Kabbalah Library
Zohar for All, Volume 3
The Redeeming Angel – 2
467) “Behold, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on the way.” This is the angel who redeems the world. He is called “the redeeming angel” and he keeps people, as it is written, “To keep you on the way.” He is the one who summons blessings to the whole world because he receives them first, and then he, the angel Matat, makes them available in the world. This is why it is written, “Behold, I am sending an angel before you.” And it is also written, “And I will send an angel before you.”
468) It is an angel who is at one time a male, and at one time a female. When he summons blessings to the world, he is called “a male.” As a male summons blessings to the Nukva, he summons blessings to the world. And when he is in judgment over the world, he is called “a female,” since he is filled with judgments like an impregnated female. Thus, at one time he is called “a male,” and at one time he is called “a female,” and it is all one.
