Daily Devotional, Year 4: April 18 (We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood! Part 7, “How To Catch A Serial Killer”)

By admin On September 27th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: April 18

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We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood!

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Part 7,

“How To Catch A Serial Killer”

To read part 1, go here…JANUARY 15 (We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood!)

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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,

but against principalities, against powers,

against the rulers of the darkness of this world,

against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Ephesians 6:12

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Yesterday was the 4th bombing by an unknown serial killer.

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Hundreds of FBI agents are now employed to discover the identity and location of this mad-man.

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He must be apprehended! He must be stopped!

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Yes, it is heart-breaking to read about these insane and unthinkable atrocities which seem to be occurring with ever-increasing frequency!

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How can a human being commit such heinous deeds against a fellow human being!?

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It’s simply beyond most people’s comprehension!

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And these murderers deserve to be punished under the full penalty of the law!

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Boston marathon bombing – Wikipedia – Creative-Commons-2.0

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FLESH AND BLOOD NOT THE ACTUAL ENEMY

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So, how does the FBI catch such monsters as this current serial bomber?

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Listen…“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,

but against principalities, against powers,

against the rulers of the darkness of this world,

against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Ephesians 6:12

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Here is the true serial bomber: Satan.

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Gustave Dore – Paradise Lost illustration – Lucifer becomes Satan – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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OUR TRUE ENEMY: SATAN

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Yes, the true culprit in this insane crime-series is not a mere human.

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**It is actually the “the rulers of the darkness of this world”, as Ephesians 6:12 reveals!**

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“Well, that’s probably true and good information.”, someone will undoubtedly say.

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“But that knowledge doesn’t stop this human mad-man from committing more of these atrocities!”

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No, it doesn’t solve this crime, nor stops this killer from committing more murders.

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“IF MY PEOPLE…”

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But the Bible does give the remedy for how to stop this ever-increasing crime-wave which is now escalating on a daily basis.

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Listen… “If I (the Lord) shut up heaven that there be no rain,

or if I command the locusts to devour the land,

or if I send pestilence among My people;

If My people, which are called by My name,

shall humble themselves, and pray,

and seek my face,

and turn from their wicked ways;

then will I hear from heaven,

and will forgive their sin,

and will heal their land.”

2nd Chronicles 7:13, 14

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We live in a land in which many citizens claim to be Christians.

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This nation is filled with many churches, and even more churchgoers.

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And yet, 2nd Chronicles seems to be an unfulfilled promise.

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We live in an unhealed and sin-sick land.

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Pray for Our Nation sign – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike-lic.

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2ND CHRONICLES: AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE

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So, how can we as a people claim this great and precious promise found in 2nd Chronicles 7:13, 14?

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Well, the obvious answer is, that God’s people must repent and turn to the Lord in fasting and sackcloth!

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That’s the tried-and-true Bible method to attain the mercy and blessing of God.

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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REPENTANCE: AN INDIVIDUAL ACTION

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But we simply cannot wait for the churches to engage in some sort of national repentance.

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No, God now works on a case-by-case basis!

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True repentance begins when a Christian wipes away the fog from his or her bathroom mirror.

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In other words, God is only interested in me beginning my own personal revival!

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people praying – by Sergei Frolov – Wikipedia – share-alike license

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“TURN YE, TURN YE!”

Ezekiel 33:11

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Listen to God’s curse, and to His prescribed remedy…

…”Turn you at My reproof:

behold, I will pour out My spirit unto you,

I will make known My words unto you.

Because I have called, and ye refused;

I have stretched out My hand, and no man regarded…

I also will laugh at your calamity;

I will mock when your fear cometh;

When your fear cometh as desolation,

and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;

when distress and anguish cometh upon you…

But whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell safely,

and shall be quiet from fear of evil.”

(Read entire passage of Proverbs 1:20-33 click here)

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Here is the remedy for a society under the curse of God.

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And let’s face it folks!

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If ever there was a society under God’s curse, we are it!

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**If ever there was a time for God’s professed people to return to the Lord with fasting and sackcloth (spiritually speaking), it is now!**

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**And if there was ever a moment for this miserable wretch to get off his Lay-Z-Boy recliner and begin to “pray without ceasing” for spiritual revival, this is the hour!**

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Girl Praying – Wikimedia – Public Domain

Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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“Ye adulterers and adulteresses,

know ye not that the friendship of the world

is enmity with God?

whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world

is the enemy of God…

Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.

Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;

and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:

let your laughter be turned to mourning,

and your joy to heaviness.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,

and He shall lift you up.”

James 4:4, 8-10

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TO READ PART 8, CLICK HERE…

June 8….We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood! Part 8, “Political Correctness: Christo-phobia?”

Anti-Christian rally in Chicago – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me spiritual insight, that I might see the true battle…

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…Help me put on my heavenly armor, that I might be a properly fitted soldier in the Lord’s army…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

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SIGN IN HEAVEN

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Well, if you look up and lift up your head, you just might see a wonderful sign, which God spoke about in Revelation 12.

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It is a constellation of a woman.

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The ancients only saw it as a great bear.

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**It is commonly known as Ursa Major.**

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**It is also known as the 7 Stars (aka, The Big Dipper), but with the addition of various other stars.**

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But with the eye of faith, it actually appears as the Revelation 12 Woman.

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You see, God has placed in the heavens, the symbol of His bride, the Church-Faithful.

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Listen… “And there appeared a great wonder (sign) in heaven;

a woman…And she being with child cried,

travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered…

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,

that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place…

from the face of the serpent.

Revelation 12:1, 2, 14.

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***TRAVAILING* IN SUMMER, *FLEEING IN WINTER***

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In the summer night-sky, just as this passage says, she appears as the woman-in-travail.

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**But in the winter, she flips upside-down, to appear as the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12, just as this passage states.**

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But whether this Virtuous Woman is in labor pains, or fleeing to the mountains, she is the heavenly icon of God’s bride, His Church.

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And now we need to explore how this fleeing woman in the heavens relates to us, the Church.

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Just like this fleeing woman, we too, need to flee from the wrath to come.

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But how do we flee?

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And where do we flee to?

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Well just read this article and you will find out exactly what the Bible has to say about all this.

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Ursa Major Star-Chart with woman drawn in by this website – Wikipedia – share-alike license

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TOMORROW…

April 19 (Upward, Into the Promised Land! Part 6: “The Temple Cleansed Again”)

ABOVE PICTURE: Most Holy Place within the heart – Signs Of Heaven

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<a href=”https://theheavensdeclare.net/sign-of-the-son-of-man-in-heaven/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”><span style=”color: #808080;”>ABOVE STAR-CHART – Sign of the Son of Man – www.theheavensdeclare.net – Not for commercial uses</span></a>
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<a href=”http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_bible.jpg” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”><span style=”color: #808080;”>ABOVE PICTURE: Holy bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons

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