Joshua 5:13-15
Easy-to-Read Version
The Commander of the Lord’s Army
13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. The man had a sword in his hand. Joshua went to the man and asked, “Are you a friend to our people or are you one of our enemies?”
14 The man answered, “I am not an enemy. I am the commander of the Lord’s army. I have just now come to you.”
Then Joshua bowed his face to the ground
to show respect and said, “I am your servant. Does my master have a command for me?”
15 The commander of the Lord’s army answered, “Take off your sandals. The place where you are standing is holy.” So Joshua obeyed him.
Then he [the Lord] said, "Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is
holy ground." He said further, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God" (Exodus 3:5,6).
Acts 7:30-33
Easy-to-Read Version
30 “Forty years later Moses was in the desert near Mount Sinai. An angel appeared to him in the flame of a burning bush. 31 When Moses saw this, he was amazed. He went near to look closer at it. He heard a voice; it was the Lord’s. 32 The Lord said, ‘I am the same God your ancestors had—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’[a] Moses began to shake with fear. He was afraid to look at the bush.
33 “
The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, because the place where you are now standing is
holy ground.
Clearly, the above texts are theophany. One does not bow to worship an angel like John did in
Revelation 22:8-9
Easy-to-Read Version
8 I am John. I am the one who heard and saw these things. After I heard and saw them, I bowed down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me. 9 But
the angel said to me, “Don’t worship me! I am a servant like you and your brothers the prophets. I am a servant like all those who obey the words in this book. You should worship God!”
Now looking at Michael, he is a prince, there are other princes, who are angels.
Daniel 10:13
English Standard Version
13 eThe
prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me ftwenty-one days, but
Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia,
Jude 9
English Standard Version
9 But when uthe archangel vMichael, contending with the devil, was disputing wabout the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, x“The Lord rebuke you.”
Jesus rebukes demons himself, thus not Michael.
This person, standing before Joshua son of Nun, is?
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?
15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.