J.M.G. / X – POW — 6/5/23
Ephesians 6:11
Stand: Greek, Histemi =” A prolonged form of a primary word, stao (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (lit. or fig.): – abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up).”
{Strong’s 2476}
{total King James Version occurrences:156}
When the apostle Paul wrote Ephesians 6:11-18 he used the words: Stand (above definition.);
Withstand: Greek, anthistemi = “to stand against, i.e. oppose, resist.” [Ephesians 6:13] He joined stand with withstand in v.13;
Stand (same v.13) therefore.
I have written many articles taken from Ephesians 6. In the closing of Paul’s epistle to the ekklesia at Ephesus, he begins with, “Finally, my brethren, BE STRONG in the Lord and in the POWER of His might,” (Ephesians 6:10).
Strong: Greek, endunamoo= “to empower, enable, (increase in strength) be (make) strong” endunamoo comes form the Greek, word, dunamoo, “to enable.”
The author of Hebrews used the same Greek, word when he wrote: “… out of weakness we’re made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens” (Hebrews 11:34). The whole of chapter 11 of Hebrews is on faith.
We are living in a time, THE TIME! When God’s people need to exercise strong faith. The “armies of the aliens” are in battle array, weaponed up, determined to utterly destroy the “old order,” i.e. the America we grew up in before the 60’s revolution: These armies, anti-Christ/anti-Christian/anti-American/ anti-conservative/anti-patriot et al., have an unholy hatred for God and His authority. These feckless, feral fiends (under the present government run by that chief of anti-Christs who resides in the “Pink House,” aka “White House,” (the SWAMP H.Q. of all evil slime) have UNITED together to put to FLIGHT any and all who oppress them and their sick/sinister agenda of nasty narcissistic control. This “WOKE” army of anti-Christs are armed and dangerous. They are armed with damnable ideologies that are rooted and grounded in EVIL and carried out by the BIG 4: principalities (despotisms), power, rulers of the darkness and spiritual hosts of wickedness (Ephesians 6:12).
Paul wrote this epistle about AD. 60, from Rome, during his imprisonment there. Paul was bound, yet free! We are free in spirit to contend with the contenders, at least for now. BIG trouble lies ahead for this nation.
It has gone from BAD to WORSE! There is a withdraw of opportunity to fight the good fight of faith but time is running out, God’s Spirit has repeatedly told us that His WRATH, FURY, and INDIGNATION will increase because sin-in-the-land is increasing (see many of our prophetic Words of the Spirit printed years ago, warning of His WRATH to come). And, as the Bible records, He uses evil men to punish both the evil and His professing (backslid) people. (See my articles on the “if”/“then” clause – “if” we repent, “then” He will forgive):
“If I shut up Heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to destroy the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, If my people who are called by My name shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave and require of necessity My face, and turn form their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:13,14, Amplified Bible).
We find the same clause in v.17, 18, 19, 20.
Evil (“ra” in Hebrew) will continue to rain upon our nation until God’s people repent and turn back to Him. The family, state and church will continue to deteriorate morally, ethically.
Paul reminds the believers at Ephesus that the BATTLE in the heavens and on earth is a constant BATTLE/WAR with the forces of darkness, decay and death and that they should – MUST – use every spiritual weapon at their disposal (6:10-17).
Are we ready to “put to flight the aliens,” i.e. the forces of evil that have become a PLAGUE!? The author of Hebrews is the only New Testament author to use the word “aliens” (Hebrews 11:34): Greek, allotrios (Strong’s 245; from 243; “another’s,” i.e. “not one’s own, foreign, not akin, hostile, strange (“queer”), different (in many applications).” In my context, the “world.” The world’s people vs God’s people in the setting. The whole LGBTQ plus camp (with exceptions) is after the children of this nation, especially those of the Christian households.
Now is the TIME!
Yes! Now is the time to spread the TRUTH, the Bible Truth: “Declare among the nations, proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim – do not CONCEAL it…” (Jeremiah 50:2).
That was God’s judgment upon Babylon and Babylonia. The LORD had the Prophet to PROCLAIM it; God had finished punishing Israel for her sins, now that nation was to be judged.
There is no doubt that God is using the anti-Christ government/et al., to punish good ol’ USA for her multiplied SINS!!! But how many know this? We are to proclaim it so as to let he peoples know it.
“The most dangerous of all moral dilemmas: When we are obliged to conceal the truth in order to help the truth be victorious.”
Time to join God’s Army. Start your very own Corps & take Jesus to ALL THE WORLD! Amen.