Because of this say thou unto them Thus He says YHWH of Armies Turn ye unto Me declares YHWH of Armies and I will turn unto you says YHWH of Armies Be ye not as your fathers unto whom the former prophets have cried saying Thus He says YHWH of Armies Return you, please! from your ways—the evil ones and [from] your practices and [from] your practices—the evil ones But they did not hear nor attend unto Me declares YHWH Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever? But My words and My statutes which I commanded my servants the prophets did they not overtake your fathers? and they turn themselves and they are saying Like as YHWH of Armies thought to do unto us according to our ways and according to our doings so has he dealt with us
Comments: Zechariah 1:3-6 Whenever our Creator refers to himself as YHWH of Armies (the title usually translated as LORD of hosts), he is reminding us that we are in a cosmic war, a war mortals tend to call “spiritual.”
Spiritual really means cosmic—heavenly—but humans are more comfortable considering heavenly things as ethereal, things without tangible substance. This is a huge mistake. Cosmic armies, both the armies of light and the armies of darkness, have as much substance as anything we can see and touch on a daily basis. Just because something is heavenly—cosmic—doesn’t mean it lacks substance.
Faith has substance, though we can’t see it: Jocelyn Andersen: What is Faith?. The Bible says so Hebrews 11:1, and our Creator’s heavenly armies are just as substantive as any earthly army, only much more powerful.
The LORD of Hosts commands powerful heavenly armies, of which Believers become a part of the moment we profess Christ. We will be a part of the final conflict when Jesus makes his physical and visible appearance at the Battle of Armageddon Psalm 149:6-9, Revelation 19:11-14.
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