THE
WEAPONS OF OUR
WARFARE ARE OUR TONGUES
01-24-21
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BE
STRONG, BE A GOOD SOLDIER
(2
Tim 2:1-5) Thou therefore, my son, be strong [Gk:
empowered]
in the grace [Gk: the divine influence upon the heart,
and its
reflection in the life: benefit, gift, joy] that is in
Christ Jesus.
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the
same commit
thou [teach, using your tongue (try to speak without using
your
tongue)] to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others
also.
Thou therefore endure hardness [Gk: undergo hardness:
be
afflicted, suffer trouble] [in this military training
boot camp],
as a good soldier [Gk: warrior] of Jesus
Christ. No
man that warreth [who volunteers] [Gk:
to serve in
a military campaign, to go to war] entangleth himself with
[Gk:
entwines himself with, (becomes/remains) involved with] [the
distractions of] the
affairs [Gk: transactions, negotiations] of this
[temporary] life [rather than focusing upon
(practicing
upon) your training concerning the next eternal life] [1];
that
he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
[Gk:
selected him as a warrior, enlisted in the army]. And if a man
also strive
for masteries [Gk: to contend in competitive games],
yet is
he not crowned [Gk: awarded the honorary wreath of victory
(i.e.,
success)], except he strive [compete] lawfully
[Gk: legitimately, agreeably to the rules of the list] [i.e.,
the Bible].
1.
(Prov
22:6) Train up [Heb: to narrow (their focus); fig.
to initiate
or discipline: dedicate] [teach] a child [a
new recruit] in the way [Heb: a road; a course
of life or
mode of action] he should go: and when he is old, he
will not
depart [Heb: to turn off: withdraw] from it
[i.e., from the Bible].
GOD’S
THOUGHTS ARE TAUGHT BY HIS TONGUE, i.e., THE
BIBLE,
WHICH
IS A TWOEDGED SWORD (LOGOS/RHEMA)
(2
Cor 10:3-6) For though we walk [live] in the
flesh, we
do not war after the flesh [i.e., use man-made human
weapons]:
(For the weapons of our warfare [Gk: military service,
fig. the
apostolic career (as one of hardship and danger)] are not
carnal [Gk:
fleshly, temporal] [in the sense of being man-made], but
mighty [spiritual]
through God to the pulling down [Gk: demolition; fig.
extinction]
[“overthrow and destruction” Amplif.] of strong holds [Gk:
fortifications; castles (fig. arguments)] [“arguments” are
manifestations of tongues (weapons)];) Casting down [Gk:
destroying] [enemy, adversarial, antagonistic, accusatorial] imaginations
[Gk: thoughts], and every high [“proud
and lofty”
Amplif.] thing that exalteth itself [as clay to
the
potter] against the knowledge [Gk: understanding]
of
God, and bringing into captivity [capturing, as in
warfare]
every thought [i.e., every fallen angel, demon, devil,
unclean
spirit] to the obedience [1] of Christ [Gk:
the anointing of the Messiah]; And having in a readiness
[Gk:
(being) prepared] to revenge [Gk: vindicate, retaliate,
punish]
all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled [Gk:
accomplished, completed, perfected].
1.
obedience
= Gk:
attentive harkening, compliance or submission /// to hear under (as a
subordinate); to heed or conform to a command or authority: obey.
THE
BIBLE WAS
ALMOST ENTIRELY AN ORAL TRADITION UNTIL THE KJV OF 1611.
THE
HOLY SPIRIT
IS THE TONGUE OF THE LORD, AND
THE
SWORD OF THE LORD,
FOR BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS
(effectively,
enabling us to discern the difference
between good and evil)
(Judg
7:6-8) And the number of them [of the 10,000 saved
Isrealite army soldiers/warriors] that lapped [using
their tongue as a discerning/weapon)] [1], putting their
hand
[Heb: power] to their mouth [Heb: fig.
speech:
two-edged, word] [2] [manifesting the discerning/weapon
(blessings/cursings) of
the Lord, i.e., shepherds, warriors], were three
hundred men
[300]: but all the rest of the people [the
remaining 9,700
soldiers] bowed down upon their knees [directly
opposite
to, on the other side of the stream of running water of the Holy Spirit
across
from 135,000 very angry Midianite (eternally lost) soldiers, thereby
symbolizing subjection and obedience, i.e., sheep, enlisted
soldiers who
are support troops because they are saved] to drink
water [of
the Holy Spirit] [i.e., undiscerningly, they sucked or slurped up the
water, not
using their tongue as a discerning/weapon]. And the LORD
said unto
Gideon, By the three hundred men [300 combat warriors,
shepherds,
commissioned officers] that lapped [using their
tongue as
a discerning weapon] will I save you, and deliver the
Midianites [Heb: brawling, contentious, discord, strife]
[unsaved
peoples] into thine hand [Heb: power]: and let all
the
other people [the 9,700 support soldiers, sheep] go
every man
unto his [appointed] place. So the people [the
300 combat warriors, shepherds] took victuals
[Heb: food]
[from the supporting 9,700 soldiers, sheep (sacrificially), it was
a time of
famine: Judg 6:1-6)] in their hand, and their trumpets
[symbolizing
the voice (Word) of God, i.e., Bibles]: and he sent all the rest
of [the
army of] Israel [the 9,700 support soldiers, sheep]
every
man unto his tent [versus the 22,000 unbelieving
soldiers (goats)
that he had previously sent home], and retained [Heb:
fastened upon, seized: caught (up)] [a type and shadow of “the rapture”
1 Thess
4:17] those three hundred men [300 combat
warriors,
shepherds]: and the host of Midian [Heb:
brawling,
contentious, discord, strife] [unsaved peoples] was beneath
him
in the valley [“of Jezreel” Judg 6:33 (Armageddon)].
1.
discern
= Dict: 1.
To separate (a thing) mentally from another or others; recognize as
separate or
different. 2. To perceive or recognize; make out clearly.
2.
(Heb
4:12) For the word of God [the Bible] is
quick [Gk:
alive] [as God is alive], and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged
sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder [Gk:
separation]
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner
[Gk:
decisive: judge] of the thoughts and intents of the
heart [Gk:
mind].
OUR
HUMAN BODIES ARE THE
SCABBARD (SHEATH) OF THE SWORD OF THE LORD
(Judg
7:16-18) And he divided the three hundred [300]
men
into three companies [under the command of the Trinity
of God the
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit], and he put a
trumpet
[symbolic of the voice of God, a Bible] in every man's
hand [i.e.,
power to use], with empty [Heb: worthless:
vain] pitchers
[Heb: of earthenware] [of the dust of the earth, symbolic of
their/our
bodies], and lamps [Heb: to shine; a flame:
firebrand,
torch] [symbol of the Holy Spirit] within the
pitchers
[symbolic of being filled with the Holy Spirit,
i.e.,
salvation]. And he [Gideon = Heb: feller
(warrior) /// to
fell a tree] [a type and shadow of Jesus Christ] said [prophetically]
unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I
come [in
the near future] to the outside of the camp [of the
unsaved Midianites],
it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. When [in
the near
future] I blow with a trumpet [symbolic of the
voice of
God, a Bible: 1 Thes 4:16 & John 1:14], I and all that
are with
me [i.e., the “retained” 300 warriors: Judg 7:8], then
blow ye the trumpets also [i.e., preach the Word of God]
on
every side of all the camp, and say [using your tongue
as a
discerning/weapon], The sword [(separator)] of
the LORD, and of Gideon.
(Judg
7:19-22) So Gideon [Heb: feller (warrior) /// to
fell a tree],
and the hundred men [100] that were with him,
came unto
the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch
[dark,
about 10:00 pm]; and they had but newly set the watch:
and they blew
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their
hands. And
the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the
pitchers,
and held the lamps [Heb: (flaming) torches] in
their
left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands [thereby
each forming the image of a flaming cross] to blow
withal
[through the wind of the Holy spirit]: and they cried [Heb:
(loudly) preached, proclaimed], The sword of the LORD, and
of Gideon.
And they stood every man in his [assigned] place
[“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7] round
about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried
[Heb:
split the ears, shouted for alarm], and fled. And
the three
hundred blew the trumpets [i.e., preached the Word of God],
and
the LORD set every [Midianite = Heb: brawling, contentious,
discord,
strife] man's sword [voice/weapon] against
his
fellow [to death, and “the abyss”], even
throughout all
the host: and the host [of the remaining 15,000 (Judg 8:10)
Midianite
soldiers, fallen angel spirits, rebellious thoughts] fled
to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto
Tabbath [and
into the thousand year Millennium].
Amen