The time is drawing near for the past to catch up with us today. I have discussed this scenario during my radio show which is live each Saturday at 9pm est. In reading chapter 4 of judges you will be able to paint a picture within your minds eye the reality that history is about to repeat itself. We must also understand history has and will continue to repeat itself until the second coming of Jesus Christ. The reason for this is laid out within Ephesians chapter 6:10-12 which reads as follows:
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 rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
These verses are clear that we are constantly battling within the realm of Spiritual Warfare. We are not wrestling against flesh and blood (PERSONALITIES) but against PRINCIPALITIES which are demonic leaders and rulers within the spiritual world. The Bible actually claims the battle is against the devil himself and his demons. The battle is over darkness, which is SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS. There are believers and non believers who are spiritually blind and never fully understand why history repeats itself.
The fact is flesh and blood are "as ashes to ashes and dust to dust" yet principalities and rulers continue to influence and agitate. This is why so many individuals battle with repetitive sin. The influence continues because we do not discipline ourselves to putting on the armour of God.
The spiritual armour you must put on is as follows: (verses)
(14) Truth
(14) Righteousness
(15) Gospel of Peace
(16) Faith
(17) Salvation
(17) Word of God
We must understand (world-sin-individual) history continues to repeat itself because of the principalities and rulers of the darkness which where here from the beginning and will be here till the second coming of Christ Himself. We are once again witnessing history repeat itself because the influencing spirit over the area of Iran Iraq etc actively influencing the leaders of the region / territory today as they were during the time of the Judges.
Let's breakdown Judges chapter 4 and 5 (paraphrased) (I would urge everyone to read it.)
A prophetess named Deborah is judging Israel, which is being tormented by Jabin the King of Canaan (territory of Iran/Iraq today) and Sisera the military leader of Jabins army. Deborah, who is part of the political process has called upon a military leader named Barak to defend Israel against the military of Sisera. The call for Barak to attack Sisera comes by a very demanding Deborah, who insists God will deliver Sisera unto the hands of Barak. We also read the political tension between Deborah and Barak is intensifying because they are concerned with who will receives the glory from the people after Sisera is destroyed. After much prodding from Deborah Barak decides to stand against Sisera and prevails in defeating his massive army.
Lets breakdown Iran today:
A high ranking State Department official named Hillary Clinton has been standing in the gap for Israel and has been a harsh critic of Iran and their determination to obtain nuclear weapons. Hillary has made her position very clear about Iran and has been decisively more critical of their leadership than the President, Barak Obama. The President has actually been quite reserve in his critique of Iran, he has actually advocated for their research of nuclear energy even with their anti-Semitic positions towards Israel.
Is History repeating itself, are we witnessing the re-emergence of the principalities and powers of the darkness over the region of Iran influencing the Clerics and military leaders to obtain nuclear weapons and once again rise against Israel. The interesting dilemma is between Clinton and Obama, they are both politically active and have a history of polling the people of America prior to major decisions.
Could they be politically posturing and using the Iranian conflict for future political gain (2012 election) as did Barak and Deborah of Judges chapter 4.
The truth is we cannot stop history from repeating itself, but, we can stop ourselves from repeating the same sin over and over. We must put on the whole armour of God all of which are spiritual principles. This armour does not make us righteous, but does shield us from the fiery darts of the enemy. The spiritual armour is what allows you and I to come before our Lord and ask for forgiveness of our sins, it's the armour of God, which allows us to enter His throne room.
HINT: If you continue to repeat the same sin, you may have a piece of armour missing, or you never fully bought the whole armour of God.
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9 comments:
Terrific insight into spiritual warfare. I read those verses before but the way you broke them down on your radio show was so uplifting and learnable. I was a little disappointed in how you ended your radio show this past week, not the topic but the quickness, maybe you can cover the part about America on this weeks show. An avid listener
This is a very important subject matter and I'm thankful somebody has had the coverage to talk about spirtiual warfare and demons. Every issue today is about people and we begin to hate the person rather than pray for them and shield them from the spiritual attacks from the enemy.
Great blog and wonderful radio show. Looking forward to this weeks show. God Bless you
This blog is wonderful and very informative. Do you have your messages available on cd, especially the one on revelations and time, because your breakdown of the seals was fantastic and I agree revelations is surrounding us everyday.
Are you on facebook?
Praise God, somebody is actually talking about the scriptures and the middleeast. I thank God I found your radio show. I believe your a light in a dark world. Does your ministry sell cd's with your messages.
Thank all of you for your comments. Sorry it takes some time to post your comments, we screen each comment before posting. The radio show is only one day a week (for now). We do not (currently) offer our messages on cd, however, we are looking at ways to make that possible. You can currently download our radioshow program which is on MP3 format which can be played on many different devices, go to www.latalkradio.com and click on my radioshow icon then click download.
You have great wisdom sir Howie. We really enjoy your radio show as well. We would like to interview you on our show at blogtalkradio.com, you are a good friend of Israel and want to share your message with our audience. Please contact me at ezra@blogtalkradio.com and we talk about your message and interview.
Shalom Mr Howie
Right to the heart of the backslider. Tell it like it is!!
I am amazed at the fact we are sitting around watching this nutjob in Iran threaten the world with his nuclear ambitions. Did the world not learn from Hitler, Stalin, Lenin. Sadam.
Great Blog.
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