The Angelic Guard

UV 3361/10000 The Angelic Guard
He said, “No, rather I have come now as captain of the army of the Lord.” Then Joshua fell with his face toward the earth and bowed down, and said to him, “ What does my lord say to his servant?”

Joshua 5 v 14

The uni-verse reveals that the Lord as the Lord of hosts has a standing army of angels who do His bidding. The army has a hierarchy and there are captains or leaders among the angels. In this case, the angelic captain appears to Joshua to give him an intimation of the miraculous victory that Israel was about to gain over the fortified city of Jericho that had locked itself in. Joshua reacted and spoke to the angel with reverence as he would to the Lord. He prostrated himself and obeyed the angel by removing the sandals of his feet. Likewise, the Lord leaves His footprints in different aspects and areas of our lives though He may remain invisible.

The Lord sends His angels to protect, deliver and strengthen His people. He sent the archangel Michael to strengthen Daniel. He sent the angel to strengthen Mary before she became aware that she was going to bear the Messiah. Angels are servants of God even as we are today under the new covenant called to be servants of God. The captain of the angels told Joshua to remove his sandals as the ground on which he stood in his presence was holy or set apart for the Lord. Today, we believers are set apart for the Lord. We need to be careful or reverential to the Lord in what we think, speak and do all the time.


There are more instances of angelic visitation during the Old Testament times as today, God, the Holy Spirit Himself ministers to us. It does not however mean that we are not protected or ministered to by angels, too. We only need to be aware and thankful that the Lord is a God of power and He commands legions of angels who are often deployed on our behalf. He is the Commander-in-Chief and at His behest, the angels visit and appear to fulfil His will to this day.