Spiritual Warfare pt 6 Change of Plans

Last week we studied about the Tower of Babel, and Nimrod, who found a way through his worship of False God's, and his distain of God, to re-introduce the Nephilim DNA back into mankind.

God had no choice but to slow the spread of the corruption so He scattered mankind across the world and confused his language in order to slow the corruption of mankind, and keep the bloodline of Abraham pure.

This morning I want to go from there to Satan's Change of Plans. Friends all of what we are studying is not just for the fun of studying, it is important to our lives, and could be the reason some of us are seeing defeat in the battles of our lives.

Without the understanding of what's going on in the Spiritual War, you and I cannot be effective in the Spiritual Battles in our own lives.

I know it's easier to just accept Jesus, and just go along with everything to a safe degree until it's all over, but living a defeated life just because you don't want to get involved is not what God has planned for you.

So if you don't get involved in the battle, at least within the confines' of your own life, then you are telling God NO! I won't do it.

So Let's Begin:

Satan's plan to corrupt the human genome so that the Messiah could not come into the world, has hit a snag, called God. Since man has been scattered and their language confused, Satan had to rethink his plan.

He could no longer just hope to corrupt the blood line, he had to get more physical. Here is a list of some of the attempts by Satan to keep the Messiah from coming to end Satan's reign.

* Plans to kill Abraham from whom the Messiah would come. Genesis 12 and 20 * Extreme famine in Canaan. Genesis 41 * Destruction of the male Hebrew line in Exodus 1 * Pharaoh's change of mind pursuit in Exodus 14 * Populating Canaan with Giants * Haman's nearly successful plan to kill all Jewish people in Ester 3 * Josephs fears to marry Mary in Matthew 1 * Herod's murder of all males under the age of two in Matthew 2 * The attempt to throw Jesus off a cliff in Luke 4:28-29 * Two violent storms at sea in Mark 4 and Luke 8 * The crucifixion of Jesus.

Satan tried at every time possible to either stop Jesus or to kill him so that he could not fulfill the prophecies given by God regarding the Messiah.

But none of it worked, because God sealed the fate of Satan's attempts by Prophesying about Jesus. Because God's prophecies always come to pass, so God spoke Jesus into existence and His mission would succeed.

So Jesus came and made it to the cross through all Satan's attempts to stop him. So now what, what is Satan's plan in this Spiritual War?

The cross changed everything Hebrews 2:14 (KJV) 14 Forasmuch then as the children (we) are partakers of flesh and blood, he (Jesus) also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he (Jesus) might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Satan's power over mankind is diminishing, so Satan has to change his Spiritual War Plans.

So Satan decided that since he can't stop Jesus, he will turn his wrath upon two groups of people.

The Jewish people, and The Church of Jesus Christ.

If he can't stop Jesus and His plan for the salvation of mankind, he can at least persecute those who find Jesus and maybe stop as many as he can from seeing the light of salvation.

Saul develops a plan to destroy the followers of Christ, the Christians.

Acts 8:1,3 (KJV) 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

Jesus cancels Satan's plan to use Saul to persecute the church, on an old dirt road between Jerusalem and Damascus.

Satan comes against all the disciples, causing each to be martyred, but the church continued to grow.

The Jewish people are scattered all over the earth, and Satan blinds their minds to who Jesus really was.

Jewish people are persecuted all over the world.

In WWII Satan working through Hitler almost annihilates the entire Jewish Race, but God uses the United States to turn the tide of the War and sparing a remnant of the Jewish People.

In 1948 Israel becomes a nation, and they are immediately attacked by 6 different countries.

In June of 1967 Egypt Ceria and Jordan declare war on Israel in what came to be known as the 6 day war.

As the church continues to grow, it fractures and becomes many churches believing many different things. There is much persecution of the believers of Jesus by those who have made a religion out of not believing in Jesus.

Satan has achieved some success in erasing Jesus name from many Churches, and making Salvation much more difficult for those who are mislead.

Satan continues to use technology to dilute the power of Jesus among the people, and this coupled with his deception has stunted the growth of the church.

So it seems Satan has gained some success in the Spiritual War against God's people. The Jewish people are "as a whole" not believers in Jesus and what He came to do on the cross, thus they are not beneficiaries of the Inheritance.

The church is so fractured today, that the power and authority of Jesus is so watered down, that its effectiveness has diminished to the point that the miracles are rarely seen in the church of the 21 century.

It seems that in this 21 century of this fallen world Satan once again has wreak havoc on God's plan, but in the past God used a flood to gain the upper hand, then He scattered the people and their language all over the world to regain the upper hand.

What will God do today, that will counter Satan's plans, how will God once again wreak havoc on Satan's plans?

God's Plan

God has met with His divine council, and He laid out a plan for this spiritual war that will change the trajectory of the war forever.

This is going to be a military operation of such magnitude that the world has never seen anything like it. This operation will involve an angelic army the size of which no warfare has ever seen.

The planning has to be down to the millisecond, and the secrecy is so tight that only God knows when it will begin.

It is however talked about in scripture.

1 Corinthians 15:51-57 (KJV) 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Reading this and knowing what we've learned about the Spiritual War can't you see how this is another human history changing event planned by God.

It's not a flood, it's not confusing or scattering, but it is going to be an enormous event that will change the world forever.

In the divine council meeting Michael the Arch Angel in charge of God's army is told that to begin this operation he will sound the Trumpet.

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (KJV) 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of

So Michael Sounds the Trumpet that starts this military operation, but first I want you to realize where this operation occurs.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:

Why is that so important, that this covert operation in this 6 thousand year Spiritual War is to be carried out by God's Angelic Army IN THE AIR!!!

According to Ephesians 2:2 Satan is the "prince of the power of the air".

This special ops operation lead by Michael the Arch Angel is to be carried out right in the enemies stronghold.

God is sending his troops on this largest military operation ever carried out by the Angelic Forces right into the enemies camp, and He's taking back what belongs to HIM.

God could have had this happen right on Earths soil, but no He chose to execute this operation right in the air, and friends we've always seen this as a quick snatching away of God's people from the earth.

Now that I know more about the Spiritual War, I understand just how big an operation this is going to be, and the need for absolute secrecy.

In order for God to get you out of this physical realm and into the Spiritual realm without the normal channels of delivery "death", he is going to have to send an Angel escort for every human being that is involved in this "Harpazo" or snatching away of those Satan has been torturing.

For every human being that is being rescued in this operation there has to be a military angelic escort to see to our safe arrival in the air to meet the Lord Jesus.

At the moment we are touched by our Angelic Escort, a transformation takes place. We know this because we are about to do something that isn't possible for a human being to do. So we must be changed into a different type of being.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 (KJV) 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:

1 Corinthians 15:52-54 (KJV) 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Friends for us, the Spiritual war has changed, just as God used a flood and dividing the earth to counter Satan's Battle plans, God has now changed the conditions of the Spiritual war forever.

You and I are still involved in the war, but now we are God's secret weapons.

We are SPIRITUAL BEINGS, who are now IMORTAL and INCORUPTABLE, with ALL THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST, without any of the physical limitations we've experienced here on earth.

Remember we are in the air with the Lord, transformed in the twinkling of an eye into this Spiritual Super Human who is part of a Special Operations force that has been taken right from under Satan's nose.

We will be known as THE CHURCH, and we will fight alongside Jesus in the Battles to come, and since we are immortal, and incorruptible, and as powerful as Jesus himself, I can understand why God made this move.

Satan will be frantic to do what he can, but it's too late. God just plaid the RAPTURE card, and with Michael's direction, it will go off without a hitch, the transformation from mere human to GOD INFILLED, IMORTAL, AND INCORRUPTABLE Spiritual beings, and we will

1 Thessalonians 4:17(KJV) 17 and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV) 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.