What is the army of the Lord? Several passages from the Hebrew Scriptures pull back the curtain (Gen 32:1–2, 2 Kings 6:15–17, Ps 103:20–21), but much debate exists. Was this battle-ready general merely a man or an angel? Joshua’s actions and the commander’s response give us a clue: “And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, ‘What does my lord bid his servant?’ And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, ‘Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place where