abortionmatrix.com NOTE: Serpents were harmed in the making of this video! Evil will ultimately be allowed to prevail, at least initially, against the backslider almost every time. This is a principle America would do well to consider as the spiritual heritage of the Moabites and Ammonites is alive and well in our own day through abortion. The church is now fighting against those same spiritual forces for the very survival of our nation. Without true repentance and all-out spiritual warfare, what are our chances for victory when the demons' lust is now being gorged on the blood of not just one, but well over a million children sacrificed each year? The land that God chose to bring His people into after their long captivity in Egypt was filled with nations that practiced child sacrifice. And what was his commandment to Israel? bq. "When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then shall you drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. And destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places" (Numbers 33:51, 52). How do we to "drive out pagan idolatry and demolish their high places" in the New Covenant? Should we, like the ancient Israel, attack the individuals responsible for the idolatry? Absolutely not -- for our ultimate battle is not against flesh and blood. bq. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12). In Old Testament times, the Holy Spirit had not yet been given in the way that we experience Him today. Without access to the sanctuary, to the throne of God, mere men had neither the anointing nor the authority to confront the demonic powers directly. In order to defeat the forces of wickedness, there was no recourse except to destroy the people through whom those forces acted. But with the coming of Jesus, the whole balance of power changed. For the first time we see a man directly confronting the spiritual forces of darkness. Jesus even defines this as one of the primary signs that the kingdom of God has come into this world: Show: "But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you." Luke 11:20 God's people can now direct their efforts to the real problem: the spiritual realm. bq. For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete (2 Corinthians 10:3-6). The simple, glorious fact is, Jesus has defeated Satan. As a new Adam, He has given the earth back to man -- specifically his born-again descendents --and has re-commissioned them to subdue and cultivate -- in a word "heavenize" -- this world. And He has granted us all manner of precious and magnificent promises that we can and will, in the end, prevail: bq. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). Sit at my right hand (the Father told Jesus after His enthronement) until I make all your enemies a footstool for your feet.(Psalm 110: 1 All things are possible for one who believes. Mark 9:23 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world -- our faith.1 John 5:4 (Jesus said) I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 This last verse -- and there are many more like these five -- is particularly relevant to our subject matter here because of its mention of gates and hell. Gates in the Bible represent places of authority -- economic, government and military -- and are thus critically important from a spiritual warfare perspective. They're also primarily defensive in nature. So the picture we have in this glorious promise by Jesus is one of the Church charging the gates -- the stronghold of hell -- and hell not being able to withstand the assault. This great truth was wonderfully echoed in the famous quote by the renowned missionary C.T. Studd: "Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell; I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell."

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