War between God and Satan over Humanity

We know that because of Adam and Eve’s sin, rebellion took place and the Fall took place.

The world was made for man and woman and they were appointed as masters over the world. Genesis 1:29-30. “Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground, everything that has the breath of life in it, I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.”

Remember that Adam and Eve were to rule over creation. Now women listen to this and men pay attention. It does not say, ‘And man shall rule over woman and woman shall submit to man and man will rule over creation.' What does it say? It is management by consensus, man and woman ruling together over creation. Eve did not become Eve until the Fall. What happened? Adam named her because you name that which you want to have control over. We have based our theology in the Church on the Fall and not on creation.

When man and woman sinned they turned over their dominion to Satan. … (They said, “It’s yours.”) … “When humanity rejected Yahweh’s lordship, we accepted (by unleashing) a new “god of this world.” We compromised our assigned task to have dominion over the world and thus subjected ourselves and all of nature to the destructive influence of the forces that oppose God. The guardians of the world, and therefore the world itself, were thus taken hostage by an illegitimate hostile power. Satan now seizes “control of the entire world” and becomes “the prince of this age” and “the ruler of the kingdom of the air” (1 Jn 5:19; Jn 12:31; Eph 2:2; cf. 6:12).

Through Christ, however, the key has been given back to those originally intended as landlords, and we are once again commissioned to shut up Yamm [sea monster] on the Lord’s authority (Mt. 16:17-19).” (Boyd, p. 111) See also I John 5:19.

We are to again repossess our possessions which incidentally is the whole story of Joshua. Joshua, which is Hebrew for the Greek name Jesus, leads the children of Israel through the Jordan which means in the Hebrew ‘to spread judgment’. The people of the promise, the people of the covenant, move into the promised land signified by the laying of two altars, one in the river which is baptism, and one on the other side which was circumcision or the Lord’s Supper, and they are taught how to war. The Lord said, “I will now teach you how to war and to take back strongholds in your life.”

The first lesson on warfare was Jericho. The Lord said, “This is how we war. You do what I tell you to do.” They do what He tells them to do and they walk around Jericho thirteen times, six times for six days and on the last day seven times, and the walls fall. Then the people said, “We got it. We thank You Lord and now we will take matters into our own hands.” They go and they fight Ai and they are slaughtered and Joshua falls on his face and is complaining before God. I think that is the only place in the scripture that God said to stop praying to Him; there was a problem in the camp. The problem was of course Achan and not only Achan, but they had not fought the way He told them to fight.

The Christian life now is that through the power of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ we now have the ability to take back strongholds that have been taken from us and from our family line. People say to me, “Well, I don’t like that and I don’t think that is true.” Alright, then you tell me how your view is working. You see, I was a pastor for years, and years, and years and it was not working until we intentionally started going after the strongholds and taking back territory in people’s lives and then we saw a change.

People that say that they don’t believe in this do not have an answer for people’s lives. The only answer is to send them to the doctor or send them to psychiatrist or therapist, which I am totally for. All those have been blessings in our lives and we are not faulting that. Even those (professionals) that are Christians say that they are not the only answer because there is a spiritual component that must be taken care of.

“At the fall, Satan became the ruler of the world. Since Adam and Eve turned over their legal dominion to Satan, God recognizes Satan’s legal standing. Thus, when Satan claimed that he could give all the “authority” and “glory” of “all the kingdoms of the world” to whomever he wanted for they all belonged to him, Jesus did not dispute him. (Luke 4:5-6).

“God is all-powerful and He can blast Satan into oblivion. However, God’s power does not operate apart from His character and His rule (and I would add His law).

“The government of the earth was delegated to man. Since man gave it to Satan, only a man can legally recover the rule of the earth.

“Since all men have sinned and are legally under Satan’s dominion, man’s condition was hopeless.

God solved the problem through the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Because He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, He was not a fallen man and Satan had no claim on Him. Born of a virgin, He was fully human and therefore a full member of the human race. Thus He was the second Adam.

“The temptation of Jesus was Satan’s first defeat since the Garden of Eden.

“The cross and resurrection completed the victory of Jesus Christ. Jesus recovered the deed of trust. The enemy now is a squatter on what belongs to God. Every time we pray confronting the enemy we declare the legal and moral framework for God to release His power and take back what the enemy has taken. (Colossians 1:13-14).

“Thus as Scripture portrays the matter, the foundational reason Christ appeared was “to destroy the works of the devil” (I Jn 3:8), to disarm “the rulers and authorities” (Col 2:15), and to “destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil” (Heb 2:14). The consequence of this victory is that He is seated on His rightful throne, the whole cosmos is liberated from a tyrannical and destructive ruler, humanity is delivered “from the power of darkness and transferred . . . into the kingdom of His beloved Son” (Col 1:13), and all who accept it are thereby reinstated to the original position and responsibility of stewards of the creation that God had always intended for us.” (Boyd, p. 241)

Now, what needs to happen? This is what needs to happen. Look at Romans 8:18-23. “For I consider the sufferings of this present age are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. … (And I would suggest not as I was taught that this is not in the ‘by and by’, but in the here and now.) … For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly awaits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even ourselves groan within us eagerly awaiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.”

I am not declaring here incidentally an all millennialism because there is a time of the Second Coming. There is a time of the Second Coming, but until then we do not just need to sit and take it. There can be a revelation of the sons of God and we are the sons of God and we can take back the land. We can make a difference. We can violently take the Kingdom of God for His glory.

Amen.

footnote: 

1) Cox, Paul L. "Biblical Basis for Spiritual Conflict." aslansplace.com. Aslan's Place, Jul. 2013. Web Accessed. 11 Mar. 2019.  http://aslansplace.com/language/en/biblical-basis-for-spiritual-conflict-paul-l-cox/