who is the lord of hosts

In this post, I will be sharing with you a bunch of Bible verses that have led me to believe that when the Bible speaks of the “Lord of hosts”, they are actually speaking of a whole different person than when speaking about the Lord. Since I started noticing these things in the Bible it has changed a lot of how I am interpreting the information that I read. It really does change a lot of things in it. If I am right that is. If you have never read any of my previous posts then I will give you an update on what I am all about.

I am very new to the Bible. I have only been studying the Bible for the last year or so. I started studying the Bible because of certain happenings in my life. If you would like to read more about that then check out my posts Mistaken All Our Lives.

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I do not claim to know crap about crap really when it comes to the Bible. I know that there are many out there. They are way more knowledgeable when it comes to the content that is inside the Bible. What I share in my posts is what I believe I am being led to find. So now I am up here still searching for the truth that I believe is hidden somewhere inside the Bible. So I will learn something from others out there by sharing what I am finding. And uncover some of the truths that seem to be hidden in there. I guess we will see.

So I am not claiming to be anyone special at all. I am just trying to share what I feel like I am being led to share. So feel free to comment if you have anything that you would like to also share. I hope some of you out there may try out what I am introducing. It is in this post. Try reading the Bible with what I am proposing to you. The Lord of hosts is a separate character in the Bible from the Lord God. And then see what you think about how it changes your reading of the Bible. I believe it is so much less confusing.

When I was first starting to read the Bible I have to say I was so very confused. I mean the way they spoke back then is so different from how we speak these days. This difference makes it really hard to understand the Bible. Let alone how they are wording parts of it. You will find sections where the Lord refers to himself multiple times in one sentence. Confusing as Crap! Then I started noticing how “God’ seemed to be speaking of a whole separate person in many areas. I started looking it up online. To find out who the Lord of hosts was. And all that I got was that it was God when he was ready to do battle. That did not help at all.

Then I started reading the “Lost books of Adam and Eve”. And I started noticing how they kept referring to the Devil’s angels as his host. And I had heard over time something about a host of angels. And that thought kept on sticking in my head. To go a step further, I put the label of Lord of hosts to the Devil. In my opinion, it is not stretching it too far. He obviously would be the Lord to his host of angels. I mean I could be wrong about putting the label to the Devil. It be someone different. But it does seem to fit. Especially when you see how the LoH seems to be a hell of a lot meaner than the other character. As you read through some examples, you will see what I mean regarding the LoH.

But first I will share some definitions with you. That way, if there are words in the following topic you did not understand, I hope the definitions I am sharing will help. If you encounter any unfamiliar words, these definitions should help. They should shed a little light.

Definitions:

Host
store (a website or other data) on a server or other computer so that it can be accessed over the internet.

Host in Biology:
an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives.

Heavenly Host: Refers to the army of angels mentioned both in the Hebrew and christian Bibles, as well as other Jewish and christian texts.

In Hebrew the name Sabaoth comes from the Hebrew word for “that which goes forth” and for “armies” or “hosts”.

To Smote Someone is to Kill them.

To Rebuke, Someone is to chastise them. Or to scold them.

Cherubim: One of the unearthly beings that are described as being winged and in biblical tradition as attending on God.

Baal: Ancient Deity. As a Semitic common noun, Baal meant “owner” or “Lord”. It could be used more generally. For example, a ball of wings was a winged creature. Baal was designated the universal God of fertility, and in that capacity his title was Prince, Lord of the Earth. He was also called the Lord of Rain and Dew. In Ugaritic and Hebrew, Baal’s epithet as the storm god was He Who Rides On The Clouds. Baal was also worshipped as a local God. The name Baal became anathema to the Israelites because Jezebel tried to introduce her Phoenician cult of Baal into Israel. This was in the 9th century BCE and was in opposition to the official worship of Yahweh (I Kings 18).

Lord of hosts the King of glory.

Ps 24:10 Who is he, this king of glory? The LORD of hosts-he is the King of glory.

Isaiah 6:3 And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

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Lord of hosts sits enthroned upon the cherubim.

Isaiah 37:16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth.

Ps 99:1-4 The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he! The King in his might loves justice.

2 Samuel 6:2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-Judah to bring up from there the ark of god, which is called by the name of the lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.

Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of god.

Hebrews 9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

Now I have added the above verse from Hebrews to show how the cherubims of glory that is overshadowing the mercyseat seems to go right along with what I have been saying about the Lord of Hosts. Always seems to be secrecy going on surrounding these things in the Bible. As you can see from the above verse where they state that they cannot now speak particularly.

Lord of Hosts is referred to as the “God of Israel.”

Jeremiah 7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Jeremiah 10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of Hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 9:15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Isaiah 5:24 because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy one of Israel.

Lord of Hosts is referred to as the Living God

Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Hebrews 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Hebrews 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,”

Matthew 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Daniel 7:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.”

John 6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

Romans 9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

Lord of Hosts is known more for his judgment

Jeremiah 11:2 O Lord of hosts, that judges righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause

Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.”

Lord of hosts dwells in Mt Zion

Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

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Isaiah 18:7 In that time shall a present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount zion.

Lord of hosts has more of a bad rap so to say

Zechariah 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Zechariah 10:3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

Isaiah 23:9 The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Isaiah 19:4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 11:2 O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have l revealed my cause.

Jeremiah 11:17 For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

Jeremiah 9:15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Isaiah 24:23 The moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Isaiah 6:5 For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

Jeremiah 7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

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Habakkuk 3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mt Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

Egypt appears to be The Lord of hosts people

Isaiah 19:4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 19:20 And it shall be for a sign and a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a savior, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

Isaiah 19:25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the Lord the king of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me, there is no god.

Isaiah 48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The lord of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 51:15 But I am the lord thy god, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 54:5 For thy maker is thine husband: the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Jeremiah 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the lord thy god, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the lord God of hosts.

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Jeremiah 10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of Hosts is his name.

Isaiah 9:14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Isaiah 33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

Malachi 2:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.”

Malachi 3:14 “ Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.”

Zechariah 14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came. And did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.”

1 Kings 19:10 He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

Deuteronomy 4:19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the lord your god has alotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

David appears to be the servant of the Lord of hosts

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the lord of hosts will do this.

Lord of Hosts & Jesus?

Habakkuk 3:3 “God came from Teman and the Holy One from Mount Paran.“

Malachi 2:5 “unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.”

I believe that the above verse is the Lord of Host talking about giving the people to Jesus.

Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant whom you delight in, he shall be there.

Jeremiah 42:

“Malachi 2:10 Have we, not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers”.

“Malachi 2:12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.”

“Malachi 3:14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?”

Satan appears to have his own host of angels

Chap 28:12 No sooner had Adam said this, than an angel from God appeared unto him in the cave, who said unto him, “O Adam, fear not. This is Satan and his hosts;

Book of Adam and Eve 13:2 “O Adam, so long as the good angel was obedient to Me, a bright light rested on him and on his hosts.

Warnings That We Don’t See

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Rev 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.)

John 10:1 I am the door for the sheep. All that ever came before were murderers and thieves, but the sheep did not hear them.

Hebrews 5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

Habakkuk 3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hands: and there was the hiding of his power.

UN Sculpture looks a lot like the beast at the End Of Times.

Statue outside of the United Nations Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy

References:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki

Excerpt From: Zeiset. “Holy Bible – King James Version (KJV).” iBooks. https://books.apple.com/us/book/holy-bible-king-james-version-kjv/id1471983929

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