What if the enemies of man are wicked influences outside his mind.
Eph. 6:
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.
What if the spiritual wickedness in High Places is darkness in the mind of man.
(KJV) Psalms 110:
1 (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. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
(CLV) Psalms 110:1 {A Davidic Psalm{ The averring of Yahweh to my Lord:Sit at My right Until I should set Your enemies as a stool for Your feet.
2 The rod of Your strength
shall Yahweh send from Zion;
Sway among Your enemies.
3 Your people shall be willing in the day of Your potent power; In holy effulgence from the womb of the dawn, You will have the dew of Your childhood."
4 Yahweh has sworn, and He shall not regret:You are a priest for the eon According to the order of Melchizedek.
(Brenton Septuagint Translation) Psalms 109: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The Lord shall send out a rod of power
for thee out of Sion:
rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 With thee is dominion in the day of thy power, in the splendours of
*thy saints: I have begotten thee from the womb before the morning. 4 The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec.
What if this is Speaking of the Christ, the Rock of Israel, who became a man and overcame the "nations" that God did not drive out from before Him.
21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
What if these "nations" are symbolic of the influences of this earth/flesh on man's mind? What if The Lord sitting at God's Right Hand, was Jesus being tempted in all ways as all men are, yet
by the Rod of God's Power, His Armor and instructions HE created for man, and sent out of Zion, (Salvation is of the Jews) Jesus was able to rule over His own human Flesh.
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And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore (Because of this) God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:"
There are a lot of Scriptures which speak to this understanding, but long posts and all!!! But a couple of things stand out to me. God has no enemies, but the MAN Jesus did while on earth, one of them being death.
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For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."
Did Jesus the man not rule over the powers and principalities of this world/flesh, and overcome? The last enemy of human mind is death, YES?
Are we not instructed to "put on" the Same Armor Jesus "put on" to resist the wiles of the prince of this world?
Ex. 19:
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Is Jesus not the First fruit of the "Way of the Lord? "Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec."
Anyway, a perspective I wanted to share with you all.
