Bevin Alexander titles his book, How Wars Are Won--The 13 Rules
Of War From Ancient Greece To The War On Terror, (Three Rivers
Press, New York, 2002). On the back cover it reads in part,
"Both timely and timeless, How Wars Are Won illuminates the
thirteen essential rules for success on the battlefield that
have evolved from ancient times until the present day. Acclaimed
military historian Bevin Alexander's incisive and vivid analyses
of famous battles throughout the ages show how the greatest
commanders--from Alexander the Great to Douglas MacArthur--have
applied these rules."
As I read this book, I couldn't help but see the parallels of
the natural to the supernatural. If--and I believe this is
true--there are parallels of the natural to the supernatural
then the wars being waged presently in the unseen realm
(supernatural warfare of demonic and angelic beings) do, at
times, manifest as physical warfare, especially when the Light
of the glorious Gospel breaks into the kingdoms of darkness.
If these are the latter days--and I believe they are--then the
words of Jesus in Matthew chapter 24 are coming true before our
very eyes. Jesus said that before the end of the age comes,
certain things would intensify on the face of the earth. Nation
would rise against nation--kingdoms against kingdoms. Why?
Because as the end of the age approaches, God is pouring out His
Holy Spirit to provide refuge for those enslaved in darkness. As
His glorious Light breaks into the earth's darkness, the earth
and everything physical that can be shaken, will reel under the
stress and duress of darkness being exposed for what it is--a
defeated entity.
When Christians pray in the Spirit and address the spiritual
darkness around them, they are doing spiritual warfare in the
unseen realm. Over a period of time, the darkness can be cast
down to the earth and manifest into physical warfare over
nations (Revelation 12:7-9). For example, through the decade of
the 1990s, the church took a posture of spiritual warfare over
specific areas in the world that has shut out the Gospel for
centuries. After years of prayer many of these dark regions
began to open up to the Gospel but at great costs--physical war
such as the USA's war on terror in Asia.
The very key to overcoming darkness in these last days is
persevering in spiritual warfare against darkness by the
authority of Jesus Christ. Bevin Alexander opens chapter one of
his book with these words, "Two unrelated developments have
fused to produce a true revolution in warfare. The first is
highly accurate and extremely powerful weapons. The second is
the discovery that modern conventional armies can be defeated by
guerrilla methods." Bevin continues with these words, "The
traditional battlefield will disappear, and combat will take on
more the nature of sudden, surprise blows on unsuspecting
targets, and equally surprise counterstrikes by defending
forces."
That's interesting. But what Bevin calls a revolution in warfare
has been the devil's way of conducting war on God's saints since
the beginning of time. It was the subtlety of Satan that
succeeded against Adam and Eve. Satan continues to this day
trying to overwhelm us by his big guns and surprise blows.
If warfare is changing as Bevin claims, it is because more
darkness is being attacked in prayer. And the principalities of
darkness are retaliating with everything they have to try and
overcome the Light. I have news for you. The Light wins.
Keep the faith. Stay the course. Jesus is coming soon, and until
He does keep fighting the good fight of faith! PRAY with all
your might...
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