Christian Understanding of Trinity3

TRINITY : M. M. NINAN
6. The Anger of the Lord
9. Joshua meets God
Joshua 5: 13 – 15 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 went up to him and asked, "Are you
for us or for our enemies?" "Neither," he replied, "but as
commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." Then
Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him,
"What message does my Lord have for his servant?" 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.
That the Commander of Yahweh's army is the Angel of the Lord
who appeared to Moses in the burning bush becomes clear
when He commands Joshua, "Take your sandal off your foot, for
the place where you stand is holy"
In Revelation 22:8, the Apostle John "fell down to worship before
the feet of the angel" who had shown him visions of things to
come. But the angel refused to accept worship saying: "See that
you do not do that, For I am your fellow servant, and of your
brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this
book. Worship God" In accepting the worship of Joshua, the
Angel declared himself as God.
10 Baalam sees the Angel of the Lord
The Angel of the Lord appears to Balaam, a no Hebrew Prophet
. Num 22 21 – 27 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his
donkey and went with the princes of Moab. But God was very
angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the
road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his
two servants were with him. When the donkey saw the angel of
the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand,
she turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat her to get her
back on the road. Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow
path between two vineyards, with walls on both sides. When the
donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed close to the
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