What does the title 'God of hosts' mean?
Robert Sungenis explains that a host here means an army, so the God of hosts is God surrounded by his angelic army. He adds that it need not mean angels alone, since it can also cover the enemies God has destroyed or the soldiers fighting with him, and that the title amounts to a declaration of great power.
A viewer asks what the biblical title 'God of hosts' means.
Answer
A host is like an army around you. The angels around God would be his host. It is a strange word because the Eucharist is also called a host. But when the Old Testament says, I am the Lord God of hosts, it means he has his angelic beings surrounding him, his army of angelic beings. It does not necessarily have to be angels; it can also refer to the enemies God has destroyed, or the soldiers fighting with him in this evil world. I am the Lord God of hosts means I have a lot of power.