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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Israel—God's Conqueror
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, (Revelation 12:7)
We are to be God's conquerors, His Israel, His sons.
God shall not give His glory to another. We who carry the Glory of the Lord must die and be raised again in Christ. It must be Christ who is living and not us. If we are not willing to die, Christ cannot live. Only Christ is the Conqueror. If we would conquer with God we must die so the only true Conqueror can overthrow the adversary.
"And there was war in heaven"!
War is being waged in the spirit realm. Therefore the normal human life is filled with strife. In order to avoid strife an individual must sin, or shed responsibility, or otherwise turn away from the unpleasant tasks and situations that conscience and integrity demand he or she face and overcome.
The war is between God and Satan. In the last days the saints, because of the working of Christ in and with them, will overcome Satan. Satan then will be cast down from the heavens to the earth. Finally, Satan will be bound by one angel and hurled into the bottomless pit (Revelation 20:2).
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. (Revelation 12:11)
They overcame him.
Every Christian must have two facts established firmly in his or her thinking:
We are in a warfare against a competent, vicious, determined enemy. We cannot escape from the daily conflict without turning away from that which is our responsibility before God.
We must overcome or else we will be overcome. There is no middle ground. Either we shall win or we shall lose. To win is to become an heir of all things (Revelation 21:7). To lose is to accept some lesser place in the creation or else to be led away into a place of torment.
The earth is a spiritual battleground.
We have no worthwhile choice other than that of fighting the good fight of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
To refuse to endure the rigors of the present conflict is to choose to be something other than a son of God, something other than true man as God has destined man to be. The second chapter of the Book of Hebrews reveals that man is destined to inherit all of the works of God's hands.
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: (Hebrews 2:7)
Compare:
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Revelation 21:7)
The principal forces of darkness, which are Satan, Antichrist, and the False Prophet—the spirit of religious delusion (the unholy trinity), are far too wise and powerful for us to challenge. Nevertheless we will overcome them. Let us see what the Scripture says about the correct method of overcoming the authorities and powers of darkness.
To be continued.