jehovah of hosts sent this dweller.
" ... and I will dwell in your midst, declares Jehovah,
And many nations will join themselves to Jehovah in that day and will become My people, and I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you." (10b,11)
There is nothing in
2:3 about a second angel mentioned which rescues from this logic. Regardless of what an angel might speak the net effect is the same - Jehovah God has sent Jehovah God.
Compare carefully the words of verse 10 and 11:
" ... for now I am coming and I will dwell in your midst, declares Jehovah ...
and I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you."