Hi Brian!
You wrote:
But Genesis 32 contradicts Hosea, it is clearly not an angel that Jacob wrestles with, there is no mention of an angel in the Genesis reference, if it was an angel then why name the area Peniel?
Hosea doesnt actually mention a 'man' at all in his text, and the context of the Genesis quote does not make sense if it was an angel.
Look at the context:
26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak."
But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
27 The man asked him, "What is your name?"
"Jacob," he answered.
28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, [5] because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."
29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name."
But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.
The answer to that is that Jacob probably thought that it was actually God.
There are several incidents of mistakes by bible characters, such as:
In Matthew 11:11-15 Jesus says:
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
But, in John 1:19-21, John denies that he is Elijah:
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
This indicates that John did not know that he, in fact, was Elijah.
Also, in John 20:14, Mary was talking to Jesus and didn't know it was him:
14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
quote:
Deuteronomy 13:1-3
1 If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you have not known) "and let us worship them," 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
—Brian
A prophet is simply a man or woman who speaks God's words, God invariably puts the words in their mouth, a la Moses.
The above verse tells us that God will send a prophet to deliberately mislead Israel to test her loyalty.
I think you're assuming too much here. Where does it say in that quote that God will send a prophet as you suggest? He may have allowed the prophet to speak thusly but God did not send him.