Sunday, December 8, 2013

Heavenly Host / God of Hosts Hosts = Armies

The word angelic host kept coming up for me, so I looked in the dictionary to see what the word means. One of the definitions in the dictionary is army. I never realized this. Through the Old Testament, it titles our God as the Lord of Hosts. Some have depicted this to means the stars and planets, however after reading a few passages, I would have to say the depiction is clearly of an army:
  1. 1 Kings 2:5
    Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
    1 Kings 2:4-6 (in Context) 1 Kings 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  2. 1 Kings 15:20
    So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
    1 Kings 15:19-21 (in Context) 1 Kings 15 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
more occurrences of the word hosts in KJV: 

There is a post in here from 5-5-13 Army of the Lord / a story and a prophetic message for you

It makes even more sense now the word that I was given and the messages about our being in The Army of the Lord.

After I came to this conclusion, I saw this site. It is pretty good http://www.alienresistance.org/ufos-the-bible/the-heavenly-host/

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