This occurs in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets. When the high priest stood before God on the Day of Atonement, he was said to be "face to face" with God. Because of this, the Day of Atonement became known by the phrase "face to face." "Face to face" is a terminology used in: “For you know in part; and you prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child; I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now you see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
There was another time when there was a “face to face” encounter. Joshua had entered into the Promise Land, but they hadn’t taken any of it yet. Yeshua is face to face, talking with Joshua as the Captain of the Host.
Jericho is going to fall in just a few hours. Joshua with ill-trained troops was about to embark on an impossible task of destroying this double wall fortified city, Jericho then but for us it is the spiritual Babylon that is about to fall. Early in the morning, Joshua gets up early to see what the Lord has in store for them, and to discuss with the Lord how this all will come to pass. He sees this man with a sword drawn all the way out in a vision.
This is a picture of Yeshua with the Word of God, sword fully drawn and plain for all to see. Not half way out but all the way out and totally revealed. It will be cutting, dividing the truth from the dross. Joshua sees it all and it gives Joshua the confidence to go and take the city. Seeing all of the Word of God in its true light will give you all the confidence you need to go and take the city promised. It is time for the whole book to be seen in its true light of Yeshua.
At this point, the devil is bound up. He can’t come in or go out. The walls of lies come down, the truth is revealed, and there is no one to stop it this time. There is no one to twist it around and confuse the matter. With the marching around Jericho with the trumpets blaring and being lead by the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant. Joshua is a type of Yeshua. They walked six days around this fortified city and they blew the trumpets.
There is something else very interesting about this story. Joshua, as a type of Yeshua, has not told His believers why until the seventh day. He has known for all this time but it was not until the morning of the seventh day that He tells them. Are we approaching the morning of the seventh day? This old world is aprox six thousand years old.. and will be approaching the "seventh day" millennium.