You must look into the Spirit realm and see that the battle has been set in array.
What does this mean? “Put… in array” and “set… in array.” Such an expression appears 25 times in the Authorized Version of the Bible, and always with regard to conflict or war. This simply means that there is a formation or configuration of troops strategically placed on the battlefield and awaiting orders to strike opposing forces.
I Samuel 17: 2; “And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines…”
Jeremiah 6: 23; “They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.”
One of the greatest tragedies of this hour is the unwillingness of the Church to fight. The Church will not fight for God or any of His causes. Right now the Church is trying to play nicey, nicey with the enemy. This cannot be done. The enemy is not playing nicey, nicey with us. He has been given a short season to do his work and nothing is going to stop the enemy from doing it. We need to understand that just like in Job God has given the enemy permission to do certain things. Nothing goes on without God’s permission. God allowed HAMAS to attack Israel on October 7. Have you taken the time to consider what else God may have given satan permission to do?
The Church has to get off the fence. When it comes to the attacks against Israel some in the Church are trying to position themselves in a neutral stance. They believe that this neutrality will give them opportunities to “win souls” for the Lord by standing in the middle. This is an error that is going to cost the Church a lot. The Church has watered down the Gospel so that it doesn’t offend the people in the Church, nor the unsaved.
This is especially true of the Muslims. Instead of preaching and teaching the Gospel we are practicing not offending the Church. The Word of God was never meant to do this. The Word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword. It cuts going in and it cuts going out. The Church has dulled the Word down so that it does not cut. If it doesn’t cut, then hearts will not be pricked and provoked into changing.
The Church has its times and seasons mixed up. We are out of step with what the Spirit of God is trying to do. For example… There are some in the Church who are carrying the torch of being peacemakers. There was a season for that, that season is gone. There is a time to turn the other cheek and a time to fight. We have to fight and we cannot be afraid of people saying that we are not being kind, forgiving, and loving like Jesus was. We have to fight. The Church misunderstood what Jesus came to do the first time that He came and they are misunderstanding what He is doing now. They forget that Jesus said things like this while He was on the earth.
“Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.” Luke 22: 36 (NKJV).
“When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”” John 2: 15 – 16 (NKJV).
Jesus telling his disciples to get swords, Jesus making a whip? Where is the kindness and love in that? When Jesus comes back the second time He is not coming back as the Lamb, he is coming back as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. (Revelation 5: 5). He is coming back to exact the vengeance of God. That is not turning the other cheek. That is not laying down being weak and passive. These are times of war and we need to have that warrior mindset to go after the enemies of God to pursue and overtake them. The Church is passive and needs to be stirred out of its place of complacency and neutrality. Jesus is a warrior.
It is disturbing to see leaders in the Church tell Israel that they need to be forgiving and kind. It is disturbing to see how the United States is pressuring Israel to go into periods of cease-fire. This is not a military principle that you will find in the Bible. When God sent Israel after their enemies it wasn’t for them to go and turn the other cheek. It was for them to destroy them and remove them from the face of the earth. When they did not do that, God became very angry with Israel. If God proclaims someone an enemy, they are an enemy. Our modern day Christianity that is wanting everyone to be save is not realistic, it’s not even Biblical. This is the truth that we need to share with everyone. This is the Gospel. Not everyone is going to choose to do the right thing. Some people are just born for evil. They are bent on destruction and there is no amount of oil or blood from Jesus Himself that will turn them. They have rejected God and His Gospel and they need to be treated accordingly.
If you have not been taught the full gospel of God, then this seems contrary to what you have been taught. However, if you have studied the scriptures to show yourself approved, you are going to know that there is a time for everything under the sun. This is not the time for weakness. This is the time for strength. This is the time to stand up for and proclaim the restitution and day of vengeance of our God. This is the bigger picture.
“To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn, To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”” Isaiah 61: 2 -3 (NKJV).
When God allowed the attack on Israel it was a sign of the times. It was a sign of a shift that needs to take place in the mindset of the Church. Playtime has been over but now it really is over. Our prospective needs to come to the understanding that HAMAS didn’t just target the Jews, they targeted God’s chosen people. This was allowed by God to get us stirred in our Spirits. This was allowed by God. God set this battle in array. God has drawn a line in the sand. What side are you going to be on?
You cannot sit on the sidelines and pretend that this is not happening. It is happening. For some in the Church this war is being treated like we have nothing to do with it. We have everything to do with this. This is our war as well. Do you not understand that these HAMAS people, these evil HAMAS people are coming after us as well? They want to destroy the Jews and the Christians as well. We (the United States) are the big satan, and Israel is the little satan. Church, we have to wake up. This war is not going anywhere. You are not going to be able to be neutral. You need to pick a side. Are you going to fight with God or are you going to fight with satan? Real talk. The battle has been set in array. Stop playing Church.
