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Spiritual Warfare
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Posted Originally From: Christus Victor Ministries
NaveySealed
10/21/00 3:44 PM
God goes to the front lines!
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I have firmly held to the belief for some time now that the God of the Bible is the kind of God that goes to the "front lines" of the battle to vigorously engage the enemy.
One observation that has had a strong influence on this view of mine goes thusly:
Sin entered the world in the garden of Eden when Adam sinned by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The location of this sin (which is important to my observation) is in the garden of Eden.
Now there are only TWO places in the Bible that are called "the holy mount". They are Jerusalem (Is 27:13; 66:20) and the garden of Eden (Ezek 28:13-14).
God picked Mount Moriah as the place where His temple would be built (1 Chr 21:18-22; 22; 2 Chr 3:1) and where Christ would die for the sins of the world (John 19:17; Heb 13:10-12 cf Gen 22:2-14).
Putting all of this together I am compelled to arrive at the conclusion that the place where God would take care of sin (Golgotha on Mount Moriah, Zion) is the same place where sin entered the world (in Eden, the holy mountain of God).
This helps me to understand WHY God brought Abraham specifically to Mount Moriah instead of some other mount. It also helps me to understand why the land of Caanan was filled with such evil people. It was the Devil's "headquarters".
To recap:
1. God created a special land called Eden (Ezek 28:13-14) and put two trees in it (Gen 2:9)
2. Adam sinned by eating from the Tree he was told not to eat from and sin entered the world (Gen 2:16-17; 3:1-7)
3. Man was cast out of the garden (Gen 3:22-24)
4. God brought Abraham to the "front lines" to establish His presence there as part of His plan to defeat Satan and take back the special land (Gen 12:1; 22:1-2,14)
5. God establishes His temple there (1 Chr 21:18-22; 2 Chr 3:1)
6. God becomes man (John 1:1,14) and sacrifices Himself to rid the world of sin (John 1:29; Rom 11:27; 1 John 3:5) at the same place where sin entered the world (John 19:17; Heb 13:10-12)
7. God will reign in that place and defeat Satan and his army when Christ returns (Luke 1:31-33; Acts 3:19-26; 1 Cor 15:25; Rev 12:15; 19:15; 20:1-3)
8. There will be no more sin and EVERYTHING will be made NEW (Matt 9:17; 1 Cor 15:24,26-28; 2 Pet 3:13; Rev 21:1-5)
What do you think of this?
The reason I ask is because I have had an indirect objection raised recently to my use of a foundational passage. A friend of mine told me that he believes that the language in Ezekiel 28:11-26 is the typical "exalted style" of the orientals and only refers to the king of Tyre and not Satan in Gen 3. If Ezek 28 is not refering in some way to Satan and his fall in Gen 3 then my belief that the garden of Eden and Mount Moriah are the SAME Holy Mount is in jeopardy. I would have no basis for saying that God took care of sin at the same spot where sin entered the world and this illustration I've made of God rushing to the front lines to do battle with the general of the Satanic army would be decimated.
So I need to know. Do you think that Ezek 28:11-26 is refering to Satan in some way so that this image of warfare I've presented stands?
In the Son of His love,
Sealed
Col 1:13-14
Posted Originally From: Christus Victor Ministries
sparkleylight
10/22/00 10:45 PM
RE: Spiritual Warfare
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I believe that any Christian who KEEPS their eyes open to the warfare world view is also one who can act quickly upon the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
How much more is the passion/compassion of one who truly sees both the battles AND the victory?
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