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Friday, October 6, 2023

The Clash of Two Invisible Armies - by Jim Tharp 2012

The apostle Paul calls for believers with holy boldness to enlist in a Spirit-anointed fight against principalities, powers, world rulers of this present darkness, and hosts of wicked spirits operating in the heavenly places (Eph. 6:12). The call here is for an earthly army composed of regenerated, sanctified, Spirit-filled believers to go against an invisible hierarchy of evil commanded by Satan, the prince of the power of the air.

Just as Satan and his invisible forces of wickedness find human personnel on earth to carry out their evil purposes, so Christ and His invisible heavenly hosts solicit human believers to enlist in His holy purposes for redeeming, renewing, and reaching the world with His Gospel and preparing a people for eternity.

Both Moses and Joshua learned about God’s invisible armies. Before Moses could lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage and before Joshua could lead them into the Promised Land, they learned of these supernatural forces without which they could never have succeeded.