War Plans
This article was updated on 2/23/25
(This article goes with the Healing article, there will be sections from the Healing article between white line that can be skipped if you have already read the Healing article.)
(The verses will be the WEB translation if the verse reference is at the beginning. If the verse reference is at the end, it is a translation from WhyAlive. Sometimes the WEB translation misses the mark in translating, and a few words will be retranslated or expanded out like WhyAlive’s translations. You can hover over the Scripture references to see the NASB translation.)
When you were born, you entered into a War you didn’t even know exited. Then, when you became a Believer in YESHUA/JESUS, you finally have the weapons to fight in the War. You became a warrior with the LORD’s power to overcome the enemy and completely defeat him until our Leader/Commander comes back and ends the War completely. I thought I understood the War, the enemy, the War plan, the weapons, our Leader/Commander, and had it mostly figured out, after all it is all in the Bible. Then, I learned the War is a little different than I thought. I found out about a weapon I didn’t even know exited. I still don’t know how to completely use it. Then I found out about other weapons. My war plans were sloppy at best. And, an enemy who has ALREADY BEEN DEFEATED is winning the War? It is time to reevaluate everything.
The Battle
If your in a war, and before you and your buddy go out on a mission to save the captives, you have an argument of how to go into battle, which direction to go, which weapon to bring, and how to use your weapons. Now, your in the battlefield, and you can see your buddy in the distance falling into a landmine, is under heavy fire by the enemy, and even has several enemies on his back; do you just call on your radio, ask him if he is ok, tell him your doing fine, and say that you hope he gets out of the trouble he got himself into? Or, do you say I told you not to go that way? Or, do you say nothing and do nothing because your mad at him for the argument, you were right, and he has not asked your forgiveness yet? NO. You point your weapon over at the enemy, call for backup, and after your buddy is ok, then you talk about what might have been a better approach, so as not to fall into enemy hands again. Of course, your buddy is still going to be out of commission and will not be able to fight again until cleared with the Authority. And, while we are in the battlefield, do you not save one of the captives because they cussed you out or their not dressed appropriately? NO. Do you put all the snipers in one group, all the tank drivers in another group, all the bomb makers in another group, and so on because they all get along? Even more, do you put up walls between each of the groups so they will not work together? No, no, absolutely not. Your dividing your forces and they can not even support each other.
Why, do Believers wait for other Believers in sin to repent and get out of their sin while the enemy is attacking and not help them? I can understand if a Believer is refusing to repent and does not even want to try to stop sinning, they need to be removed from your fellowship (1 Cor 5:11, 12, 13; 1 Jhn 5:16), but to totally ignore them all together and not pray for them? If you were in their position, wouldn’t you at least want the prayer to get out of the sin? Who is the enemy? And, why do all the Believers who study the Bible flock together, the Believers who have gifts flock to another group, other Believers who know the front part of the Bible better flock together, and so on? Then, the walls of division between each of the flocks, though unseen, are truly felt. I wonder why the defeated enemy seems to have an advantage?
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Salvation/being-saved is about marriage. Sin is about Death. “For, the wages of sin (is) Death…” (Rom 6:23). What we earn for sin is death. While Salvation is: “that if you confess/promise/publicly-declare the words/saying, with your mouth, YESHUA/JESUS (as) LORD/MASTER/GOD and have-faith/trust/believe in your heart/character/mind that GOD raised HIM from (the) dead, you will be saved/healed/made-whole/rescued” (Rom 10:9).
When you have said “I do” to the LORD YESHUA’s proposal of marriage of HIM being your HUSBAND, you are betrothed/married. YESHUA states HE is the Bridegroom in Matthew 9:15, Mrk 2:19, and Luk 5:34, 35, with John confirming this in Jhn 3:29. YESHUA left HIS FATHER and the SPIRIT and joined as one with the Church, HIS Bride, just as it is written of marriage in Gen 2:24, “… a man will forsake/leave his father and his mother and cling/cleave/be-joined with his wife, and they shall be to (the) flesh/body one.”. Isa 54:5; 62:5, Jhn 3:29, Rev 19:7, 8; 21:7, 8, 9; 2 Cor 11:2, and Eph 5:31, 32 all state the Church/Body-of-YESHUA is the Bride betrothed/married to YESHUA. YESHUA is a Jew of royalty from the tribe of Yehudah (Judah), and in a Jewish betrothal the Groom and the Bride are legally married. So, the bride is also the wife, and the groom is also the husband.
If in a marriage you sin or wrong your spouse, is the marriage over? No. In fact in a Jewish marriage, the husband has the right to overrule the decisions of the wife with the husband bearing her guilt (Num 30:8, 12, 13, 15). What did change? How each person in the marriage walks, talks, and works together as one. So, sin is not changing our marriage/salvation status, it is changing our closeness in relationship and the effectiveness of our marriage in accomplishing the will of our FATHER.
So, every Believer is part of the one Body-of-YESHUA/Church/Bride (1 Cor 12:12; Rom 12:5). This means every Believer is married and one with each other spiritually. (This does not mean every Believer can have physical relationships with any other Believer. Believers are married physically and spiritually to their spouse. And, it is never holy and righteous to commit adultery or join physically with someone you are not physically married to [Mt 5:28; 15:19; 1 Cor 6:9; Lev 18:20; Dt 22:22; Lev 20:10].) If one, Believer falls into enemy hands, part of your own body fell into enemy hands. This also means any Believer has every right and even an obligation to protect and fight off the enemy from any other Believer. Believers need to be lifting each other up spiritually and physically (as though each Believer was your own body) regardless of what group/denomination you belong to (Jhn 13:34, 35; 15:12; 1 Jhn 3:16; 4:7, 8). When we do this, the whole body is lifted up. And, as the LORD is all powerful and in every Believer, no prayer is to big or small (more on this below). Believers can pray for an individual or the whole world wide Church with the same results. There is also the added promise of the LORD to be there to work in a greater way than if there is only 1 Believer (Mt 18:19, 20). This increases to 20 times greater working of the LORD by the SPIRIT with 5 Believers and 100 times greater with 100 Believers (Lev 26:8).
THE WAR
I wanted to put “The Weapons of Mass Destruction” next. But, if a soldier only knows about his weapons and knows nothing of the War, will he fight with all his heart, will he fight with the wrong motives, and even worse, will he fight against everyone except the enemy?
We do not completely have to understand everything to fight in a war against the enemy. So, no one has to agree with this section completely. But, there are important things to consider. Gen 1:1 states, “In the beginning, GOD created the Heaven(s) and the Earth.” So, GOD was before anything was made. Jhn 1:1, 2, 3, 4, 5 agrees with this stating, “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with GOD, and the Word was GOD. 2 HE was in the beginning with GOD. 3 All things were made through HIM. Without HIM, nothing was made that has been made. 4 In HIM was life, and the Life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome/comprehended it.” And, these verses also show GOD is light just as 1 Jhn 1:5 states, “This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that GOD is light, and in HIM is no darkness at all.” If GOD is light, and HE was in the beginning before everything, why does Gen 1:2 say the darkness was before the light of Gen 1:3? Also, in Gen 1:1 the Heaven(s) was/were made before the Earth. So, why is the Earth existing in Gen 1:2 before the Heaven(s) in verses Gen 1:6, 7, 8? Also, 1 Cor 14:33 states, “for GOD is not a GOD of confusion but of peace…” So, why was Earth a “…desolation/desert/worthless-thing/empty-place/without-form/vanity/waste/confusion [H8414] and empty/void/an-undistinguishable-ruin [H922] and darkness/obscurity/misery/destruction/death/sorrow/wickedness [H2822] upon/over (the) face-(of)/before the tehom/abyss/deep…” in Gen 1:2? Gen 1:2 needed to have light, Heaven(s), and no confusion to match with Gen 1:1, unless something happened between Gen 1:1 and Gen 1:2. Job 38:4, 5, 6, 7 states GOD stated, “4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth? Declare, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? 6 What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 when the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of GOD shouted for joy?” I believe the the stars are real stars representing angels, it does not matter for this topic though (the tangent). What matters is we have Sons-of-GOD/angels before an Earth was made. So, Sons-of-GOD/angels exist before Gen 1:2.
Then, Ezk 28:11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 states, “11 Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, 12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘The LORD GOD says: “You were the seal of full measure, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of GOD. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created. 14 You were the anointed cherub who covers. Then, I set you up on the holy mountain of GOD. You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire. 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you. 16 By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence, and you have sinned. Therefore, I have cast you as profane out of GOD’s mountain. I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire. 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you. 18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your commerce, you have profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore, I have brought out a fire from the middle of you. It has devoured you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you. 19 All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you. You have become a terror, and you will exist no more.” ’ ” Some believe these verses are still completely talking about the king of Tyre. If so, why is the king of Tyre in the Garden of Eden which every man was kicked out of and not allowed to come back into (Gen 3:23, 24)? And, why is the king of Tyre a cherub which seems to be an angel/Son-of-GOD (2 Sam 22:11)? These verses are comparing the king of Tyre to a perfect sinless cherub/angel/Son-of-GOD that became unrighteous, violent, and sinful. The king of Bavel/Babel/Babylon is also compared to an angel that has fallen in Isa 14:12, 13, 14, 15 that states, “12 How you have fallen from Heaven(s), Heylel/Lucifer/shining-one/morning-star [H1966], son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low! 13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of GOD! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north! 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the MOST HIGH!’ 15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.” We know this is about an angel because the morning-star is linked to the Sons-of-GOD/angels in Job 38:7, and mankind has never been in Heaven(s) to fall from it (Luk 10:18). This gives us the name of the fallen angel as being Heylel/Lucifer, that is also called Satan/Adversary/Opponent/Arch-Enemy [H7854] in Job 1:6 and the Diabolos/Devil/Slanderer/False-Accuser [G1228] in Rev 12:9; 20:2. This fallen/evil angel is called a “ruler of this world” (2 Cor 4:4; Jhn 12:31; 14:30; 16:11). And, Gen 1:26 states, “26 God said, “Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness. And, Let them have-dominion/rule/dominate [H7287] over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” GOD owns everything (Psm 24:1; 1 Cor 10:26). But, rulership is a gift from GOD, and a gift from GOD is irrevocable (Psm 115:16; Rom 11:29). And, YESHUA/JESUS does not argue against the fact Satan/the-Devil is ruler over Earth (Luk 4:6, 7, 8). Then, we read in Mt 28:18 after YESHUA died and was resurrected, “YESHUA/JESUS came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to ME in Heaven and on Earth.” Some believe man gave rulership to Satan, except that is not stated anywhere in the Bible. If Satan received rulership from man, why has YESHUA, WHO has all authority, not already cast out the Devil as Jhn 12:31 states will happen? What if the LORD did the same thing HE did with man, and before man even existed (and before Gen 1:2), the LORD gave rulership of the Earth to the perfect cherub/angel before he fell? Then that gift of rulership can not be revoked by the LORD. This view makes Gen 1:2 make sense. There was GOD. HE made the Heaven(s)/Space. HE made the Earth. HE gave rulership over all the Earth to a cherub/angel named Heylel/Lucifer. Then, Heylel/Lucifer falls and sins; and, the LORD can not remove the gift of rulership over the Earth from Heylel/Lucifer that is now called Satan. As Satan is ruler over the Earth, he makes the Earth a “…desolation/desert/worthless-thing/empty-place/without-form/vanity/waste/confusion [H8414] and empty/void/an-undistinguishable-ruin [H922] and darkness/obscurity/misery/destruction/death/sorrow/wickedness [H2822] upon/over (the) face-(of)/before the tehom/abyss/deep…” in Gen 1:2. How does the LORD deal with this? HE makes the Earth, Satan is ruling over, to rule itself. HE raises the Earth up, makes it in HIS image, and gives man/the-dirt/the-Earth rulership over all the Earth (Gen 1:9, 10, 26, 27; 2:7). When man/mankind sinned, man/mankind died and fell under the curse of sin that is death and became a ruler of the Earth that was ruled over by the one “… who had the power of death, that is, the Devil” (Heb 2:14). In Gen 3:15, the enemy is told the woman’s Seed/Child-from-children would be her Savior. So, the enemy then starts a war to remove mankind from the face of the Earth. It is clear in Gen 4:7 the enemy is influencing Qayin/Cain to kill his brother Hevel/Hebel/Abel in Gen 4:8. In Gen 6:4, fallen angels joined with women to have children called nephilim (the 1st GMO) [Nephilim-the proof is HERE]. This genetically modified the image of man, who is made in the image of the LORD (Gen 1:26, 27). This creates a race of abominable creatures that can be ruled by the enemy and no longer have the gift of rulership over the Earth. Noach/Noah and his family were righteous and not effected by this genetic modification and were saved by the flooding of the Earth to eliminate the destruction and evil brought upon mankind and his flesh and upon all the Earth (Gen 6:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17; 7:1, 23). GOD was sorry/mourned that HE made man that had been conquered by and enslaved to the enemy, and most of everything left had to be destroyed (Gen 6:6, 7). And so, all of the Earth was flooded to destroy the corruption (GMO) and the violence brought upon Earth [The Flood] (Gen 6:11, 12, 13). In this, we can see the LORD is still ruler over all the Earth as 1 Chron 29:12 states. But, the way the LORD ends the rulership of man is not to take away his gift of rulership, but rather to mournfully end the life of a man with rulership (Job 14:5; Ecc 8:8; Ezk 33:11). The next time there is destruction of all mankind in an area, nephilim (sons of ‘Anaq [Anak] / ‘Anaqim [Anakim] / ’Emim [Emites] / Repha’im [Rephaites]) are again found genetically modifying the image of man at Sodom, Gomorrah, and the surrounding area leading to the area being destroyed with raining sulfur (meteorite/volcano shower/explosion) to destroy the corruption (GMO) and the evil in the area [ref-the proof is HERE] (Num 13:33; Dt 9:2; 2:10, 11; Gen 14:1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Jude 1:6, 7) (Gen 18:16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33; 19:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29). Then again, total destruction of every man, woman, and child was ordered by the LORD in the land of Kena‘an/Canaan as nephilim (GMO) were again in the land genetically modifying the image of man (ref). This time though, the LORD tells Yisra’el/Israel it is their job to remove and destroy the evil that is in the land (Dt 20:16, 17, 18). Why? Because mankind is the ruler over the Earth, and the LORD had just joined with them to help them overpower the enemy, but they had to do it because they are the rulers (Ex 19:3, 4, 5, 6, 8). Acts 13:19 states the LORD destroyed the seven nations, and HE did by working through the actions of Yisra’el/Israel [ref]. Then, Yisra’el (Israel) did not finish obeying the LORD to drive out all the enemies who dwelt in the land of Kena‘an/Canaan, leading them to go back and forth in doing evil in the presence of the LORD, being attacked, crying out to the LORD for deliverance, and the LORD raised up judges and kings until all of Yisra’el/Israel became a harlot, committing adulteries with the-enemy/other-gods, and without the LORD they were once again captives and slaves of the enemy being sold into the captivity of Bavel/Babel/Babylon and the nations afterward, and then something new happened [ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4].
GOD comes down from Heaven(s) to rule over the Earth in a man’s body and become mankind’s Savior to free mankind from evil and set the captives free to once again allow man to rule over the Earth and not be ruled over by the enemy (Luk 4:17,18, 19, 20, 21; Mt 2:2; Rev 17:14; 19:16). The LORD the SON was born of a virgin to have a body that is fully man and a spirit that is fully GOD (Luk 1:35). A person has to die and be reborn spiritually to enter the Kingdom of Heaven (Jhn 3:3, 5, 6, 7). Did the person have to die physically? No. This means the curse of the sin of ‘Adam is ended once the spirit of a Believer is clean/reborn (1 Cor 15:22; Rom 5:12, 17, 18, 19; 3:23; 1 Jhn 1:8). This article shows how the “sin nature” is passed through the spirit. This means YESHUA was born with the clean sinless spirit of GOD. The flesh of mankind does not become unclean with the curse of death until he or she sins (Rom 6:23). In the Old-Testament/Bible, there were things that were unclean that you could not touch because they would make you unclean (Lev 13:45, 46; 21:1, 2, 3). But, YESHUA seems to ignore these clean and unclean laws (Mt 8:3). The reason is because YESHUA never sinned, and the curse of sin did not apply to HIM (Heb 4:15). Sinless YESHUA as GOD in human flesh was/is always clean and could/can not be made unclean. So, when YESHUA touched something unclean, instead of YESHUA becoming unclean, the unclean became clean. The leprosy, sickness, or death left the unclean person, and the person was healed and made clean. YESHUA even emptied HIMSELF to be like mankind (Phil 2:6, 7). Other than being sinless, YESHUA was like any other man. Then, when the LORD the SPIRIT came upon YESHUA, HE began HIS ministry (Mt 3:16; Mrk 1:10; Luk 3:22; Jhn 1:32). Of course, YESHUA was standing in the way of Satan ruling the world; so, it is understandable when he wanted to kill YESHUA by entering into Judas (Luk 22:3). Then, after YESHUA was whipped and died on the Cross defeating sin and its curse, was buried, and 3 days and nights later arose from the dead, YESHUA “… has been given all authority in/on/with Heaven and upon/on/against Earth/earth” (Mt 28:18).
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Every Believer is an ambassador for YESHUA and HIS Kingdom (2 Cor 5:20). Then, YESHUA tells his ambassadors, who are sons and daughters of the Family/Kingdom of GOD, to go proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom to all the Earth everywhere with signs of this Kingdom of Heaven and make more disciples/ambassadors (Mt 28:18, 19, 20; Mrk 16:15, 16, 17, 18, 20; Gal 4:4, 5, 6, 7; 2 Cor 6:18). Believers as ambassadors of the Kingdom of GOD then operate in the power of the SPIRIT by faith in the name of YESHUA/JESUS to have power over all the enemy and over all the curses of sin, that includes every sickness and disease and even death, without having fear because nothing can overcome/injure/harm them (Heb 2:14; Luk 9:1; 10:19; 1 Jhn 4:4; 2 Tim 1:7; 1 Tim 2:1, 2, 3; Isa 54:17). Judgement is not upon the enemy later but now, and it is the job of the ambassadors to cast out the enemy and bring Heaven on Earth just as the LORD’s prayer states (Jhn 12:31; Mt 6:10; Luk 11:2). Romans 12:20, 21 states, “Therefore ‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.’ 21 Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil/bad/anything-worthless with good.” A believer is commanded to “overcome evil with good.” Believers are like police officers for the LORD bringing the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Any time a Believer sees or hears evil, sin, sickness, death, and the enemy, he or she is to spiritually overcome it, as everywhere a Believer walks/dwells belongs to the LORD and is under HIS authority. A non-believer still has rights though that are covered in the Rulership article. Believers are to be like the good Samaritan and do any good they can do in the physical realm like heal the sick or help change a tire (Luk 10:27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36). Any Believer can do anything YESHUA/JESUS did or anything that was done in the Old Testament time period and even more than these things (Jhn 14:12, 13, 14, 15; Mt 11:11; Luk 7:28).
The only difference between a Believer and YESHUA is YESHUA never sinned and never dealt with the curse of sin being upon HIS flesh until HE was upon the Cross. A Believer starts with a clean spirit, the power of the SPIRIT, and flesh of the body that needs cleansed from the results of the curse of sin of death being upon the body, a process called sanctification [ref]. So, now instead of there being one YESHUA for Satan to deal with, there are thousands of Believer’s with the same power and authority as YESHUA (Jhn 14:12). Except now, all the enemy has already been defeated (Luk 10:19; Col 2:15; Heb 2:14, 15; Jhn 12:31; 1 Jhn 4:4). Earth is the new Kena‘an/Canaan/Promised-Land where YESHUA will set up HIS Kingdom forever (Dan 7:18, 27; 2:34, 35; Mt 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; Rev 20:4, 6; Rev 21:1, 2, 3, 24; 22:5; Isa 65:17 and verses after). Each person has to make a decision whether they want to be with the LORD, join HIS family, and be born again spiritually to enter the Kingdom of Heaven or remain separate from the LORD and remain spiritually dead (Jhn 3:3, 5, 6). When YESHUA comes back, HE will totally defeat the Enemy with all the Believers at HIS side (Rev 19:11, 13, 14, 16). Then, mankind will finally rule the Earth with YESHUA, with Satan and all who wanted to rule with him placed under the Earth (Rev 20:4, 6; 22:3, 4, 5; 20:10, 12, 13, 15; 21:8). But, it is up to every Believer to conquer the Earth now and set the captives free now in the physical world, even though it is a spiritual battle they are fighting (Mrk 16:15, 16, 17, 18). But, just as Yisra’el/Israel failed to conquer the land of Kena‘an/Canaan and did not push out and destroy all the evil among them, Believers of the Kingdom of Heaven have failed to push/cast out all the evil among them. We are to prepare the Way before the LORD our GOD and King, when do we plan to start? We are talking about the eternal lives of people. In this War, the real enemy is not mankind, it is Satan/the-Devil and the demons who work with him, who want to totally destroy all mankind to be able to rule the Earth. Yes, James 4:4 states, “You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward GOD? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of GOD.” And, Mt 12:30 states, “He who is not with ME is against ME, and he who doesn’t gather with ME, scatters.” So, a Believer should only really be friends with other Believers who are friends with the LORD. Any, unbeliever is an enemy to the LORD because they are against HIM, which means any unbeliever is also an enemy to any Believer. And, a person can make themselves an enemy to the LORD by being friends with the enemy, the world, and living in sin (Gal 5:19, 20, 21). But, remember Mt 5:44, 45, 46, 47, 48 states, “But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, 45 that you may be Children of your FATHER WHO is in Heaven. For HE makes HIS sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same? 47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your FATHER in Heaven is perfect.” All of unbelieving mankind of the world, who are enslaved to Satan and his demons, are the enemies we are to love. Every one of them has a potential to become a friend, so bless them, this is your calling (Rom 12:14; Luk 6:27; 1 Pet 3:9).
The Weapons of Mass Destruction
How can an enemy who has been placed under the authority of every Believer be winning (Luk 10:19)? This is like the enemy is a little dog with no teeth and a big bark and everyone is running away. Or, it is like a small child with a fake gun robbing everyone, and they let the child rob them. Do we really know who we are in YESHUA? GOD is inside every Believer (1 Cor 3:16; 2 Tim 1:14; Eph 2:22; Col 1:27; Jhn 14:23). We are talking about the GOD WHO created everything living inside every Believer. This is why the Word states, ” …for, the weapons/tools/instruments of our warfare/military-service (are) not fleshly/bodily/temporal, but Godly powerful…” (2 Cor 10:4). So, what are these weapons? They are everything that is the nature of our LORD. GOD is Love (1 Jhn 4:8, 16). This means Love is a weapon! Do we ask for it? How do we use this weapon of Love?
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Since a Believer has already been given authority to do good in the name of YESHUA/JESUS as commanded in the Bible, a Believer does not ask the LORD to do it. HE gave the Believer as an ambassador of HIS Kingdom the power and authority in HIS name to carry out the job (Mt 10:8). If you were trained in the military, once you are given an order to do something, do you call up the President and ask him to do your job? No. Why are Believers doing this? Every verse where someone is healed, the person healing never ask GOD to do the healing. They command the enemy to leave and not come back and command the healing to occur in the name of YESHUA (in the authority of YESHUA WHOSE Kingdom they represent). Do you tell the President you don’t know how, your not equipped, your afraid, you don’t want to? I hope not. If HE is patient and merciful like our LORD, then he might say didn’t you read the mission manual (code for Bible), all the tools and equipment and how to use them is in the manual. As far as being afraid? The LORD even has your back on this matter. HIS manual, the Bible, states in Mt 28:20, “… Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not depart/be-dismayed, for I am your GOD, I strengthen/give-courage-to you; also, I help/aid/protect you; also, I sustain/support you with MY righteous right hand” (Isa 41:10). ”Be strong and courageous/bold/strengthened, and do (your calling); do not fear nor be shattered/dismayed/broken-down/beat-down/discouraged, for the-LORD/YEHOVAH GOD, my GOD, (is) with you; HE will not leave/fail you nor forsake/leave/refuse you as-far-as/even-till you finished/accomplished all (the) work (of) service/labor (of/for the) House/Family (of) the-LORD/YEHOVAH” (1 Chr 28:20b). Psm 91:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 states, “1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the ALMIGHTY. 2 I will say of the LORD, ‘HE is my refuge and my fortress; my GOD, in WHOM I trust.’ 3 For HE will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. 4 HE will cover you with HIS feathers. Under HIS wings you will take refuge. HIS faithfulness is your shield and rampart. YOU/you will/shall not be afraid of/from (the) dread/terror of night, of/from (the) arrow that will fly daily/(at)-daytime; (Nor) of/from (the) pestilence/plague that will come/walk in/by darkness/gloom/obscurity, of/from (the) destruction/ruin/destroying that will devastate/lay-waste (at) middays/noon-times. A thousand will/may fall from YOUR/your side and ten thousand from near YOUR/your right hand, it will not come/approach/draw-near (YOU/you). Only with/by YOUR/your eyes YOU/you will behold/look and YOU/you will see (the) wicked’s/criminals’/ungodly’s/condemned’s retribution/reward. Because, YOU the-LORD/YEHOVAH, my refuge/trust/shelter, (the) Most-High/Supreme have placed/set YOUR dwelling-place/habitation. No evil/bad/affliction/adversity/calamity will befall/approach YOU/you and no plague/stroke/blow/wound/mark will come-near/approach by YOUR/your tent. 11 For HE will put HIS angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. 12 They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot. 14 “Because HE/he has set HIS/his love on me/ME, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him/HIM on high, because HE/he has known my/MY name. 15 He will call on ME, and I will answer him. I will be with him/HIM in trouble. I will deliver/arm him, and honor him. 16 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him MY Salvation/YESHUA.” “’Every article/utensil/weapon/apparatus/vessel formed/fashioned against you will not prosper/be-successful/be-profitable/come-mightily; and, every tongue/speech arising/standing-up against you for/onto judgment, you will condemn/disturb/trouble/declare-wrong; this (is the) heritage/possession/inheritance of (the) bond-servants/slaves (of) the-LORD/YEHOVAH, and their righteousness/virtue/justice/prosperity (is) from ME,’ declares/says the-LORD/YEHOVAH” (Isa 54:17). And, Luk 10:19 states, “19 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.” So, no need to be afraid, the whole Kingdom is backing you up, and you are a new divine-creature that is promised a very different set of rules than the natural rules that are for the world. A Believer just needs faith in YESHUA that HE is telling you the truth and to claim and know that the promises YESHUA has given are true. Like an ambassador yells out his credentials so no one harms him, stand, move forward, and verbally quote the Word and the credentials YESHUA has given you. As far as if you don’t want to, I’ll leave that between you and the LORD.
So, back to our topic of how to use the weapon of Love. We really need to understand the word Love a little bit. 1 Tim 6:10 states, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” So, not all love is good. The LORD’s “Love is patient/long-spirited/forbearing/long-suffering (and) is kind/gentle/useful/benevolent/full-of-service; Love is not jealous/envious/eager-to-possess/covetous; Love does not boast/brag (and) is not puffed-up/arrogant/proud/haughty, does not act/behave improperly/ unbecomingly/dishonorably/unseemly, does not seek/desire/require/demand/worship itself/things-for-itself, is not provoked/exasperated, does not keep-account-of/count/take-inventory-of a wrong/harm/bad/evil, does not rejoice/delight in unrighteousness/injustice/hurt/wrongfulness, but rejoices/delights (in) the divine-truth; (it) bears/endures-patiently all/everyone/everything, believes/trusts all/everyone/everything, hopes-for/trusts/expects all/everyone/everything, remains-behind/endures/perseveres all/everyone/everything” (1 Cor 13:4, 5, 6, 7). What is the opposite of Love? It is the opposite of anything listed in 1 Cor 13:4, 5, 6, 7. So, impatience is not of the LORD and is a sin. A Believer has authority over all the enemy; so, a Believer can command, “Impatience be gone and do not come back in the name of YESHUA/JESUS.” Then, the Believer can state, “the LORD’s Love be upon you/us in the name of YESHUA/JESUS” or “Be filled with the LORD’s Love in the name of YESHUA/JESUS” (Eph 6:23; Jud 1:2). Then, thank the LORD for HIS deliverance from impatience and the Love HE has given us. There is a difference between doing this for a Believer vs a non-believer (though we can not assume everyone who says they are a Believer is a believer, Judas being an example). The Believer already has the LORD’s Love in them, we are just calling upon the LORD for the Love to be in/upon their flesh and mind (sanctification). Then, the Believer can be taught/discipled to keep the impatience away using the same method. But with the non-believer you just cast the enemy out of, they are healed and good for now, but if they do not become a Believer and become filled with the LORD/SPIRIT, the enemy will bring 7 more of the enemy to make their situation even worse than they were before (Mt 12:43, 44, 45; Luk 11:24, 25, 26). Drunkenness is a better illustration. Drunkenness is commanded out and sobriety/peace is commanded upon the non-believer and they are ok now (Mt 10:13; Luk 10:5). This is only temporary, and they need to know it is only temporary, this is the part where the Believer witnesses to the lost person.
What if I commanded drunkenness to be gone and sobriety/peace to be upon the person, and it looks like it did not work. This is one place where the enemy is winning the battle. What happened? Sometimes you just need to wait patiently and be persistent (Eph 6:18). The parables of Luk 11:5, 6, 7, 8 and Luk 18:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 show a Believer is not to give up. If you fall off your bike, do you stop trying to ride it? No. Because you know you have to continue to be able to get the results you want. When a Believer knows what the LORD can do, they do not give up until the job is finished and the results are what was commanded. But a few things need to be understood before we just start yelling at people (which you might think will help), which may or may not help the situation.
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You ever notice a lot of a Believer’s life is compared to a farmer. Take Mt 13:44 for instance, “44 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” The man now has the Kingdom of Heaven and a field. What is the man supposed to do with the field? Be a farmer. What does a farmer do? Well this one doesn’t have any money to raise animals. He needs to find some free seed and plant it. Wait a minute? Mt 13:31 states, “31 HE set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches” [ref]. So, by buying the Kingdom of Heaven the man has a little mustard seed to plant in his field. He better get started planting that mustard seed, because it will take 85 to 95 days after he has planted it to get more mustard seeds [ref]. Good thing he doesn’t have to worry about food or clothing, because he got married to the LORD, and it is the husband’s duty to provide food and clothing (Mt 6:25; Ex 21:10). And, this man doesn’t even need to plant the seed, because YESHUA is the one WHO sows the seed according to Mt 13:37. Well that might not be quite true, because YESHUA has these ambassadors that operate under HIS Name. So, the ambassadors plant the seeds in the field in YESHUA’s name. And, YESHUA said the field was the people in the world (Mt 13:38), and Believers are the seeds (Mt 13:38). So, somehow a Believer acting as an ambassador of YESHUA has to plant himself/herself in another person of the world. That might be really hard, except YESHUA also states in Mt 17:20, “… For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.” So, now faith is like a mustard seed. The faith (in the name of YESHUA) of a Believer/Ambassador can be planted in a person of the world. So, every time a Believer in faith believes the Word and in faith in the name of YESHUA cast out a demon for someone to be freed or commands a healing in the name of YESHUA, a seed of faith in the name of YESHUA is planted in that someone of the world. A normal mustard seed takes about 100 days before you see the fruit. The only time a physical seed grew and produced fruit immediately in the Bible was on the Third Day of Creation (Gen 1:11, 12, 13). A miracle is needed to make the seed grow faster. So, unless the ambassador works miracles in the name of YESHUA (which is a gift of the SPIRIT, see Link), the seed the ambassador planted is going to take time to grow, and it will be a little while before they see the fruit of the healing.
So, all that to say Believers are farmers. For commanding drunkenness to be gone and sobriety/peace to be upon a person, a Believer is planting a seed of sobriety/peace. If you want to see the fruit of the sobriety/peace faster, plant more seeds. You can command drunkenness to be gone and sobriety/peace and freedom as many times as you want in different ways if you want. Just don’t kill the seeds by saying there is no sobriety/peace taking place (making void the Word of God by your belief). Every seed of sobriety/peace is growing and will heal and accomplish the healing (Isa 55:11). If you want all the seeds you have planted in a person to grow faster, speak the true of the Word to them (like by HIS stripes we are healed). This is also why a healing is faster with a group of people commanding healing. More seeds are being planted at once and you have the added promise of the LORD to be there to work in a greater way than if there is only 1 Believer (Mt 18:19, 20). A Believer can plant a seed of sobriety/peace with and by the SPIRIT in faith in the name of YESHUA WHO already accomplished the work; and then, the Believer can also miraculously with and by the SPIRIT in faith in the name of YESHUA cause the seed of sobriety/peace to grow and bring forth the fruit of sobriety/peace immediately. Of course, when this happens, you are not thinking of this as two events, but just one event.
Another thing that slows the facts from lining up with the truth of the sobriety/peace (you are not seeing the fruit of the sobriety/peace as fast as you would like, for me that is immediately, just as YESHUA did it). Learning any new skill of anything takes a little time and patience before you can do it well. For a baby to walk, it takes 1 to 1.5 years. With spiritual gifts, time is not really the issue. Each person has a certain (natural) gift(s) the LORD gave them that they are good at, and it might not be healing. After a Believer receives the Baptism of Fire and is first filled with the SPIRIT, a Believer will notice a gift that is unexplainable in human terms. Many people seem to start with the gift of tongues. But, I know others who started with teaching or interpretation of tongues or others. The person who had the gift of teaching from birth might find that the teaching just comes out after being filled with the SPIRIT. But, all the gifts come from the same SPIRIT, WHO is the Gift already given to every believer as explained HERE. A Believer is to earnestly pursue love and be eager/jealous/zealous for spiritual gifts, because they are of and from the LORD (1 Cor 14:1). The LORD will not force a gift upon anyone. And, some spiritual gifts you may need to first grow into by increasing in the Fruit of the SPIRIT/character, especially love. It is like giving a nice expensive car as a gift to a toddler. The toddler owns the gift of the car, but it would be very dangerous to let them start driving it until they grow up and learned how to drive. There are a few ways I know of to learn a new gift.
This is the part where you need to ask GOD for wisdom, understanding, and knowledge of the gift you are eagerly desiring to use to minister to others in your walk with the LORD (Col 1:9, 10, 11, 12). This is a working relationship with our LORD and KING. HE is the ONE doing them through you. Jam 1:5, 6, 7, 8 states, “5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of GOD, WHO gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. 7 For that man shouldn’t think that he will receive anything from the LORD. 8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” All the wisdom/knowledge/understanding of the LORD is already in the Believer’s spirit by the SPIRIT, but not available for the mind and mouth to use. So, as we are walking with the LORD and asking for more wisdom/knowledge/understanding in different areas, we receive wisdom/knowledge/understanding in the areas we are growing in the LORD with. If we do not have, it is because we have not asked or are asking with the wrong motives (Jam 4:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).
Find someone else who can operate in the gift, ask them questions, and follow their Biblical example. You might have to weed out what is not Biblical, but listen to them, because they do have an understanding of the gift. This is how the disciples learned from YESHUA, by HIS example. The other way is to look up everything about the gift in the Scripture and ask the LORD a lot of questions. Then, since the SPIRIT gives all the gifts, think of the gift you are already familiar with, how the SPIRIT seems to just flow through you without you thinking about it. Then, practice doing that with a different gift. You may have to still ask another brother in CHRIST how to get started with that first part of when you take your first step in faith that the SPIRIT will just flow out of you in that gift. It is really just learning how to remove yourself from trying to control the gift to allowing the SPIRIT to flow out while you work with the SPIRIT. I do not suggest you practice a gift in the public, but practice with willing brothers and sisters in YESHUA/JESUS until you get the hang of the gift. What do I mean by practice? I mean when you first start commanding healing, it might take a day or 6 months to see the final fruit of the healing. Then, after awhile the time will be shorter until you can see the fruit of the healing immediately. Then you can go and use healing as a sign to the unbeliever knowing it will happen immediately. If you can find an experienced person to walk with you as you are learning the new gift, then it will not matter if you are in the public or private setting, and you will learn the gift much faster. This is true of all the gifts of the SPIRIT, because they are all from the same SPIRIT. As a Believer grows in their relationship with the LORD and in walking with and being filled with the SPIRIT, they should be growing to be able to use any gift of the SPIRIT in any situation as per the will of the LORD in that situation (Heb 2:4). An example is if you see a person trapped under a truck, the gift of the strength of the SPIRIT (like Samson had) can be used to free the person.
So, believe, practice, be patient, be persistent and you will see results. As was stated in the Healing article: James states faith without works is dead (James 2:17, 26). When a Believer is saved by faith, in faith they state YESHUA/JESUS is their resurrected GOD WHO died for their sins and the curse of their sins (Rom 10:9). Faith is not just in the mind, but faith is the doing of what is believed. A Believer believes in YESHUA and so states with their mouth in action what they believe. “… they will lay/place hands upon/on/against (the) sick/sickly/feeble/infirm/physically-weak/mentally-weak/ill and they will have/possess wellness/recovery” (Mrk 16:18). When a Believer believes this verse, they in action bring their hand upon the sick to bring the healing power of the SPIRIT to the person to be healed.
We learn from the centurion of great faith that we only need to “say the word” and the person or people will be healed (Mt 8:8). If you say specific things, only the specific thing will be healed. If you cast out a specific enemy and tell them never to come back, then only the specific enemy will leave. The others will either show up and try to make it look like you did nothing, or they will hide like cockroaches till you leave. So, be very general and then be specific if you need to. We are setting the captives free, so you can say, “Be Free, Be Healed in the name of YESHUA/JESUS.” The “Be Free” part is getting rid of all the enemies keeping the person in bondage. Also to include all the enemies trying to hold the healing back, you can say, “Anything trying to hold the healing back be gone and never come back in the name of YESHUA/JESUS.” There are many different ways to say this. You are working with the LORD in a relationship. HE is there as the Helper (Jhn 14:26). The LORD will also give a Believer words to say, so listen for that voice in your head that sounds like when your thinking in your head but is words you were not thinking (Luk 12:11, 12). Of course, only say the words if they are good, because the enemy can place thoughts in your mind that are evil called temptation (Jhn 13:2). Mrk 11:22, 23, 24 states, “22 YESHUA/JESUS answered them, “Have faith in GOD. 23 For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening, he shall have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.” So, the enemy could put the thought in your head of “you are doubting.” Then, you, thinking you have doubted, will not do anything. Except, doubt [G1252] in Greek is an action of “withdrawing,” not just a thought. So, the enemy tempted you to think you had doubt and (if you believe it) you stopped your action of healing and (now in action) have real doubt.
So, we ask for what we don’t have; and using the gifts we do have, we command a response from the defeated enemy or the Earth/earth that we have rulership over.
So, a Believer can cast out anything that is the opposite of the Attributes of the LORD and call upon any of the Attributes of the LORD. That makes a pretty good list of weapons. So, the more we know the LORD, the more we know who the enemy is. And, the more we know the LORD, the more weapons we have in our arsenal. To learn more about the weapons, read the Healing article. Some of these weapons are very powerful. Luk 9:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 states, “52 … They went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for HIM. 53 They didn’t receive HIM, because HE was traveling with HIS face set toward Jerusalem. 54 When HIS disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “LORD, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky and destroy them, just as Elijah did?” 55 But HE turned and rebuked them, ‘You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are. 56 For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.’ They went to another village.” Why is YESHUA rebuking them? Because they really do have the power to call down fire even though it is not the will of the LORD. This is why a Believer should have an abundance of the Love of the LORD and only operate in the Power of the LORD in love. Just because you can call down fire from Heaven does not mean you should. The battle can be fought many other different ways. If it is the real enemy (Satan or demon), fire away. But, now you know the words from your mouth are very powerful. This is why you should never curse anyone (Rom 12:14). When you curse someone, you are working for and helping the real enemy, the Devil and demons/fallen-angels. But, If a Believer is led by the Spirit to deliver a message of judgement from the LORD, it is not a curse by the Believer. You need to know it is from the LORD before stating a judgement on anyone or the LORD will judge you (Mt 7:1). It is a message you are delivering by your mouth of judgment the LORD has already determined. We have a few examples of this. In Acts 13:11, Paul delivers the message of the LORD as a statement that the unbeliever who is trying to keep other people from being saved would be blind for a season. This is the same thing that happen to Paul himself in Acts 9:4, 5, 6, 8, 9. The angels struck those at Sodom with blindness (Gen 19:11). ‘Elisha’ struck people with blindness, then opened their eyes (2 Kgs 6:18, 19, 20). In each of these cases, it was to end evil and bring about good from the LORD. There is even a time to deliver the message from the LORD of death as in the case of Acts 5:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
Luk 10:5, 6 states, “Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ 6 If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.” And, 1 Sam 25:6 states David stated to Nabal, “… ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!” David was protecting the house and property of Nabal. And, Phil 4:7 states, “And the peace of GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” This peace, called shalom in Hebrew, is the peace of GOD that surpasses all understanding. Shalom is the word in Hebrew used for “Hi” and “Bye.” It is wise to have the LORD’s peace upon you, your house, and all that belongs to you before you go to battle and to say “Peace be to us and all that is ours that the LORD has bestowed to us.” And, it is good to say “Peace be to you, your household, and all that belongs to you” anywhere you go. You will find the LORD’s shalom/peace allows you to live and sleep in a peaceful camp, even in the middle of a warzone.
The Calling
You know who you are in the LORD. You know your calling. You know the War. You know the enemy, and that he is defeated already. You know nothing can come against you or harm you if you claim those promises of the LORD (You definitely need to claim and know this before you start battling the enemy). In YESHUA, you are a new Creature, and you are a ruler of the Earth/earth (including the flesh of man which is made of earth) by and in the name of YESHUA by the Power of the LORD the SPIRIT. You know you are no longer under any of the curses of sin, including sickness and death. So, you should know you do not have to put up with anything from the enemy. Go form some battle plans with the LORD and some other Believers and start taking back our Earth that belongs to us. Praise be to the LORD, WHO is our all Powerful KING and LORD, WHO will rule forever and ever with all HIS adopted Children called Believers, and WHO has already won the War through HIS stripes, wounds, and death on the Cross and resurrection from the dead, praise be to the LORD YESHUA.