The Fleet Of Yhovah
The Lord of Hosts is commander of a great army in the sky.
By
Patrick Cooke
Almost
300
times, the God of the Old
Testament is referred to as the Lord of Hosts. The
word host is taken from,
tsaba', pronounced tsaw-baw'; a mass of persons (or
figuratively, things), especially organized for
war (an army).
The proper rendering of the phrase is "Lord
of Hosts" is Yhovah of the Army.
This is an army, or fleet, of many thousands of chariots and millions of beings
called the Malak, or angels. The Army of the Lord is actually so large it
can't be numbered. The chariots of God are also called chariots
of fire and are described as flying. It is also clearly stated that the
clouds are his chariots.
Since
Jesus is Yhovah of the Old Testament,
and because he will return coming in the clouds it is doubtless that those clouds are the flying chariots of
fire of 2 Kings. Thousands of them certainly
constitute a fleet. Bible text states that this
fleet was involved in the creation of our current
biosphere and will be the force that wrests control from the rebel angels that
have power over the Earth and imprison these rebels for a 1000-year period.
The Army of Yhovah
Genesis
2:1
Thus
the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host
of them.
This
verse shows another aspect of the nature of these
supreme beings, they have an army. The word host is
taken from 'tsaba', which literally means an army.
This army is spoken of almost 300 times from the
creation to Armageddon with the God Yhovah as its
supreme commander. Although it does function as a
fighting army this verse shows that combat is only
one of its functions.
God's Army
Genesis 32:1
And Jacob went on his way, and the
angels of God met him.
2
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This
is God's
host: and he called the name
of that place Mahanaim.
host
= machaneh pronounced makh-an-eh', an
encampment (of travelers or troops);
hence, an army
A Captain of Yhovah's Army
Joshua 5:13 And
it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he
lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there
stood a man over
against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and
Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou
for us, or for our adversaries?
14
And he said, Nay; but as
captain of the host of the Lord am I
now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth,
and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my
lord unto his servant?
A high-ranking member of the Army of
Yhovah hovering over him confronts Joshua.
Battle in the Stars
Judges 5:20 They
fought from heaven;
the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Unclear as to significance but this verse seems to
be talking about a stellar battle.
Armies of the Living God
1 Samuel 17:26
And David spake to the men that stood
by him, saying, What shall be done to
the man that killeth this Philistine,
and taketh away the reproach from
Israel? for who is this uncircumcised
Philistine, that he should defy the
armies of the living God?
1
Kings
The Army
of the
Sky By
the Throne
1
Kings 22:19
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the
Lord: I saw the Lord
sitting on his throne,
and all the host
of heaven
standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Yhovah
is on his throne
and the army of the sky are by his side.
Hosts
= army.
Spinning Chariots of Fire Take Elijah
2 Kings
2:11 And
it came to pass, as they still went on,
and talked, that, behold, there
appeared a
chariot of fire,
and horses
of fire,
and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by
a
whirlwind
into heaven.
12
And
Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father,
my father, the chariot of Israel, and
the
horsemen
thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of
his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Elijah and Elisha are talking and suddenly a bright
flying vehicle and a cavalry of bright flying
objects appear and Elijah ascends into the sky by a
spinning-flying vehicle. The word translated into
horses,
'cuwc' means rapid movement or flight. This cavalry
of glowing vehicles is most likely the army spoken
of where hosts appears.
Chariots of Fire
2 Kings
6:17 And
Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray
thee, open his eyes, that he may see.
And the Lord opened the eyes of the
young man; and he saw: and, behold, the
mountain was full of horses
and chariots of fire
round about Elisha.
18
And when they came
down
to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said,
Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And
he smote them with blindness according to the word
of Elisha.
The
King of Syria has surrounded the city of Dothan
where Elisha is and Elisha asks Yhovah to help him.
Suddenly the sky was filled with rapidly moving
bright flying objects all around Elisha. One or
more flying objects descend to the ground and Elisha
asks Yhovah to cause blindness to befall the
surrounding army which he does. The army is
captured and later Yhovah restores their sight.
Army of God
1 Chronicles
12: 22
For
at that time day by day there came to
David to help him, until it was a great
host, like the host of God.
Destroyed by Yhovah's Army
2 Chronicles
14:12
So the LORD smote
the Ethiopians before Asa, and before
Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13
And Asa and the people that were with
him pursued them unto Gerar: and the
Ethiopians were overthrown, that they
could not recover themselves; for they
were destroyed before the LORD, and
before his host; and they carried away
very much spoil.
The Sky Army and the Throne
2 Chronicles
18:18 Again
he said, Therefore hear the word of the
Lord; I saw the Lord
sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing
on his right hand and on his left.
Yhovah is described as sitting on his throne the
army of the sky beside him. See
1Kings 22:19
Sky Army Command
Nehemiah
9:6
Thou,
even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made
heaven, the heaven of heavens,
with all their host,
the earth, and all things that are therein, the
seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest
them all; and the host
of heaven
worshippeth thee.
The
army of the sky pays homage to Yhovah the creator
and protector of all the skies.
Number of Yhovah's "Armies"
Job
25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and
upon whom doth not his light arise?
Clouds As
Chariots
Psalms 104:3 Who
layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot:
who walketh upon the wings of
the wind:
Yhovah makes
thick clouds his vehicles and travels on the edge of the wind.
Thousands of Flying Vehicles
Psalms
68:17 The
chariots of God are twenty thousand,
even
thousands of angels:
the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy
place.
18
Thou hast
ascended on high,
thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received
gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that
the Lord God might dwell among them.
The
vehicles of Elohiym number a myriad of thousands. Twenty
= Myriad. However the word angels
is taken from the word 'shinan' which means
changes. The specific meaning in this verse is not
clear. Elohiym
ascends aloft. See
Rev. 5:11
Elohiym
of the Army
in the Sky
Psalms
80:14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of
hosts: look
down from heaven,
and behold, and visit this vine;
Elohiym
of the army is asked to look from the sky.
Yhovah Coming with an
Army with Weapons
Isaiah
13:4
The noise of
a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of
the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host
of the battle.
5
They
come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons
of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
6
Howl
ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the
Almighty.
Yhovah's Army Descends to Fight
Isaiah
31:4
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the
young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of
shepherds is called forth against him, he will not
be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the
noise of them: so shall the Lord of
hosts come down to fight for
mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
The
army of the sky descends to engage in a physical
battle.
A Great Spinning Flying Army Craft
Jeremiah
25:32 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth
from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
A great whirlwind
will originate from the far corners of the Earth.
The Army of Heaven Cannot Be Numbered
Jeremiah
33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand
of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the
Levites that minister unto me.
Army of Heaven
Daniel
4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth
according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the
earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
A Sky Battle
Daniel
8:10
And
it waxed great, even to the host
of heaven;
and it cast
down some of the host and
of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Host
= army
The Great Army
of
Yhovah
Joel
2:10
The earth
shall quake
before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun
and the moon shall be dark,
and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11
And the
Lord shall utter his voice before his army:
for his
camp is very great:
for he is strong that executeth his word: for the
day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who
can abide it?
Camp=
army.
My "Great
Army" Which I Sent
Joel
2:25
And
I will restore to you the years that
the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm,
and the caterpiller, and the
palmerworm, my great army which I sent
among you.
Jesus Comes
in the Clouds
of the Sky
Matthew
24:30 And
then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory.
There will be
an indication of Jesus in the sky and he will come in the clouds of the sky.
Jesus Coming On His Throne
of
Glory
Matthew
25:31
When the Son of
man shall come in his glory,
and all
the holy angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory:
Jesus will come in splendor and all the angels with
him and he will sit on his throne.
72,000 Angels
Matthew
26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give
me more than twelve legions of angels?
The word legion is a regiment of the Roman army. It
originally consisted of three thousand men, but in
the time of Christ consisted of six thousand.
Jesus Coming
in the Clouds
of
the Sky
Matthew
26:64
Jesus saith unto
him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Jesus said he will come in the clouds of the sky.
Jesus Coming in the Clouds with Power and Glory
Mark 13:26 And
then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds
with great power and glory.
27
And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Jesus will be seen come in the clouds. Jesus will
send his angels to pick up his selected people from
the four corners of the Earth from the extremities
of the sky.
Jesus Coming
in the Clouds of the Sky
Mark 14:62
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see
the Son of man sitting on the right
hand of power, and coming in the clouds of
heaven.
This is a reference to the vehicles of the Second
Coming.
The Sky Army Appears
Luke
2:13
And
suddenly
there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host
praising God, and saying,
14
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men.
Suddenly a large company of the army of the sky
appeared and began praising God.
Jesus Will Come From the Sky with Powerful Angels
1
Thessalonians
1:7 And
to you who are troubled rest with us,
when the Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels,
Jesus will be revealed in the sky.
Millions of Angels
Revelation
5:11
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many
angels
round about the throne and the beasts
and the elders:
and the number of them was ten
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of
thousands;
Ten
thousand
= myriads.
Thousands
= one thousand. See
Psalms 68:17
A War in the Sky
Revelation
12:7 And there was
war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the
dragon fought and his
angels,
This
is a war going on in the sky between
the army of Yhovah and the forces of
the Satan's rebel angelic army.
The Sky Army of Jesus
Revelation
19:11
And I
saw heaven opened, and behold a
white horse;
and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and
True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make
war.
12
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name
written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his
name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him
upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
The
army of Jesus comes out of the sky. Whether Jesus
and his army are riding white horses or in white
vehicles can only be determined in the context of
the overall revelation. See verses,
14:14 and
20:11
The Last Great Battle
Revelation
19:17
And I
saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls
that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather
yourselves together unto the supper of the great
God;
18
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of
captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh
of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the
flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and
great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their
armies, gathered together to make war against him that
sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet
that wrought miracles before him, with which he
deceived them that had received the mark of the
beast, and them that worshipped his image. These
both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning
with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat
upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his
mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their
flesh.
The
armies of the world gather to fight against Jesus
and his army.
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