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WHO WON THE WAR?

JT Ministries

In times past many disputes between factions would be settled by physical warfare. In the case of nations the governments would “declare war” against the opposition. Normally when wars were fought, one military force would face off against an opposing military force. The war would continue until one side would be so defeated that they would surrender to the opposing military. Once the surrender had been secured, and the conditions of defeat were established, the sound would go forth “The War is Over!” The war would be “declared over” with a pronounced victor as the winner. The military that surrendered would be known as the loser. They lost the war! Usually in conventional warfare, the highest ranked General of the wining military would have the highest ranked General of the losing military stand in front of him in public. The winning General would then strip all earned metals of honor and all insignia of rank off the loser’s uniform.

 

Let’s examine a war that seems to have been overlooked by many and certainly not much study has been given to this war. This is the “seed war” we find in Genesis 3:15.

 

Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shall thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel. (KJV)

 

enmity is #342  'eybah (ay-baw'); from 340; hostility:

 

#340  'ayab (aw-yab'); a primitive root; to hate (as one of an opposite tribe or party); hence to be hostile:

 

(AHD) hostile; 1. Characteristic of and enemy 2. An enemy in warfare.

 

Let’s notice the particulars here. This is the LORD God speaking to the serpent i.e. the Devil or Satan. The Devil has just messed up the LORD’s creation and orderly arrangement of the earth by deceiving Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. Eve then gave the fruit to Adam and he chose to eat the fruit. Adam was not deceived!

 

As a result of this sin, the LORD God then declared this enmity or war between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman. In this verse, both words “seed” in the Hebrew dictionary are the same.

 

Seed is #2233  zera` (zeh'-rah);from 2232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity:

 

The LORD God is speaking about the future generations of flesh and blood human beings procreated by Adam and Eve and all of their descendants after them. That which proceeds forth from the womb of a woman is a “flesh and blood” being. The posterity of Adam and Eve has continued all the way down through humanity to this present moment of time. In our humanity, we are descendants of Adam and Eve.

 

Satan, the Devil was successful in getting the seed of Adam tainted with the law of sin and death. The Devil begins at a very early age, in the life of every “flesh and blood” beings born, to recruit them into his kingdom of darkness and follow his evil ways.

 

The Lord Jesus Christ went to great trouble and expense to afford every “whosoever will” to be born again of the incorruptible seed, the Word of God, and join His kingdom of light.

The kingdom of darkness is at war with the kingdom of light. This war was declared by the LORD God in Gen 3:15! This war is declared to be between the two seed lines.

 

When we interact with Preachers, Teachers, bloggers, and Christian news outlets or almost anyone talking about the times we are living in, they will say, “We are in a war between good and evil.” They may say, “We are in a war for the soul of our nation”! They may say we must stand up and fight this war and let our values be made know! Some have said, “This is a war between God and Satan!” Those are correct statements for sure.

 

However, most will follow up those statements with an emphatic statement of “But we all know that we don’t war against flesh and blood!” Selah!

 

Well, if the war of Genesis 3:15, which the LORD God declared between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman is truly over, then who won the war?

 

This simple information is laid out in order to ask the simple question of the above title.

 

Is it possible to find in the scriptures where the LORD God declares, “Okay Satan, you have defeated Me and My army of Saints in this “seed war” and I will surrender to you along with all of my saints and you can take over and be the god of this world just like you want to be?” Not on your life! Can’t be found!

 

Is it possible to find in the scriptures where the Devil says, “Okay LORD you and your army of saints have defeated me an my hordes of evil and we are surrendering to you and your army of saints and we will not fight against You or them or be hostile any longer or try to rule the earth with evil?” Not on your life! Can’t be found!

 

Not trying to be too sarcastic here but a little bit. Somebody got out of his or her gourd!

It should be very obvious that the Genesis 3:15 seed war is still going on today and more violent than ever. It is “flesh and blood” beings stating that they must get the population down to 500 million. We recently saw “flesh and blood” man made DEWs assault a city in Hawaii and destroy innocent lives and property.

 

Wait a minute brother! We all know the scriptures state that we do not war against flesh and blood but against principalities, powers and you know the thing, as Biden would say.

 

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.  


This if one those “one-verse doctrines”, that has brought the body of Christ to major defeats in the battleground of the natural realm of the “flesh and blood” war amongst human beings. When one reads the whole book of Ephesians, we find that Paul is describing all the benefits of the work of the Lord Jesus, but then also describes new territories of authority and also new battlegrounds. Neither the authority nor the ability were available in these areans until Jesus raised from the dead.

 

At this point in time, not only is the “heavenly battleground” new and being explained but the ”dispensation of grace,” which is the church age, is also being explained in the epistle to the Ephesians.

 

Eph 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places (new territory here) might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

 

Verse 10 is expanded and explained in chapter 6 verses 12. Once Jesus came and rose from the dead, believers were placed in an even higher level of warfare i.e. in the heavenly realm. There are no "flesh and blood" human beings in the heavenly realm. It would have been very helpful if Paul had said, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood (in the realm of the high places, which are the 1st and 2nd heavens), but against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (because that is realm from which they wage war toward believers today).

 

Nowhere in the scriptures does Paul are anyone else state that the “seed war” initiated by the LORD God in Genesis 3:15 has come to an end and therefore we no longer fight against “flesh and blood” but now we only fight against the enemies in the heavenly realm.

 

The body of Christ has been duped by this doctrine of demons and has failed to even enter into the war between the “flesh and blood” seed of the serpent. That is why we see the seed of the serpent in governmental positions of authority, controlling much wealth, managing large companies and running rampant on the earth doing the most hennas crimes against the righteous seed, the church, humanity, the unborn, babies, the air, the waterand the earth itself. Also, they have boldly stated that “they” are coming for our children.

 

God speaks totally different to His family members than He speaks to His enemies! All one needs is a Concordance and look up and read all that God’s Word states pertaining to the following listed seed of the serpent:

The evildoers.

The wicked.

The workers of iniquity.

The bloody and violent men.

The transgressors. 

 

King David was willing to fight against the “flesh and blood” enemies of God.

 

Ps 18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

 

God is the same yesterday, today and forever!

 

Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men (flesh and blood), who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them.

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

 

When Jesus was talking in the beatitudes, He said pray for your enemies. Jesus was talking to the believers and those who had chosen to follow Him. Within the family of God we pray for the family members who have wronged us. Within the family of God we pray for the family members who persecute us and misuse us. Within the family of God we pray for the family members who have strayed off the straight and narrow.

 

When it comes to the seed of the Devil, who have a plan to destroy believers, that is a whole different scenario!

 

God the Father told Jesus to sit at His right hand until His enemies were made His footstool. Jesus told us to occupy until He comes back for us. Occupy is a warfare term.

This is why we also have our warfare armor listed in Ephesians chapter 6.

 

Occupy; To seize possession of and maintain control over by or as if by conquest.

Look up “conquest” in Webster’s 1828 Dictionary on line.

 

If one pays close attention to the pieces of armor in Ep 6:12, one will find most of the armor pieces are for fighting on the earth. The body of Christ has been given authority over the principalities, powers, rulers of darkness and wicked spirits in the heavenly realm and we should bind them and cast them back into the abyss along with the rest of the demons according to Matt 16:19.

 

According to Heb 10:14, the Lord Jesus is expecting the ekklesia to win the war between the “flesh and blood” enemies and make them His footstool. Now, in this dispensation of grace, the Lord is also expecting believers to win the war against the evil heavenly realm beings, who followed Lucifer in his rebellion against God.


Grace and Peace multiplied in the name of Jesus. 

Compiled by Jerry Thomas 08/09/23.

All scripture references are (KJV) unless otherwise denoted.




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