Spiritual Warfare 305 - The Pathway To Victory

Bob Neumann

To comprehend the level of attacks that will befall the TRUE SAINTS OF GOD in these END TIMES/LAST DAYS all we need to do is look at David. Psalm 18 speaks of a two way relationship between David and HIS LORD. It speaks of David's revelatory knowledge of GOD. It also speaks of what HIS GOD does for him...and through him.

You have to remember that King Saul was the KING after the People's HEART. When the people went to THE PROPHET SAMUEL and demanded a king like the pagans had, Samuel thought they were rejecting his work. Only GOD corrected Samuel and explained that what ISRAEL was rejecting was GOD'S PLAN. David was the man GOD intended to bring ISRAEL to the level they failed to reach under Joshua and THE JUDGES. King Saul started with an anointing and prophesied. When Saul decided when and where to ignore GOD'S WILL, he fell and was given a SPIRIT to torment him.

Now GOD "sent" that spirit unto Saul. David's music held it at bay, until Saul started taking David's popularity personally. And we all know how Saul ended.

So back to Psalm 18 and the next turn it takes.....

33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. The "hind" is an archaic term for deer. David is given swiftness and sureness of foot. Attributes quite useful in close combat. But then he speaks of BEING SET on THE HIGH PLACES. Here we have a classic double image. THE HIGH PLACES were a major place of idol worship. Of ASTROLOGY and DIVINATION. Of unholy rituals and debauchery to appease the "other gods" YHVH ADONAI had warned Moses and the children of Israel while still in the desert. It was this "worship of other gods" that brought trouble and misery to GOD'S COVENANT PEOPLE. In Rev 13 we are told that the FALSE PROPHET that "looked like a lamb" but had "the voice of the dragon" will strive to get the WHOLE WORLD to worship THE BEAST. Here David is set upon THESE HIGH PLACES....you may ask why? The HIGH GROUND is the choice to fight a battle. Forces the enemy to attack running uphill. Places David in the superior position in several ways.

34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. All of this is so David could make war...against GOD'S enemies. Both in the natural world and the world of the SPIRIT. The terminology of "teacheth my hands to war" is most interesting. Easily you can take it that David was "taught" how to handle weapons. Sling, sword, bow and arrow were ancient weapons David would use. Yet the image of "to war" speaks of strategy... of command leadership...which brought David to a place people recognized. Yes, David was a great warrior, killing his thousands and ten thousands. Yet in the caves men came to him out of their own troubles and became the core by which the ARMY OF ISRAEL was established. The ARMY that David led to victory, that was the foundation that Solomon used to expand THE KINGDOM. No earthly army wanted to fight it, so they married their daughters to Solomon and established agreements for peace and trade. In the second part of verse 34 we have the aspect of supernatural strength to go with speed and maneuverability. Now these alone should have sufficed to assure David victory. Only David knew better.

35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Long before Paul penned his letter to Ephesus David understood the images Paul passed down to us...and added to it. We are all given the SHIELD of GOD'S SALVATION... but DAVID acknowledges it is GOD'S RIGHT HAND...HIS MESSIAH...that holds him up. How did David see that 1000 years before the CHILD WAS BORN and THE SON GIVEN? Simple...RHEMA. Now Verse 35 ends on a different note...YOUR GENTLENESS has made me great. David's revelation of the GREAT AND TERRIBLE GOD is also a revelation of THE SHEPHERD and THE FRIEND....of THE ONE WHO CARES FOR DAVID....in spite of his sins and failings.

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. First impression is this is sort of where we started....hind's feet....only it is not. Steps here is not where David places his feet...but on WHAT... STEPS are the means of climbing...going up.... Add to that David says that it was done so that his feet would not slip makes this important because it places David going UP. As in "LET US GO UP TO...." ....which is always the GOAL David desires, dreams of, sings about...THE HOUSE OF HIS GOD. Which is a strange way to end this section. Or maybe it is not. It all depends on what our purpose and reason for our belief systems is derived. What we desire to be....in HIS TIME. Selah old dog

Listening To The Wind Chimes

Bob Neumann

A SHORT VISION AND RHEMA... It is TUESDAY...It is DECEMBER 7th...I just got off the phone with my friend Harley. At the beginning of the conversation he mentioned just watching an EAGLE fly overhead. He mentioned the local squirrels and birds who usually were active at this time of day had all hunkered down until THE PREDATOR was no longer around. While we talked I could hear the wind was just tearing through the wind chimes on the front of the house. Continuously chiming for all the time we were on the phone. From the sound of the wind we were getting gusts of 40-50 miles per hour. As I sat and watched out the front of my house I watched the 3 sets of wind chimes spin and move with the wind. With each gust the chimes moved and the house creaked. And me being the perpetual optimist thought, HOW MUCH COULD THIS HOUSE TAKE? The thought centered around "wind". Throughout the time I was on the phone I had noticed two things. The gusts were definitely getting stronger, and the dog was not in any of her usual places. I found her in the bedroom on the floor with her head down and tail unmoving. My wife was pleasantly snoring away and oblivious to the wind or the dog's unease. So I left the two of them upstairs and went back to watch the wind.

So far today I have kept the TV off, ran two short errands and stayed still and quiet. Today is TUESDAY. It is also PEARL HARBOR DAY. As I pondered that I had a little journey. Where I had been looking through a large windowed vista, what was now before me was open. A strong cold wind was blowing as I looked out into a rainy, gloomy world. Like in my home, I was looking down. And instead of a road and other houses, all I saw was darkness.

What I was looking through was an opening in a stone wall. Over my head was a ceiling of sorts. So I was standing in a window of a keep or a well built walled area. My first thought was "interesting". Then I heard a shout.. "THE BARBARIANS ARE AT THE GATE".... My first thought was whether they "brought their invitations this time". At that time I heard running footsteps overhead. Obviously someone was awake and sober...and ready. It was then I heard a familiar voice ask a question: "WITH THE BARBARIANS AT YOUR GATES, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE PSYCHOPATHS AND SOCIOPATHS INSIDE?"

You can plan to defend yourself from outside attack. But what do you do with the PREDATORS already inside? Harley's EAGLE soared overhead. Everything vulnerable found a bolt hole. When the EAGLE left the area, or found his dinner elsewhere, things would return to normal.

It all depends what NORMAL means.

there was a time where a people lived in PEACE and Safety. they worked hard and watched the world around them. some watched the events of the world and voiced their concern. some said if we stay out of other people's situations their problems would never concern us. they called themselves isolationists.

then one day word came that one of their cities had been attacked, their fleet was decimated, and war had come to them. FDR said that December 7th was a day of INFAMY....a day that should never be forgotten. later we found that THE AXIS nations had developed extensive networks for espionage and sabotage against this people who had been content to sit and watch.

I share this VISION and RHEMA with all who have eyes to see and ears to here. There is coming a time where we all will have to have an answer to HIS QUESTION. Selah bob, an old dog

Spiritual Warfare 444 - The Steps Of The Conqueror

Bob Neumann

For years the AMERICKAN ANTI-CHURCH has made big money on their game of SPIRITUAL WARFARE. They have peddled their wares far and wide for years. Tens of thousands of people have taken courses and attended conferences. Yet after all that has happened the state of THE SPIRITUAL STATUS of the AMERIKAN NATION is abysmal. Crime is still endemic, Violence is everywhere, Drug use expands, IMMORALITY is everywhere.

Now TAKE THE CHURCH. Half is liberal humanist... Half is some type of moderate/conservative. In either half UNCLEAN and FAMILIAR spirits abide and prosper in either OPEN/BLATANT false doctrines and teachings, or HIDDEN/COVERT manipulation, control and seduction.

All of these crimes the ANTI-CHURCH and the AMERIKAN SOCIETY in which it sprang up has been INDICTED, shall now stand before THE JUDGE OF ETERNITY. IN HIS COURT THERE ARE NO PLEAS FOR LENIENCY BECAUSE HE JUDGES AND MAKES WAR IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Five times we have turned to Psalm 18 to understand how we, DAVID'S SEED can journey in his footsteps. Now this sixth lesson is actually the POST GRADUATE course of the curriculum. It is putting the first five lessons learned to actual use.

So we start with the next image in DAVID'S LIFE.... 37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. David came to a point where he left the caves and ATTACKED ISRAEL’S ENEMIES. Here he speaks of PURSUING his enemies...chasing them down, hunting them out. No longer is he "hiding" no longer is he in the defensive position. Simply withstanding the plots and attacks are enough. Now he is HUNTING DOWN...running down his enemies and eating them.... "till they were consumed".... DEVOURED.

38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. Here is an interesting image. David's foes were so badly wounded they lay helpless on the ground. Neither in verse 37 or verse 38 DOES DAVID SAY I SLEW MY ENEMIES....KILLED 'EM ALL....WIPED THEM ALL OUT. MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD ENEMIES THAT COULD NOT BE KILLED....because they were SPIRIT...and not FLESH AND BLOOD.

39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Once again we see DAVID acknowledging HIS STRENGTH is HIS GOD and not himself. He declares that THE GOD IN WHOM HE HAS PERSONAL REVELATION AND RELATIONSHIP subdued those who were a danger to DAVID.

40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. Imagine your enemy at your feet, neck exposed, awaiting the execution richly deserved. David found his enemies just that way. SO...they cried for mercy...

41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. At this point DAVID had OVERCOME his FOES. He had complete victory. HE HAD CONQUERED. All because he had put HIS TRUST IN HIS GOD. Even "the fallen" called out to DAVID'S GOD...and GOD does not answer. "BUT LORD...LORD...."

42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

BEATEN BADLY AND CAST OUT...sound familiar...

26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The WICKED SERVANT gets the same treatment DAVID gave his ENEMIES....SELAH....AMEN

43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. Now David speaks of the strivings with the people. Here David is talking of the NATURAL WORLD... David had defeated his foes in both THE NATURAL and the SPIRIT...because HIS GOD gave him the victory. EVERY KNEE BOWED TO DAVID...and HIS SEED.

44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

45The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. They hear and obey. They accept DAVID'S AUTHORITY over them. They are submitted to HIM as GOD'S SOVEREIGN. Even strangers who have fled out of the land FEAR his dominion.

I wonder how fearful of THE ANTI-CHURCH are the POWERS OF DARKNESS? Do PRINCIPALITIES tremble when NICOLA TIN OVERLORDS try to shout them down?

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

VICTORY IN JESUS...TO OVERCOME...is wonderful.

BUT IS IT ALL WE ARE CALLED TO DO?

each SHEEP and each CHILD and each servant must choose for themselves.

Selah dog