The nation of Israel crossed the Jordan River, at flood stage no less, by faith in God and His promises. The nation paused from moving ahead to spiritually prepare themselves for the conquest of the land promised to them. Their trust in God and obedience to Him would be their source of strength, wisdom, and power as God provided them with the leadership of Joshua. Joshua had an appearance by the pre-incarnate Christ describe as the Angel of the Lord in his preparation as well. As God led the nation forward to the conquest beginning with the city of Jericho His method and means was for the people to demonstrate their faith in HIs strength which they put in to practice by doing so according to His instructions, as unusual and unique as they were. Faith in the practice of doing God's will, will always accomplish God's purposes for HIs glory and the good of His people. Sadly such faith and obedience would not prove to be the ongoing practice of the nation as they moved forward in the conquest yet God will prove faithful to His word time and time again.
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“ Don't miss the Christophany! ” Joshua 5:14-15¶
14. He said, “No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?” 15. The captain of the Lord’s host said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so. ---NASB¶
¶Adam Clarke Commentary
¶Joshua 5:13
¶There stood a man over against him] It has been a very general opinion, both among the ancients and moderns, that the person mentioned here was no other than the Lord Jesus in that form which, in the fulness of time, he was actually to assume for the redemption of man. That the appearance was supernatural is agreed on all hands; and as the name Jehovah is given him, (Jos 6:2,) and he received from Joshua Divine adoration, we may presume that no created angel is intended....¶
We have to thank Dr. Rugh for pointing out, Christophany, which he and other conservative pastors point out, and indeed even a famous 19th Methodist theologian and scholar Adam Clarke also pointed out as in above. It's amazing how many so-called conservative Christian sources such as study Bibles and dictionaries want to overlook the subject of theophany!¶
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In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
