1 Peter 5:8 (HCSB) 8 Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
1Pe 5:8 (TS2009) Be sober, watch, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Revelation 12:9 (HCSB) 9 So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil[f] and Satan,[g] the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
Rev 12:9 (TS2009) And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray. He was thrown to the earth, and his messengers were thrown out with him.
As we read The Scriptures of 1 Peter 5:8 & Revelation 12:9, we see that we, the believers of YHWH and followers of His Lamb who live according to The Lamb’s testimony, have a spirit that is hot on our trail. That spirit is not alone as he has his own set of messengers who are disobedient to the Perfect & Loving Will of The Father. That spirit and his messengers not only want us physically but they want to take up residency inside of us – to own our hearts and minds. That spirit and his messengers are here to aide your flesh in living in disobedience to The Father. That spirit and his messengers are here to aide your flesh in NOT living by the testimony of The Lamb. That spirit roars and his messengers roar after him to get you to become afraid; then your fear will diminish your faith in YHWH and your obedience to YHWH’s Lamb. Fear of, from and for the enemy and faith in YHWH are in total opposition to one another and do NOT DWELL WITHIN THE SAME TEMPLE! Simply put, you cannot fear the enemy and be faithful to YHWH at the same time. You and I must be courageous like Joshua as we fight for our lives and the lives of our people.
People of The Father must learn that we have been instructed, commanded, mandated, and directed; from which we are expected to be sober, be on guard, be watchful, be faithful to YHWH, be strong, be courageous, be immovable from YHWH, be convinced by The Scriptures, and be obedient to The Scriptures. People of The Father must always be observant of their surroundings – spiritual observance and natural observance. People of The Father must understand that we are in a spiritual war that is seen AS A physical war. Many are able to see the natural war BUT ARE NOT able to see the spiritual war that started long before the natural war ever appeared. People of The Father must live as citizens of The heavenly Father’s Kingdom who are traveling through this barren land – a land under the control and deception of the enemy – focused on pleasing their King at all times and in all things while they are in this barren land. People of The Father are known by how faithful they are to His Word, by the fruit that falls from them, by their ability to stand firm in the middle of trials, by the TRUTHful words that come from their mouths, by their continuing repentance, by their ability to resist the lying lion’s roar, and by their action of seperating themselves from this world’s deceptions.
People of The Father – return to the word, will, way and worship of The Father, just as The Lamb did while He walked on this earth. The liar – devil, deceiver, enemy & adversary – roared at him but He roared back and roared in The Father’s Power, authority, dominion and everlasting Truth. People of The Father – get your guard up! People of The Father, when your guard is up, you cannot be defeated by the enemy or any of his messengers – no matter how many of them there are. People of The Father – The Father is expecting you to always Guard Up! Guard Up means that you are prepared, you are aware, you are watching, you are alert (sober in mind, heart & body), you are not moved by a liar’s roar, you are courageous to resist fleeing from fear, you are strong in YHWH, you are empowered thru The Word of YHWH, and you execute The Father’s plan to HIS perfection. People of The Father – Guard Up to the esteem of The Father and for The Father’s Name!
Salama, Shalom & Peace to the followers of The Lamb!
Scriptural References & Note:
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Note: TS2009 is the 2009 version of The Scriptures developed by Institute For Scripture Research (https://www.isr-messianic.org/). The Scriptures is a literal bible translation that utilizes the Masoretic letters and symbols for the true name of The Father and The Son (Messiah) without utilizing replacement titl
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