Joshua 5:13-15 (New International Version)
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.
The Lord Jesus Christ knows where we stand, so He came to declare His stand.
He said I'm on neither sides. I am on the side of my Heavenly Father always.I came to do His will and not man's. For He knows,both sides were wrong.In supposedly God's camp was the presence of sin too. He is never on the side of sin,even if they would approach Him in His name.He told Joshua,don't forget;I am Holy and be thou holy as I am holy."Take of your sandals" as a sign of that relationship.You must have that fear of God that He is holy and He doesn't change in His nature.
He is saying : I can see the lack of that fear of God in both camps.Don't just say it ,do it by obeying God. Show me with your actions that you fear My Holiness.I don't see much difference between the two camps.(To be continued)
