Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”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?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?
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… This is the last thing that happens. It says, now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went up to him and asked, are you for us or are you from our enemies? Neither, he replied. But as commander of the army of the Lord, I have now come. Then Joshua fell face down to the ground in reverence and asked him, What message does my Lord have for his servant? Then the commander of the Lord's army replied, Take off your sandals for the place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so. Write down the last point today. Faith steps are daily decisions. comes up to the guy with a sword getting ready to conquer Jericho he's like what's up bro you for us are you against us and the commander of the army says neither God sent this commander to remind Joshua, before I deal with what's in front of you, I'm going to deal with what's inside of you. …
… Joshua had a similar experience with the Lord. In Joshua 5 verses 13 through 15, we read here, And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho that he lifted his eyes and looked and behold, a man stood opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, this is a very wise question given the moment, are you for us or for our adversaries? So he said, no, but as the commander of the army of the Lord, I have now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, what does my Lord say to his servant? Then the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take your sandal off of your foot, for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so. And so it's at this point that the Lord makes it clear to Moses who exactly he is speaking to. Moses was speaking to none other than the God of his fathers. …
… worship so let's see that together we're going to pick up where we left off last week chapter 5 verse 13 this is what the word of god says when joshua was near jericho he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked, are you for us or for our enemies? Neither. Wow. I have now come as a commander of the Lord's army. Then Joshua bowed with his face to the ground in homage and asked him, what does my Lord want to say to his servant? The commander of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, remove the sandals from your feet. for the place where you're standing is holy. And Joshua did that. Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites. No one was leaving or entering. The Lord said to Joshua, look, I've handed Jericho, its king and its best soldiers over to you. March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. …