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    Kingdom Warriors: A Fresh Look at the Armor of God
    Kingdom Warriors: A Fresh Look at the Armor of God
    Kingdom Warriors: A Fresh Look at the Armor of God
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    Kingdom Warriors: A Fresh Look at the Armor of God

    By Joe McIntyre

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    We are in a war! Our Father has given us everything we need to win. But if we don't know it and don't
    know how to appropriate it, we can still be victimized by the enemy. This book gives insight and practical
    instruction of putting on and walking in what Father has provided for our victory.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateDec 2, 2013
    ISBN9780991013678
    Kingdom Warriors: A Fresh Look at the Armor of God

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      Kingdom Warriors - Joe McIntyre

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      Introduction

      In his fascinating vision, The Final Quest, Rick Joyner describes a marching army of demonic beings arrayed against the Church:

      The demonic army was so large that it stretched as far as I could see. It was separated into divisions, with each carrying a different banner. The foremost divisions marched under the banners of Pride, Self-Righteousness, Respectability, Selfish Ambition, Unrighteous Judgment and Jealousy...

      The weapons carried by the horde were also named. The swords were named Intimidation; the spears were named Treachery; and the arrows were named Accusation, Gossip, Slander and Faultfinding. Scouts and smaller companies of demons—with names such as Rejection, Bitterness, Unforgiveness and Lust—were sent in advance of this army to prepare for the main attack.

      The primary strategy of this army was to cause division on every possible level of relationship—churches with each other, congregations with their pastor, husbands and wives, children and parents, and even children with each other.¹

      Joyner goes on to describe Christians coming under the influence of this army and being overcome. Then he continues:

      Surprisingly, these prisoners still had their swords and shields, but they did not use them.... If the Christians had just used their weapons, they could have easily freed themselves and probably done great damage to the entire evil horde. Instead, they marched submissively along.²

      Joyner then describes more of the assault from the enemy and the raging battle. He makes this observation:

      As I looked more closely at the army of the Lord, the situation seemed even more discouraging. Only a small number were fully dressed in their armor. Many only had one or two pieces of their armor on; some did not have any at all.... Most of those who had all their armor still had very small shields, which I knew would not protect them from the onslaught that was coming.... Very few of those who were fully armed were adequately trained to use their weapons.³

      According to Joyner's vision, victory was readily available for these believers, but they didn't put on or didn't know how to use their armor effectively. They were defeated because they didn't use what God had provided for their protection and victory.

      None of us want to find ourselves in the same predicament! This is why we must learn about the armor and its effective usage. In this book, I take an unconventional approach to the armor of God in hopes of making its power accessible to us and establishing the truths it portrays in our hearts. I believe it will bring fresh light to an often over-worn (but crucial) subject and empower practical application of these life-changing truths in our lives.

      THE WARRIOR KING

      Before we can examine the armor of God, we must first know who gives us our armor. We must know the nature of the king we serve and the purpose of our battle. Obviously, our king is Jesus. Many of us know a great deal about Him and His life on earth, but the question is: Do we know Him as our warrior King? He is not just the lamb who was slain for our sins; He is also the conquering King. Much of the Church still needs to discover the King in His glory. Jesus is our example in all things. His example shows us what our soldierly call looks like on this earth. He humbled Himself and became a man. He became just like us. And as a man, He walked in dependence on His Father, saying that He could, of Himself, do nothing (see John 5:19).

      In other words, Jesus was the Father's arm revealed. Isaiah gives us an interesting picture of this:

      He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; and His own righteousness, it sustained Him. For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak (Isaiah 59:16–17).

      Here we see that Jesus came clothed in armor that reflected the Father's nature. He came to reveal the Father, and as this passage clearly shows, He came to execute vengeance. Jesus, in His earthly ministry, took vengeance upon the principalities and powers that had oppressed God's covenant people for many years. Their traditions had obscured the true revelation of the Father, so Jesus came to correct that wrong view. He was the Father revealed.

      Here is a further statement of the Messiah's coming from Isaiah:

      Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert (Isaiah 35:3–6).

      In this passage, we see that the execution of vengeance results in blind eyes being opened, deaf ears being unstopped, lame people walking, and mute people speaking—which is exactly what happened in the earthly ministry of Jesus. Jesus was the arm of God coming to avenge His people by destroying the works of darkness and delivering people from their effects.

      Jesus confirmed that Isaiah was referring to Him when the disciples of John the Baptist came to Him, asking if He was truly the Messiah. Jesus responded with this proof, which is a direct reference to Isaiah 35: The blind see and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear... (Matt. 11:5). In the zeal of God, Jesus came to bring vengeance on the wicked forces that oppressed the people of God.

      The Triumph of Christ

      In this way, Jesus walked in victory over Satan throughout His life on earth. But His ultimate triumph was accomplished in His finished work. When Jesus died on the cross, He took upon Himself all of the sins of humanity. When He came under the weight of that sin, He died and left His body.

      Not long after, on the day of Pentecost, Peter preached an anointed sermon in which he quoted the sixteenth Psalm. For You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption (Acts 2:27). Peter interpreted this psalm as a prophetic revelation of what the Messiah experienced, as described through the mouth of David. In other words, the soul of Jesus was not left in Hades, and His body did not see corruption. Farther into his sermon, Peter described what the Spirit revealed to him:

      This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.' Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:32-36).

      Through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, Peter saw the resurrected, glorified Christ enthroned at the Father's right hand. Though Peter had previously been looking for a political Messiah who would overthrow the earthly enemies of Israel (their Roman rulers), now by the Spirit, he understood that Jesus' rule is from

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