These direct links to God shows to France that angels are more than mere messengers, but also have a theophonic nature.

He appeared to be a messenger from the desert, but his presence was much more powerful than that of a mere messenger.

This duty had undoubtedly been forced upon him and he resented being a mere messenger.

The rock artisans, the good songwriters, are mere messengers, with a modest and inadequate sense of their selves.

"You understand, I am the mere messenger of such concerns."

Noah is later reviled by his people and reproached by them for being a mere human messenger and not an angel (X: 72-74).

At worst an account person could degenerate into a mere messenger.

My people will hear of this plague from no mere messenger.

RNA was once thought to be a mere messenger in the cell.

But Mr. Annan insisted that he needed some room to negotiate and would not be a mere messenger.