SPIRITUAL WEAPONS OF WARFARE 2

Hello, welcome to DAY TWO of the broadcasts on the SPIRITUAL WEAPONS OF WARFARE. Some important things that I said yesterday includes:

1. God doesn't take people. It is better to say a person has gone home to be with the Lord than to say God has taken hin/her. Also, if God had to take anybody, He wouldn't use sicknesses, diseases, accidents, suicide bombers, religious extremists, natural disasters, demonic attacks, etc has a medium of conveying His people to Heaven. GOD DOES NOT USE THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE DEVIL TO DEAL WITH HIS CHILDREN EVEN WHEN THEY GO WRONG.

2. Death is an appointment which you can choose to keep. It is not everyone that can be killed.
Every man is at liberty to decide how long he/she wants to stay on earth.
Martyrdom is either a calling or choice. It is not everybody that has to die for the sake of the Gospel. This doesn't mean you will deny the faith either.

3. It is NOT God's will for all believers to die. Else,
A. There will be no one else to preach the Gospel.
B. The Rapture is unnecessary since no believer will be left on the earth.

I pray for everyone reading this broadcast that God will anoint your eyes with EYE SALVE THAT YOU MAY SEE. Rev. 3:18.
   Now to the business of the day.

WHY WE ARE ON EARTH
Pastor Myles Munroe of blessed memory said 'when the purpose of a thing is unknown, abuse is inevitable'.
In other word, if you don't know why God has sent you here, you (and others) can abuse your stay on the Earth. There is a purpose in the heart of God when He made this planet.

God who lives in the invisible realm created a visible realm and put man in charge of it. The intention is for man to govern the earth and EVERYTHING inside it with the principles of the Kingdom of God domiciled in Heaven. When  the first set of inhabitants of the earth(NOT ADAM AND EVE) messed up and the leader then led the entire planet in a massive rebellion against God, God destroyed everything in the Earth and the Earth became WITHOUT FORM AND VOID( Hebrew: tohuw va bohuw).

Scriptural Ref.: Is. 45:18, Jer. 4:23-29, Is. 14:12, Eze. 28:11-19, Job 9:5-9, 38, 2 Pet. 3: 5-7.

Recreation was done and God made MAN IN HIS IMAGE (Heb.: Tselem-internal and external characteristics) AND LIKENESS (Heb.: Demuwth-the original after which a thing is patterned). The first set of men were not in His 'IMAGE AND LIKENESS.

THE PURPOSE OF MAN
Man was to bring every of God's creation under the dominion of God.
Gen. 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
  1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.  1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

  1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

WHO IS ADAM?
Adam is one man housing the generations of men; past, present and future. We were all in him when
God spoke those words to him.

We all know the story of the FALL OF MAN how the OLD SERPENT entered into the physical serpent and deceived Eve and Adam identified with Eve in her fallen state. Jesus has come to redeem us back to God. The question now is this
WHY ARE WE STILL ON EARTH EVEN AFTER WE HAVE GIVEN OUR LIVES TO CHRIST?
Before I answer this question, let me deal with some WRONG RELIGIOUS BELIEFS along this line:

HEAVEN IS OUR HOME AS BELIEVERS
 Listen, Heaven is NOT man's home. Adam did not lose Heaven, he lost the planet Earth to the Devil. Man was made primarily to bring EARTH under the dominion of God. I know this may be hard pill to swallow but know that God is not after/interested in getting you out of this planet if not, you should have died the moment you gave your life to Christ. Why did God left you here?

Heaven is also not the reward of Christians. This age long heretical belief has made believers to be Heavenly minded and Earthly useless; just waiting for the rapture. Cut the bluff. God is not lonely in Heaven. God doesn't need you to come and join the Heavenly Orchestra, there are innumerable company of angels to do that. This thing is burning in me.

What is  Heaven?
Heaven is the administrative Headquarters of the Kingdom of God.
Heaven is a WAITING PLACE UNTIL THE WHOLE PLAN OF GOD IS CONSUMMATED.
Mt. 6:33 is not talking about seeking to make it to Heaven. The Kingdom of God is BIGGER THAN HEAVEN. Your stature in Heaven, position, rewards, etc are DETERMINED BY WHAT YOU DO ON EARTH. I have long stop trying to make Heaven. It is no longer in my prayer point. Am I saying I am living carelessly? No. As a matter of fact, you will understand with maturity that living a HOLY LIFE is NOT AN OPTION.

Heaven is a WAITING PLACE and a TEMPORARY PLACE OF REST till God's plan for ALL THE AGES IS FINISHED.
There IS NO SCRIPTURE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT ATTACH PERMANENCE TO BELIEVERS' STAY IN HEAVEN except the misinterpreted ones. Go and check it.
John 14:1-3 (HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BELIEVERS RECEIVING HOUSES IN HEAVEN- I will talk more on this TOMMORROW),
 2 Cor. 5: 1-8 is talking about A SPIRITUAL BODY AS OPPOSED TO THE PHYSICAL BODY WE HAVE NOW,
1 Thess. 4:13-18, Phil. 1:21-24, 3:10-21, Titus 2:13-14.
 If you are yet to be persuaded, turn your Bible to Rev. 21 and 22 and tell me where we will dwell forever. Do you even know that this present Heaven and Earth will be destroyed?

I pray that your eyes be opened to the truth. Religious blindfolds are removed in Jesus' name.

WHY WE ARE ON EARTH:
To bring this planet and its system under the dominion of our KING. To enforce and SUPERIMPOSE the realities of God's Kingdom over this Earthly realities. Gen. 1:26-28, Mt. 6:10, Rev. 11:15, Mk. 4: 35-40, Luke 13:6-9.

For the Ministry of Reconciliation. 2 Cor. 5: 18-20. This ministry combines THE GREAT COMMISSION and BRINGING BACK ALL THE SYSTEMS IN THIS WORLD TO GOD.

Fulfillment of our INDIVIDUAL PURPOSES . Is. 43:11, Jer. 1:5, Heb. 10:5-9.
Discipleship. Training men and women that have given their lives to Christ to become like Him. This is called- THE COMING OF CHRIST IN US. Tomorrow's broadcast will handle this.

Reproduction. This is in the context of marriage. Gen. 1:26

To enjoy the promises of God. There are 7000 PROMISES OF GOD in the Bible meant to be enjoyed RIGHT HERE.

To continue to bear fruit of our faith and authority in Christ Jesus.
                   
                      AND
To grow in the knowledge(GRK. EPIGNOSIS- KNOWLEDGE WITH PARTICIPATION) of God. The challenges down here enhances our dependence on the ministry of the Holy Spirit and speed up the rate of our spiritual growth.

These are the MAIN REASONS GOD SENT US TO THIS PLANET.
Can you now see why it is absurd for anyone to believe he/she should leave quickly?

My friend, Study the Book of Revelation, even if you go now, you are still coming back here.

Jesus says OCCUPY TILL I COME. Occupy with what? He means Occupy with the things we have been discussing here.
Can you now see why you cannot just give in to death in whatever form it present itself?

Let us stop here today. Tomorrow, we look at THE COMING OF JESUS IN THE LIGHT OF THE DAYS OF NOAH.
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