First question to ask is, where is the enemies camp and who is the enemy of the people of God?
Well scriptures let us know the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). All the enemy does is seek to cut us down (1 Peter 5:8). His main goal is to cut our relationship with God through Jesus Christ(2 Corinthians 11:14). Not by God loving us because that is impossible, but by us hating God or believing he doesn’t exist. Who hates everything about us? Let’s see, Lucifer was able to go back and forth in front of God”s throne. His body was covered in every precious jewel. His voice was like the most beautiful instruments and he took all the praises of the people to the Father ( Ezekiel 28:13-18) and he wanted to be like God and take his throne.
Which then leads us to ask, where is the enemies camp? The scriptures say that Lucifer was cast out of heaven to earth. His name became Satan; which means accuser. So in other words. Jesus is the defendant who is on our side to fight for freedom and Satan is there trying to get us judged because he was judged. Side note,” misery loves company.” While Satan was here many years ago, in the Garden Of Eden, he tricked Eve and Adam. Adam had dominion and authority on the Earth. Adam gave it up by refusing to repent of his sin. And the person that took it from him was Satan. Satan tricked them and overthrew them from there physical and spiritual seat (Genesis 3:6-19). Satan was and is still the Prince of the Earth( John 16:11 ; John 12:31; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 2:8 etc). The good news is his time is running out because he will be cast into the Lake of Fire.
The enemy is Satan and he is the Prince of this world. We are in the enemies camp right now. You might be wondering, but God made the Earth! Yes God made the Earth and everything in it. Remember, God GAVE it to Adam, who lost it to Satan. OK… OK, let’s put it this way. If you buy a home from a Developer and you pay off for that home. But you were not able to pay the taxes on the home; what would happen? In America, you would loose the home to the Government. Yes the home was still made by the developer but he gave it to you. This is the most simple example I can give right now. You can even replace it with a car. Let’s say Cadillac made your car. You financed the car. You then were not able to keep up payment on the car. If you financed through a bank , then the bank now owns the car. That’s why God told Adam to take care of the garden and keep it.
Now the question you will be asking is; I thought that’s what Jesus came for?
To be continued…
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