December 16, 2020 – Food for the Soul

My next series is going to be on the subject of War and the different aspects of it. I do not know how long the series will be at this point, but I am just going to let God guide me through it. I believe that it is going to be a subject that we will soon not forget. So stay tuned to embark on this journey through God’s Word as He teaches us through His amazing words of life and wisdom.

Prayer:Thank You Lord for allowing us to be on this earth one more time to praise and worship You. Thamk You for allowing usto have our health and strength and to be closed in our right minds. Thank You for Your protection, guidance , and wisdom to understad Your Word. May we strive to be more like Your Son, Jesus Christ every day until He returns. Thank You for Your love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness. We give You all the Praise, Glory, and Honor,in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

When we think about war, we think about all of the killing that it causes, the devastation that it causes, and the hurt that it brings for families that have relatives fighting in the war. War causes many problems, and I believe that it is necessary to keep our country and nation safe from our enemies that wants to deatroy us. War isn’t something new that we have never heard of before; war has been going on since the beginning of time. We are going to see what the Word says about war, and what we can learn from it.

Let us see what the term War means biblically.definition of war – Bing definition of war biblically – Bing Click on the line above to see what war means, and to see what it means bibically.

Let us look at Exodus 13:17 to see what God is going to tell us about war. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt: This tells me that God did what He did so that the people would not want to return to Egypt, because if He would have taken them the other way, they would have became afraid and wanted to return to Egypt, so He did what He did to keep them safe and unafraid to go in the direction He was taking them. Yes, He took them to the Red Sea to cross over, but they were more afraid when they saw the army coming behind them before they crossed over. When they did cross over, and the army tried to follow them, God brought back down the water on them where they drowned in the Red Sea. Just as God lead His people from the enemy, He will also lead us fom our enemies, and as He fought their enemies, He will fight our enemies for us as well.

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Let us look at Numbers 21:14: Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon. +The book of the wars of the Lord in he bible – Bing images Dead Sea and Arnon River – Bing images I looked this up on Bing because I wanted to see what the Red Sea, and the brook of Arnon looked like, but this is what was there. You can take a look around the pictures and see what it looks like.

Verse 15.-16–: And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.(16.), And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

Deuteronomy 24:5-When a man hath takena new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. It is not good for a man to go to war after he has married, that is the time for he and his wife to get to know one another, consemate their marriage, and be happy. During that time they can make plans for the future, talk about having children, and building up their home comfortably. It is a time for rejoicing for them; it is their honeymoon. It is that time for them to party and have fun with one another.

Image result for Deuteronomy 24:5 meaning — **This is what marriage is supposed to look like, between a man and a woman; not the way it is going on today.**

Psalm 46:9-He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. This Scripture is telling us that God is destroying anything that is used to cause war. He is destroying the weapons that are used in war so that there will be anymore wars unto the end of the earth.

Psalm 55:21- The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. People can talk a good game and act like they are for you, but at the same time they have war in their hearts. Someone can act like they are against war but all of the time that is where their mind and heart is set, so therefore you can’t always believe what someone say. Some people war back and forth with themselves; I mean with their flesh and their spirit, see the spirit wants to do what is right all of the time, but it is the flesh that wants to do what is wrong; such as robbing, stealing, killing, and other things that is not right in the eyes of God. Rebellious souls rebel against God because it wants to do what it wants to do to satisify the flesh instead of doing what is right and pleasing to God.

Ecclesiastes 3:8- A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war; and a time of peace. There is a time for everything that happens under the sun. Nothing just happens randomly. There is a time and place for everything that happens on earth. This is what I see in the Scripture. Let us just remember that the battle is not ours, it is he Lords.

Isaiah 2:4- And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into prunnunghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shalt they learn war anymore. When their weapons are destroyed, there will not be anymore wars, and nations will not fight against one another anymore, there will be peace.

See the source image — This is what rebuke means.

I used this from Bing so you all could know what this word means, and how it is used in a sentence.

Isaiah 21:15-For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the greviousness of war.This tells me that they did not want to fight anymore, so they ran from it. They may have felt that they could not win the fight. When the other side retreats, they are giving up without a fight, and this is what this Scripture is telling me. They surrendered.

Daniel 9:26-And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and he people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. threescore and two weeks – Bing daniel 9 26 meaning – Bing The Flood of Daniel 9:26 (creationconcept.info) I chose to look these meanings up so there would be a better understanding of this Scripture, because I did not quite understand what it was saying, but this information should be very helpful.(See also Verse 27. that says) “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. oblation definition – Bing consummation definition bible – Bing

Matthew 24:6-And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Eventhough there is war going on in the world, and we hear about war going on in other places, we should not be worried, because it is only the Word fulfilling itself. We know that there is going to be a war when Jesus comes back; the battle of Armageddon ; the battle between good and evil. We already know that we win!

Armageddon in the Bible – Bing apocalypse – Bing

Romans 7:23- But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. What is Paul talking about in Romans 7:23 – Bing This information will give us a better understanding of what Paul is saying in this Scripture. Paul was living a crucified life. His life was in Jesus Christ, so he did not live in sin, or let the sin in his mind take over him; he lived strictly for Christ; nothing wavering.

1 Corinthians 9:7-Who goeth a warfare any time at his won charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? Who goes to war when they want to? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat what it produces? Who feeds the flock and does not drink any of the milk they produce? Who has a flock of sheep, or goats and does not kill one and prepare it to be dressed, cooked , and eaten? It does not make since to have all of that and not enjoy it? I believe that milk means the soft part of God’s Word that we can swallow easy by drinking it in, and I believe the vineyard is the Bible where we draw our wisdom and knowledge from the Word that we may grow thereby. The meat is the solid Word that we come to understand to go deeper in the Word to learn and to know the secrets the Lord our God wants to tell us eventhough it is hard to swallow; it gives us something to chew on, to meditate on day and night. The more we drink it in, and feed our spirit the stronger in the Word we become, and our prayers will be more powerful, so when the devil tries to attack us, we can fight him with the Word of God. When we draw close to God, He will draw close to us, and He will fight our battles for us, because the battle is not ours, it is the Lords. We battle the Devil with God’s Word and through prayer to God when we give Him all that is bothering us. We will never have to fight a battle alone when we are going through Spiritual warfare. When we put on the full armor of God, nothing that the devil throws at us can harm us. The Word of God, and the Blood of Jesus defends us against the wiles of the Devil.

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2 Corinthians 10:3-4- For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4.(for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) When we are going through something and we do not know why we are going through what we are going through, it is normally Spiritual warfare. Our spiritman is fighting with our flesh,and our mind is telling us to listen to our flesh when our spirit is telling us to listen to what God is spiritual warfare – Bin speaking to our spirit. Our spirit is willing to do what God wants us to do, but our flesh is wanting us to do what it wants us to do. Our spirit is willing but our flesh is weak. When we give in to our flesh and what it wants, that is where more trouble comes in to play, that is why we must make our flesh submit to what God wants, and not what we want in the flesh.

James 4:1- From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members. This happens when we do not get what we want from one or the other; such as husband and wife. When the wife soes not get what she wants from her husband,a nd when the husband does not get what he wants from the wife, they fight with each other simply because they both have desires that want to be met. james 4:1 kjv – Bing

1 Peter 2:11- Dearly beloved, I beseech youn as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshy lusts, which war against the soul. We do not have to give our flesh what it want. Giving in to our flesh it will most certainly cause us problems that we do not need. We should stay focused of Jesus and the Kingdom of God, and bringing more people to Jesus so they will not lose their soul. We are pilgrims passing through this world on our way to a better place not built with man hands. We are on our way to our heavenly home to live with Jesus for all eternity. We must not forget that we are going to have to give an account for what we did in these bodies whether it be good or bad, so let us stay strong in the faith and not give in to fleshy lusts that war against our soul. abstain definition biblically – Bing

Revelation 12:7-8And there was a war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels. (8.) And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. I beleive that this did not take place in heaven where the throne of God is, but in the second heaven above the earth. I believe that the dragon and his angels were thrown out and cast down into the bottomless pit of hell, in the lake of fire, so the Scripture simply states that neither was their place found any more in heaven. That was the first fight of good and evil, but the last and final fight will be when Jesus returns to set things straight and in order just as it was in the beginning. Everything will be back right, there will not be anymore sin; it will be abolished forever. (v.9.) And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Sisters and brothers in Christ, I did not know that this lesson was going to be long, but I thought that it was going to be longer than this. I believe that God is giving us just enough to think about for right now. I am quite sure there are going to be more to this subject, but with different verses pertaining to this same subject. I say this because there are many cross references to the verses that we have looked at in this lesson. I pray that I put in enough information from the sites, and enough information that can be restudied. I hope you all enjoy the lesson just as much I enjoyed prepairing it. I am glad that God has given me the oppotrunity to be able to share His Word to all of you that comes across it. Be blessed in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, Amen. https://music. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qF11dv4kkGc&feature=share

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