Jericho Man

 

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Captain of the Lord’s army.

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Joshua calls him “Lord.”

Joshua 5:

13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What says my Lord unto his servant?

15 And the captain of the Lord’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.

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This is the Lord ,confirmed in Joshua 6, who gives Joshua instructions:

6 Now Jericho was straightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

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This “man” is not given a name.

But, the “man” is confirmed as “the Lord.”

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It is confirmed also in the bible that angels like Michael and Gabriel identify themselves, or scripture identifies them, when they come.

Michael:

See Daniel 10:13-21, Daniel 12:1, Revelation 12: 7-9, Jude 1: 9

Gabriel:

Daniel 8:16, Daniel 9:21, Luke 1:19,

Abbadon is the angel of death identified in Revelation 9:11.

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So, the “Captain of the host of the Lord” is the “Lord.”

This man does not say he is the captain of HIS host.

He (the Lord) states he is the captain of the host of the Lord.

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This means there are two “Lords.”

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There is the Father YHVH, and the Son of Man

13“I kept looking in the night visions,
And behold, with the clouds of heaven
        One like a Son of Man was coming,
        And He came up to the Ancient of Days
And was presented before Him.

14“And to Him was given dominion,
Glory and a kingdom,
That all the peoples, nations and men of           every language
Might serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
Which will not pass away;
And His kingdom is one
Which will not be destroyed.

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Son of Man also described as Son of God:

Daniel 3:25

He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

This “man” may also be the Son of God:

Daniel 10

5  I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz.

6  His body also was like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult.

7  Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, while the men who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great dread fell on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.

8  So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my natural color turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.

9  But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

Daniel addresses him as “Lord as well:”

16 Then one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish because of the vision, my lord, and I feel very weak.

17 How can I, your servant, talk with you, my lord? My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe.”

18 Again the one who looked like a man touched me and gave me strength.

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I thought this was interesting because I wondered what the Son of Man/God did in heaven before He incarnated on earth as Yahshua / Jesus.

He was the captain of the Lord and Father YHVH’s army, and other scriptures show he interacted with mankind at times.

What is wonderful now is that Yahshua interacts (or can interact) constantly with mankind now, either directly, through the Word of YHVH God, or through the Holy Spirit.

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I encourage all to take advantage of this opportunity, to come into the presence of the Lord.

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He is there for you. You just have to ask….

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