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Before you begin your Bible study, as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, be sure you have named your sins privately to God the Father.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

(Known, Unknown and Forgotten sins) (1Jn 1:9)

 

 

You will then be in fellowship with God, Filled with the Holy Spirit and ready to learn Truth from the Word of God.

 

"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth," (John 4:24)

 

 

                *The Angelic Conflict Spiritual Combat*

 

 

       From the moment of Salvation, every believer, regardless of age or sex, regardless of status in life, is in the midst of a great Spiritual conflict.

The creation of man is the result of this conflict, (But as we ALL now know; this was God's plan from the VERY BEGINING.

To bring angels and man into His family --- using FREE WILL; and to show that God's Thought's and Virtue's are BEYOND AMAZING; Isa 43:10-13) which has existed since some time in eternity past.

It is a conflict in which the fallen angels are pitted against God, against the elect angels and against believers.

Exactly how long this conflict has been raging is a matter of speculation, since God has not seen fit to reveal this information to us.

The first phase of the angelic struggle was completed before man was created.

Man entered this Spiritual combat from the time that Eve, at the subtle suggestion of Satan, partook of the forbidden tree in the Garden; (2Co 11:3) and man will continue to be in combat until the Second Advent of Christ.

The Church Age in which we now live is unique.

It is the age in which Jesus Christ as the God-Man is glorified: He is seated at the right hand of the Father in His resurrection body.

(Matt 26:64) And therefore, the angelic conflict has shifted gears.

Until the death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Christ, it was the intent of the fallen angels to frustrate the incarnation of Christ and to prevent the dissemination of the Promises regarding Him.

Since Christ did go to the cross and is now glorified, the former purpose has changed.

Every believer is the target in the angelic conflict, which has greatly intensified.

In fact, the New Testament uses actual warfare as a basis for illustrating the great Spiritual battle in which we find ourselves.

In eternity past, God ALWAYS knew about every need believers would have at every stage of this intensified conflict.

(Isa 46:8-10) He knew we would live in a very difficult period of our own national history, as well as in the Spiritual history of mankind.

He knew about the dramatic rise of Communism with its anti-Doctrinal and demonic aspects.

He knew about the internal disintegration of our nation through drugs, the rise of Theological liberalism, and the failure to recognize Divine laws relative to police and military activities; He knew that confusion with regard to the gospel and the teaching of the Word of God would result from the satanic utilization of those who choose ecstatic and emotional criteria rather than the Thinking of Christ; as their "Spiritual routine."

(1Co 2:14-16) Furthermore, He knew that, as individuals', we would have to face national crises, personal crises and local church crises, and that we would encounter an accumulation of pressures at any point where His Word might be revealed.

Accordingly, in the Church Age everything is vitally different from any previous age, and God's provision for every believer in this Dispensation --- the New Covenant Church Age; is phenomenal!

(John 17:21-23)

 

       Characteristics of the Church Age

 

        No believer in the past was permanently indwelt by God the Holy Spirit or had the New Covenant Spiritual life.

(John 7:39) In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit had a temporary ministry to all believers for learning Truth, (Prov 1:23) and in order to empower certain people, such as kings, priests, prophets and the writers of the Old Testament.

And a specialized ministry for the Spiritual ability to perform a God-given task.

The permanent universal indwelling of believers by God the Holy Spirit belongs only to the New Covenant Church Age; Tribulation and the Millennium.

(Eze 36:26-28; (2Co 6:16; Heb 8:10; Rev 14:4-5) cf.

(John 12:26)

       Since Jesus Christ is now glorified and is seated at the right hand of the Father; (Heb 1:13) every believer is an ambassador for Christ and is His personal representative here on earth during this intensified period of the angelic conflict!

(2Co 5:20)

       For the first time in history, every believer is a priest.

If you have believed in Jesus Christ, you are a priest!

/But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the //excellencies of Him, //(//HIS THOUGHTS AND NATURE//) who has called you out of darkness //into His marvelous light.//

(//The Spiritual life of God the Holy Spirit and Truth//) /(1Pe 2:9)

      

       This supernatural way of life is in no way connected with any trend toward asceticism and which excludes every aspect of legalism; further, as well as any energy of the old sin nature; we also have a supernatural means of execution; the filling of God the Holy Spirit.

(Eph 5:18)

 

       The grace apparatus for perception

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Through the filling of the Spirit, the believer has access to God's gracious provision whereby he can assimilate and Think with God's Thoughts on EVERY subject, and this "grace apparatus for perception,'' (Operation Z) does not depend upon human IQ or human ability.

(1Co 2:12-14) Operation Z depends upon the true function of the church in which the gift of pastor-teacher was designed by God primarily for the authoritative communication of Truth under the Divine Concepts of, (1) Isagogics, which is the interpretation of the Bible in the framework of its historical setting; (2) Categorical teaching, based on comparing Scripture with Scripture to determine the Doctrinal classification; (3) Exegesis, which is verse by verse syntactical analysis of the Bible to determine its exact interpretation.

To understand the mechanics of the Operation Z, we must understand that in essence the human soul of man is made up of self-consciousness, mentality, volition, faith, emotion, and conscience, plus the old sin nature; and for believers a renewed human spirit.

The mentality of the soul includes a left lobe, (The perceptive lobe) and a right lobe, (Containing the Spiritual conscience and where the frame of reference and Divine Viewpoint are stored).

As Doctrinal information is received into the left or perceptive lobe of the believer who is filled with the Holy Spirit, it is understood.

The Greek word "gnosis" specifically refers to Truth that is in the perceptive lobe and understood by means of the filling of the Spirit.

Once you comprehend the Truth, then you have an attitude toward it; negative or positive volition.

It is not usable until it is believed.

Positive volition expresses itself by faith.

By faith this "gnosis" is transferred to the human spirit, where it becomes "epignosis" or Spiritual Knowledge.

The human spirit serves as a storage place for epignosis,'' (God's Thinking) and from there it is cycled to the right lobe of the mentality, where it serves as a frame of reference and memory center, vocabulary, categories and where it becomes the new norms and standards in the new conscience; momentum and Spiritual Wisdom.

This "epignosis'' in the right lobe is your primary means of Thinking with God's Thoughts, (Verses, Promises and Doctrines): Truth! (1Co 2:13; (3Jn 1:4)

 

       The Edification Complex; Divine  Dynasphere; Temple; Spiritual Life; Love Complex of the soul (These names are all synonymous)

 

       Spiritual Thinking or "epignosis" stored in the human spirit is the basis of the construction of the "Edification complex of the soul.''

''The first "floor" of the structure is rebound; the second, is the filling of God the Holy Spirit; the third, is the faith-rest drill; the fourth, is grace orientation; the fifth, is Doctrinal orientation; the sixth, is a personal sense of destiny; the seventh, is personal love for God; the eighth, is impersonal love for all mankind; the ninth, is sharing the happiness of God; and the tenth, is occupation with Christ.

This edification complex enables the believer to become Spiritually mature, to produce Divine Virtue, and to become Spiritually self-sustaining.

Through it God is able to provide you with everything that He designed for you in eternity past.

Grace found a way!

Further, this Temple in the soul is developed only through constant, DAILY absorption of the Word of God! (Psa 1:2-3)

       Now, inevitably, man's days are going to be short and full of trouble because he was created as an extension of the angelic conflict.

(Job 5:7-9) Before we proceed with the details of the angelic conflict, it should be made clear that all of the "flack" you get in your Christian life is not necessarily because of the angelic conflict.

Some things cannot be directly attributed to the angelic conflict, but to the old sin nature.

Of course, the old sin nature is definitely in the angelic conflict; but if you manufacture your own misery through mental attitude sins or through emotional revolt of the soul, don't blame it on the angelic conflict.

If you're one of those people who say, ''The devil's after me," you probably know nothing about either the devil or the angelic conflict.

The devil is not omnipresent and therefore can be in only one place at a time.

And he's after bigger game than you or I.

The reason this is so important is that if you start attributing everything to the angelic conflict, you may forget to rebound, and you may become a casualty.

Since we must first of all examine creatures which we cannot see, creatures who hover about us, who indwell some members of the human race; creatures who have a great deal to do with the course of history; creatures who influence rulers and kings; creatures who simulate certain things, such as tongues and healing; creatures that definitely influence people in this world today, we are going to begin our study of the angelic conflict with the angels themselves.

Description of angels

 

       The Bible reveals the existence of a higher creation, and the Word of God is very lucid on this subject.

The word "angels" is used repeatedly throughout the Scripture.

Before the canon of Scripture was completed, angels often became visible to members of the human race.

The Age of Israel was characterized by the appearance of angels.

This world, as well as the universe around us, is filled with angels, and there are untold numbers of these beings.

Many details concerning the angels have been a source of controversy over the centuries, but few have ever been resolved.

Not all angels look the same; some are described as being very beautiful and some are not.

Apparently they are all male.

Only one sex among angels means that all angels were directly created.

This explains in part some of the events of, (Gen 6:1-5).

Also we learn from this passage that at one time in history fallen angels had sexual relations with the daughters of men.

The best we can do on the composition of angels is that they seem to have a body, but one which is quite different from ours.

Our body is corporeal; theirs is immaterial.

From the name "Lucifer," which is the Hebrew noun "helel," (Derived from the verb "halal") meaning "bright and shining one'' we learn something of the substance of their bodies.

The angelic body appears to be composed of light; and since light has content, it could make a definite body and one which could easily become invisible or visible.

Their bodies are further differentiated from ours in that wings are often attributed to them.

Not all angels have the same number of wings.

(Eze 1:6; Rev 4:8) Some angels are super angels in beauty and strength as compared to others.

These super angels are called "cherubs."

(Cherubim --- plural from the Hebrew) A cherub is not a little baby with wings.

He happens to be the most beautiful and most magnificent creature that ever came from the hand of God.

Some of the cherubs are actually named: the leader of the elect angels is called Michael; the leader of the fallen angels, Lucifer, or Satan or the devil.

These two angels are apparently the most beautiful of all creatures.

Lucifer is described in terms that exceed any other Biblical description of a creature.

(Eze 28:12-13) No one is more beautiful or more personable than Satan.

Of course, that eliminates the usual representation of Satan with a red epidermis, slanted green eyes, a forked tail and a trident.