Pre-incarnate Christ
The Pre-incarnate Christ shows Himself in order to encourage His people. When the manna no longer came, He didn't want them to think that God was no longer with them. He told Joshua to remove his shoe, the same request Moses received on Mount Sinai.
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
“As the manna had now failed, the people always greatly addicted to incredulity, might have been led to imagine that God had now given them up, and would be no longer in their armies, had he not given them this strong assurance, that the Angel of his presence should be with them as the guide and protector of the whole camp; for Joshua undoubtedly informed them of the encouragement he had received from the captain of the Lord's host. By this vision he showed them that their help came from himself, and that it was not by human might or power, but by the Lord of hosts, they were to have the victory over all their adversaries; and he gave them the most convincing proof of this in the miraculous destruction of Jericho. By this means he continued to keep them dependent on his arm alone, without which dependence the spirit of religion could not have been preserved among them.”
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