Joshua 5:13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” 15 And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
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I love this. Remember the troops surrounding Elisha or the voice of God to Samuel or Jacob's wrestling partner or the angels in Isaiah's vision or Ezekial's vision or Joseph or John.
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Joshua's spiritual encounter is particularly physical, perhaps a lot like Jacob's experience. This is some kind of spiritual being - the commander of the army of the Lord - standing ready to assist Israel in battle. This being seems to be a human, but is something other - how intriguing and terrifying!
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