Claim. SMM identifies “Jehovah” in the Old Testament as an angel serving on God’s behalf — not the Creator God directly — and cites Acts 7 as New Testament confirmation.
Elaboration. The OT portrayal of God as jealous, vengeful, and ordering extermination is irreconcilable with the God of love who created the universe. SMM resolves this by arguing the God acting in the OT was angelic: “The Jehovah who appears in the Old Testament Age … is an angel and not God” (2.1.-the-attributes-of-jehovah-god, 124-202, 1983.2.15). As evidence he cites Acts 7:30, 53 — where Stephen describes the burning-bush encounter and the law-giving as mediated by angels. Since the OT was the servant’s age, God “could not reveal Himself directly.” Genesis 18 is also read this way: the three beings who appeared to Abraham were angels commissioned to represent God, not God Himself.
See also. csg-angels-mediated-gods-ot-providence, csg-jesus-introduced-god-as-father