WW1
British Soldiers Marching into Jerusalem (see reference below)
Acknowledging
the great human event of World War I, and the greater event of
armistice and multiple peace accords that have followed since that earlier time along with both Armistice Day 2018 and
Veterans Day 2018, a blog is reprinted that was originally published
as THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD: (01/06/2016) A Note On Spirit Warfare
(the image above was downloaded from the Wikimedia Commons Internet
site, 7:05 PM (11/11/2018) @
2nd
Timothy 2: 23-26, King James Version (KJV):
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do
gender strifes. 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive;
but be gentle unto all men,
apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that
oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to
the acknowledging of the truth; 26 And that
they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are
taken captive by him at his will.
2nd
Timothy 2: 3-5, KJV:
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this
life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet
is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Romans
13: 11-12, KJV:
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it
is
high time to awake out of sleep: for now is
our salvation nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is far
spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works
of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
2nd
Timothy 4: 6-8, KJV:
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is
at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up
for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing.
Romans
8: 35-39, KJV:
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or
peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are
killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded,
that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height,
nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
One
of several fighters at “Yahoo! Answers” using the ID “Anonymous”
(required profile data not shared) posted the following:
What
if God gave you some spiritual weapons, like a translucent glowing
bow, a sword covered in fire, or a bible that shoots lasers?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand
of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your
care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren
that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath
called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle
you.
To him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (1st Peter 5:
6-11, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Different From ISIS/Daesh? (12/11/2015); Agents
of Allah? (01/26/2015); Holy Wars? (11/06/2014); Crimes Christ
Crucified For? (11/07/2014); Prince of Peace? 07/18/2014); War and
Peace? (07/17/2014); A GOD of War? (03/12/2013); “Authorized
Personnel Only” (03/13/2013); Mob Rule and Violence (09/27/2012);
Suppose I Am Wrong? (09/28/2012)
“Anonymous”,
the Deity a Christian serves is a god of Judgment, and one who never
separates from anger against and opposition to sin. The serious
language of conflict and spiritual warfare is used among those who
are disciples of Jesus Christ to establish awe
(i.e., the correct awareness of divine authority and power as eternal
and matchless; we also say, fear of the Lord) and humility
as well as to complete baptism
(i.e., death of ones inborn spirit; rebirth from divine seed) and
sanctification
(i.e., being isolated, or set apart for sacred service). What
we endure here, now, gets us ready to be fully transformed at the
appearing of Jesus. Until then, multiple works are being
carried out by divinity to make permanent changes in a believers
character, spirit content, and living nature. Those born again
must gradually “grow up again” while living upon the earth, and
becoming mature and perfected through growing
pains
that may include bereavement, life challenges, disappointments,
duties, obstacles, losses, repentance, reversals, sacrifice, and
sufferings. Consider again the following Scriptures:
(1.)
1st Corinthians 15: 50-56, King James Version (KJV): 50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall
be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put
on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then
shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is
thy sting? O grave, where is
thy victory? 56 The sting of death
is
sin; and the strength of sin is
the law.
(2.)
2nd Corinthians 10: 3-5, KJV: 3 For though we walk in the
flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our
warfare are
not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong
holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that
exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into
captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
(3.)
Ephesians 6: 10-12, KJV: 10 Finally, my brethren, be
strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on
the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places.
There
is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (4.) Romans 8: 5-9,
KJV: 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of
the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is
enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh
cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.) Even so, I
trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to
your faith.
THE
BLACK PHOENIX
Washington,
DC
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