REVELATION OF THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT

August 15, 2010 pm
MF Blume


Romans 13:12-14 KJV  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.  (13)  Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.  (14)  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.




Exodus 3:17 KJV  And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

Numbers 13:1-2 KJV  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  (2)  Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

Numbers 13:27-31 KJV  And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.  (28)  Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.  (29)  The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.  (30)  And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.  (31)  But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

Numbers 14:29-31 KJV  Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,  (30)  Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.  (31)  But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

Hebrews 3:14-19 KJV  For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;  (15)  While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.  (16)  For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.  (17)  But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?  (18)  And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?  (19)  So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Just as Hebrews 3 tells us we have a journey to a REST to make that was similar to the Exodus to the promised land, EPHESIANS tells us of a KINGDOM land called HEAVENLY PLACES.

Picture the book of Ephesians like the BOOK OF JOSHUA.


Ephesians 1:3-4 KJV  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:  (4)  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Ephesians 1:19-20 KJV  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,  (20)  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Ephesians 2:1-7 KJV  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;  (2)  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:  (3)  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.  (4)  But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,  (5)  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)  (6)  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:  (7)  That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:9-10 KJV  And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:  (10)  To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Ephesians 6:10-12 KJV  Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.  (11)  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  (12)  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.

IN HEAVENLY PLACES is the exact same phrase in Greek as IN HIGH PLACES.

Picture the HEAVENLY PLACES as the Promised land.


The weapons we fight with are very spiritual.

1 Peter 4:1-3 KJV  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;  (2)  That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.  (3)  For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Peter speaks of ARMING OURSELVES the same understanding Jesus Christ clearly showed.

Peter said to ARM OURSELVES with the understanding that WE DIED WITH JESUS, and were saved by baptism by the resurrection of Jesus.

Ephesians is speaking about Fighting enemies in our promised lands with the weaponry of REVELATION.

These spirits feed on you committing sin.

Ephesians 1:19-20 KJV  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,  (20)  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

1 Peter 3:21-4:1 KJV  The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:  (22)  Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.  (4:1)  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

The two passages say the same thing.


It is like Christ had a concept in His mind about going to the right hand, which He heard from the FATHER!

Psalms 110:1-2 KJV  A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.  (2)  The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.


And this same concept is what Peter tells us to ARM OURSELVES WITH.

RULE THOU IN THE MIDST OF YOUR ENEMIES!

Arm yourselves with the same mind.

Ephesians 3:10 KJV  To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

1 Peter 1:12 KJV  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.



It is not enough to show the great wisdom of God through creation of the sun, moon and stars.

So we see that angels who are holy have a desire to look into this salvation since all the many facets and layers and layers of events that are involved in it show the wisdom of God – not in any single event, but the entire overall unveiled series of things God did in salvation.

But devils need to see it as well.

And this fight involves the revelations of death with Jesus.

The most popular verse quoted by the New Testament from the Old is Psalm 110:1.

You believe this so strongly that you go to God in this manner:

Romans 6:13 KJV  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

When you KNOW you are dead to sin and resurrected with Jesus, you KNOW that means sin cannot have dominion over you.

As they had to believe GOD WAS WITH THEM to conquer Canaan successfully and not fear, we must believe in the power of the Gospel so much that we KNOW we died and resurrected with Jesus having the same power on us that put Jesus on the right hand throne.

Romans 13:12-14 KJV  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.  (13)  Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.  (14)  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Notice he uses the same idea of ARMOUR OF LIGHT.

Another translation says it like this:

Romans 13:14 GNB  But take up the weapons of the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop paying attention to your sinful nature and satisfying its desires.


The idea of putting on ARMOUR is directly said to be the opposite of satisfying lusts and desires of the flesh.

You are putting ARMOUR ON when you are so faith-packed and you confidently know who you are in real, God-sent revelation FAITH, and KNOW you are so dead with Jesus to sin to the extent that you will not serve sin in the least again, and have all His power on your life.

Ephesians 6:13-17 KJV  Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.  (14)  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;  (15)  And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;  (16)  Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.  (17)  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:



YOU PUT ON CHRIST because YOU see yourself as RESURRECTED as Jesus is, and Seated in Heaven as much as Jesus is.

Ephesians 4:22-24 KJV  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;  (23)  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;  (24)  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.


No wonder Paul said I have a dispensation of grace given to me to preach to the whole world!

1 Peter 4:1 KJV  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

Romans 6:10 KJV  For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

You die to sin when you suffer in the flesh to the death.

Death with Christ is supposed to end lives of living for lusts.

1 Peter 4:3 CEV  You have already lived long enough like people who don't know God. You were immoral and followed your evil desires. You went around drinking and partying and carrying on. In fact, you even worshiped disgusting idols.

We do not need to continue to live lives like people who do not know God.

IT IS HIGH TIME TO TAKE OUR INHERITANCE AND PROMISED LAND OF DOMINION ON THE EARTH BACK AGAIN!

Romans 6:12 KJV  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Romans 8:11-12 KJV  But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.  (12)  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

1 Peter 4:1-2 KJV  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;  (2)  That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.