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Armor of God Reimagined
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| Most people, when you tell them put on the armor of God, Ephesians chapter 6, the first thing that pops in their mind is a Roman soldier. | |
| Yes. | |
| In fact, even if you go on the internet and they think of a Roman soldier, number one, the Jewish people, the Israelites, didn't even like the Roman soldiers. | |
| No. | |
| So why is Paul going to use that as an example? | |
| Number two, the Bible says that the priests, when they went into service, it's like military service into the sanctuary, the temple, they went out without shoes. | |
| Roman soldiers have shoes. | |
| Number two, three, the Bible says that when Yeshua returns, his feet are going to land on the Mount of Olives. | |
| It doesn't say his boots are going to land on the Mount of Olives. | |
| Remember, he is our high priest. | |
| He is. | |
| And so we're the priests. | |
| And so when it says put on the full armor of God, it's speaking about the priestly garments. | |
| This is all in the Old Testament. | |
| And there's so many scriptures, even in the book of Revelation, where it says you have a few in Sardis who have not defiled my name, for they will walk with me in white. | |
| That white is the priestly garments. | |
| You look at the book of Revelation, and he's coming back on a white horse, and behind him is an army. | |
| What's that army? | |
| That army are wearing white. | |
| They're not wearing Roman soldier outfits. | |
| Those are the priestly garments. | |
| And so when he speaks about putting on the full armor of God, he's talking about putting on the priestly garments. | |
| We're all priests and not Roman soldiers. | |
| Once again, deception by the Chaldean spirit. | |
| I want you to think that it's a Roman soldier. | |
| There are scriptures in the Old Testament. | |
| And I go through a whole teaching in the book that shows you the scriptures and everything very clear. | |
| Yes. | |
| There are a spiritual garment then. | |
| It's a spiritual garment. | |
| Right now, because there's no more sanctuary, there's no more real word. | |
| Because if he's an atomic bomb, the armor of the Roman soldier is not going to protect us. | |
| Absolutely. | |
| That's right. | |
| What's going to protect you is the word of God. | |
| It's the armor of God. | |
| What's the armor of God? | |
| It's his word of God. | |
| And the book of Revelation said, the word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword, right? | |
| Also, the book of Hebrews and other places in Isaiah as well. | |
| And so that's what it's speaking about. | |
| It's the breastplate. | |
| It's the word of God, the girdle, the priest hat. | |
| That's what it's speaking about. | |
| If you look at, for example, when Moses met God, he took off his sandals. | |
| Joshua took off his sandals. | |
| Why? | |
| Take off your shoes for you're standing on holy ground. | |
| And so as priests, we're on holy ground, even though we're in the world, we're not of the world. | |
| And so this deception of a Roman soldier, if you're reading the scriptures, the book of Isaiah, and you're looking for a Roman soldier, you're not going to find it. | |
| In fact, the Bible even warns that God will punish all those that wear strange apparel. | |
| All the kings of the earth, everybody. | |
| What's a strange apparel? | |
| I would say that a Roman soldier is a strange apparel. | |
| Wow. | |
| But there are scriptures in the Old Testament, just plugging into what he said, everything he said is in here and much more about that. | |
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Paul's Quotations
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| That literally Paul is quoting from the Old Testament when he says, put on the breastplate of righteousness, put on the book of Isaiah, the belt of truth. | |
| Put on, you know, get up your sword. | |
| The priests had swords. | |
| God sent them out throughout the camp when they were in the wilderness, and the priest got the swords and killed those that were worshiping the golden calf. | |
| The priest had swords at times. | |
| They had the breastplates of righteousness. | |
| They had the belt. | |
| But not only does it say that about the priest, but it literally says, God, before he leads into battle, he puts on, he has the breastplate of righteousness. | |
| He has the belt of truth. | |
| He marches forward in that truth. | |
| And so Paul is quoting from that. | |
| He's not quoting about Romans. | |
| He's quoting from the Old Testament. | |
| He was a rabbi. | |
| There was no New Testament. | |
| Everything that you read in the New Testament, they're quoting from the Old Testament. | |
| Even Yeshua, when he was walking at his ministry, what was he quoting from? | |
| He's quoting everything from the Old Testament. | |
| And so it can't be a Roman soldier. | |
| So that's another big, huge deception. | |
| And a lot of people like to ask me, okay, what does it matter if I know if it's a Roman soldier or if it's a priest? | |
| Well, then you'll read your Bible and you'll miss all these Bible verses and won't be able to connect them. | |